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This month is going to be all about cosmetics and care products, of course all vegan and healthy resources. Since the beginning of my journey towards a vegan lifestyle, and afterwards since embracing fully a vegan and raw vegan lifestyle, I have constantly been looking for implementing those lifestyle principles not only in the areas of food and nutritious but also into all other areas of my life: cosmetics, care rituals, shoes, clothes, and so on. I am always looking for new products to test and new care recipes that are waiting to be discovered. Right now I am at a stage in my life where when it comes to food and nutrition it is all about as much raw vegan as possible, the rest simply vegan, but in general all vegan, which I just love, and then for other life areas its all about vegan choices. I used to look for the ingredients list, which I still do, but now it is so much easier to check if something is vegan or not simply because most vegan products are now being labeled as vegan, which is super nice and convenient. One of the big stores for example that has lots of vegan products, also labeled as vegan, is DM, which I really admire and enjoy using all the goodies that they have in the stores, everything from nutrition to supplements, and from body care to house care, ecological, vegan and as much as possible I also try to look for sustainable products. There are a lot of brands our there right now that are promoting products for a healthy, balanced lifestyle, not just in terms of nutrition but also skin care and house hold products, which is absolutely great and makes our lives so much easier when we are looking for the right fit products for our own unique needs.

When it comes to skin care and cosmetics, there are two types of products that I would use in general, all vegan of course, on one hand there are the one ingredients type of products, things like shea butter, coconut oil, olive oil, other nuts and seeds oils, or even things like floral waters or essential oils, I just love lavender and tea tree oil, and rose water is definitely on top of my favorite ingredients for skin care rituals, on the other hand there are the cosmetics that are just prepared for a specific use: deodorants, shampoos, soaps, creams, and for those types of products I do have some brands that I love. For a while I have been really a fan of the DM vegan products as I already mentioned, and some of them I am still using, but lately since I have been also looking for other brands to explore I have found all kinds of vegan goodies from big or small companies that I am going to share with you in the weeks to come. A few companies that I really love for their amazing vegan products are: Nordics for tooth paste, Dr. Konopka`s is my current favorite brand for vegan care products such as shampoo, skin care, face care, eye care, soaps and shower gel, Organyc is also great, I also love Aleva Naturals wipes made from bamboo fibers and of course vegan. Some other brands that I use for vegan household products are: Biopuro, Ecoclean, Bio-D for dish soaps, washing detergent and cleaning products. My current favorite for this area would be definitely Biopure as they have a very diversified portfolio of products, vegan, ecological and really great that I can choose from in order to fit my needs.