As some of you may have seen on my
Instagram and
Twitter accounts, I attended this year's Natural Products Expo West, which is the world's largest natural, organic and healthy products event! I went through my photos from the event, and I ended up taking around 200, WHAT?! I definitely could not post them all here, so I decided I would share with you all some of the highlights of the event, and products that stood out to me most. Since we looked at thousands of products throughout the 3 days, I narrowed it down to quite a few, but I promise you I made this worth the read! I categorized everything as best I could, so head to whichever you are most interested in <3
(There is no particular order for everything that is listed).
Of course I had to rock my
Green Juice Tote at the expo, SSV represent ;) I made sure I packed fruits for the weekend, and they really helped since I was on the go. The expo had a lot of sweets and snacks throughout, but nothing that I would want to make a meal out of. The one things I suggest to you all is to be prepared! You never know how your day is going to play out, and is better to be safe than sorry.
Four watch designs are available! The yellow pineapples are the Sweet Simple Vegan brand logo (as you can see at the top of my page), and the second is a design I created with a designer for you all.
Find them at: modifywatches.com/sweetsimplevegan, thank you all so much for the continued support!
I still remember the first day I met Tess. 
Were any of you hooked on Pizookies like I was prior to going vegan? I swear my friends and I would go to BJ's and eat 1-2 pizookies, weekly! If you have no idea what a pizookie is, it is a Pizza + Cookie, where a cookie is baked on a skillet/cake pan, then served warm with ice cream. It used to be like the best thing ever until I actually became aware of how bad it was for me.
A few weeks ago, my cousin went to BJ's and posted a photo of her pizookie. It brought back memories of the times I used to spend with friends out at the restaurant, and also of my love for these pizza cookies. And I guess that love was pretty strong, cause it got me to create a whole new recipe!
After going vegan 3 years ago, not only have I now grown aware of the foods I am putting into my body, but my awareness has evolved to see that I also must be concerned with what I put onto my body as well.
When I first went vegan, or "vegan" if I should put it, I was only vegan in terms of the food I was orally ingesting. I did not clear out my closet of non vegan products and I did not consider that my beauty and hygeine products, including makeup, shampoo, and face masks, could definitely not be vegan. In fact, about half of what I owned did not have the "this product was not tested on animals" assurance. 
Durian isn't commonly enjoyed in my home here in California, as it is quite expensive, and is a hit or miss for me since they are all sold frozen. But, however, when my mom comes home from the asian market and surprises me with a pack of frozen monthong durian...all for myself...I'm going to faceplant into it ;)