How I Buy Eco Friendly Clothes Cheap

Hello, in this blogpost I will be talking about how i buy my clothes without harming the enviroment to much but without having to buy clothes from very expensive ethical clothing brands.

I think having a few items in your closet that are more expensive and high quality, but having a wardrobe full can be a bit expensive.

I love Lucy and Yak dungarees, tops, jumpers all that, they have even come out with underwear, but they can be quite expensive. So on Depop they have a shop where they sell ever so slightly damaged clothing for a cheaper price!
-https://www.depop.com/lucyandyak/

There is of course Ebay which i love and is very easy to use and buy second hand clothing.

Asos marketplace i have not done a ton of research on how sustainable they are, but they have a ton of independent shops on there and so many different styles.
ASOS MARKETPLACE

If you live in the US then thredUP is a really good online thrift store.
THREDUP

Etsy for the most part are expensive but, there are quite a few affordable shops, and vintage items.
ETSY

Upcycling clothing you already own or you bought from a charity shop, depop or maybe ebay.

The most sustainable and Eco friendly thing to do is to give your items long lives and buy items that you will love and you know make you feel happy when you're wearing them. also trying not to impulse buy, but to think for a day or two about the item to wait if you still like it and really want to be able to wear it everyday.

5 Ethical Clothing Companys

Cora Ball - https://soulhippy.com/collections/cor...
If you look on a item of clothing in your wardrobe you may find it has plastic in it, although these materials are called synthetics. For instance nylon, viscose and polyester, there are so many more but it is all words that don't sound quite right. Those materials, when you wash them little tiny pieces of plastic come off and go straight into our water system, but there so tiny water systems can't clean it out. But the Cora ball catches all those to prevent micro-plastics in drinking water.

Adorned Duo- https://adorneduk.co.uk/
The adorned duo are a mother daughter store who sell fair-trade items and all there clothes are made from Eco friendly materials.



Lucy And Yak -
 https://lucyandyak.com/
Lucy and yak are independent and are known for dungarees but have recently gone into more coats and bags. They sell responsible made items, and have a lot of items made from recycled material, and have an organic cotton range.

Depop- https://www.depop.com/
Depop is a great platform to sell your things, but also to sell and buy things from independent and often fairly traded items.



Boody- https://boody.co.uk/ This shop sells basic items made from bamboo and are also organic.


Organic Basics- https://organicbasics.com/?utm_source...
It is quite self explanatory but organic basics, sell organic basics!

Lost Shapes- https://www.lostshapes.com/
They are an independent store that sell items from recycled material. There tops are also sourced from manufacturers that are held to account by the independent Fair Wear Foundation.

How To Plan Your Month For You

The Month Of November (My favourite) is coming up and in this blog post I am going to tell you how to plan it for keeping your mental state happy, self discovery and self love, all things that are vital to keep us happy.

JOURNALS:

• My Gratitude Book

In my gratitude book i don't just use it for gratitude I use it to.

1. Set Intentions In the Morning
2. Say What Went Well In The Evening
3. 3 things within 3 subjects

How I Set Each Morning Out

 

Intentions:

3 thing I love about myself:

3 things I love about my life:

3 things I am grateful for:

I usually write 3 subject and three things in each subject, and the subject do change according to my needs

How I Set Out Each Evening Out

What went well today:

3 things I love about myself:

3 things I love about my life:

3 things I am grateful for:

In my Bullet Journal I have 2 pages.

1. Emotion Tracker 
2. Habit Tracker

In my emotion tracker it is a wheel and it is split into 28 30 or 31 wedges (Depending on how many days in that month) and in each wedge I write down my emotions from that day.

In my habit tracker it is like any old habit tracker, but I really like it because it it can help me see if i missed something that day, maybe that is way I was unhappy (I would see that in emotion tracker.)

At the begging of each week I do a mind check up. Which is sort of like stream of conscouisness but it is mainly focused on my thoughts in my mind and of the way I have been feeling mentally.

In the same book after i finish the mind check up i round it up into  a page I call NEWNESS. In this page I round up things I want to add more of in my life, to give you some ideas:

• Reading
• meditation
• Journal
• new project
• Ayurveda
• yoga 
• time management
• art
• early mornings
• early nights
• routines
• no tech time
• self care/me time
• walking
• running
• slowing down
• prioritising to dos
• decide on a new project
• take away a project if you have to much on
• no plastic
• vegan, or vegan 3 days a week (But recommend all the time.) 
• drink more herbal tea

 But of course these are going to be tailored to your needs.

No Poo

7 months ago I decided to stop using conventional hair care in general, shampoo, conditioner, hair oils.

I use just water to clean hair as in my area we have soft water, and I do that 2 times a week, but there many different things to use such as:

• Apple cider vinegar
• bicarbonate of soda 
• soap nuts (A VIDEO on soap nuts)

Finding something to use is different for all hair types. I have thin hair but a lot of hair. 

When i went no poo, my hair started growing in length and in thickness, it is so much more soft and less straggly. I have barley as many split ends after cutting my hair, and so it is 10x stronger. It is exactly the same as shampoo, but i have found much less build up and my hair can not get as greasy as quick.

After one month my hair started to feel really crunchy and groggy, very greasy. But it only lasted 2 weeks, I think the reason it lasted such a short time is because before hand i was only washing it twice a week. I recommend slowing down and reducing how much shampoo/ hair care you use to about once a week over the period of i would say 3 months. 

If you keep brushing your hair it will spread the oils go down the ends of your hair, and keep going through the process of greasy, waxy hair as it will end.

Reasons No Poo Is More Environmental;

• No packaging, as even though shampoo bars don't have packaging, but there is more in the process of making it.
• Ingredients, some ingredients in shampoo and hair care is really bad for the environment, with deforestation and so death or extinction of animals (Here is VIDEO on how make up is bad for the environment, talking about deforestation and animal extinction.)
• Hairs health, i felt stripping back my hair most days felt wrong and unnatural.

Hygge And Cosiness

Hyyge , a feeling of cosiness and pure inner joy, one of my favourite terms.

It can be done all round the world cold and warm, but my favourite time to celebrate Hygge is Autumn and Winter, my favourite time of the year anyway, but still my favourite time to do Hygge.

My Favourite Ways To Do Hyyge:

Candles,
Blankets,
Warm Lighting,
Fire,
Friends And Family Round, with board games, and all of the above,
Relaxing Lavender Essential Oils,
Books, Such As A Christmas Carol, Or Loin The Witch And The Wardrobe,
Warm Tea,
Meditation Music All The Time,


But Most Of All CHRISTMAS!
I know it is only Autumn but still, it is a magical time of year why only celebrate it one month a year.

Thank you for Reading, I hope maybe you have some ideas for Hygge filled month.
I have a YouTube Channel. I will see you next week !
Amelia

I'm Back!

Hello Friends,
I am back on my blog, there will be a new theme on here to spice things up again.

I have so many new ideas for it and i hope you enjoy. I will be uploading once a week!

Simple ways to live more sustainable

Little changes to make the world less full of wasted plastic.....

Bamboo toothbrushes:
An amazing little switch that will have no actual change to your life, i buy mine from amazon but if you have a bulk shop or any kind of health food store try and buy from there instead. No toothbrush that has been made will ever leave our planet that scared me more than not being able to just pop to the shop and crisps and meat.

Stainless steel bottles:
Again switch that will have no effect on your life what so ever, other than your drink being colder or warmer depending on the drink. I love mine i got mine from a bulk food store in London called the store bulk foods, and its amazing keeps your water much colder and tea is warm for ages.

Re-usable bags:
I am very sure you have heard of these i love them, just keep a few in the back of your car and you'll be ready to go and think of all the plastic bags you'll save.

Charity/thrift stores:
 I love charity shopping its a win for everyone, you get cheep clothes money goes to charitys and you are reusing old clothes.

Thank you for reading my little tips on living more sustainable if all of us do a little bit it will do huge differences.
I have a YouTube Channel where i post more videos on zero waste, minimalism and a few random ones here and there, I did also make a video on this.

Zero Waste intro

The Main things about Zero waste...

a couple weeks ago i decided to change my lifestyle to less waste.
This meant refusing plastic.
Reducing how much i buy (Beauty, Fashion and Food.)
 Reusing old things like clothes.
 Rotting (composting) old food (Banana skin...)
And lastly recycling ALL WAYS LASTLY, use recycling as your 5 option, what happens is it gets downgraded and downgraded until eventually it ends up in landfill or the ocean.


Then another little tip, if you have beauty products sitting in your cupboard or clothes, then always give it away because it will sit in there for about a year then go to reach for it and its gone off or doesn't fit or has holes in it, then it needs to be recycled so give it or donate it!



CLOTHES:
Independent Brands
Using small brands is an amazing way to be more ethical. Big brands is one of leading causes to
pollution, also how there made (especially cheap brands,) is awful.


Organic cotton
Is an amazing sustainable materiel best used for clothing, and a great way to shop ethically.

second hand
Really amazing way to be more sustainable when buying clothes. Because you are giving these clothes another life.

giving second hand
Giving clothes and beauty products is a great way to reuse things (Even though your not actually reusing it.)

• Bamboo toothbrushes are an amazing  little environmental switch. No plastic toothbrush will ever leave so switching to bamboo will make the world of differences 
• Carry canvas bags with you everywhere, you never can be to sure. You should also carry water bottle, or what i use is one of those stainless steel thermal bottles, which keeps thing warm and cold so i can carry water in there but if i want like a  costa i have my bottle with me.
• I wanted to wright something on REDUCE. Consume less in all areas manly the main areas which are foods beauty and clothing. Foods reducing is an amazing thing, buy less so if you know you never eat granola don't buy it and don't over buy because as you will see it is a major problem. Having 2-3 body washes isn't the best way to buy, obliviously use them up but you only need 1 of each. Fast fashion and cheap clothes, i did touch on earlier on in the post but yes try and shop as ethically as possible, fast fast has my areas that are bad, i am not going to talk about it today though, as i am not that knowledgable in that area   

Thank you for reading i do have a YouTube channel which i post on once a week as well. I did also make a Video talking about zero waste as well.

Friday = Self-Care-Day

What I do  every other Friday for self care....

Every other Fridays I have a self care date. I spend that day with only myself, doing things that makes me happy, grows my knowledge and doing things that help me to stay on the right track with my life and goals and also things that help me relax!

( I also just made a video on this HERE)



Firstly I start my day with a little lie in watching TV though so my sleep cycle isn't ruined (Currently re-watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S .)

Then when i get out of bed i love to do a long yoga//meditation session.

After that i burn sage through my whole room and leave it there for 5 minutes, then open the windows to let the negative energy have an escape route.

I'll then clean through my room to have a nice setting for the day.

We're probably by the afternoon now. So i will then do a lot of painting in front of the TV on my bedroom floor. I love doing art especially on self care days because it ticks all the box's. Its like a therapy session, it grows my knowledge and makes me very happy.

Then i will walk in my office and plan some content, make to do lists that kind of stuff.

Whilst i am in my office i will print some inspiring pictures, so i can later re-do my inspo board ( I have blog post on how to make them Here.) And also go through some months goals. I will have a look in a page called my life in 2019, that i make very quarter of the year, then i will see what i can do to be closer to my goals

It is most likely the evening now so of course I will have spa. (I do have my spa routine just Here.)

Thank you very very much for reading, i hope you stick around for next weeks blog post.
I do have a YouTube Channel. That i post every Monday on. All about self care, dream life and a few beauty and fashion here and there but not very often.

How To Get Out Of A Rut

Some ways to help get out of a rut...

Embrace it
Just let it happen. One day or another you will get bored, then that is when you will have a lot motivation.

Mantras
I am sure if you do meditation you'll know what i am talking about but if your not, then a mantra is basically a repeating of words, i am not too sure. But what i did is repeat the word. Shedding the past, new beginning, being the best version of my self. This felt amazing. Sometimes it can be hard to clear your head but after not letting my ego get involved and just, well i imagine driving past the thoughts, but whatever works for you.

Slow steps
Just by waking up 10 minutes earlier, getting out of bed and eat breakfast down stairs or do your skincare routine. Any steps will count.

It doesn't have to be a big change
Getting out of your rut doesn't need to be a huge thing, it will just happen. 
(Here is a quote i really love.)

Break It down
Take apart the steps that will get you out of your funk (Getting out of bed, getting work done, Doing yoga...) So for instants being productive, the first step would be to get out of bed, then make your bed, brush your teeth, wash your face, walk into a place where you do work, open your laptop..... You get it, take step by step and it will seem easier.

Major clean
This is one for at the end of your rut when you are now really just need a new. Make your space different, either by cleaning or by re-decorating, you can also just move your room around. This will give a new feeling to your life.

Thank you so much for reading this Mondays Blog post, be sure to pop your email in to the top of my page, you can then get emails when i upload. I only upload once a week so i won't be sending crazy amounts.
I also have a YouTube Channel    I have posted a ruts inspired video on there too.

Things To Do For Self-Care

A list of things i love to do for self-care....

Water
An obvious, but still good one to do for self care. This isn't one like have spa! but more of a good self caring thing to do everyday.

Skincare
Something I really love to do is skincare, you could double this up with a spa. Take some time really get into your pores and cleanse them right through. This makes me feel amazing.

Yoga/Meditation
Quite a well known thing to do for self care. But I have to stay  it is my favourite. I do yoga and meditation anyway, but if i was having a self care day i would really take some time with it.

Burn sage
I love burning sage, you can get it online and in some stores. This gets rid of any negative energy. I am not to fond on the smell, but it really refreshes the room.

Art
Art really calms me it might not be for everyone, but everyone can do it so give it a go. Pop on the TV and DRAW!

Make/Gather inspiring pictures
Pretty much a vision board (I have a Blog Post on how to make one.) I love to see them everyday to help me stay on the right path.

Rest
Sometimes its good to take a little time to sit in front of the TV with a cuppa tea, and just be calm. You have no worries no thoughts no nothing when your doing this. You'll get a good earned re-charge.

Dry Brushing
Try dry brushing Lavendaire mentions how to do it Here.

Thank you for reading, there will be a post/video coming soon on what self care is. I have a YouTube channel you can check out.
I will see you on Monday for a brand new post.