Other stuff that makes life “easier”
Beauty – never use chemical loaded shampoos again
I have used shampoos and all that other industrial, chemical loaded crap for all my life.
It is expensive depending on the brand. It dries your skin. The skin is our largest organ and we absorb alot of those chemicals. It is known that it can even impact our hormones and can cause cancer. The best thing I ever did for my skin is buying these soaps based on natural ingredients.
Nubian Heritage ‘white’ soap
This is my favourite soap by far!
Nubian Heritage ‘black’ soap
This one is also really good but it seems to make my shower dirty, so I`m going to only buy the white one from now on. My friends don`t seem to have this issue though.
You combine one tablespoon of the Apple cider vinegar with one tablespoon of the Indian healing clay and put the concoction on your face until it feels your skin gets torn apart. Usually 10-20minutes.
You can also play around with adding coconut oil to the concoction and your face will feel even smoother.
Wash it off. Your face will look red from all the bloodflow. It is OK.
Use a decent lotion and the redness will disappear in around 30 minutes
Apple cider vinegar with the mother
Also a great product with numerous health benefits if you drink it.
Indian healing clay
This thing just lasts forever and is dirt cheap and natural instead of all the other masks.
Water filter
Brita water filter
This filter isn`t perfect, since it is made of plastic, a glass filter is a little bit better,
but you are still far better off using this filter than no water filter at all.
With this filter you can drink tap water in most countries without problems.
I`m using this filter to make my coffee aswell. It`s also way cheaper than buying deposit bottles from the supermarket, which lack in quality.
Use a glass bottle or glass to drink the filtered water.
Buy the Brita cartridges here, One cartridge lasts about a month
Wake up light – alarm clock
If you have to wake up at specific times. Use this alarm instead of the noisy “I want to kill myself sounds” ones.
Why? This alarm clock is a light that gets brigther and brighter every second. It starts 30 minutes before your set wake up time and is simulating a natural sunrise. If you still sleep after those 30 minutes there is the usual alarm sound, but you can choose a variety of natural sounds, like the sea or birds chirping. To wake up naturally to the sun has several benefits, less cortisol, better circadian rythm, you are more awake when you wake up. It can also help your partner depending on his/her sleep and the position of your wake up light!
I didn`t use to be a morning person, the wake up light and some other changes to my morning routine changed that! I love every morning nowadays!
Rice cooker
Great kitchen tool and very cheap.
Get a rice cooker with the lid inside, instead of outside. Why?
Because if the lid is outside all the cooking water is going up and inside the rice cooker and you have to clean your rice cooker everyday! Gets messy! Not with these.
No mess at all!
Bio Freeze Pain relieving gel
Usually gels won`t help much, because it cannot reach the source of pain (inflammation and so on)!
Biofreeze is different since it cools the applied area down and relieves pain. Great for acute injuries.
Handy to have something like this at home.