Landfill Harmonic

Even music instruments can be organic...

This is a teaser for the new film about the Recycled Orchestra. It's truly inspiring and shows us that music and beauty can be found anywhere and made out of almost anything.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=O6rgkCUstaE&NR=1

To eat or not to eat?

Got a new schampoo,  conditioner and deep condioner from John Masters Organics. Needed to try something new after years of using ABBA. My scalp was getting dry again.

The schampoo is with zinc and sage and has the most delicious smell of hot fudge. Made me want to eat it instead of use it in my hair. Have only been using it for a few days so I don't know exactly how I feel about it yet, but my hair feels very clean. The conditioner is with citrus and neroli and that's also a lovely smell.

I read about the deep-conditioner in several fashion magazines and they were right! It left my hair feeling all silky and smooth.

As usual I got it from eleven.se. If you live in the U.S you can order directly from the website, and they have distributors all over the world.

Most of their products are vegan, and none of them are tested on animals. They have a lot of information about their ingredients and their eco-certification on the website if you want to find out more.

Fun fact: They even make schampoo and conditioner four your furry friends...

It is a bit pricey, but I've tried going back to cheaper, (organic and non organic) shampoos and skincare, and they made my skin itch and I had a breakout in my face. So Ill stick to the good stuff.

iPad

I finally got one.... What took me so long?

I love it! I do everything on it; social networking, watchcing movies, and I downloaded my first e-books.

Yeah!

Glögg

Glögg (mulled wine) is a very Swedish tradition. Christmas just isn't Christmas without it. We start drinking it as soon as the snow starts to fall or at the latest the first weekend of December. There are white or red versions and some of them has added flavours; for example apple, cognac or chocolate. The red ones you heat up and put almonds and raisins in. The white ones you can either heat up or drink cold with ice in it.

I have no idea if it's possible to find outside of Sweden, but if you're visiting wintertime I'm sure you'll have an opportunity to try it.

This years organic ones are;

Tegnér and son - red (with tastes of cherries and chocolate)

Vinterglöd - red (with tastes of cinnamon and ginger)

Ripa - red (with tastes of raisins and cardamon)

Vinfabriken - white (with tastes of apple and lemon)

Dufvenkrok - red (with tastes of gingerbread)

Recycled plastic bags

Have a look at the blog Greitzan. Such a cool way to recycle.

She used the plastic bags from Systembolaget (Swedish liquor store) to create a new bag. The bags from Systembolaget are all in similar colours and really not useful for anything after you brought your wines home. So this is really fun and creative. Also, check out the cosmetic pouch and iphone bag she made from other brands.

Another toothpaste

Decided to try a new one. Went for Weleda Salt Toothpaste this time.

The sea-salt is what's cleaning your teeth in this toothpaste, there's no flouride in it. There's also no preservatives, colourants or synthetic flavours.

It really doesn't taste great, but my mouth and teeth feels really clean after brushing. Since it's developed in collaboration with dentists it should work properly.

They have other ones to try if you don't like the taste of this one.

Read more about other Weleda products I've tried here.

Chewing gum

I didn't even know there was such a thing as an organic chewing gum, but Chicza apparently made one. Made of chicle and natural waxes and mixed with organic sweeteners and flavours this gum really tastes good. The texture is slightly different from regular gum, but once you get used to that it feels just the same.

Chicza is totally biodegradable and can be put on your compost together with branches and leaves. The brand also has multiple eco-labels including the FSC to show it's commitment to nature. Read more about that and the interesting way to make the "gum from the rainforest" on the homepage.