MuLondon moisturisers get a special mention in the latest issue of EggMag:

"Shea and coconut butter, along with golden jojoba, are leading players in this fab range of handmade natural moisturisers. Indulge in the sweet smelling Organic White Chocolate Truffle (£13) or try the Organic Rose (£19) for a floral delight."

EggMag is the free quarterly that takes greener living ideas to the heart of London and Brighton’s popular culture. EggMag is printed on recycled paper using vegetable inks, by a low-alcohol, Carbon Neutral printers. Check out their website for details on where to grab one:

http://www.eggmag.co.uk/

Thanks to the EggMag team for this fab feature!

A new video review of MuLondon moisturisers by wildkatmakeup, a beauty video blogger, is up on YouTube. Check it out below - and please click through and rate and comment on it.

Fab, right? Thanks so much to wildkatmakeup for this lovely review! Yay yay yay!
Here's the link to the video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BygQ5j3kCNw

Holland...where nobody really wears clogs, where Hemp is used for more than fabrics and oil and where they know a thing or two about fashion and beauty! I love Holland, and now Holland gives some love back to MuLondon.

Witoxicity is a fabulous Dutch beauty blog and they have reviewed MuLondon products in their latest blog post. How utterly brilliant!

The review sings praises to MuLondon products and customer service.

http://www.witoxicity.com/2010/04/mulondon-organic-hemp-moisturiser.html

  "Frankly, the most impressive aspect about MuLondon is the excellent customer service"

Read the full review below:

http://www.witoxicity.com/2010/04/mulondon-organic-hemp-moisturiser.html

UPDATE: Witoxicity has now written about my Rose moisturiser too:

http://www.witoxicity.com/2010/05/mulondon-organic-rose-moisturiser.html

Thanks so much to Witoxicity for the lovely reviews and the kind words about MuLondon! Yay!

Here are the details of the Witoxicity and MuLondon giveaway:

http://www.witoxicity.com/2010/05/giveaway-mulondon-natural-organic.html

And here are the winners:

http://www.witoxicity.com/2010/05/winners-of-giveaway-mulondon-natural.html

To Happy Vegans have reviewed my White Chocolate Truffle moisturiser!

"...the smell is unbelievably delicious, warm and comforting and good enough to eat."

Read the full review, and check out the rest of their fabulous website, full of vegan resources, links and some mouth-watering images of vegan muffins and cupcakes:

http://www.tohappyvegans.com/wordpress/mulondon-product-review/

and get the White Chocolate Moisturer here:

http://www.mulondon.com/moisturisers/organic-white-chocolate-truffle-moisturiser.html

Thank for a lovely review!

Did you know that L-cysteine is often derived from human hair?

Yes, HUMAN hair!

L-cysteine is a non-essential amino acid, which means that humans can synthesize it. However, it is often used as a dough conditioner for bread and bagels, and for flavouring meat and other products.

So there could be hair in your soup - and your supplements. As two large supplement manufacturers confirmed to me recently:

"Unfortunately, our L-Cysteine powder is not suitable for vegetarians and vegans. It is derived from human hair."

Urgh - wait. What? Why? Not only is this weird, and according to some, constitutes cannibalism, but it's just wrong. Or is it? What do you think?

Apparently, human hair is cheap in China, where most of L-cysteine is produced. It's sweeped off the many barber shop and hair salon floors and shipped to factories to be converted into the white crystalline powder that is L-cysteine.

There are a couple of companies producing L-cysteine by fermentation, from non-animal and non-human sources. They are Ajinomoto and Wacker Chemie. Both have failed to respond to my numerous emails - very disappointing for companies trying to do something new and different, and advertising themselves as such.

Oh well. Just look out for human-hair, feather or pig bristle-derived L-cysteine in your bagel, soup and shampoo.

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysteine

http://www.vegpeople.com/cgi-bin/gossamer/gforum.cgi?post=225214