On Water

Today is World Water Day. This is a day to raise awareness of the fact that everyone should have access to clean water. Water for drinking. Water for cleaning. Water for cooking. One of the most vital things on Earth that the majority of us take for granted, but that some people do not have access to.

World Water Day is part of the UN's mission to make sure that everyone on Earth has access to safe drinking water. It isn't unknown that some of the world's poorest people have to trek for miles and miles per day just to get a bucketful of dirty water to live on. Water that then makes them ill and can even cause death. 

One in ten people do not have access to clean water, which in 2016 is still a shockingly high number. 

To help raise awareness of World Water Day, there are a few things that you can do to get involved. Some people have been painting their nails blue, wearing blue wigs to work, changing their Facebook profile pictures to have a blue filter. Not to mention sharing all of these, with the hashtag #Blue4Water. You can also donate to various causes to help raise money for plumbing and taps in small villages. 

In light of all the travesties currently occuring in the EU, by coming together and uniting for something, we can show that the world is in fact a safe and friendly place. 

xoxo

On Sulphate Free Hair

Haircare is generally one of those things where we find a particular set of products that we like and stick to them, without then ever questioning what is actually in them and what we are putting onto our hair.

I hadn't been having any particular problems with my hair other than it was slightly frizzy at the ends and just looking a bit lacklustre. Then one of my friends started looking into sulphate free shampoo and conditioner (she has curly hair so does have very different hair needs!). I started researching into why you should use sulphate free hair products in order to help her find some good ones, that were also not too expensive (and available in the UK!)

We came across OGX that have a fairly big range of products. Most of which are not only sulphate free, but also paraben free.
Essentially, sulphates are detergent like agents put into shampoos and conditioners in order to hlep the lathering process. However they can mean that your hair loses a lot of its natural moisture as it washes it away. By then removing the sulphates, your hair can far better retain moisture. This then also means that chances of having an irritated or inflamed scalp are far less! This is also helped by the fact that your scalp is not absorbing any nasty chemicals, meaning that your hair can in fact grow better. It can also retain its natural oils (that it needs!) far better. Leaving for much healthier hair.
If you also have coloured hair, then these can help your hair to retain the new colour much better.

I tried the Kukui Oil shampoo and conditioner. They are infused with Kukui nut oil (Hawaiian apparently) and smell so good. You need hardly any of either and despite not having standard lathering agents, it still lathers pretty well! I was at first concerned that my hair was not actually going to be clean, but in fact it feels soso clean.
Not only that but it smells great, is really shiny, not at all frizzy, feels really nice and no longer looks dull! I also find that it is then much easier to brush after having washed it, which with my hair is saying something! 

I never thought that considering something such as whether or not my hair care products have sulphates in or not would make such a difference, but I am definitely not going back now!
You can check out the OGX range here.

Would you try sulphate free?

xoxo

On Mashed Suedes

Sometimes it's nice to just get away from everything for a little bit. 

Especially when there's good food and good company involved. 

Mashed Suedes is a really cute little cafe in north Leamington that we discovered a few weeks back. Their Full English is soso good; and the fried bread. Oh the friend bread! The staff are all really lovely in there and it is so tiny that it is always completely full. It has local art works all over the walls and is just so cute.

The mlkshakes also are so good. And how nice do they look?! Just the milk bottle itself is enough to make me want one, but then they taste so good as well. 

The weather finally looked up this weekend, and it seemed asif Winter might actually be done. The sun was out and I didn't need to wear my big coat. There is only one week left of term, and both of us had been feeling the remnants of the flu/cold for the past week so this was definitely something that we needed. 

Sometimes it's nice to jsut get awat from everything for a little bit.

Leave the work until the afternoon. Leave the reading until later. Leave the laptops behind.

Take pleasure instead from those around you and what's around you.

Where do you like to escape to?

xoxo