Musings & Things April 24 – intentions, essential oils, tallow soap & more

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How are all of You, I hope You are well? Today I’ll talk about what’s going on behind the scenes at Green Life In Dublin HQ (musings) and what natural beauty products I am using/ buying/ lusting after (things). Interested? Let’s dive in.

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Musings & Things March 24 – Tabitha James Kraan, Ecco Verde, books, slow fashion & more

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Monthly Musings & Things - July 2023 - Green Life In Dublin
Monthly Musings & Things – July 2023 – Green Life In Dublin

How are all of You, I hope You are well? How is spring threating You? Today I will talk about what’s happening behind the scenes at Green Life In Dublin HQ and new products coming into my life this month.

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2023 Best Products – Natural Make Up – Green Life In Dublin

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Green Beauty Best – skincare, make up, hair care, body care

Let’s start 2024 with my Class of 2023 Best Products series, shall we?

Today it is make up. All natural and organic of course. You know I am all about that life.

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Musings & Things December 23 – Gratitude Mode ON – Green Life In Dublin

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Musings & Things December 23 - Gratitude Mode ON - Green Life In Dublin
Musings & Things December 23 – Gratitude Mode ON – Green Life In Dublin

How are all of You, I hope You are well? Enjoying lots of Christmas activities? Presents ready? This will be my last post of this year and I have just one thing to say – THANK YOU!

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Natural & Organic Autumn 23 Favourites – Green Life In Dublin

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Natural & Organic Autumn 23 Favourites - Green Life In Dublin
Natural & Organic Autumn 23 Favourites – Green Life In Dublin

How are all of You, I hope You are well? With the temperatures dropping quickly & ever present rain being back with the vengeance – a storm is about to hit Ireland tomorrow, eek! Let me quickly tell You about my fall/ autumn favourites to take my mind off it? It’s been a long while since I did faves post, more than a year I think, so it is about time 🙂

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My Desktop Essentials – Green Life In Dublin

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How are all of You, I hope You are all right? Hope You are enjoying this beautiful weather to the max? Today I wanted to share with You what products I have at work – all natural of course 🙂

HURRAW lip balm (or three)

I don’t know what about You, but I love me a good lip balm, that’s one of the things I can’t live without. If You asked me to take three essentials to take to the deserted island, lip balm would be one of them. I wrote this post on my top favourites – all I ask of them is to be natural and actually stay on my lips for more than five minutes. Hurraw is one of my long standing loves, so I always have to have one or three on me at all times. One time I actually forgot to take it, I ran to the nearest pharmacy and asked if they have any natural lip balms. The only one available was Burt’s Bees one, so I grabbed it applied as soon as I returned to my job. Long story short not only I lost my lunch time, I also burned my lips – it contained peppermint, something I only realized once I applied it. Because I’d opened it, I couldn’t return it either. Lesson learned. Lesson learned.

I notice this brand disappearing from a lot of places I used to get it from, so I’ll link iHerb. You don’t have to get it from there if You don’t want to. Let me know other shops that sell it so I could check them out too.

BOIRON Oscilloccocinnum & RhinAllergy

Oscillo is more of a winter essential, but I always have a vial of this homeopathic remedy for flu symptoms. RhinAllergy is my natural answer to antihistamines. Homeopathy is a natural route and it does not have side effects, so I prefer this.

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My iHerb Must Haves – Green Life In Dublin

ESSENTIAL OIL SPRAYS

I love love love essential oils in any shape or form (see post below) and for work I take them in two forms, roller (to use on the body) and sprays. Because I cannot tolerate synthetic perfumes used there, I try to air it out and spray essential oil sprays as soon as I come in. They are proven to kill germs in the air even as low as 0.02% dilutions. In Covid heyday I also diffused essential oils in portable diffuser on my desk, but I since stopped. Got too many funny looks.

How I use essential oils

My Essential Oils DIYs – Healing Blend & Joy Perfume Roller

NATURAL HAND SOAP

I feel these are a part of our daily lives by now. I wash my hands regularly during the day. Of course mine has to be natural,  I do not not touch the “regular” one at all. The stuff at work is not natural, so I carry a travel size of DrBronner’s or Vermont Soap. I am not crazy about hand sanitizers, never used them religiously, but I’ll use them if there is no other options. I like Evolve Organic Beauty and Pure Anada ones, they both do not dry the hands and are made with pure essential oils.

hand cream

Because that’s what You do when You are over 40 🙂 My favourites are Pure Anada & Evolve Organic Beauty Timeless Renewal Hand Cream. I love them dearly, although I miss Kiss The Moon LOVE Night Cream For Hands one too, I used to get it from Love Lula, which is no more.. (sob!)

VITAMIN C ENER C

Vitamin C is the foundation of healthy life and I love these little handy sachets that are so easy to carry around. Once again, I used to get them from Love Lula, now I get them from iHerb. They are widely available from the health stores, so check around.

EUCALYPTUS or MANUKA HONEY pastiles

These are just in case I or anyone else need it. These really come in handy in winters. Now that it is summer, it is more of a candy moment things. Better than sugary sweets, or at least that’s what I tell myself 🙂

YOGI THROAT COMFORT TEA

Why chance a habit of a lifetime? 🙂

A crystal

I won’t reveal which one for personal reasons, but if You use crystals at home, why not take them to work too? I get mine from Live In The Light, which is one of my favourite online stores.

 

HYNT BEAUTY PINKIBELLE LIPSTICK

This is the only make up product I carry to work. When I put my make up in the morning, I expect it to last all day and give me no issues. The make up that I am using does exactly that. I simply adore this brand’s Duet Perfecting Concealer for full coverage and lasting power, but since it does last, I do not carry it for touch ups. Hynt Beauty Lipsticks last for the majority of the day too, once they go after a lunch or something, they leave a nice stain on the lips. So it is a case of not needing it to carry it, it is a case of wanting to carry it. The Pinkibelle shade is my Holy Grail pinky nude shade that I’ve been looking for for so many years. Plus it has a flip top lid at the end of the tube – with a mirror and a balm, so it is a great conversation piece too.

 

So that’s what I have on the desk with me at work. I hope this post was interesting or useful? Let me know if You have any questions about any of the products. What are Your work must haves? Please share, I would love to know.

 

That’s all for today, thanks for reading!

Sending LOVE & LIGHT,

Renata.

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Clean Products Wishlist – Spring 23 – Green Life In Dublin

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Clean Products Wishlist - Spring 23 - Green Life In Dublin
Clean Products Wishlist – Spring 23 – Green Life In Dublin

Hope all of You are well? As I mentioned in my Musings & Things post, I might be coming out with a wishlist post soon, so here I am. I finished a whole bunch of products and I am kind of stuck in between of wanting to go extremely minimalistic to buying all the new exciting goodies.

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Musings & Things – March 23 – Green Life In Dublin

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What's in my mail - February 23 - Green Life In Dublin
Musings & Things 23 – Green Life In Dublin

How are all of You, I hope You are good? Today I am going to combine two posts into one – Monthly Musings and New In type of posts. Hope You like the two together, I will be able to brief You in in what’s going on behind the scenes and what new products I am getting in.

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Friday Faves – English Mineral Make Up Company

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Fiday Faves - English Mineral Make Up Company
Fiday Faves – English Mineral Make Up Company

How are all of You, I hope You are well? Today I am coming at You with another Friday Fave – please step forward English Mineral Make Up Company! Loved the brand for years, the foundation never left my Yearly Faves & All The Time Favourites list since 2015 – coming from a beauty blogger that’s saying something!

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What’s in my mail – February 23 – Green Life In Dublin

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What's in my mail - February 23 - Green Life In Dublin
What’s in my mail – February 23 – Green Life In Dublin

Hello Lovelies, how are all of You, I hope You are all good? Today I will talk about new (to me) products that came into my life. I know You want a peak, so let’s dive in?

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