Shower water filters. Clearly we need to filter our drinking water, but why in the world would you bother to filter your shower water?

After all, you don’t drink out of the shower do you? You only wash.

But regardless there are still some very good reasons to use a shower water filter every time you shower. Here’s 4 reasons.

1. Chlorine. Now we all know that you shouldn’t drink chlorine, and that the best water filters filter out chlorine. There’s no doubt that drinking chlorine isn’t good for you and some consider it very likely that drinking chlorine causes cancer.

But showering in water with added chlorine isn’t good either. It has several problems. Firstly when you take a hot shower your pores open up and let more water in, and as the water penetrates your skin the chlorine gets in too. So you have really just, in effect, drunk chlorinated water.

2. As you shower the hot water releases chlorine gas into the air in the shower, and it stays in the shower as it cant get out, so you’re breathing it.

There has been a recent study released and documented in the American Journal of Public Health. It links chlorine to cancer and says that 2/3rds of chlorine we are exposed to is by skin absorption and breathing it in the shower.

And the chlorine must eventually waft out of the shower, and when it does it contaminates the atmosphere in your home.

And there’s more. Chlorine dries out your skin and damages your hair. Remember what you hair felt like after an extended swim in the pool? That’s chlorine. And it dries out the natural oils in your skin and make your skin itchy, ask any excema sufferer.

3. And this all applies to more than just chlorine. According to the Ralph Nader Institute there are up to 2100 toxic chemicals in our water, like antibiotics, lead, heavy metals and pesticides and much more.

Many of these are volatile and like chlorine will vaporize in the hotter water of the shower, forming a gas. And you breathe that gas. So you’re breathing the very chemicals you’ve filtered from your tap water so you aren’t drinking them.

4. And the best shower water filters both make your skin feel and look softer and make your hair look and feel healthier. Hair color doesn’t seem to fade like it used to.

But fortunately the best shower water filters will remove up to 99.99% of chlorine, and those 2100 other toxic chemicals that the Ralph Nader Institute tells us about.

And it is way cheaper than you’d imagine too. The best shower water filters cost less than $70, and that’s cheap compared to the grief and cost of, say, cancer. Even including replacement filters it’s really inexpensive.

So there you have it. 4 good reasons to buy a shower water filter. You’re actually better to buy a whole house water filter so you’ve got clean water to drink, bathe in and wash clothes in, but if you’re just thinking of a shower water filter make sure you filter your water too.

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Bathroom mirrors are available in a huge range of styles, shapes and dimensions. A mirror is an essential item for all of the daily grooming tasks that take place so why not make it something a bit special. Choices of bathroom mirrors on the market are seemingly endless with a huge amount available in high street stores and from online suppliers.

Choosing the appropriate bathroom mirror is vital to reflect style and character to suit your personality and requirements. Years ago there were less options but the mirrors available in todays market are sleek and stylish across the modern, traditional and Victorian ranges.

Along with the much needed reflection for grooming a bathroom mirror will make the sometimes dark and small space of a bathroom will give the impression of greater space as well as reflecting the light around the room to give a much more lighter airy feel. You then need to decide on a budget as mirrors can vary from 10 to over 500.

Bathroom mirrors come in many sizes and types from freestanding mirrors, shaving mirrors, wall mounted and mirror cabinets which range from single units to multi units to fill all requirements on space available.

All bathrooms have a light of some sort normally a centre light. Well why not give your bathroom another dimension and add a mirror that has integrated lighting. This not only looks great but gives great additional illumination for grooming particularly on those cold dark mornings… a real early morning wake up. The light these mirrors produce is normally fluorescent with lights hidden behind the glass panels.

It is essential to make sure enough light is available to be able to see well enough to serve the purpose intended. Illuminated bathroom cabinets add sparkle and can create a stunning and dramatic appearance to your bathroom no matter what size of room you have. With lighting units available in mirror cabinets they can also come with shaver socket outlets.

The fitting of mirrors in your bathroom is one of the most practical and easy to install, to create a stunning and dramatic appearance to your room. Mirror options include plain or frosted glass with frog free solutions available.

The bathroom is an area that sometimes get left in the design stakes, so a quick fix is definitely a mirror, it will give a luxurious feel and you are sure to be happy with the final look.

Lighting in the home is an exciting thing to install, bathroom lighting though poses some further issues that i will try to help address with this article. Bathroom lighting needs to be dual purpose at the end of a long day you do not want to blasted with a strong light, a soft ambient light is what you require to ensure complete relaxation, but, on the flip side of this the light in your bathroom needs to be good enough to make the daily cleaning and preening ritual easy to see and do.

The majority of houses built in the last 30 years will have just the standard central ceiling light which is fine it serves a purpose but there is a huge array of other bathroom light fittings available that will create your own little boudoir, i will try to cover some of the bathroom lighting available in this article.

The bathroom ceiling light is probably the simplist and quickest of improvements you can make to your bathroom lighting scheme manufacturers have seen in recent times that the bathroom lighting market was somewhat lacking in style and have decided to fill the gap with a huge array of superb contemporary and tradtional bathroom ceiling light designs.

So the easiest, the bathroom ceiling light is dealt with, lets take a look now at what other lighting is available for the bathroom and how best you can use these lights.

Ok so you have got that standard bathroom ceiling light but fancy something a little different in your bathroom. How about downlights? These will give your bathroom great lighting coverage with excellent task lighting as they will be spread around the bathroom ceiling. This option may not be suitable for all as it will require a certain amount of work to cut holes in the ceiling an lift floorboards above but the end result is worth it.

Bathroom wall lights are something that are used widely in other areas of the home but often not considered for the bathroom lighting scheme. Bathroom wall lights offer lighting for the bathroom tasks but also add some interest to the bathroom walls. Be warned though that to comply with electrical regulations you should only use wall lights that have been deemed suitable for use in a bathroom.

Bathroom mirrors are present in nearly all bathrooms and it is an area that does require sufficient lighting, standard bathroom lighting can often cause shadows around the mirror which isn’t great when making yourself look pretty. Choices for bathroom mirror lighting includes lights on the wall around the mirror, shaver lights which also offer somewhere to charge a razor or toothbrush and mirror cabinets with integrated lighting. The only thing that can sometimes hold you back is your current electrical wiring situation and how much money you have available to spend.

All of the bathroom light fittings I have talked about above must be suitable for use in either zones 1,2 or 3 of the bathroom otherwise you may put you and your family at risk of serious injury with electric shocks, I know it’s a basic thing to remember but water and electricity do not mix!