u/curiousvegetables

I try to buy as local as possible. I'm a kiwi so this extends to Australia because we're just little.

I'm really wanting to try some new local(ish) moisturisers. My HG is/was antipodes rejoice natural day cream, but the brand kinda gives me the ick - fake reviews, unnecessary religious stuff, a lot of their other products make my eyes burn or irritate my skin. It's been a great 15 years but I'm ready to move on.

What local brands do you enjoy? I got the Kit. hand cream in a beauty loop box recently and I like it but don't love it. I enjoy glow lab body wash, but not sure if supermarket skincare is a waste of money or a good shout.

Personally I'm super sensitive to fragrances but please comment your favourite brands from the southern hemisphere (include our pacific islands too!)

My grandad (favourite person in the world) has been in and out of hospital for the last month.

Unfortunately I'm quarantined with a toddler and household who have Hand Foot and Mouth.

So of course I can't visit. But I'd like to send him a gift.

We're in neighbouring cities so food is an option (he lives independently).

About him: avid futurist,, scientist, atheist, gardener, artist, reader, poet, loves music but his hearing is trash. He's not going to pick up any new technology. Reasonably mobile for his age and still drives, but largely lives on the sofa.

Ideas: art by me and my kid, baking. I'm really looking for an item I can purchase to brighten his week! An easy to learn gadget, something in the same family as a heated blanket, is there a pen that's easy for old folks to write with?

Hey you.

You may have voted before. But you do need to check you're enrolled at the right abode.

You may have never voted.

Maybe because you don't have faith in an unquestionably dodgy system, maybe because it's your first time.

Just wanna tell you that you and the people you love and/or care for need your vote to make things better.

The system's not perfect, and it only kinda works, but it's the only way we have to change our government.

Please enrol. Even enrolled people who don't vote count as a statistic. (I think)