Eat The Rainbow!
Brighten up your winter with these rainbow vegetables. There is more to the rainbow food than fruit salad and smoothies. We have all seen those TikTok’s celebrating brightly coloured rainbow smoothie bowels or fruit platters. Lovely, probably delicious, but full of expensive berries and watery Dagon fruit for the most part. What if we told you there are other,...Read More
You can’t pour from an empty cup
 Practical self-care hacks that’s not about having a shower. When you are a toddler, mom is everything. When you are a teenager, mom is annoying. Now that you are older, you’ve probably realized…mom was right. In modern vocabulary, “Mom” is not a noun, but a verb. The face of “momming” has changed dramatically over the past decades. It’s not only...Read More
Making the most of a woolly situation.
Karoo Creations create sustainable sleep products, locally. Â We spoke to the CEO of Karoo Creations about doing business in SA, what drives him and how they are improving people’s lives one sleep at a time. From very nearly broke to breaking into the bedding market in a big way. Aubrey Williams, CEO, and founder of Karoo Creations, tells us how they made the...Read More
Mom deserves more this Mother’s day
We found some unique local spoils to make mom’s day extra special.  Mothers deserve more than macaroni necklaces and wax-crayon cards. That being said, there are other things that mom’s want… We keep on hearing that every child is different and unique, but guess what? So are moms! That flowery pink hand lotion and soap pre-packed prezzie you get from the shelf at...Read More
Fight the frost with these bites…
Food for the changing season. The moment the temperature (and the rain) starts falling, you can’t turn around without bumping into a blog or magazine spinning tales about stews and soups or prattling on about pancakes. While we do like these (worn out) “winter – warmers”, we have a couple of fresh favourites for you to try this season. As much as we love a “hearty...Read More
Not all glass is created equal.
Safety, Shatterproof? What do these words mean? For the love of glass Since we created that very first piece of glass more than 4000 years ago, humanity has been in love with the lustre and versatility of this magical material. Suddenly we could create a transparent material to use in all manner of household applications. Glass has grown up. While our love for all...Read More
Moon magic is our kind of magic
Are you missing out on your garden during the day? Plant a moon garden. How often do you spend your weekends knee deep in potting soil and lawn mix, just to head off the work at the crack of dawn on a Monday morning? What is the point of slaving away in your free time to create a perfect garden, but only your dogs and neighbours get to enjoy it during the day…With...Read More
Superclean: Water is the first step.
Superclean: how to find the balance between “good” clean and “bad” clean. Water is the first step Sort out your water quality sooner rather than later. Clean is the new green. In a pre-pandemic life, very few people had a favourite hand-sanitizer and Dettol’s “kills 99.9% of all germs” promise was accepted as a jingle, not relied on as a life...Read More
A different kind of solar energy.
Superclean: how to find the balance between “good” clean and “bad” clean. Let’s investigate the UV disinfecting Loving the sunlight Humanity has had a love affair with the sun ever since that first dawn. We have cloaked it in myths, we have created a bunch of different sun deities and gods, and Icarus even found his downfall by not respecting it for the...Read More