Archive for the ‘Fashion’ Category

Isabella’s Vintage - an online vintage boutique

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Isabell’s Vintage is the newest store I would like to review here.

I was looking for some fancy lingerie for my wife and I stumbled across this jewel of internet, their slogan is:

~ Quality Vintage Lingerie & Fabulous Clothing for the Stylish Vintage Girl ! ~

They’re definitely not lying, the lingerie was great quality, so are the clothes and my wife looks stunning.

I can recommend Isabella’s Vintage with all my heart.

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An Introduction to Acrylic Nail and Nail Polish Products

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Artificial nails are also called acrylic nails because these aren’t naturally grown on the top of our fingers. If you cannot grow your own fingernails, you can resort to using acrylic nails and enjoy good looking nails for special occasions or even daily wear. These nails give unnatural length to short and brittle nails. They are glued on to your natural nails and can give a stunning effect as they come in a variety of designs and patterns.

How acrylic nails are made: Often, women wear these acrylic nails to prevent themselves from biting their nails. With acrylic nails this is possible since they are strong, impossible to chew and are created by mixing a powder and a liquid called Ethyl Methacrylate (EMA). When mixed together, they form a thick mix that can be easily applied to the finger tips and color your natural nails.

Applying acrylic nails at a salon: These nails can be applied at home or at a salon, though it can be very time-consuming. Before you opt for this, speak to your friends or family for their opinions. Next, make a booking at the salon but not before you check that the salon has put up its licenses clearly for everyone to see; that it is a clean place; and that their staff washes their hands before starting work with you and that the ventilation is good. Expect to spend $20-$100, depending on the technique used, kind of application, training and quality of polishing on the nails. You will have to go back to the salon every two weeks. Each session could last an hour or more.

Applying it at home: You will have to practice a lot at home before you can get anywhere near a professional’s expertise. Before you begin, check that you have these tools of the trade: a nail brush, zoya nail polish ,a buffer, liquid and powder acrylic and acrylic clippers.

How to apply acrylic nail : Clean your nails, dry them, and push the cuticles back. Apply fitting tips where your natural nail ends. Next, mix the powder and liquid and drop a small bead of the mix on to the nail from the acrylic nail brush . Keep doing this until a natural curve appears. Now, trim your nails to the length you choose to have. If there is any excess powder or nail dust, brush it off now. You may choose to buff your nails now. Your acrylic nails are ready.

Caring for your nails: By caring for your nails, you can make them last longer and look better. If you take the best care of them, you will not have to replace them often, making investing in them cost-effective.

Taking them off: If you want to take off your acrylic nails, don’t resort to snapping them off because this can harm your natural nail that’s growing below it. Instead, have it removed by a specialist or soak your nails in acetone. To protect your cuticles and fingers, apply a coating of Vaseline, and then soak them in acetone for 30 minutes. After this, they will come off naturally with china glaze nail polish .

Genuine Aid Blog

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Genuine Aid is a blog dedicated to helping people live healthy lifestyles. The owner, Vladimir is staunchly against genetically modified foods and products and strongly supports natural and organic products on the basis ‘you are what you eat’. Obviously here at veganbrighton we support many of the same principles, and this blog is not just lovely looking, but chock full of information on natural health products and recipes to contribute to a healthy lifestyle.

By keeping up with this blog you’re sure to pick up some great natural health tips, and by the looks of things, the recipe that are featured are bloody tasty too. The posts themselves are a nice balance between informative and personable, you learn a lot about living healthily and eating right, but also about Vladimir. And may we say, he seems like a pretty nice guy.

Take a peek at http://genuineaid.com

The best natural health websites on the internet!!!

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

At vegan brighton we’re obsessed with all things natural health, and I know a lot of our readers are as well, but these days the world wide web is just awash with so much information and so many websites in this area, how do you even begin to sift through it all! Thats why we’ve made it our mission to put together a post showcasing a selection of great sites that focus on natural health that we have found whilst surfing the net. Everything from holistic health, vitamins and supplements, yoga, massage, alternative medicines, general tips and advice, you name it we’re going to try and cover a little of everything. But bare in mind this is only what we’ve found, if you know of any great sites focused on natural health or you’ve got one yourself, and you’d like us to take a look for possible inclusion get in touch!

Aromatherapy Sprays offer profound healing and empowerment, assisting spiritual healing, physical well being and fosters transformation in your life. These unique sprays combine crystal-based vibrational essences with a blend of pure essential oils. They also sells Chakra oils, essential oils and oil blends that provide relief for a variety of common ailment, along with a range of portable and personal diffusers. If you’re looking for the best aromatherapy sprays & aura sprays from a reliable essential oil store then you’re in the right place.

Blue Faery Holistics is a professional holistic and beauty therapy practice with locations in Poynton and Macclesfield in Cheshire. They provide a wide range of holistic therapies ranging from Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Indian Head Massage, Reiki, Hot Stone Therapy and right through to Swedish Body Massage. The site itself is packed full of information on the various therapies and treatments, so even if its outside your local area, we recommend checking this website as an informative guide to available treatments and their various benefits. If you are located even within a stones throw of Cheshire, we recommend you give Natalie a call right now, and get yourself booked in!

Next up, Healthy Does It who specialise in Sports Nutrition. For all you athletic types out there, this is a superb source of information on sports nutrition for athletes. With an abundance of fact and artciles on everything from sports science, the importance of Nutrition in sport, guidance on supplements, rda, rni and weight loss, through to myths surrounding the subject and recommended further reading material. Great site, check it out.

More recommended natural and healthy info sites coming very soon….!! Check back :)

Flat Panel Book Light with Natural Spectrum Light by Verliux

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Verilux has introduced the Flat Panel Book Reading Light especially for diabetics. As a diabetic, you no longer have to worry about reading with your receding eyesight. It has Natural Spectrum technology incorporated into the system which translates into 3 bright white light LEDs. The contrast is well adjusted. A reduced glare-all ensures that the light is well adjusted for making reading easy. You can adjust the intensity of the light depending upon the natural light and dim or brighten it according to your own convenience. What’s more you can place this flat light in the book or use it as a bookmark as well.

Diabetes affects the vision of an individual on various levels. As result it may be difficult for a diabetic to read in low light conditions. This reading light has been designed in a way that offers maximum illumination thereby making it easy for the individual to read text that is badly printed. The discreet lighting option stresses on illuminating the page while the dimmer switch offers the option of varying the intensity of the Flat Panel Book Reading Light. The light is powered by 3 AAA batteries that offer sufficient light for reading the entire page.

My Vegan Citricidal Dandruff Removal

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

I’ve always suffered from a bit of dandruff. It’s not like I have great swathes of hair snow adorning my shoulders, but I have a bit of dandruff and I’d rather I didn’t. I’ve tried various anti-dandruff shampoos and some of them work OK, but it’s difficult to find ones that I can be absolutely certain are vegan. Head and Shoulders doesn’t explicitly state whether or not it’s tested on animals and I’ll be damned if I can look up every single ingredient in each brand I try.

So imagine my surprise when I discovered the wonders of Citricidal Liquid. Primarily consisting of Grapefruit Seed Extract, it’s used for a great many applications. It can be taken internally for certain digestive conditions, colds and flus, parasitic diseases and allergies. It essentially works as a disinfectant and so can also be used for cleansing nails, ears, throats, noses, toothbrushes, chopping boards and yes: itchy scalps.

All you have to do is mix in 5-15 drops of Citricidal Liquid to each shampoo, either in the hand or on the head. Massage it into the scalp and leave for 2 minutes before rinsing off.

Why am I so pleased with it? Other than it’s multitude of uses, it’s a vegan product. Citricidal Liquid is a combination of Grapefruit Seed Extract and a few others ingredients (it can be highly acidic by itself), but certainly all of the ingredients in the Higher Nature citricidal products are vegan.

So I’ve finally found a product I can use on my head without worrying about the vegan consequences. And it cleans my toothbrush.

Ecologically sound removals

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Moving house or offices can be a very stressful experience. No matter how long you’ve been there, you will likely find yourself presented with a seemingly insurmountable level of waste. This is particularly true if you find yourself taking the opportunity to clear out all the stuff that you never got round to clearing out (and what better time?)

If you leave it too close to the last minute, you’ll probably find yourself not distinguishing anymore between what can be recycled and what can’t, what can be donated to charity and what can’t, and just end up giving up and chucking everything into a bin bag or a skip.

That’s where a removals company such as the Brighton Removals Company can help. They do everything that a normal removals company will do: take your stuff and put it somewhere else, or clear a property entirely; but they do things in as ecologically sound a way as possible. As the name suggests they are based in Brighton, which is why I’m writing about them, but they do removals across the whole of Sussex and are also able to provide international household removals if you’re going overseas.

When they do a removal, they clear out everything in the property as required and make sure that all recyclable waste is taken to be recycled rather than just dumped, and use recycled boxes for moving. So not only do you get a big helping hand with moving all of your property and clearing your waste but you can have a sound conscience whilst doing so as well.

As I said, moving can be a very stressful time, and one where you are likely to forget about making sure you recycle your waste and use recycled boxes as you concentrate on just getting out on time – so it’s nice to know there’s a removals company out there who is thinking about it for you.

For more information on removals Brighton, please visit the Brighton Removals Company at www.brighton-removal.co.uk