I am just making up the hand and body wash refills for our Air BnB. I have the ‘most natural I could find’ base then add plant extracts and essential oils to customise them.

A big part of this community is all about learning about things you didn't even know existed. I definitely didn't know there were other options outside of toothpaste-in-a-tube when I began on my journey! Yesterday, @Mikael Van gogh asked me about what toothpaste that I use (great question) so I thought I would pop up a quick post today.... For years, toothpaste was something I automatically thought of as coming in a tube. But there are quite a few different options out there—including within the natural toothpaste range: 🌱 Toothpaste in a tube — familiar and convenient, although the packaging is worth considering. 🌱 Toothpaste in a jar or tin — a different way to package the paste we’re used to. 🌱 Tooth powder — a powder that combines with moisture as you brush. 🌱 Toothpaste tablets — little tablets you chew before brushing. Powders and tablets often come in glass jars, tins or refill packs, and some brands offer refills for their toothpaste pastes too. Ingredients vary as much as packaging, so “natural” doesn’t tell us everything about a product—or whether it suits our teeth. We can dive deeper into this another day. Did you know you can even make your own toothpaste? No need to change anything today. Today we are simply discovering that other options exist. 😊 Have you tried any of these? How did you find the taste, texture and experience?

Hi, I’m Mikael from Spain and the next small and meaningful change I want to make is that I would like to find a better shaving cream or gel as I have sensitive skin.. 🙃 my journey started only 6 months ago when I changed my Nivea face cream into a better and more natural cream. That started something for all of us at home and we now all have our own better and more natural shampoos, toothpaste etc. Shaving cream is up next🥰 I am happy to be here😃

This is a fun little challenge I am giving my children tomorrow morning, I thought you might want to play too! Find something heading for the recycling and dream up another use for it. Post a photo and let the community suggest ideas too. Extra imaginary points for the wonderfully ridiculous suggestions! I will pop their ideas and recycling in the comments tomorrow.

@Miranda Van Gogh shared today that she has switched to stainless steel pots and pans and wooden utensils (great work) and it got me thinking about the changes we make that don’t come with an obvious before-and-after. You make the swap, cook dinner, wash up… and life carries on. There’s no obvious outcome that you made a difference today.” It is really hard to quantify the potential health and environmental improvements that you have made from switching to stainless steel from non-stick coatings? Some changes give us something we can see: less rubbish in the bin, money saved, a cupboard that feels easier to manage. Others are harder to measure, especially when our reasons involve our long-term wellbeing or the environment. And that can make them harder to justify, particularly when they cost money, take effort or mean learning a different way of doing things. With a cookware swap, we may never know whether it has changed our individual health, short or longterm. Yes, your stainless steel pan may last a lot longer but a dramatic before-and-after isn’t the only way to judge whether a choice was worthwhile either. And perhaps we. will never get the 'proof' that is was worthwhile? What we can do is ask ourselves: Does this suit how I want to live? Is it practical for our household? Am I choosing something I can care for and use for years? Sometimes the tangible result is feeling more informed, learning a new skill or having everyday things that better reflect what matters to us. Trusting in our selves to know what is best for our, and the environments, long term well-being, rather than needing results that can be measured exactly...this is where our divine feminine comes in and we need to learn to trust her. (Also valid for our men folk, we all hold the feminine and masculine energies and archetypes within us). Have you made a change where you can’t measure the difference, but you’re still glad you made it?