EcoBalance Lifestyle

EcoBalance Lifestyle Magazine will be focusing on bringing balance back into our everyday lives through articles and features that encourage making the right choices within our environment. We aim to give informative, inspiring yet honest articles that are making a difference to the environment. The magazine will feature products and advertising that have a strong environmentally friendly, green focus or are bio-degradable (easily broken down) and practice sustainability values.

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EcoBalance Lifestyle

A REFLECTION ON WHAT TRENDED IN 2021

2020 - THE YEAR THAT PENGUIN COUPLES Got to love each OTHER MORE • You aren't alone in wishing you never had to hear the words 2020 again, but there are some surprisingly great trends to have emerged from a year that brought about such doom and gloom.

INHALE THE FUTURE, EXHALE THE PAST

COLOURS OF Optimistic Promise of Sunshine • Pantone, the global colour authority and provider of professional colour language standards and digital solutions for the design community, announced PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray and PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating, as the Pantone® Colour of the Year selection for 2021, two independent colors that come together to create an aspirational colour pairing, conjoining deeper feelings of thoughtfulness with the optimistic promise of a sunshine filled day.

EcoFINDS YELLOW / GREY 2021 COLOUR OF THE YEAR

2021 THE YEAR TO Uplift and Empower OURSELVES • After the unexpected, world-altering ordeal that was 2020, experts expect seismic shifts across many of our lifestyle choices this year. There's no space for suspect ingredients or products that don't make you feel healthy. Consumers are set to turn their attention to the ways they can become stronger, live healthier and take care of themselves for the greater good. In a bid to enable such positive changes, we've put together a guide to the best natural and sustainable products set to shake things up in the coming year.

EcoFINDS APPS & WE LOVE VIRTUAL TOOLS FOR 2021

Fake NEWS AND Conspiracy THEORIES • Fake news is not something new – although with the digital era it has become a bigger issue. False and distorted news material has been around since the birth of newspapers and printed media. It has evolved from the exaggerated stories that have helped popularise tabloids to the shocking headlines, called 'clickbait' that are now commonplace on digital platforms and social media. But what is fake news, and how is it different to conspiracy theories?

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HAIR CARE FOR Au Seasons HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR HAIR ALL YEAR LONG • Just as you change your clothing and even your diet depending on the season, so should you change your hair care. Your hair's needs, condition and behaviour changes depending on the general weather conditions. Understanding the needs of your hair and tweaking your hair care routine will ensure that your hair remains your crowning glory all year long.

EcoFINDS HAIR CARE SOLUTIONS 4 ALL SEASONS

EcoFINDS HAIR CARE SOLUTIONS

Zero Waste HAIR CARE THE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE OF HAIR CARE • Rising awareness regarding plastic waste and more environmentally friendly packaging has led to the creation of and a growing popularity for shampoo and conditioning bars. Consumer preferences are also leaning towards the use of natural ingredient products for dandruff protection and hair fall control.

Shampoo & Condtioner Bar GOOD FOR YOUR HAIR; GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT • Stephanie Fuchs, co-founder of Be.Bare was unemployed and by her own admission a 'little lost' when she stumbled upon a shampoo bar whilst travelling abroad. Although she was sceptical at first, she was amazed at how well it worked, and fell in love with everything about it – including that...