🧁 This account is mostly just for my #plantbased posts now.
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| Location | London, UK 🇬🇧 |
| Homepage | https://blog.outtolunch.me.uk/ |
| Languages | English (primary), French (mostly competent, but rusty), Japanese (forgotten), Portuguese (beginner) |
I'm supposed to be being stingy with my money these days, but I was just so happy when I saw these that I couldn't resist!
They aren't joking when they called it soft baked. They have the texture of almost raw cookie dough. They will sag and break if you hold one by the middle. They taste really nice though.
I tried these, since #Morrisons has a 3 for £5 offer on their frozen #vegan range. They're not bad, I just don't think I'm a fan of southern fried seasoning. I tried #Aldi's southern fried chick'n stars a year or two ago and wasn't too keen on them either. If you do like southern fried, you'll probably like these.
Ugh, for some reason, I didn't even notice that this #Tintations colourant is not vegan (contains keratin and collagen ie gelatin) and I can't see any mention of it not being tested on animals, so I definitely won't buy this again. The skin and hair care products I buy have been vegan and free of #animaltesting, so I suppose I took it for granted that this one was too.
Apparently, even #Schwarzkopf Live is tested on animals, so I won't be buying their colour again. Their pink colour at least is #vegan fwiw. When you see vegan, you just assume that includes not testing on animals, but they are careful with their wording, ie vegan formula, but not vegan friendly.
One of my colleagues gave me a pack of the Schwarzkopf Live pink and it worked well, so I switched to them and I just assumed that they wouldn't test on animals, since I thought that went out of fashion for cosmetics decades ago.
It looks like #CrazyColor (the first brand I used, actually) is fully vegan and doesn't test on animals.
https://www.crazycolor.co.uk/cruelty-free-hair-dye
The first colour I did was pastel lilac 😞 The reason I stopped using it was because last time I used their Pinkissimo shade, the colour washed out immediately on the first rinse, even though I left it in for hours. But I think that might have been because it was old. So I'll go back to them next time I need to top up my colour and hope the colour sticks. I very nearly did buy it last time, I wish I had!
I saw these when I was browsing B&M. I absolutely love mint #poppets. Poppets aren't #vegan, because they have shellac, which is from bugs.
Anyway, these seem to be free of any animal or bug ingredients. They were cleared to 50p since the best before is this month. The recipe calls for eggs and butter, but I'm going to try substituting with a flax egg and Stork (vegan baking margarine) to see if I can keep them vegan-friendly.
Question for those with #ComplexPTSD who were able to heal, to any degree. What pushed you to get help (whether therapy, support groups, self help, etc)? If you had that feeling that you weren't worthy of help/happiness/healing and that you deserved to suffer, how did you fight that feeling to start on the path to healing?
How long did it take you from realising you had #CPTSD to being in the right headspace to do something about your own wellbeing?
The photo shows them yellow, but they're entirely white! They were nice enough. Apparently I'm spending £100 on food a month, which is a heck of a lot more that I thought so I'm going to have to cut back on spending money on trying out new plant based foods.
Just for context, pre-Ukraine war, I could do my entire weekly shop for under £5, with a bulk buy of soya milk and ketchup once a month. In 2019, I could buy a 1.5kg bag of frozen chips for 89p. Now the cheapest is £1.65.
Got lucky with some #vegan fish goujons and vegan nuggies in #Lidl. They both have a best before of today so they were half price. I'm sure they'll be fine in the fridge.
They also had this #mochi "ice cream" in the Special Buys Japan theme. I checked it on the off chance it was vegan, and to my surprise it was!
I also got this #CuriosityCola. It was on offer an £2 for a big bottle in #Morrisons.
Silver Arrows