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A Youthful Radiance
Looking to turn back time on your skin? Most foods in the vegan diet naturally promote collagen production while protecting your current collagen levels. Since collagen is responsible for your skins elasticity, you can see just how important this is.
Many of these collagen-boosting foods also contain high levels of Vitamin C. [...]
I’ve been vegan for 13 years (my veganversary is this April, so hold off on buying me congratulatory Go Max Go candy bars… Actually, you can go ahead and send ‘em my way!). Every time I’ve gotten my blood work done at the dr’s office (every few years out of curiosity), I’ve had [...]
Are you veg-curious? Have you been ogling vegan cookbooks or frequenting vegan restaurants, lovin’ up on the scrumptious deliumptious grub but haven’t yet committed to rocking this healthy, cruelty-free lifestyle full-time? Fret not, homeslice, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau invites you to take The 30-Day Vegan Challenge. It’s a multimedia online program featuring premium written, audio, and video content to give [...]
For about a year now I’ve been crankin’ up my healthy girl status. I’ve cut out processed foods, gluten, and even refined sugar!! I know—crazy, right?! Since then I’ve incorporated other ways of getting healthy in my daily life. I’ve been practicing hot yoga, drinking kombucha, and staying trying to stay active overall. I have [...]
Manic Panic recently released their new High Voltage Lip Glosses in 4 hot shades (Hotta Chocolata, Naked, Power of Love, and Radioactive—$12 each), and we want you to have the chance to indulge for free! Whether you’re into rockin’ shimmery bronze, pink, or bright cherry red, you’re lips are in for a really sweet treat—literally [...]
I’ve come across soooooo many kick-ass vegan goodies this past week that I’ve decided to do a quick li’l roundup! We’re talkin’ food, beauty products, cookbooks and more! My heart literally pitter patters with joy knowing that there’s a mega heaptitude of vegan awesomeness everywhere I go!
Without further ado, my fave vegan goodies of the [...]
So I wanted to share some exciting news with my super amazing VBR readers! My hubby and I are over the moon, reeling and doing back flips while frolicking and indulging in tasty, sugary celebratory treats because we’re expecting a baby boy this summer! EeeeEeeeee!! I’m so so SO excited to be a vegan mommy!
Bow Chicka Bow Wow…
Not like any of you sex gods and goddesses need any extra help in the bedroom, but just in case you do, here’s a list of natural vegan labido boosters. Enjoy, and go on with your bad, sexy vegan selves!
Top 10 Vegan Aphrodisiacs
Chocolate: Vegan dark chocolate contains phenylethylamine (PEA), which stimulates the [...]
List of goods:
Healing Waters Salt Soak, $20
Strawberry Hedgehog Peridot Perfection Soap, $8
Burnt vanilla soy candle from The Soap and Paper Factory, $18
Bonding Over Beauty by Erika Katz, $14.95
Smashbox Photo Finish Hydrating Primer, $42
C.O. Bigelow Ultra Mentha Lip Shine, $7.50
What are some of your favorite vegan things?
Sunny Subramanian
Longtime vegan, hardcore compassionate beauty junkie, serious cake aficionado, and [...]
Fact: Girls smell pretty (by nature). But even though we gals never sweat, fart, poop, or stank at any given moment, it doesn’t mean we aren’t down to smell extra ambrosial when given the opportunity.
There are a slew of ab fab vegan and cruelty-free fragrances to choose from. Here are ten of my [...]

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A Few Good Reasons to Go Vegan: • You'll save lives
• You'll live a lot longer
• You'll have more energy
• You'll reduce your risk of cancer
• You'll reduce your risk of heart disease
• You'll have lower blood pressure and cholesterol
• You'll get better nutrition
• You'll lower your chances of getting food poisoning
• You won't be ingesting growth hormones and antibiotics
• You'll get sick less often
• You'll fit into your old jeans
• You'll give your body a spring cleaning
• You'll have healthier skin
• You'll make a strong political statement
• You'll reduce waste and air pollution
• You'll earn good karma points
• You'll save money
• You'll help save the planet
Famous Animal Friendly Quotes "Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends."
~George Bernard Shaw
"You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car."
~Harvey Diamond
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."
~Immanuel Kant
"I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being."
~Abraham Lincoln
"To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana."
~Buddha
"To consider yourself an environmentalist and still eat meat is like saying you're a philanthropist who doesn't give to charity"
~Howard Lyman
Ingredients to avoid when shopping for cosmetics and skin care: • Animal products
• Animal by-products
• Animal testing
• Parabens
• Sulfates
• GMOs
• Silicones
• BHA/BHT
• Artificial colors
• Artificial fragrances
• Propylene glycol
• Phthalates
• PEG 15
• Toluene
• Pesticides
• Petroleum
• Mineral Oil
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