Landlocked Mermaid

Final Friday Top Five Reusables! All pictures made on Canva I have been looking at a lot of reusable products, thanks to my podcast , so I figured I should rank them! I've been really enjoying taking a closer look at them. In the future I will be doing more pro/con lists here on the blog to further explore these awesome products! Without further waffle, here are my top five reusable products. 5. Gift Bags As per usual, I am breaking my own rules and starting with something not technically advertised as reusable. But surely I am not the only person who hoards gift bags and the fancy paper shopping bags with a mind to reuse them? I have a wine bag which is made from jute so if that's not reusable I don't know what is! And even if I don't actually hand the physical bag over, they are a great way to transport gifts at the very least.  I genuinely think I have never bought a gift bag in my life.  4. Sanitary Towels Making the s...

Fair warning: This is a post about periods and sanitary products. If you're squeamish or not comfortable reading about this sort of thing, give it a miss. My next post will be about my diving trip this weekend, come back for that. About this time last year, I was beginning my journey into reducing plastic. One of the guides I looked at outlined the fact that women's products - tampons and sanitary towels - are a massive contributor to plastic pollution and talked about how to reduce that. Honestly, the way it came across was a little "just bleed less", which is definitely not how that works. But some further research and discussion with friends and family did uncover some alternatives to the plastic heavy products the market is full of. The obvious choice was to go for a Mooncup - as they are probably the best known alternative. But they weren't for me. I have never used tampons and these are a natural progression from there. Plus, I don't really wor...