Spain and Rome 2.0

 
1. & 2. Colosseum, Rome;
3. Sheer joy of finding Maje store out of nowhere in Seville
4. Food for thought
5. View from my hotel room in Rome
6. On the wall of Portrait Suites by Ferragamo
7. That’s me walking down the streets of Rome – Sandro Dress, Zara Jacket, Love Moschino Bag, Bershka Boots

2013 is now twenty six days old and I’m finally back. Wish you all a wonderful 2013!!!! Thank you for making 2012 a memorable year. Through this blog and your encouragement I could reinvent myself after being in a comfortable zone for too long. The blog has helped me take fashion risks, which I tremendously enjoy taking and get the creativity side out of me.

Lots of travel and loads of shopping (alas…. not in Europe). One of those phases when time zooms right in front of you like 1000BHP Bugatti and you don’t even realise what just happened.

Fuzzy headed from the life changing chaos last few weeks (months?), grappling to find the right moment and right words I somehow slither back on my desk, slump onto the blog and here I am (still fuzzy headed and now babbling).

For now ending with the quote I read outside a museum in Rome (fodder for thought) –

“If you want your body to be strong, you must accustom your body to be the servant of your mind, and train it with toil and sweat”

 Xenophon, Memorabilia

PS – Yes, I am soon going to post more from the tales of Spanish and Italian lands.
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Let us get back to basics - slow living, clean (#plantbased) eating, buying what we need, ♻️ reusing-repurposing-recycling, treating food as medicine, less screen time and more living, connecting with nature, 🌎 giving planet the respect it deserves! 

Because #EarthDay is everyday.

#sustainableblogger #veganblogger #vegantravel
don’t travel solo…
“you’re married, go with your husband” — We’ve all heard this before… 
but here’s the truth… solo travel hits different.

you reconnect with yourself, travel at your own pace, do things you love {and finally do everything you wanted to but was always pushing it back}, 🍰 eat what you want (all those vegan desserts without anyone watching you ☺️🙃), talk to strangers (a lot), sit alone without feeling weird ….. and somewhere in all that, you meet yourself.

scary? Not at all.
worth it? every single time. ✨

#solotravels #vegantravel #veganblogger #vegantraveller #femalesolotraveler
Did you know your fav lipstick may have bug juice 🐞 ? Shocking?
Truth is - most lipsticks in the market contain 
🐞 carmine = crushed cochineal beetles
🐑 lanolin = grease derived from sheep’s wool (waxy greasy substance secreted by sheep’s skin)
🐝 beeswax = bee vomit

Who wants to slather their lips with bug juice? 
☺️ Didn’t think so.

Thankfully, there are plenty of brands doing it right. 💄  I’ve put together a handy list so you can shop vegan lipstick with ease:

👉🏻 #VeganLipstick Brands: 
@violette_fr, @elfcosmetics, @kvdbeauty @milkmakeup, @tower28beauty, @inikaorganic @axiology_beauty, @lilylolouk @rarebeauty, 

👉🏻 Cruelty-Free brands with Vegan options:
🐰 cruelty-free doesn’t mean a product is vegan. It simply means it’s not tested on animals, so be careful. 
@tartecosmetics @rmsbeauty, @doseofcolors (most products are vegan), @charlottetilbury, @glossier @urbandecaycosmetics @nyxcosmetics 

🇮🇳 Vegan Indian makeup brands
@asabeautyindia @kirobeauty @disguisecosmetics @colorchemistry.in @lovechildbymasaba @hyueofficial 

Next time you buy makeup – make sure it’s #crueltyfree and #vegan! And look out for 
- Natural Red 4
- E120
- *CI 75470 (misspelled in video as CI 17470 🙈)
- Carmine or Carmine lake
- Cochineal extract 
- Carminic Acid

👆🏼 they’re all different names of carmine (bug juice)

✨ Share this with a friend who loves makeup!

#crueltyfreemakeup #veganmakeup
#VeganAmsterdam Guide - the first capital city that banned meat advertising.

❤️ My fav vegan spots in Amsterdam
@vegansushibar (multiple locations & 🌱 Jain friendly), 
@veganees.ams @bonboon_amsterdam

🍔Vegan burgers (not Jain friendly): @vegantemplebar @veganjunkfoodbar @greenfarmers_amsterdam
🌯Vegan falafel joint (not-Jain friendly): @maoz.falafel (multiple locations)
🍜  #Veganramen: @kitchenimpossibleams
🇯🇵 Vegan Korean & Japanese takeaway: @vegandepatchka

🍰🍮Vegan desserts:
@koffieendekoeck @saintjeanbakery @suefoodamsterdam @margosamsterdam @suefoodamsterdam 

🌱 🇳🇱 Other vegan places (limited jain options but great restaurants): @hearthamsterdam @madre.amsterdam
@soil.vegancafe @trevisamsterdam (Italian)

🛒 Vegan deli & bulk store @littleplantpantry
 👢 Vegan fashion store (& grocery): @vegalifenl

#vegantravel #veganfashion

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