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why do we love house plants so much?

It's defiantly a micro-trend at the moment, plants are quite literally everywhere! But why? Where did this trend come from? I am...

Issy Thomas

Mar 16, 20202 min read

sweet home Alabama? Maybe not

Just as you start to think we are slowing progressing to move forward and become a more fair planet with more laws around justice and...

Issy Thomas

Mar 9, 20203 min read

Is Barbie really a girls best friend?

From pretty much the day we're born toys are thrown at us, most of these toys are already setting us up to fit into a gender role before...

Issy Thomas

Jan 13, 20202 min read

Percy the pig now vegetarian

Marks and Spencer's launched a sweet range called 'Percy the pig' back in 1992, it has been a well loved favourite with customers. The...

Issy Thomas

Sep 9, 20192 min read

How does love-island brainwash the nation?

It's that time of the bloody year again, Love island. The new cast of this year's love-island has been speculated for a while now, with...

Issy Thomas

May 29, 20193 min read

will loop change the way we shop?Tesco to trail the new shopping system

A partnership between some of the largest consumer product companies, along with international recycling firm TerraCycle, 24 January...

Issy Thomas

May 26, 20193 min read

Plastic straws & cotton buds- banned by 2020

This time next year all plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds will be banned with the only exception for people with a medical need...

Issy Thomas

May 22, 20192 min read

Mushrooms new purpose-packaging

Nearly everything we buy is packaged and about 50% of it is made up of plastic. Due to the current environmental crisis on our hands,...

Issy Thomas

May 14, 20192 min read

Are brands transparent enough?

We all know everything is changing, particularly now in our consumer buying habits. But the real question is are the brands we use and...

Issy Thomas

May 12, 20192 min read

milk makeup-Promoting drug use?

Milk makeup is a New York brand which has a good reputation within the beauty industry with there modern pop art style packaging., they...

Issy Thomas

Apr 30, 20192 min read

Upskirting is now a crime

Upskirting is when you take pictures underneath someones clothes without there consent. Which when you literally spell it out sounds...

Issy Thomas

Apr 13, 20193 min read

Waitrose easter racist trio

Easter is a hugely popular time in the calendar for all major supermarkets, the shelfs are packed with a range of existing branded...

Issy Thomas

Apr 5, 20193 min read

Marketing-hacking the unconscious

I have been listening to a podcast series recently, reflecting on thoughts behind many marketing ideas and successful techniques and in...

Issy Thomas

Feb 11, 20192 min read

first term of uni- what would I do differently?

I am now going into the second term for the year at university, this blog post of a refection of what I have learnt so far and what I...

Issy Thomas

Feb 8, 20192 min read

should you let your children have social media while there growing up?

There are so many positives and negatives to social media, its a great platform for marketing and spreading a message but it can turn...

Issy Thomas

Jan 23, 20192 min read

IS INSTAGRAM RUINING OUR LIVES?

Nearly everyone is now on social media now but is it starting to control our lives? Are we spending too much time focuses on how we look...

Issy Thomas

Jan 23, 20192 min read

Pressures for men in society

Statistics published in the Samaritans suicide statistics report 2017 show there were "6,639 suicides in the UK and Republic of Ireland...

Issy Thomas

Jan 23, 20192 min read

How to cut down on everyday Plastic usage

We are polluting the oceans at a unbelievable rate, we need to stop polluting our oceans. Its already filled with a colossal amount of...

Issy Thomas

Jan 23, 20192 min read

Drowning in plastic

Recently I watched a extremly interesting and eye opening documentary on plastic waste and how its effecting our environment. The...

Issy Thomas

Jan 23, 20192 min read

skinny shaming just as bad as fat shaming

We're human and everyone makes judgements and opinions arise as soon as you meet someone. That's just human nature. Its 2019 and if...

Issy Thomas

Jan 15, 20192 min read