Do you really need conditioner in the shower? In my opinion, conditioner is a pretty unnecessary product—as long as I rinse my hair with a 5% vinegar-and-silk solution or with rice water and silk, and I have a good leave-in spray, that’s more than enough for my huge head of hair, so I think this applies to the vast majority…
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Gentle Deep-Cleansing Shampoo
Here’s the recipe for my deep-cleansing “liquid” shampoo. It’s a shampoo we use here at home once a week. It deeply cleanses the scalp but also has healing properties for the scalp. It’s a shampoo you can use once a week or to remove any buildup from the scalp. I use it…
Balancing Tea
My balancing tea has been an absolute “lifesaver.” Especially here in the summer, when temperatures tend to rise quickly and my body has a bad tendency to retain large amounts of fluid. But it’s also a tea that helps with many other things, first and foremost balance in the body, and that…
Kitchen Spray with Lemon Myrtle & Mandarin
When we were in the U.S. for the second time, I found a wonderful surface spray for the kitchen at a Sprouts supermarket. It had a wonderful citrus scent. In fact, it was so strong that it triggered a scent memory I had from when I visited the first Søstrene Grene store on Søndergade in Aarhus. I was pretty young back then, under…




