Coconut Oil

If you don't already have Coconut Oil at home, get some! I'm disappointed in myself cause I knew about the benefits but I just recently started using it again. I use coconut oil to cook, for my hair and for my skin. Other popular uses are to reduce cellulite, reduce wrinkles, stretch marks and age spots and lower cholesterol. I also recently found out you can use Coconut Oil as an ingredient to make homemade toothpaste, deodorant, mouthwash, face wash, shaving cream, massage oil, insect repellent and lip balm.

Coconut Oil

Ziploc Vacuum Bags

I recently moved into my first apartment. As I explained in my previous blog about the IKEA closet organizer, my apartment is small, only 800 sq feet so I had to become strategic with my storage. I've been hearing a lot  about these Ziploc Vacuum Bags so I decided to give it a try..

Ziploc Vacuum Bag

IKEA Closet Organizer

So I recently moved into my own place and it's small, I mean tiny LOL I don't know how they managed to fit two bedrooms and two baths into 800 square feet but somehow they did. Regardless of size it is an accomplishment and I am proud of myself. If you continue to follow my blog you'll learn that I'm a shopaholic or was LOL I've had to tone it down this past year because with a new apartment comes new responsibilities like RENT and buying furniture etc + you know that 800 square feet didn't come with a walk-in closet!

I had to learn how to squeeze all of my items in this small space, granted I was in one bedroom before with all the same things, it was a bedroom in a house with a garage where I could hide things. I wanted my second room to be a guest room in my new apartment and these rooms are much smaller than the one I was coming from so I had to improvise. One thing that really helped me was this closet organizer. Purchased my closet organizer from one of my favorite stores IKEA for only $6.99.

IKEA Closet Organizer