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Palm Oil, Veganism and Soap. A ramble about ethics.

If you follow me on  Facebook  you might have seen the little post asking whether you would be prepared to pay a little bit more for Palm Oil Free & Organic products. I should probably explain. I would consider myself to be a very ethical person. I have been living (and loving) the hell out of my Vegan and totally cruelty free lifestyle for many years now. When I say that my products are "Vegan & Cruelty Free", you can bet your bottom dollar that it's not just an incidental fact or marketing hype, my business has been built from the ground up with those principals in mind. Being certified with  Choose Cruelty Free  and  PETA  is proof that I not only stand by these convictions but am willing to sign legal documents to state how my business sources the ingredients and have accountability for my purchases. It's worth pointing out that running a business with so many considerations is not without its complications. Many, many times I have come across a Palm Oi

Best time to shop in my Hand-Made shop

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After an awful night's sleep, sick as a dog (I thought I had appendicitis but since my abdomen didn't explode, I'm guessing I'm ok :P) I woke up to this email from  https://www.hand-made.com.au/  and I'm pretty excited about it. Who doesn't want to win an iPad? Welcome to our latest giveaway! We wanted to enable one lucky hand-made buyer to shop hand-made anywhere, anytime. What better way to do that than with and ipad3? To score yourself a brand spanking new ipad3 Buy hand-made.  Purchase anything from  hand-made.com.au  between 3pm on the 6th April 2012 and Midnight, 29th June 2012. The Prize   Everyone who purchases from  hand-made.com.au  will go into the draw to win an ipad3 16GB with WiFi valued at $498 - every purchase begets an entry ie 8 purchases will get you 8 entries in the draw. Entries will be drawn Sunday 1st July 2012 via  random.org . *All times are in Australia Eastern Standard Times **Must be resident of Australia ***Winners wi