D.I.Y or die

Alex, 22, Herts/London. Queer intersectional feminist, psychological research officer and vegetarian. Interested in lefty politics, anarchism, animal rights, D.I.Y punk and cats.

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VEGAN ON THE CHEAP! For 9 days I ate 3 vegan meals a day for £3.39, I did a big food shop that would feed me for that long and then divided it by 9 to reach the daily price! I wanted to show that veganism is still do-able and tasty on a budget.

(the only thing different from the receipts pictures is I bought some butternut squash noodles for 84p) Here are all the meals that I had each day with a picture of the receipts too so you can see exactly what I bought. A repeated a few of the meals and ended up on leftovers by the end of the week but still found it really diverse and enjoyed it a lot. I also felt like I was definitely eating enough and getting a balance of all the good stuff. (I forgot to include this on the list because it’s such a habit, but I drink a glass of fortified plant milk every day and sprinkle nutritional yeast on almost all my savoury food to make sure I get enough vitamin B12) I didn’t include the specific recipes for these because they were all SO simple and were completely improvised, it just involved a lot of frying and simmering and microwaving. I hope the lists speak for themselves but if you want to know how I made an exact meal message me and I’ll try and get back to you! I could have made it significantly cheaper if I hadn’t done the last third of the shop at Tesco, but I’ll fix that next time and hopefully get it down to £2.50 per day. Also, at the end of the week I still had a lot of food (leftovers, frozen veg, rice, pasta, bread) left over which makes it work out even cheaper.

* things marked with this are condiments, spices, spreads etc. that I always just “have in”/last a long time and wouldn’t be included in a regular shop

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Brands that Have Been Asked and Answered!

Bold = No Testing Italics = Parent Company Nothing = Tested on Animals However, if they don’t offer vegan products at all, we didn’t bold or italicize since they are brands we will never support anyways!

If they are 100% vegan they are already on our Vegan List!

100% Pure - Doesn’t Test - Almost all products are vegan, but look out for honey and beeswax 

Acure Organics - Doesn’t Test -  Outlines their non-vegan products 

AG Hair Cosmetics - Doesn’t Test - Vegan list in FAQ 

Alba Botanica - Doesn’t Test - Beeswax is the only non-vegan ingredient you need to check for

Alberto Culver - Tests

Anastasia Beverly Hills - Doesn’t Test - Hardly any non-vegan products, here is their vegan list - check the tag for more

Aphogee - Doesn’t Test - No Vegan Products

Australis - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List 

Avon - Tests 

Bare Minerals - Parent Company Tests - No Vegan Products

Barry M - Doesn’t Test - Vegan Products Labelled Online

Bath and Body works - Tests

Becca - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List

Benefit - Tests 

Biore - Tests

BH Cosmetics - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List 

Butter London - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List 

Calvin Klein - Tests 

Chanel - Tests

Christopher Drummond - Doesn’t Test - Labels Vegan Products on Website

Clairol - Tests 

Clean & Clear - Tests

Coastal Scents - Grey Area Brand - We will avoid.

Collection - Tests 

Coloured Raine - Doesn’t Test - Vegan products labelled 

Colourpop cosmetics - Doesn’t Test -  they use one ingredients list for all products, only the ones on this list are NOT vegan.

CoverFX - Doesn’t Test - All Vegan Except for some Lip FX and Bronze FX products. 

CoverGirl - Tests 

Dessert Essence - Doesn’t Test - FAQ which products are not vegan 

Dose Of Colours - Doesn’t Test -  Labels which products are vegan 

Dove - Tests 

E.L.F. - Doesn’t Test - All Vegan Except for Essentials Brushes 

Elizabeth Arden - Tests 

Ecco Bella - Doesn’t Test - Lists which products aren’t vegan in FAQ 

Estee Lauder - Tests 

Face of Australia - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List 

Freeman - Doesn’t know what vegan means. We recommend to avoid.

Fresh Cosmetics - Tests

Garnier - Tests 

Gillette - Tests

Giovanni - Doesn’t Test - List of non-vegan products in FAQ 

Got2Be - Tests 

Gucci - Tests 

Herbal Essences - Tests

H&M Makeup - Doesn’t Test - They do not use carmine

Hourglass - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List 

Illamasqua - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List

Impulse Cosmetics - Doesn’t Test - Labels Vegan Products on Website

Inglot Cosmetics - Doesn’t Test - Provides vegan list if you email

Ion - Doesn’t Test - Labels Vegan Products with “100% Vegan”

Jane Irdale - Doesn’t Test - Labels Vegan Products on Website

Jordana Cosmetics - Doesn’t Test - Vegan list

John Frieda - Tests 

Josie Maran - Doesn’t Test - Labels Vegan Products on Website

Kat Von D - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List

Kiehl’s -Tests 

Kiss My Face - Doesn’t Test - List of non-vegan products in FAQ 

Korres - Doesn’t Test - Vegan list here

Laura Geller - Tests 

LaSplash - Doesn’t Test - unclear about what products are vegan, don’t trust.

Lily Lolo - Doesn’t Test - Labels Vegan Products on Website

Luscious Cosmetics - Doesn’t Test - Labels Vegan Products on Website

Lush - Doesn’t Test - Labels Vegan Products 

MAC - Tests

Makeup Forever - Tests 

Makeup Geek - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List 

Malin + Gotez - Doesn’t Test - Non-Vegan List

Manic Panic - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List

Medusa’s Makeup - Doesn’t Test - Labels Vegan Products on Website

Melt Cosmetics - Doesn’t Test - Labels all vegan products on website 

Mehron - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List here 

Milani - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List 

Milk Makeup - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List 

Mineral fusion - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List

Nad’s - Doesn’t Test - Check ingredients as they use honey and beeswax 

Natures Organics - Doesn’t Test - All Vegan

NARS - Parent Company Tests - No Idea of Vegan Products 

Neutrogena - Tests

Neve Cosmetics - Doesn’t Test - Label their vegan products

NYX - Parent Company Tests - Refuses to Give Vegan List and Says to “Read Labels for Yourself" 

Nivea - Tests 

Organix - Tests

Palladio - Tests

Paul Mitchell - Doesn’t Test - Individual Products on Site Listed Vegan

Paula’s Choice - Doesn’t Test - List of non-vegan products in FAQ

Physician’s Formula - Doesn’t Test - No Vegan List but Glycerin is Plant Derived According to Email Correspondence!

Pixi Beauty - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List

Pretty Zombie - Doesn’t Test - Vegan Listed on Website 

Redken - Tests 

Revlon - Tests

Rimmel London - Tests

Satin Cosmetics - Doesn’t Test - Ingredients List

Sephora Brand - Tests

Shiro cosmetics - Doesn’t Test - All non vegan items labeled

Silk Naturals - Doesn’t Test - Vegan Sorting Option on Online Store

Simple - Tests

Sleek - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List

Soap and Glory - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List

Smashbox - Tests

Stila - Tests

Sugarpill - Doesn’t Test - Vegan section here 

Schwarzkopf - Tests 

Sephora Collection - Tests

Shea Moisture - Doesn’t Test - No vegan list, must read ingredients

Simple Skincare - Tests 

Tarte - Parent Company Tests - Vegan List 

The Balm - Doesn’t Test - Vegan list

Tom’s of Maine - Parent Company Tests - Labels Vegan Products

Tony Moly - Tests

Too Faced - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List 

Tresemme - Tests 

Urban Decay - Parent Company Tests - Vegan List 

Vidal Sasson - Tests 

Wet n’ Wild - Doesn’t Test - Vegan List

** some links are affiliate links

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We went fruit picking 🍓🍓

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MARTHA being total babes last night!!!

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Checking in with a selfie dump ✌🏻️

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Amazing 2 days with this lil bean tbh she is the greatest

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This happened

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GOOD HAIR yes

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People say Labour don’t understand what it’s like to be working class anymore. But they do, they know that 25 quid and a 2 day window to register will stop a lot of working class people having their democratic say in the leadership election.

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£25 is a weeks shopping for some people, they are legit fucking evil for doing that…

[notquiteluke]

Ok but there’s hope! This article details a few ways you can vote in the leadership contest without paying £25!! Here’s some quotes w/ links intact:

Firstly, people can join the Unite union as a community member, paying 50p a week until becoming an affiliate member by 8 August.

This would allow members or anyone interested, including students and the unemployed, to vote in the upcoming election.

Secondly, if you are black, Asian or belong to an ethnic minority, you would be eligible to vote in the election after paying £5 for a two-year membership of BAME Labour.

If you are LGBT, you could gain a say in the leadership election if you join LGBT Labour for £8 a year.

Alternatively, you could join Scientists for Labour for a concession rate of £5 to vote.

Also worth noting that on the LGBT Labour link you can sign up as a ‘solidarity member’ so even if you’re not LGBT yourself, you can sign up for either  £8 if you’re a student/unwaged or £15 otherwise.

However, if you visit the Scientists for Labour link you’ll find that their membership applications have been temporarily suspended as they don’t like people being able to use them to vote for less than £25, so fuck you scientists.

Please let people know that there are options that, while still not free, are considerably less than £25, we need every voter we can get and while this obviously isn’t an ideal situation, there’s ways around it that we can and should take advantage of.

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Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

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Some of my favourite signs from the ‘March For Europe’ Brexit protest in London, July 2nd, 2016.

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more bedroom chunks

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[caption: two images of a room filled with plants.]

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“GAY’S THE WORD” float, Gay Pride, London, June 30, 1979. Gay’s The Word, founded in 1979, is the only specifically LGBT bookstore in the United Kingdom, and the shop has always served as a gathering place for London’s LGBT community. Perhaps most notably, Gay’s The Word was headquarters for the Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners group in 1984-1985, as memorialized in the 2014 film “Pride.” The Gay’s The Word contingent, and the float pictured here, led London’s 1979 Gay Pride Parade. #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory #lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride #gaystheword (at Gay’s The Word)

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I’m a mermaid