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Lifestyle Shop: How to Live a More Enchanting Life
Products and brands I use daily and refer to friends and family I believe that even day-to-day life should be enchanting. That’s why I’ve put all my favorite products in one spot so my readers can easily navigate and browse through my recommendations. Welcome to The Peaceful Burrow Lifestyle Shop! My favorites include eco-friendly and sustainable products, kid/pet/family-related things, and anything that has helped make my life easier or more beautiful in any way – because they’re both important! I’m going to break this down into categories: Home, garden, beauty, clothing, kids, and travel. This post contains affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission, at no cost to you,…
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Slow Fashion for Kids: 5 tips for raising conscious fashionistas from an early age (and 5 brands you’ll love)
Slow Fashion for Kids This whole month I’ve been discussing ethical, eco-friendly fashion with a focus on adults, but now it’s the kids’ turn! Here are 5 ways you can develop an eco-conscious wardrobe for your kids and 5 brands you and your kids will love! 5 tips for an eco-conscious kid’s wardrobe: 1. Accept and give hand-me-downs Hand-me-downs are a life force all their own. We fully embrace hand-me-downs and it is the best feeling to see someone else wearing your (former) littles clothes. I do have a few guidelines around hand-me-downs. Take all, but only keep what you will truly use. If you have someone offering you two…
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How to Curate an Eco-Friendly Capsule Wardrobe
Capsule wardrobes are like AirPods: if you don’t have one by now, you probably don’t want one. What I mean by this is capsule wardrobes have been around for a long time and resurface as a trending topic every once in a while. If you haven’t had any interest in a capsule wardrobe before now- that’s ok! There’s still time to learn and benefit. This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission, at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through a link. I only link to products I have personally used or researched. What is a capsule wardrobe? A capsule wardrobe…
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Minimalism and Fashion: How to Embrace a Wardrobe with Less
We all feel it. An irritation when we force our drawers to close. A desire to throw every last pair of shoes away as we’re digging through a storage tub for that one pair. A sense of dread as we open our closet door and stare into the abyss while we think over and over again, “I have nothing to wear.” Could it be that we have too many choices? Do we have so much in front of us that we’re blinded and overwhelmed into thinking we have nothing? Maybe embracing a wardrobe with less will open us up to more. More freedom. More time. More options. More confidence. More…
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How to Shop for Sustainable Clothing on Amazon
Why choose sustainable clothing? Our fast fashion empire is NOT sustainable. Sustainability is something that can be maintained over the long run. Our “want it fast, want it now” is hurting our planet and our people. The manufacturing process contributes to major pollution as well as excess water and energy consumption and the spread of microplastics (Earth.org). Many manufacturing countries either do not have labor and environmental regulations (making labor very, very cheap) or straight up ignore them. (Have you heard of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh? Super scary, super sad, and totally avoidable.) All of this is awful, but what puts the icing on the cake? The…
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How to Sort Out Fast Fashion Vs Slow Fashion
Fast Fashion Vs Slow Fashion in 2 Minutes or Less Fast Fashion is a scary thing. It doesn’t sound scary. In fact, it sounds like the average American mindset. We want it now, new, and cheaper! But the way in which we get things now, new, and cheaper is destroying our environment and hurting people in the process. This brief summary of Fast Fashion Vs Slow Fashion will give you a better understanding of the issues. What is Fast Fashion? Fast Fashion is pumping out new clothes and trends at an alarming rate using inexpensive synthetic materials and exploiting sweatshop workers in the most awful conditions. Why does Fast Fashion do…
