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Buy cheap, buy twice: how to save money by buying for life
Whilst cheap things need to be bought over and over (piling up in landfill in the meantime), you only need to pay for quality once. Buy-for-life products - ones that last forever - provide outstanding value over years of use, even if they represent a much higher upfront cost.
We’re going to discuss how and why to break away from buying cheap, and how to save money by buying more mindfully.
How we found our forever coat
We talk about the design, materials and construction of our buy for life Hackney Coat. Plus - top tips for winter coat shopping.
GROUNDTRUTH backpacks: tough, sleek and 100% recycled
From cutting-edge materials to a wide-open supply chain, we want to highlight all the ways in which this exciting new brand is doing things a little differently.
Tara Button: How it felt to meet The Minimalists
Tara Button sits down with Joshua Fields Milburn and Ryan Nicodemus - founders of The Minimalists podcast, to talk all things minimalism and the inception story of BuyMeOnce.
Decluttering the Things I Didn’t Need: Tara’s Minimalist Year
Our ever-inspired founder and dear leader Tara Button decided to cut the crap. Living for a year without extraneous items, this list was to be her own minimalist bible. I think it’s about time we discovered how she got on. Was it way too easy? Was it a little too tough?
The BuyMeOnce Start-Up Story: The people back us!
There comes a time in every business journey where you have to decide whether to go big or go home. Whether you’re happy for a business to stay small and bring in a cosy income or to continue to set your eyes at something more ambitious. For Tara, this decision was made years ago. The day she set out the mission of BuyMeOnce: To change the way the world shops from short-term buying to long-term buying.
Apple plans eco "Everlasting" iPhone
Apple to launch an "Everlasting" iPhone! Will this be the end of planned obsolescence and waste in the phone industry?
Waste and Wages Top the Concerns of Conscious Consumers
With the top five issues spanning social and environmental concerns, it suggests that consumers want to see businesses taking action in more than one way, reinforcing that the ethical and sustainable community is multi-dimensional and brands need to respond accordingly.
Marie Kondo will not save us
Decluttering is just one step in curing our sick relationship with stuff, and it may be the easiest step to tackle. What the Marie Kondo method doesn’t address is the reason our homes became cluttered. Here's what you can do to tackle this issue.
6 Products and Honest Tips for a Low-Waste, Healthy Period
Women were happily using reusable cloth pads for centuries until certain companies began touting the idea that throwaway products were more “sanitary.” Whilst periods are many things – painful, emotional, hugely inconvenient – they’re the most natural thing in the world. Conversely, throwaway sanitary towels are often made using plastic that won’t biodegrade and nasty chemicals to make them smell nicer.
10 Tips for a Mindful Year: How to beat stress, anxiety and clutter in 2019
New Year is the perfect time to draw a line in the sand. It’s time to regroup so that 2019 can become your best year yet. Here are our top 10 tips for how to beat stress, anxiety and clutter and have a more mindful 2019.
Why Do Parents Love Wishbone Design Toys?
Here at BuyMeOnce, we love Wishbone Design Studio because their ethos is aligned with the BuyMeOnce way of slowing down consumption by choosing durable, quality products that last a long time. But why do parents in more than 135 countries love Wishbone products?
