The Grapevine (OFF TOPIC CHAT) Part II

My new oven, very vegan friendly :P





Got these vegan icecreams at the heath store yesterday, the chocolate one especially was amazing, tasted kinda like macaroon bar ^_^

My cope of The Oh She Glows Cookbook arrived this morning, I'm not exaggerating when I see everything in it looks delicious. I'm so excited to start trying the recipes!

kellief wrote: »

Naked hair care on 3 for 2 in boots.
Vegan and vegetarian, not tested on animals.

I used the shampoo before and found it awful, left loads of residue in my hair so it was still greasy after washing. I'd buy the conditioner again though, have picked it up for €2 in Euro shops before.

The geese in York know to wait at the traffic lights before crossing the road. It's so cute.

loveisdivine wrote: »

My cope of The Oh She Glows Cookbook arrived this morning, I'm not exaggerating when I see everything in it looks delicious. I'm so excited to start trying the recipes!

I finally got my nom yourself cookbook in the post too, she even wrote a message inside and signed it, I love her

I want to see that fewtins!

Ooo that's beautiful! The kiwi is so cute :P

Spotted the most beautiful ginger hair dye in superdrug but it's only vegetarian.

Dunnes Stores now stock Tofutti cheese. I have seen the "mozzarella" block and the "cheddar-style" slices.

edit: actually this is the most on-topic post in the off-topic thread!

You have evolved BMJD :P

Killer_banana wrote: »

They are but they don't do any 'normal' colours. I use naturtint normally I just thought it was a really nice colour and being superdrug own brand thought it might be vegan.

Have you ever tried the lush hennas? I mostly use the caca noir but Tars sister uses the rouge one and it comes out gorgeous on her hair.

Feu wrote: »

not sure where to post this - going to germany in a couple of weeks, berlin for 3 days (woo!) and leipzig for 3 days too. Any one know of any particular recommendations of vegetarian restaurants?

(I'm a bit afraid of all the wurst and schnitzel = yuck the last time I ate meat was a pork schnitzel in Vienna years ago, yuck yuck)

ye lucky yoke, I'd love to go there. Berlin is one of the most veggie friendly places from what I know, they have that "veganz" supermarket chain. There's even an app called "Berlin Vegan Guide". I don't know any specific places myself, I know some veggie germans though, I'll ask

I use the happy cow app all the time in Amsterdam, it just automatically lists places in order of distance from you, very handy!

Is it soon enough that you're heading over loveisdivine? It's gorgeous over here at the minute, boiling all last week, supposed to be the same this week.

Feu wrote: »

Hye thanks Los, i'm actually not going until July, but i am counting the days so excited! You're not too far from germany are you? would you think of visiting over the summer? I hope it will be nice but not too hot It's boiling here at the moment - sat out when i got home from work yesterday from 5.30-6 and it was roasting!

I like the sound of Veganzzzz, will check it out, we're staying just by alexanderplatz so very central. I will check out the Yellow Sunshine and Sfizy veg too, sound good!

our friend in leipzig is very fructose intolerant, while her partner is very lactose intolerant, so we'll make some group! we can all fortunately eat sushi

Ye not too far from anywhere here I guess, just couldn't afford to travel at the minute, if I could I'd be more likely to visit home :P

I knew it had to be hot in Ireland, it's cooler here today, we're always swapping weather.

Got all the ingredients for moxarella so that's my project for tonight

Feu wrote: »

how was the cheeeeze?

It came out kinda sticky, like it was kinda hard to handle, I had to roll it in a bit of flour just so I could form it up and cut it. I think not measuring the ingredients failed me this time BUT the taste was good, very mild, but so is normal mozarella I guess, and the texture was good coz it crisps on the outside and stays gooey inside. But I accidentally made very little of it.

That pizza cheese I got in vegabond was amazing, don't think it's a known brand or anything, can't help you guys out :P

I see there is a new forum on boards, beekeeping

Thought it was interesting last night on Graham Norton that John Bishop (who's vegetarian) when talking about his pig said 'I don't own him, he came to live with us.' Thought it said a lot that he felt he had to make the distinction.

Killer_banana wrote: »

Man lavera sun cream smells really awful...

Do you know any good vegan suncream btw? I only checked one place so far, a vegan shop but they had no suncream at all. It's hot out there, I need suncream for this irish skin

--LOS-- wrote: »

Do you know any good vegan suncream btw? I only checked one place so far, a vegan shop but they had no suncream at all. It's hot out there, I need suncream for this irish skin

Lavera's the only one I've tried so far and it went cloudy as soon as I went outside so not sure how good it is. Like I said it really stinks. It's fairly thick but rubs in pretty well. They only do factors 15 and 20 which might not be great if you're not used to the sun (living in Lanzarote helped me build up a bit of resistance). Jason's are vegan and are all really high factors. They're meant to be mineral sun blocks but looking at them in the shop the ingredients looks quite chemical-y to me. Of course most standard sun creams are full of chemicals so that might not be something that bothers you. I remember someone on here recommending Badger before but I've only ever seen it for sale on American sites so don't know how available it is.

Been maning to ask, what did you think of the real techniques brushes you got not too long ago? My ELF stipple brush is on it's last legs so need something new.