Shailene Woodley’s Scented Bath Hack Is Simple Yet Genius: EXCLUSIVE

This actress/environmentalist is a professed crafty type of gal. Shailene Woodley’s Amex x Parely #BackOurOceans partnership combines beauty hacks and caring for the planet. Woodley has talked openly about making her own face masks and DIY lip stains out of fruits and veggies. So, it’s no surprise that she has the ultimate hack for an at-home spa soak. “Water in general, I find to be so cleansing and very relaxing,” she told STYLECASTER. “If I’m in a hotel and I don’t have any bath salts I’ll order a few chamomile tea bags and I’ll put that in the bath just to get like a little extra smell,” she revealed. “It’s so good.” And so smart!

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But her love of water extends far beyond a relaxing soak in the bath. Woodley recently teamed up with American Express and Parley to #BackOurOceans and help clean one million pounds of ocean plastic. “It is really scary because we don’t have a solution yet to plastics,” she said when asked how we can help even when the situation seems helpless. “But we can look at that fear as a means to kind of paralyze us or as a means to mobilize us, and I choose the latter.”

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have i made it clear yet how passionate i am about protecting our oceans ??? the threat of plastics in our seas not only affects marine life, but it affects human lives as well. this is a CRISIS, and we must work on all fronts to combat the silent emergency we’re in. one vital piece of the puzzle is cleaning up beaches and coasts in order to prevent the disturbing cycle of plastics going back into the sea. look, @AmericanExpress has partnered with @parley.tv in creating a campaign to help with this cause, and i’m genuinely pumped to be partnering with them on this particular mission as an #AmexAmbassador. GET INVOLVED WITH US !!!! it’s so easy on your end, and will make a huge difference for our future generations. head to the @AmericanExpress or @parley.tv Instagram page to help #BackOurOceans. in the comments of the #BackOurOceans posts explain why you #BackOurOceans or tag friends who you want to get involved. for every comment made from 9/16-9/23, @AmericanExpress will partner with @parley.tv to remove 2 lbs of plastic from beaches and coasts, up to 1 million lbs. this is GIANT. the amount of plastic we can potentially clean up by simply commenting on their insta pages is extraordinary. time to walk the talk and leave a comment on how you are going to help to make a difference and back our oceans.

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“We can be mindful of how much single-use plastic we’re using,” she added. And even though there’s no alternative to plastics right now, Woodley is hopeful for the future. “Somebody is going to innovate that,” she said assuredly. “And we do have corporations like Amex who are changing policies in their own company to empower that radical change and that radical shift [in perspective]… And for me, that’s where the hope lies. The hope lies in education.”

And when the stress starts to feel overwhelming? Woodley likes to dance it out. “I usually start my day with fast dancing music and I end my day with slow– I’m all about that slow life,” she said, using her arms to demonstrate some of her flowy moves. “And I light a candle. There’s something about lighting a candle no matter where I am in the world that brings me back to myself.” Girl, I hear that.