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Personal Hygiene and you: Protip #2 - shave your mustache (I'm looking at you, Irene)
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OK, so personal hygiene. Yes, a lot of people will consider this thread an excercise in OCD. However I think that hygiene is just as important as dressing well if you're trying for any amount of success in any aspect of your life. You can dress snappy but if it looks like you're not taking care of yourself, failure becomes more and more possible! So, D&D, what do you do to keep yourselves looking spiffy? You can use my format below as a template if you'd like.
Shower (in parentheses if I'm shaving that day)
Eventually I'll get into colognes, dental and such but I think this is a good start.
Shower (in parentheses if I'm shaving that day)
- Wash my hair. I buzz my hair every couple weeks with no guard, so I don't really have to worry about things like oily/dry/brittle etc. hair. I use Suave for Men 2-in-1 Shampoo and Conditioner.
- (Facial scrub). You might think this is an exercise in futility since shaving is going to exfoliate but I don't shave my forehead and nose. I use Clean & Clear Morning Burst Scrub with Bursting Beads.
- (Shave). Well, yeah. I shave on days I shave! I use a M3Power from Gillette (the Mach3 with the battery... I like how the vibration feels) along with whatever Gillette Gel is on sale the week I buy more. I don't see a difference between Tough Beard/Clear Skin/Sensitive Skin/whatever kind of name they put on it as I've used just about all of them.
- Wash my face. I do this when I shave too, I use Clearasil Daily Face Wash but not the 'Ultra' stuff - it's the same stuff with an extra word and an extra couple bucks attached to it.
- Wash the rest of me. Right now I use Axe "Recovery" Shower Gel along with a gauze sponge. You can find the sponge at just about any supermarket/drugstore but I highly recommend the ones from Bath and Body Works. They're made from a much nicer material and don't hurt like hell after they age a bit. I do recommend switching sponges if you switch your bodywash because the old sponge probably smells like your old brand/scent and it doesn't mix well with whatever your new one is.
Eventually I'll get into colognes, dental and such but I think this is a good start.
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Now, I'm pretty sure everyone's heard of that thing where you should switch shampoos every few months or so, but I've always been hesitant to accept that. It just seems a little too old-wives-tale-ish, since I can't think of any scientific basis for it. Does anyone have any experiences that support/contradict this?
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Oh, and floss. It takes two minutes and will save you so much hassle down the road. I do it every time I brush.
Edit: Seriously, floss your goddamn teeth.
post hoc ergo whatever. a little soap facecloth... It's been enough.
I seriously need a hair cut, ut am having an awful thinking of what to do with.
I have found that the softness decreases with regular use, so every other week or so I'll switch to garnier fructis (sp?), though it's a P&G product and they're the devil, or whatever else happens to be in the shower.
Bar soap does suck. Because your guests can tell by how it's dry and cracked that you rarely use it.
When all they see is a thing of body wash? You're golden.
I love mine.
And bodywash for the win.
Anyway, If I don't have a shower every weekday morning then I just don't feel right. 15 minutes to get in, washed, out, dried and then dressed. I wish there was less demand on using the bathroom in my house
And then laugh maniacally for helping the environment while making your hair smell delicious.
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That's why I like it -- that specific scent smells damn good.
Meanwhile, speaking as someone who often has to shower more than once a day thanks to living in the frickin' tropics, one can make too much of a fuss. A bar of soap and a couple of bottles of shampoo and conditioner have never given me any problem. Oh, and St Ives apricot scrub.
Don't wash your hair every single day though, it makes your scalp go nuts.
What?! How does someone go 11 months without bathing. If I go one day I start getting antsy because I feel dirty. I just... I can't comprehend not bathing for 11 months. Is he at least bald?
Neutrogena for my face. I have good luck with that.
Old spice bodywash and deodorant.
No preference for pretty much anything else.
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No, he has longish hair which looks like it has hair-gel in it, but it's really just caked with grease. He also does not wash his face or brush his teeth, and has horrible acne and green teeth.
He also wonders why no one likes him.
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This was actually my first thought.
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I will try a container with the next bar to see the results.
When deforesting legs I use Veet in-shower cream stuff which works surprisingly well, but dries the skin out like hell, so I use a really intense shea butter moisturiser afterwards. This is honestly the best technique I've found through year of stubble burn and cuts and other shaving-related dryness etc.
I shower every day, wash the hair every other. Some of the other girls I know have complex hour-long daily routines involving straightening hair and seventy billion products to prevent hair getting frazzled from straightening. I can't honestly see the point myself. Hair look better with life IMO.
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For body wash, I've been using this Miso Pretty with sea kelp stuff I got for Christmas. It smells very ocean-y, not too floral, and my skin appreciates the extra help in the dry, cold winter. Oh, and the Dove exfoliating beauty bar, but that's because my boyfriend loves it. He fusses when I make him do clay face masks with me, though, but the Queen Helene Mint Julep Mask really does help get rid of his blackheads, and it's ultra-cheap: only $4 for a giant tube, and it's got a refreshing tingle to it.