Julia Fiedorczuk

  Money can improve quality of our life and our wellbeing. Our happiness increase when our salary doubles. But are the rich people happier than people that earn average salary? Many studies show that wealthy people tend to be more pessimistic and stingy. The richer you get the less empathetic you are, you simply lose the ability to relate to “poor” people problems. I personally think that money can increase chances of being happy, but simply being rich cannot guarantee our happiness. With money we can treat ourself to little pleasures that can give us temporary satisfaction, plus we don’t have to worry about living paycheck to paycheck. In our capitalistic society money is key factor to our survival, so I don’t believe there are people that don’t care about money or that it doesn’t buy our happiness. source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/oct/28/how-much-money-makes-you-happy-we-ask-an-expert

  Mushrooms not only taste good, but they also have many health benefits. They contain antioxidants and   have anti-inflammatory properties. They are used in skincare products, they help with blighting our skin, irritations or inflammations. There are many different types of mushrooms, not all of them have the same effects. Here are some examples: - Finnish Chaga found in northern part of Europe, they help fighting infections and helped decrease the instances of tumors spreading. - Shiitake, they help our immunity system and lighten our skin -Reishi,   they contain beta-glucans that stop the spread and growth of cancer cells. I’m not a huge fan of mushrooms, like many people. I think there are better ways to take care of our health. Maybe someday I’ll try cosmetics with mushrooms, not now because I don’t need anti-aging products. source: https://www.dermstore.com/blog/top_ten/mushroom-benefits-for-skin/

  It’s commonly known that cosmetics contain huge amount of different chemical substances. Europe is very restrictive compering to the US, EU banned over 1300 substances and USA only 11.   It’s mostly because in Europe companies are always responsible for the possible side effects and they have to go under many safety assessment to proof that they aren’t harmful. But still we have to be careful about the things we put on our skin, body and hair. We should use the recommended dosage and beware of the cheap imported cosmetics. Not to mention reading the labels and keeping track of side effects. Honestly it’s terrible to see how other continents disregard such a important topic. It’s scary how some of the substances can affect our health causing cancer or fertility issues. it’s important to stay beware and take care of our health.  source:https://theconversation.com/just-how-safe-are-cosmetics-on-the-european-market-188089