It’s National Organic Month y’all! Started by the Soil Association, National Organic Month is an annual campaign that encourages people to make small changes to their purchasing habits and aims to raise the awareness of buying genuine organic products. More and more people are buying organic products: a recent report from the Soil Association showed […]

So..I’m kinda new to the whole sunglasses thing. Seeing as I’m someone who wears prescription glasses 90% of the time, the thought of getting sunglasses was something that never really occurred to me for two reasons: 1) sheer laziness at the prospect of having to pay £££ for prescription sunnies 2)I always found it difficult to […]

FACING THE FEAR…AND DOING IT ANYWAY I had a lot of fears about this shoot: I feared tripping up in these 6-inch platforms and breaking both my ankles. I feared bending down in this PVC skirt and exposing my birth canal to a couple of OAPs. I also feared the probability of feeling extremely overwhelmed […]

CONFESSION: I USED TO BLEACH MY SKIN AS A YOUNG TEEN Like most black women around the world, growing up in a world that prided itself on white privilege and intense colourism definitely had an impact on my self-esteem and self-worth as a teenager. In secondary school, I and some of the other darker skinned […]

I’ve been a part of #TeamBackpack for the last 10 years now, as they are just so easy to carry around and they don’t get in the way during day-to-day errands. Convenient. Accessible. Roomy. That’s what I like. Now, I haven’t really been into the whole unicorn trend that’s been sweeping the social media nation, […]

Legs. I’ve always been a big fan of ’em in general. Not only because they allow me to get from A to B, but a few years ago when I started my journey of self-love, my legs were the first thing I allowed myself to fall in love with. I love the shape of them; […]