Wafaa’s blog

There are many brands on the market today be it cosmetics or Christmas cards that have an incentive of donating money to charity. It makes people feel better when they buy something that will also help others in return. There are shops that supply hand made cards made by people raising money for charities; they are more personal and unique because they haven’t been mass-produced.

Cosmetics are also doing the same thing buy purchasing their products they give a percentage or fixed amount to a chosen charity.

Retailers are selling ethically produced cotton clothing, when clothes are purchased all profit made go to the workers who picked cotton from the fields and the seamstress who sew the pieces together.

You can even buy fair-trade products like tea; coffee and chocolate just remember to look for the official logo.

My sister being a student is often out shopping for a good bargain, you’ll find her mostly in the sale section but if she’s out in the west end she can’t resist popping into Primark

She told me once that while in Primark she decided to stock up on underwear, her favourite are boy shorts costing £1.50 each. She bought 6 bringing the total to £8, when she came home she was so happy that she bought bargain underwear.

If it were me I would’ve gone into La Senza or Marks and Spencer costing me £4 each.

The next day she decided to wear her favourite out of the 6 that she had bought. They were very comfortable and bright red. A few hours later she went to the toilet when pulling up her new boy shorts they ripped across the top leaving a huge gaping hole under the elastic.

Upset she burst into my room and pulled down her trousers for me to see, I’ve never laughed so much. There was no point in sewing them up they would’ve only ripped again so she threw them all away after wearing them only once.

I will to stick to La Senza and Marks and Spencer because although I buy new underwear every few months I can guarantee they wont get holes, loose shape or tear.

What my sister thought was a bargain turned out more expensive because she had to re-buy new underwear costing her an additional £24 bringing the total she spent to £32.

If buying £4 a pair is too expensive look out for 3 for 2 offers that can bring the cost down.