Tag: vegan healthcare

Benecos Oat Repair Shampoo and Conditioner

beauty, Birthday Gifts, eco friendly, health, Vegan, Vegetarian, Women

Disclaimer – We received this item free for the purpose of this review/feature but all words and opinions are our own.

Winter plays havoc with my hair and I am constantly looking for ways of repairing my locks. Benecos have a range of Oat Repair shampoos and conditioners which do just that – repair with the benefits of oats and the assets the oats contain. If you’ve ever had a baby with eczema, one natural remedy is to place a hemp bag filled with oats under a running tap and let the oat water fill the bath to sooth itchy skin, so oats are well known for their restorative properties.

An additional benefit of the Benecos Oat Repair Shampoo & Conditioners are that they are completely vegan, so will suit everybody. Along with oats, the shampoo contains olive oil (known for conditioning hair) and grapeseed oil too. 

I tried the Oat Repair Shampoo first. It doesn’t lather as much as High Street shampoos because it hasn’t got the sulphates but it does clean your hair. Both the shampoo and conditioners have a distinct aniseed fragrance, not what I was expecting from an oat-based product but it isn’t unpleasant. It was easy to get my hair squeaky clean from the shampoo and not use too much product either.

The Oat Repair Conditioner (called: My Oat Milk Brings All The Repair To My Hair) has a slightly different scent but still contains oat milk, along with organic jojoba oil and regional organic apple juice to provide the best nutrients to condition your hair.  As with other conditioners, you just leave in for a few minutes after shampoo, and rinse off completely afterwards.

My hair was left in better condition after just one treatment, so I’m sure that if I keep using it I will see more of an improvement over time.  At £13.95 per bottle, there is 500ml of each shampoo and conditioner which gives you weeks worth of washes, which means ample time for your hair to get repaired, and in time for summer too.

Available online from £13.95 each at:

https://benecos.uk/shop-1/p/oat-repair-shampoo
https://benecos.uk/shop-1/p/oat-repair-conditioner

Ben & Anna White Toothpaste with Flouride

beauty, Children, cruelty-free, eco friendly, Family Life, Gluten Free, health, Home, Home & Garden, Plastic free, Sustainable, Vegan, Vegetarian

Disclaimer – We received this item free for the purpose of this review/feature but all words and opinions are our own.

I am a big fan of sustainable health and beauty products. Unfortunately, they are not easy to find on supermarket shelves so you have to look online and find what you’re looking for.  Toothpaste packaging is particularly bad for not being able to be recycled properly and the ingredients are not always what you want to be putting in your body, especially if you’re vegan. Thankfully nowadays, there are a lot more products on the market.

Ben & Anna started their vegan beauty product business with the aim of using organic ingredients and plastic-free packaging. Starting with aluminium-free deodorants, they progressed onto sodium bicarbonate based toothpaste in a glass jar, with essential oils to help with fighting germs and bacteria.  The resulting White Toothpaste range was sent to us to review this week and we’ve been loving it!

The 100ml toothpaste arrived in a glass pot and with a wooden spoon to be able to spoon it onto your toothbrush! The spoon actually fits into the pot which I found quite handy.  When you open the toothpaste pot, there is a beautiful, overwhelming menthol smell from the toothpaste. The paste is similar to toothpaste and a white colour so children won’t find any difference but the biggest change is that it’s completely vegan with all vegan and organic ingredients.

It was easy to place the toothpaste on the toothbrush with the spoon, and is actually easier to control the amount you use. The White Toothpaste cleans brilliantly and I didn’t find any difference in cleaning compared to my normal toothpaste.  The aroma is lovely too! The only difference I found was that there is no foaming because it doesn’t contain sulphates or agents which create the bubbles. 

Like most sustainably products and especially in healthcare, the actual packaging is very aesthetic and looks great on a shelf! It can either be recycled or reused for something else, perhaps a homemade remedy.  The Ben & Anna White Toothpaste with Flouride was certainly a refreshing change to the medicinal High Street offerings, had a much better fragrance and was just as good at cleaning. For anyone who is vegan or only uses organic products, there is no reason not to try Ben & Anna, and not just for their toothpaste. There’s deodorant, hand care and even haircare to try too.

Available at the Ben & Anna website for £8.95:

https://benandanna.uk/shop/p/toothpaste-with-fluoride