Violet Writes

Yesterday, on the official PETA website, I signed a 30 day pledge to go Vegan. In the past 24 hours I've already discovered pretty much every thing I use on a daily basis is not cruelty free, or at least not from a cooperation that completely bans animal testing. I think one of the most surprising discoveries I've made so far is that brown sugar (probably something as far removed from animals as you can get) is deemed not safe to eat for Vegans. After doing some googling, I came across this: “British Sugar, trading as Silver Spoon (the largest UK supplier) state that their white sugar is vegan but they cannot guarantee their brown sugars as some bone charcoal may be used by their suppliers.” - via www.veganconnection.com How nuts is that! How the hell are these things being sold on shelves every where as if that's normal?! All I've been doing for the past couple of days is researching into every thing about going Vegan. Things like, is my toot

When I was 18, I was given the chance to move to York with my parents. They bought a shop on The Shambles and filled it with bath bombs, soaps, and home made cupcake candles. (My mum made these from scratch with wax and fragrances) Back then it was called Scentiments, but they changed the name to Tonic Cosmetics a couple of years later. My photo of Clifford's Tower, Oct 2015 We first lived in the Clifton Moor area, down a beautiful drive surrounded by beautiful houses. We then moved to a cul de sac down Monkgate, then to Huntington a year later, and a year after that I moved out of my parents house and lived in a tiny flat on Ousegate, which was in the middle of the city, on a bridge, above a 24 hour Tesco. (The sound of 4am deliveries and race-goers puking outside my window still haunts me to this day) In early 2014 I moved to Whitby, and back to York again down the South Bank area. I know right? I'm knackered just from writing about how many times I moved house!