Quinoa and Kale

 So, my last post went down surprisingly well and I was left feeling pressured to write an exciting follow up post, hence my slight hiatus over the past few weeks. I am completely overwhelmed by the response and I'm grateful to everyone that has taken time out to message me and give me advice. I seriously thought my Mum would read it and that would be it, but it has ended up being my most viewed post on the blog, which is awesome and I am certainly feeling the positive vibes!

Anyway, back to this post. I went out bouldering to the Roaches in Staffordshire this weekend and it was a beautiful day with great people so I thought I would share some photo's!

My Quinoa and Kale t shirt is by Mink Pink and my Mum was kind enough to buy it for me! I also wore my trusty Craghopper coat (that I've wrote a review on here), my Missguided Active leggings and some Ugg lookalikes I bought from Matalan.

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Vegan "synthetic down" jacket review

Down jackets have become really popular in the rock climbing scene.

Most of the female climbers can be seen sporting their bubble effect coats in all different colours and they look awesome.

I have been eager to find a vegan version for quite some time, but for some reason companies think that ripping feathers off a terrified goose is a major selling point and whilst people buy the product they keep supporting the practise.

I took a trip to the new Go Outdoors that has opened up in Liverpool, the store is huge and I was psyched with all of the variety and choice! As always I roamed the jacket section and I was really excited when I came across a synthetic jacket designed to look like it is down fill.

The jacket comes in black with pink lining, black with blue lining (what I bought), full blue and blue with pink lining.

The price varies depending on the colours you go for, but because of the synthetic fill, the jacket is (what I consider) very cheap and well priced.

With my Go Outdoors discount card I bought the jacket for £49.99 and the RRP is £60.00.
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For me the jacket looking nice and the fact that it is Vegan friendly was enough for me to commit to the purchase. However I've wore the jacket several times now and the quality really is great.

The synthetic filling is extremely warm and teamed with the windproof/waterproof shell you are guaranteed to be cosy in the temperamental British weather.

I really love the fit and I found it was true to size.

The jacket has elasticated cuffs and the hood fits really well to keep you warm and dry in the elements.

If the weather warms up the coat comes with a small pouch to fold it away and store in your bag.

This really is a great feature because when folded in the bag it is extremely compact, meaning you can always carry it on you just in case.

I'm really impressed with the jacket and I can't wait to wear it when we go climbing outdoors and get the full experience.

It proves you don't need to torture sentient animal's to get a good quality coat!

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