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St Eval As Nature Intended Scented Candle Eco Product Review
These St Eval As Nature Intended Scented Candles were scent by the Scented Candle Shop whose range of candles seems to have no end. This is a triple pack which I lit together but each of the glass jars has a different scent – jasmine and rosewo...
Surya Brazil Nutritive Hair Mask Eco Product Review
The first thing you notice about the Surya Brazil Nutritive Hair Mask is the smell. Described in the accompanying pamphlet as an ‘all-embracing, exotic and seductive scent’, the Preciosa essential oil gives the product a very distinctive smell, a...
Ecover Squirteco All Purpose Spray Product Review
The latest Ecover product for review is its All Purpose Cleaner, cutely named ‘Squirteco’. As usual the ingredients are plant and mineral-based which adds up to it being safe around food, biodegradable and has a minimal impact on aquatic...
Ecover Cream Cleaner Eco Product Review
Anyone who’s environmentally friendly has heard of Ecover. Its products are in every supermarket and available online. And the product range seems never ending, even products like the toilet cleaner have new varieties out at the moment, the lov...
EcoDiscoveries Bathroom and Tub & Tile Cleaner Product Reviews
EcoDiscoveries (”Safe has an effective side”) sent me samples of their products to review, so with the amount of cleaning I’ve had to do since moving to a new house it was perfect timing. My first test was in the bathroom. EcoDiscov...
True Grace Candle Eco Product Review
Regular readers may realise at Life Goggles we enjoy reviewing candles, and they don’t really get more special than ones from True Grace. Created by husband and wife team Philippa Nolan and Roger Biles, handmade in England with 100% natural soy...
Ecover Hand Soap Eco Product Review
I’m not sure whether I’ve succumbed to all the news reports about bacteria or I’m becoming a germaphobe, but I’ve started washing my hands more and more. Actually I rarely just go and wash them, more after I’ve been doin...
Bulldog Sensitive Shave Gel Eco Product Review
We have previously reviewed Bulldog Shave Gel and I expected the new Sensitive version to be pretty similar. However I was surprised! Bulldog Sensitive Shave Gel contains aloe vera (helps cool , soothe and soften), jojoba (natural moisturizer), sunf...
Duchy Collection Bath Soak Eco Product Review
Taking a bath used to be a luxury, then you could take one every day if you liked and now in these environmentally conscious times, it’s back to being a luxury. For me anyway. So when Big Green Smile sent me some Duchy Collection Rose & Ma...
Ylang Ylang Essential Oil Pillar Candle Eco Product Review
After reviewing a few candles, I decided to give someone else a go. Step in my friend Kate who spent some happy hours with the a Ylang Ylang candle from the Scented Candle Shop. She liked it as much as the Stone Glow Pillar Candle I reviewed: “...
Denim Jeans Cushion Eco Product Review
New friends to Life Goggles, Eco Emporia, sent us its Denim Jeans Cushion for review. The company’s straplines are “desirable things from discarded objects” and “handmade by craftspeople with a passion for recycling”, an...
Green Goes With Everything By Sloan Barnett - Green Book Review
Green Goes With Everything by Sloan Barnett - Simple Steps to a Healthier Life and a Cleaner Planet is another great green household book if you don’t have one already. Sloan is the Green Editor for KNTV in San Francisco, and wife of the CEO o...
Brakspear Oxford Gold Organic Beer Eco Product Review
While I don’t think I’m going to get better than the St Peter’s Organic Ale I recently tested, I’m up for trying. Vintage Roots sent me another beer to test, Brakspear Oxford Gold Organic Beer. Contained in a nice bottle with ...
Bring Your Bag Eco Product Review
Bring Your Own Bag is a branded, re-usable bag program designed to help the environment by reducing plastic bag use. The bags are available through retailers and also for companies to buy and brand, and either offer to their customers, or use for pro...
St Peter’s Organic Ale Eco Product Review
It’s a tough life being sent beer to test but someone’s got to do it. St Peter’s Brewery is based in a medieval hall in Suffolk and has been brewing for 700 years. The brewery sent me a case of St Peter’s Organic Ale to review...
We Want Tap Review
It’s hard to call this a product review as We Want Tap is more of a campaign that does a few products too. The campaign is by Provokateur which also did the ACME Climate Action book so I knew it was going to be a bit different and funky. We Wa...
Simply Soaps Tea Tree and Calendula Soap Eco Product Review
Reviewing a soap is pretty simple, all you need to know is: does it work or not? Well yes, but also it’s good to look at what’s in that soap as they can contain all sorts of dodgy chemicals. Male Organics sent me Simply Soaps’ Tree ...
Vivo Barefoot Shoes Eco Product Review
More and more people are looking for ethical footwear and also ones made out of recycled material. The pair I own that meet that criteria are the Vivo Barefoot Dharma. I got mine from Male Organics although made by Terra Plana they’re widely av...
VerTerra Natural Dinnerware Eco Product Review
VerTerra dinnerware are plates, bowls and platters that are made from 100% fallen leaves. No glue, chemicals, varnishes, or bonding agents are used. The plates go through three levels of sterlization: steaming; high-pressure spraying; and UV steriliz...
Act2 GreenSmart Messenger Bag Review
Finding alternative green materials to the most commonly used synthetic materials out there is often a challenge. I was delighted to be sent a Act2 GreenSmart horizontal messenger bag. The bad also comes in a vertical version and in Storm Blue. IR...
Oscar USB Hub Eco Product Review
The United Pepper Oscar USB Hub is another device that attempts to take an eco-friendly approach to electronics in addition to their Lili webcam we’ve previously reviewed. Designed in Belgium, and made in Vietnam the Oscar USB hub is made fro...
Echarger Mobile Solar Charger Product Review
Solar charging has almost become the method of choice of charging gadgets on the move. With products like the Solio Hybrid, if you live somewhere sunny it’s an easy decision to make. But what about in less sunny climes? Well in the UK, Echarger...
Headonism Organic Haircare Conditioner Eco Product Review
I see myself as a simple soul when it comes to washing my hair - either just shampoo or if the shower gel is suitable for hair then I’ll use that. So when Male Organics gave me some Headonism Organic Haircare Conditioner (scent 2 - sensuality) ...
Simply Soaps Herbal Deli Aftershave Balm Eco Product Review
My friend Jez loves a shave. To be fair he grows a beard in about 15 seconds so it’s either enjoying it or grow a beard. As I went down the route of growning a beard, he’s kindly agreed to test out this Simply Soaps Herbal Deli Aftershave...
Autonomie High-Top Shoes Eco Product Review
As well as trying out their ethical flip flops, I also have a pair of Autonomie Project Black & White High-Top Sneakers. A really short video of them is below (if you can’t see the video please go here). Autonomie Project is a new Fair Trad...
The Wholeleaf Co. Palm Leaf Plates Eco Product Review
We’ve tested different disposable plates on Life Goggles before - the ones made from potatos which Kev looked at and ones made from sal and siali leaves that I looked at. So when I was given some made from the Areca palm tree I jumped at the ch...
