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Plastic-free July: The verdict

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Plastic-free July: The verdict

It's been a busy month, made busier by my attempts to try and curb the amount of waste emanating from our small (ish) household of two adults, one baby and two small dogs. One of the reasons I decided to try the plastic-free July experiement was the mountains of stuff we were throwing out every week. [...]

2018-12-01T09:53:11+00:00 July 28th, 2017|Categories: Personal|Tags: Arbutus Bread, Bia Beauty, bulk buying, Centra, Chair salon, Chicken Inn, cloth nappies, Cobh, coffee, cooking, Cork, East Cork, English Market, environmental, Evo Hair, farmers markets, fruit, Glenisk, Green Earth Organics, Green policies, healthy eating, Hickeys of Maylor Street, incentive, Ireland, Keatings Londis, keep cup, Lush, Mac, Musgrave, nappies, O'Mahony's Butchers, ocean plastic, Organic Republic, packaging, plastic, plastic free july, political activism, retail, sanitary products, shopping, Super Valu, vegetables|

Pregnant Pauses: Massage

Opinion

Pregnant Pauses: Massage

If, like me, you’re a fan of massage in general then you’ll find the first trimester of pregnancy frustrating, because as mentioned above, most spas will refuse to treat you while you’re at this delicate stage. You also need to find a specially trained therapist. If you’re used to a regular pummelling you’ll miss it in [...]

2018-12-01T09:53:57+00:00 August 23rd, 2016|Categories: Opinion|Tags: Aveda, beauty products, Curdane Therapeutic Centre, de-stress, East Cork, Escape, Fota Island Resort, Imperial Hotel Cork, Irish products, MamaMio, maternity spa treatments, Midleton, natural, organic, pampering, Pregnancy, pregnancy massage, pregnancy pampering, relaxation, spa treatments for pregnant women, Voya|