Gør det selv: Hjemmelavet kokosolie og tea tree olie deodorant

Gør det selv: Hjemmelavet deodorant med kokosolie og tea tree olie

Efter at have læst en masse om bivirkningerne ved at bruge antiperspirant – en af dem er at antiperspirant er den største enkeltstående årsag til brystkræft, begyndte jeg at lede efter en antiperspirant-fri-deodorant .

Jeg har brugt krystal deodorant nogen gange, men synes ikke det virker så godt på mig.

I de sidste år har jeg brugt min egen hjemmelavede kokosolie deodorant og den fungerer rigtig godt. Den tager kun ca. 5-10 minutter at lave.

Her er opskriften :

3 spsk Natron
7 spsk Majsstivelse
8 – 9 spsk Kokosolie
10 dråber Lavendelolie
5 dråber Rosmarinolie
10 dråber Tea Treeolie

De æteriske olier anvendes pga deres antivirale, antibakterielle, anti-svampe og antiseptiske egenskaber .

Sådan gør du:

1. . Bland bagepulver og majsstivelse i en lille skål.
2. . Tilføj flydende kokosolie. Kokosolie bliver hårdt når det står i normal stuetemperatur, så put flasken i en balje med varmt vand til det bliver flydende. Bland olien med bagepulver og majsstivelse.
3. . Tilsæt æteriske olier og bland godt.
4. . Opbevar i en lille lufttæt beholder. Fuld opskrift passer til 2 små beholdere.

Jeg har beholderen med deodorant på badeværelset og har et glas til at putte beholderen i om morgenen. Deodoranten bliver hård hvis badeværelset er koldt og så hjælper det lige at sætte beholderen i et glas med varmt vand for at bløde det op inden det bruges. Det tager 2 minutter. Hvis du synes blandingen er for hård kan du også tilføje lidt mere kokosolie.

Jeg bruger min pegefinger til at tage deodorant på. En smule på spidsen som så smøres ud under armene. Deodoranten holder lugt væk hele dagen.

En vigtig ting at huske, når du skifter fra en antiperspirant til denne hjemmelavede deodorant er, at du vil svede med denne deodorant, men ikke lugte. Det skal du lige vænne dig til, hvis du er vant til ikke at svede, når du bruger antiperspirant.

Ligesom en normal stick deodorant, kan man få hvide mærker på mørkt tøj. For at undgå dette, skal du ikke bruge for meget og grundigt arbejde blandingen ind i huden, før du tager tøj på. Hvis du alligevel får noget hvidt på tøjet, så bare brug en fugtig klud til at tørre det væk.

OBS: Denne artikel findes også på engelsk. Jeg har oversat den til dansk for min søde mors skyld – hun er nemlig også stoppet med at bruge antipersprant deodorant.

Palm reading in Thailand

Palm Reading Thailand

Palm reading, otherwise known as palmistry or chiromancy, is practised all over the world, but you have to be lucky to find a skilled hand reader. I was lucky to find one while visiting Chiang Mai on a holiday. His name is Dennis and he has been doing it for 15 years and originally learned about it in Mexico (although he is American).

Hand reading has its roots in Indian astrology and Roma fortune-telling. The objective is to evaluate a person’s character or future by studying the palm of their hand. Dennis, however, does not reveal bad things about the future, because he rightfully believes it gives negative visualisation. What he does, is to give you very personal information about your character, which can help you in your personal and professional development.

Without going into details about what he told me, I was positively surprised about the indepth knowledge he had of my personality and past life – things no-one could have told him. This is why I give him my finest recommendation (being a sceptic myself). Dennis himself thinks is it a kind of magic to be able to read people’s hands because it seems unreal, but is possible. He says that he also uses a lot of intuition and it just comes to him. To me he is a psychic hand reader. He is very dedicated and gets very excited and caught up in the “visions” he has of you and you have to listen carefully to remember everything he tells you (it’s a lot).

I loved his animated character and he made me laugh – something I cherish a lot in a person. Whether you are a sceptic or a believer, I definitely think it is worth your while to try a session with Dennis.

His website is: https://www.facebook.com/DennisHandsReader?fref=ts

Recommendations: Sightseeing in Copenhagen, Denmark

There are lots of beautiful things to see and visit while in Copenhagen, but if you have merely a day there are a few things I personally think you should not miss.

In chronological order I suggest that you start at The City Hall Square, in front of Palace Hotel.

If you have a lot of time you could pass by Rosenborg Castle, where the Crown Jewels are protected by the Royal Guard. Otherwise just walk down through the main street (strøget) until you get to Kongens Nytorv. Here you will see the beautiful Royal Theater, world famous for its Royal Ballet.

Go to Nyhavn which is the colourful canal district right by Kongens Nytorv. Here I suggest you take a boat tour. If you go to the boats on the right side of the canal a boat tour only cost you 30 kr (5 $) for one hour. It is really worth your while.

Afterwards take a stroll along the waterfront to Amalienborg Palace – winter residence of the Royal Family. Here we have the opportunity of seeing the changing of the Danish Royal Guard. This should be followed by a visit to the Gefion Fountain and The Little Mermaid, inspired by H. C. Andersen’s fairytale. At the moment she is, however, on vacation and not there.

Go back along the water front and head over to Christiansborg Palace, home to the Danish Parliament and the Old Stock Exchange. After that I suggest that you go to Christiania – the freetown. It’s a lovely artist village established in the 1970s where you will be able to see an alternative way of living and eat some lovely (vegetarian) food.

Tivoli Gardens is a lovely place to end the day and spend the evening.

Have a lovely visit.

Retirement and pension are illusions

Retirement planning is like making a life insurance. It should be viewed as nothing more than a small plaster on the wound if worst case scenario should happen and you become physically incapable of working and need a reservoir of capital to survive.

Timothy Ferriss makes a strong case for this in his book “The 4-Hour Workweek” and I must say that his arguments are hard to beat. Here goes:

Retirement as a goal or final redemption is flawed for at least three solid reasons:

1. It is predicated on the assumption that you dislike what you are doing during the most physically capable years of your life. This is a nonstarter – nothing can justify that sacrifice.

2. Most people will never be able to retire and maintain even a hot dogs-for-dinner standard of living. Even one million is chump change in a world where traditional retirement could span 30 years and inflation lowers your purchasing power 2-4 % per year. The math doesn’t work. The golden years become lower-midlle-class life revisited. That’s a bittersweet ending.

3. If the math does work, it means that you are one ambitious, hardworking machine. If that’s the case, guess what? One week into retirement, you’ll be so damn bored that you’ll want to stick bicycle spokes in your eyes. You’ll probably opt to look for a new job or start another company. Kinda defeats the purpose of waiting, doesn’t it?

“Someday” is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you!

This is the reason why I have chosen to spend all of my 20s and half of my 30s travelling. This has always been my dream – to see the whole world. So by now I have lived most of my dreams and have travelled more than 50 countries in the world. I don’t dare to postpone.
And I don’t take life or “tomorrow” for granted. I don’t take for granted that I will be old or even live until I am 50. And should I be so blessed to have 70 years to experience the world, I can’t take for granted that I can even walk by the time I “retire” and so how can I travel the world if I am not physically well? There are no garantees in life and certainly not on time. I am not a pessimist – I am realist.

I will never say that I will travel when I get retired – because by then I have seen it all. For sure!

Odins pocket-park – Is this a park???

The municipality of Copenhagen decided to create a new park in Copenhagen. Now when I think about a ”park” I always have in mind a space with air, green grass and trees. A place where you can enjoy nature and get away from the city. What do you imagine?

When they ”built” Odins pocketpark (Odins Lommepark in Danish) I was so disappointed. As you can see on the picture, more than half of it is cement, and there is absolutely no grass what-so-ever.

I suppose the obvious ”symbolism” is a green crack in the cement. But honestly, they could have made the ”whole” thing a grassfield and that would have been more of a green crack in the cement. Nørrebro is all cement. Did we really need a cement park???

Sierra de Guara National Park, Spain

The Sierra de Guara is what’s known as a mountain massif in the province of Huesca, the most northerly province in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. Its highest point is Tozal de Guara (2,077 m).

It seems noone really goes to Sierra de Guara, except a fanatical bunch of climbers who repeatedly spoke of the Canyon in glowing terms as “…a world class climbing destination possibly the best sports climbing destination in the world.”

It took about three and a half hours to get from Barcelona to Rodellar, where we were staying, and one of the few human settlements within the park. Rodellar is a sleepy little town perched on top of a canyon wall with spectacular views down into the Canyon and over the surrounding Massif. Apart from a few locals and the crazy climbers, all you’re left with are the most beautiful vistas and…silence.

We saw eagles, vultures, mountain goat and wild boar in our short time there, and spent hours wandering through the river valley marvelling at the other-wordly landscape, surrounded by the sweet smell of wild Rosemary and Lavender.

In terms of activities, the climbing in Rodellar is not really for beginners, although we did manage a terrifying ‘Via Ferrata’ which involved scaling some rusty iron rungs banged into the canyon wall, kitted out with helmet, harness and ropes.

In the Summer it’s a top Canyoning spot – Canyoning basically involves donning a websuit and hurling yourself down the river canyon – sliding and jumping from rocks, swimming through underwater tunnels, and leaping off precipices into plunge pools.

We stayed in a ‘refuge’ called Refugio Kaladraka, perched in a spectacular location right on top of one of the Canyon walls. The people were great, the climbers friendly, it was cheap and very, very beautiful… Did I say that already?


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