IMBOLC - Spring has Sprung
It feels as if it has been a very long cold winter but now we look forward to celebrating Imbolc to mark the arrival of spring. There is lot’s to look forward to including longer brighter evenings, warmer weather, new life in nature and getting out into the garden again. Photo by Alena Koval on Pexels.com From Feb 1st to February 2nd the traditional festival Imbolc, also celebrated as St.Brigids day, marks the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. The day is celebrated in many ways including: Feasts/special meals Visiting streams rivers and wells Divination Spring cleaning Lighting candles Sowing the first seeds such as sweet peas and early potatoes The International Imbolc Festival has...
Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit! Go raibh míle maith agat! Happy New Year and Thank You!
Photo by Courtney Hedger on Unsplash 2020 has definitely been a strange and challenging year for everyone. As we move forward into 2021 in hope for better times and despite the still ongoing interruption to what we would like as normal life, we would like to say a big thank you. Thank you for continuing to support us throughout the year and for choosing healthy and sustainable products, supporting an Irish small business and shopping local. There are so many important reasons to keep supporting many local businesses especially now. Here are some of them: Shopping locally creates what is called a local multiplier effect. Simplified it means that say, every €100 spent in the local economy is actually worth €500,...
For Black Friday Cyber Monday weekend - Keep calm and clean on - 6 steps to keep your home cosy and indoor air fresh
It is hopefully coming towards the end of the lockdown and we can start getting ready for Christmas, whatever it will look like this year. It is dark and we are still spending more time home working and, well, not going anywhere. It remains important more than ever to make sure our surroundings are clean and that we have good air quality indoors to breath. Indoor pollution sources and inadequate ventilation can cause poor indoor air quality. Aerosol, plug-in and synthetic air fresheners, cigarette smoke and burning paraffin wax and synthetically fragranced candles can all contribute to toxic indoor environments. Some of the cleaning products used daily, and lately in vast quantities, are one of the most common causes of...
5 ways how cleaning will help with your new year health resolutions
Yes, you read it correctly: Cleaning will help with your Health resolutions. Cleaning has surprisingly positive effects to any healthy living efforts. If you used to think that it is was a chore to be avoided - think again. The truth is that a clean and orderly home is a huge part of Healthy Living and will contribute to achieving your goals. Here are 5 very ideas on how to get started: 1. Decluttering and cleaning will clear your mind and help you to focus on your goals Think about it, if your training gear is chuffed with everything else in the wardrobe when you want to exercise, is that motivating? Or the area for doing a yoga is full of clutter and...
8 Ways to reduce waste with home cleaning.
This is a double whammy - simple steps to reduce waste at home and keep your home amazing. 1. Use Refillable Products. Only buy products you can refill and re use after. This also means that you will be changing your cleaning chemicals to better, less toxic and environmentally friendly chemicals. 2. Understand that every small step counts and adds up. Whether you refill in store, use pouch refills or buy larger refills every now and then - it all adds up, there is no wrong way of doing this. 3. Keep your Plastic Equipment clean and re use them If you still use plastic dish brushes etc. clean and disinfect them regularly, for example you can wash them in a...
Boots Mother & Infant Awards Recognition for Lilly's
Lilly's Non Bio Laundry won Silver for Best Family Detergent, Lilly's Dishwasher Tablets won Bronze for Best Family Detergent and Lilly's Washing Up Liquid won Bronze for the Best Family Cleaning Product. It is amazing to receive this recognition as the main part was user testing - by the Mothers. We strongly believe that Lilly's is a brand for every family so this is very important to us and thank from the bottom of our green hearts. At the event there were many awards that humbled us even more and the product awards just seemed so insignicant in comparison. The Child Hero, The Midwife of the Year, The Miracle Baby, The Mum of the Year, The Early Educator of the Year - all of the winners are...
Zero Waste Lessons from my Granny
My Granny Helka was the No 1. environmentalist I have known. She was living the Zero Waste life out of necessity and common sense, it was more about saving money than getting rid of waste. I suppose packaging at the time would have been new and fancy, before it all got out of control. For saving money or saving planet here are some of the practical things I remember: Plastic Bags: Helka cut them in strips and crochet or knitted them in to rugs for the hallway floor or utility room floors. Seriously. Glass bottles: Helka washed the bottles and used them to store home made berry and fruit cordial for the winter months. The ones with screw tops were used to bring milk in for...