Ecoegg x SpongeBob: Operation Sea Change! Make Your Laundry More Sustainable

I love the Ecoegg. I am always trying to cut down on plastic and be more sustainable. This laundry egg has a guarantee of ten years. All you do is replace the pellets. The new Ecoegg x SpongeBob: Operation Sea Change! smells amazing and is a gorgeous yellow colour.

Dive into a tidal wave of excitement as Ecoegg, the sustainable laundry brand, announces their partnership with Paramount and Nickelodeon for SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Sea Change!

With a staggering 11 million tonnes of ocean plastic harming marine life each year, this collaboration, launching on 2 January 2024, reflects an alliance of values and a shared mission to help reduce the amount of single use plastic making its way into the oceans.  Inspired by none other than SpongeBob SquarePants, the beloved undersea character. 

To kickstart the collaboration, Ecoegg will be releasing two new products to celebrate SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Sea Change.

Ecoegg SpongeBob Laundry Egg and Refill Packs: This Tropical Burst fragranced Laundry Egg transports you into a paradise of sweet pineapple tones. There are two versions of the Laundry Egg: the new bio (which includes plant-based enzymes) and the non-bio. Then ‘Sensitive’ and ‘Universal’ formats will be delivered for outside of the UK. The Refill Pellets will encourage consumers to take a stance against single use plastic detergent bottles and embrace the art of reusing. The entire range of ecoegg Laundry Egg’s come with a 10 year guarantee and armoured with a durable eggcase.

Ecoegg Dryer Eggs – Gary and Mary SpongeBob’s pals: The ultimate sidekick to your Laundry Egg, the energy and money saving SpongeBob Dryer Eggs. These help to separate your laundry so that more air can circulate, proven to dry each item up to 28% more quickly. The patented nodules on the eggs are designed to help soften your clothes naturally, providing an additional softener on top of the Laundry Egg’s 2 in 1 formula. 

Ecoegg’s Plastic Saving Mission parnering with SpongeBob:

This partnership is particularly exciting for Ecoegg, as the mission of SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Sea Change aligns perfectly with Ecoegg’s environmental mission whilst also connecting us with broad audience and other supportive brands. “Educating the next generation on the importance of protecting our oceans is not just a mission; it’s our shared commitment to creating a sustainable future.” says Dawn White, Founder of Ecoegg.

So, mark your calendars, set your alarms, and get ready to make a splash in the laundry room with Ecoegg and SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Sea Change. Helping make laundry a fun and inspiring journey for the whole family. 

The recommended retail price for the SpongeBob Ecoegg Laundry Egg and Dryer Egg is £10, with a recommended retail price for refills of £6 and the products will be available on Ecoegg’s website (Ecoegg.com) and Amazon.co.uk.

We wish you a less wasteful Christmas

Party Kit Network offers new solution to disposable tableware and decorations 

With the new ban on single-use plastics now in place, a UK company offers a solution to Christmas party organisers concerned about the cost and environmental impact of plastic waste generated by partyware. Party Kit Network was founded by Winchester-based Isabel Mack in 2019, concerned by the amount of single-use plastic she saw ending up in the bin at the end of children’s parties.

Party Kit Network offers a ‘sharing economy’ solution to finding fun, affordable, and reusable Christmas party items (such as plates, cups, cutlery and decorations) in the UK, Australia and beyond. Party Kit Network has tapped into two current trends: the growing interest in keeping plastic out of landfill and looking after the planet; and connecting with others to rent items rather than buy them – like the growing number of clothing rental and car sharing apps out there. 

Each party kit is independently run by eco-minded individuals, school PTA groups, community lending libraries, small party businesses and zero waste stores. The benefits are huge: the kits help to avoid unnecessary waste from single-use items, which can take hundreds of years to decompose in landfill. For a party with 30 guests, switching to reusables and hiring a party kit saves an average of 100 single-use items from landfill. And it’s often cheaper to hire a party kit than to buy the equivalent disposables, plus it’s more convenient, with everything provided in one handy box.

“Party kits offer a simple solution to a waste problem”, says Isabel. “Like the wider sharing economy, I believe they also strengthen community connections (I’m often referred to as ‘the plate lady’ in Winchester). And they can act as a catalyst – by making the swap from disposables to eco-friendly reusables easier we hopefully inspire more people to look for sustainable options in other areas of life. The appeal is truly global – we’ve just had a kit from Oklahoma join!”

What better way to have a less wasteful Christmas than sharing your party supplies? Visit https://www.partykitnetwork.org/ to find a kit near you.

Sprout, The World’s First Plantable Makeup Pencils

eyeliner, plantable, eco-friendly, sustainable, These makeup pencils are pretty special, and sustainable from start to end. Recycling in the beauty industry is notoriously difficult, but here’s a clever, patented invention by eco-pencil company Sprout World, that is designed to not only reduce waste, but give something beautiful and useful back to the planet.

Simply use the makeup pencils as normal, and instead of throwing them away when they become too small to use, flip them around, stick the end (green capsule facing down) into a pot of damp soil, and ta-da – beautiful wildflowers will start to sprout within 1-2 weeks!

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Where did the idea come from?

Sprout World is made up of 70% female employees. It was during a routine discussion about the waste problem within the beauty industry, that the team flagged how the majority of people in that room used make-up pencils daily, and therefore, they could potentially play a huge role in giving a second life (and a beautiful one at that) to products that would otherwise end up as waste.

Kind to the skin and planet

Sprout Makeup Pencil
Every element of the pencil is made from natural, kind-to-skin ingredients and materials:

100% natural and ethically sourced
Made from sustainable certified wood
Recyclable sugar cane cap
Plant-based soluble cellulose cap that dissolves when planted, releasing wildflower seeds
AllergyCertified, plastic-free and paraben-free
Sprout Makeup Pencils

Available as an Eyeliner (Black or Brown) and Browliner (Brown)

Price: £10.95 per pencil / £20.95 per two-pack

Stockists: amazon.co.uk and sproutworld.com

The UK’s first plant-based recipe box. We Review Grubby.

I find cooking stressful. I also have no time. But I want to eat healthy and I do not want to damage the planet while doing so. Grubby attracted my attention for many reasons. It is plant-based and sustainable. I got sent two kits in impressive recyclable packaging. I hate how some recipe boxes have so much plastic.

The recipe card is so easy to follow. I made a superb mushroom stroganoff in 35 minutes. I think Grubby is fantastic and I cannot recommend it enough. The food is delicious and so easy to make.

Meet Grubby – the UK’s first plant-based recipe kit

Grubby are the UK’s first 100% plant-based recipe box subscription service on a mission to make plant-based cooking more accessible and convenient without costing the earth.

Championing British produce and suppliers, Grubby deliver delicious meals nationwide (excluding Northern Ireland and islands), with all London meals delivered via bicycle in partnership with PedalMe. Available from grubby.co.uk from £26 (£6.50 per meal) for two recipes.

Launched in 2019, Grubby has over 50 flavour packed recipes to choose from. In the box, customers can expect fresh, pre-measured ingredients needed to cook up two or three healthy and delicious, plant-based recipes with, on average, a variety of six or more fresh veggies in each box. Accompanying recipe cards make meat-free cooking simple, with easy to follow steps, cooking times and nutritional information, as well as QR codes to curated Spotify playlists to cook along to whilst prepping. Customers can also expect the occasional freebie, from drinks, desserts and more.

Founder Martin Holden-White comments: “When I first started adventuring into plant-based cooking, I found it really hard to approach. Mainly because I found ingredients hard to source, dishes weren’t filling enough, they lacked flavour and online recipes were hard to follow and full of ads. So with Grubby, I wanted to alleviate the uncertainty and stigmas around vegan cooking and eating and make our recipes accessible, simple, hearty, healthy and most importantly tasty! Grubby is for anyone looking for a little more adventure when it comes to plant-based cooking.”

With sustainability at its core, the packaging is 100% recyclable, compostable, ethically sourced, and produced in the UK in 95% of cases, with intentions to be completely plastic-free by 2023, in line with their efforts to reach B-Corp status. Determined to use ‘pedal power’ wherever possible, all London deliveries are made by bike and they have ambitions for bike deliveries in all major cities across the UK. Their food waste is offset through food waste partners and local food banks to ensure that no grub goes unused.

Passionate about giving back, Grubby donate a meal to a child in poverty for every box delivered through Uganda based charity 1moreChild. In 2020, Grubby also provided over 1,000 meals to London NHS hospitals.

Whilst solely plant-based recipes, Grubby do not see themselves as a ‘just-for-vegans’ box. “We are not preachy about eating solely plant-based. I’m a plant-based part-timer myself, and many of our team and customers do not define themselves as vegan.” says Martin.  “Instead, we want to invite plant curious individuals to give veggie-based cooking a chance with our tasty, quick to prepare meals, which are not only healthy but produced and delivered with sustainability at the core of everything we do.”

How it works:

  1. Choose your recipes & delivery date.

  2. Grubby delivers everything you need.

  3. You cook up delicious plant-based meals. No stress. Skip or cancel anytime.

To see what’s on the menu this week, visit grubby.co.uk

Ocean Refresh Flip-Flops – Freeing Our Oceans of Plastic, One Step At A Time

Now that the sun is finally out and we can start to emerge from lockdown, we can shake off our shoes and wear these stylish  flip-flops instead.  I love these sustainable flip flops. They look great and are so comfortable. I feel like my feet are being massaged while I wear them. I cannot recommend them enough.

These flip-flops are made completely from the plastic waste gathered from our oceans and coastlines, with each pair containing up to 24 plastic bottles!

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Ocean Refresh Flip-Flops are made from their unique silky smooth Oceatex™ carpet for extra comfort, which is non-slip and water resistant.

Ocean refresh, flip flops, sustainable,  They are:
✔ Made from Organic & Natural Materials
✔ 100% Vegan
✔ 100% Recyclable – Qualifies for their 360 Programme
✔ Lightweight ‘Noodle’ Microstructure
✔ Cushioned Massaging
✔ Anti Abrasive – Outsoles do not mark any type of surface

✔ Anti Bacterial – The material eliminates Funghi & Bacterial odours

www.oceanrefresh.com

The Chilcott Lavender Collection. Perfect For Christmas.

British owned and family run businesses are always a favourite at Frost.

Chilcott is a family run, sustainable British lifestyle and interiors brand based in the Brecon Beacons. The
beating heart of the brand is the Chilcott lavender farm perched on a Welsh hillside in Brecon Beacons.
Contrary to what one might expect, the lavender thrives here and the harvests provide plentiful lavender oil
and dried lavender for the brand’s beautiful range of scented lifestyle accessories. Exquisite attention to detail, expert craftmanship and hand finishes create elegant pieces for you, your home and your dog.
Chilcott are proud to introduce three new collections of natural home fragrances made using proprietary
recipes of Chilcott essential oils carefully blended and beautifully presented to elegantly complement any home and bring the fragrant freshness of the countryside indoors.

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www.chilcottuk.com

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The fresh, relaxing fragrance of lavender evokes summers on the Chilcott farm high in the Brecon Beacons.
Here the lavender fields bloom creating a scented haven for a myriad of bees and butterflies.
The flower heads are carefully harvested and used to make Chilcott’s signature lavender products.

We tried the Lavender Gift Set: £45

A celebration of Chilcott’s signature fragrance, the Lavender Gift Set is the
complete lavender lover’s collection. The luxury gift set contains 50ml lavender
diffuser, Chilcott Harris Tweed lavender bag, 50ml Chilcott lavender hand sanitiser
and 100ml lavender room spray all presented in a premium white gift box.

The gift set has the wow factor. It says luxury all the way. The presentation is impeccable before you have even opened the box. When you do open the box the products are all gorgeous and smell divine. This fantastic gift set is the perfect gift for Christmas and beyond.

Chilcott room diffusers offer the perfect natural, environmentally friendly way to add lasting fragrance your
home. The diffusers are fully recyclable, reusable and refillable and available with natural or black reeds.
The gentle mist of the Chilcott room sprays adds instant natural freshness to your home. The glass bottles are fully recyclable. The simple, subtle and elegant design will look at home in any room.

Frost loves.

The Restory: To Be Fashion Thou Shalt Restore Not Replace

The Restory- To Be Fashion Thou Shalt Restore Not ReplaceOur consumption of fashion is evolving. The throwaway days of ‘new season, new wardrobe’ seem to be numbered as we seek a more sustainable approach to all aspects of our lives, not just the fashionable ones. This evolution is fuelled for some by pragmatism, for others by altruism, but for the majority by a desire for our purchases to exist beyond a few seasons, or even just a few outings. Maximalist founder of the website, Man Repeller, Leandra Medine, recently told British Vogue that she wished she only owned 15 things.

 

A more circular approach is taking hold; yes, we buy – both new and pre-loved – but we also repair and rent and sell. We buy less but we buy better and we expect more. Some brands have always understood customer’s demand for products that have longevity and therefore provide aftercare and repair services to that end; heritage names such as Mulberry and Hermes spring to mind. Whilst eco-brand Patagonia has a lifetime guarantee on all its products.

 

However, it seems that for many luxury brands, everything beyond a legitimate product defect is simply outside their scope … and maybe that’s true but it can still leave the customer in a lurch.

 

This is what happened to native New Yorker, Vanessa Jacobs when she moved to London in 2006. “A high-street cobbler made an unapologetic mess out of what should have been a simple heel tip replacement,” recalls Jacobs. It was this experience, and nearly 10 years of subsequent ones of a similar nature, that spurred her to launch The Restory, an on-demand shoe and handbag restoration service that brings together quality, service, convenience and craftsmanship.

 

“It felt like moving heaven and earth to find someone you trust only to realise you could trust them with some things and not others,” continues Jacobs. “I had to make up a web of lies to take a half-a-day off from work to travel to their out-of-the-way shops and then do it all over again to collect my things. Often, they were nice but wouldn’t really go out of their way. I thought someone ought to do something about this and it turns out that someone was me.”

 

Jacobs spent 2 years assembling an A-team of cobblers, leather restorers, shoe blacks and cordwainers from across Europe; she even relocated several here to London. Coupled with charming service-oriented consultants, the company prides itself on devising solutions to almost any challenge.

 

“We use the term restoration because it connotes a what-ever-it-takes-to-bring-it-back approach,” says Jacobs.

 

Boasting a collection of services ranging from bespoke repairs to leather restoration to complete refashioning, The Restory is earning some impressive admirers. British Vogue recently crowned the company its’ go-to specialist and Vanity Fair and Fabric have also praised the company’s work.

 

“Currently, we are concentrating on providing The Restory’s services in London but we will be expanding across the whole of the UK,” continued Jacobs.  “Looking further ahead, the plan is to offer new services and products and then we will look to bring The Restory’s much needed skills to other markets.”

 

So, how does this service work? Simply book a collection online (and soon via app), and a consultant will collect your items from any home or office in Central or West London. Your items will be taken to their atelier, beautifully restored and returned at a time and place of your choosing. “It’s like buying you favourite pieces all over again.”

 

www.the-restory.com

 

Christmas Gift Guide For The Beauty Junkie

Dynamo House Red Tea Skincare

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Red Tea natural skin therapy products have 50 times the anti-oxidant properties than other products. Perfectly suited for any skin type and will improve your skin conditions.

 

E Body Spa Collection

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This great collection lets you care for your body naturally without harmful cleansers. We love the face cleansing mitt, eye cleansing pad, hair turban and luxury hand towel.They also have micro-dry technology. They make you more beautiful and are environmentally friendly.

ZAO Make Up

ZAO Makeup The Bamboo packaging is not only beautiful and sustainable, it is brilliantly designed to be a refillable makeup line. Making it environmentally friendly and economical. We love the pearly eye shadow and mascara. They use 100% natural, organic and fair trade ingredients and all powders are talc free. Available from notonthehighstreet.com

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Nip & Fab 10 Years Younger Set From ASOS

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Colour Wow 3 Piece Root Cover Up Collection From QVC

Colour Wow set. Christmas gifts

We love Colour Wow. Those of us who dye our hair love the root touch up. It really works and saves money. Three-piece root cover-up protection by Colour Wow. Features a root cover-up, a Colour Security shampoo and a Colour Security conditioner. Colour Wow helps your hair colour remain flawless and vibrant between salon colour treatments.

 

Urban Fudge Hair Colour

Fudge hair chalk

This brilliant hair chalk lets you temporarily colour your hair. And you can buy the ice white chalk if you want the colour to look pastel. It makes your hair look funky and is easy to use.  Available from Superdrug. Great stocking filler.

Elemis Indulgent Treasure Collection Set From John Lewis

 Elemis set. christmasPamper yourself with this Elemis set of indulgent treats specifically formulated to leave you feeling deeply relaxed, restored and with intensely moisturised skin.

 

Bourjois Summer Lovin Set From Very.co.uk

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Okay it is not summer, it is actually winter, and cold. But who would not want this set in their Christmas stocking?

 

Glo Minerals Lipstick. Available in lots of colours. Glō minerals use only pure pharmaceutical grade minerals and anti-oxidants chosen by dermatologists. They have a powerful antioxidant blend of Vitamins A,C,E and green tea extract

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Benefit’s Confessions of a Concealaholic From Debenhams

Benefit’s Confessions of a Concealaholic

 

Dove Real Women Gift Pack From Boots. A great bag filled with great products.

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HD Brows Foxy Eye & Brow Palette. Perfect for eyes and brows. 

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Stila Convertible Colour Lip and Cheek Palette From Selfridges

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Stila Convertible Colour Lip and Cheek Palette is sure to have you blushing this Christmas with a gorgeous mixture of 5 core and limited edition shades. A must have.

Ultradex

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Great, handy and practical stocking fillers, the recalcifying & whitening daily oral rinse and toothpaste are great, The oral spray is an essential during Christmas social situations.

For The Boys….

Nspa Men’s Duo Set From ASDA

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Scaramouche & Fandango Sh & Cd. Great Shampoo and Conditioner for Men.

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Real Gents keep it clean with detoxing shea butter and black quinoa to remove excess oils and dirt from the hair. Keravis protein keeps hair strong and healthy, protecting against day-to-day pollution.

SF_Conditioner

Like milk for your bones, Keravis helps strengthen the hair making it look and feel strong, soft and smooth. Apply straight after shampooing to give hair the boost it needs whilst protecting it from the elements.

What are you going to get for your loved one?