I stopped the not using of soap a while ago. I think the catalyst was when I swapped out the oil pan in my car. I was crawling around under it, my head and hair got pretty much covered in oil, and there was NO WAY oil wasn't coming out of hair without soap.
So I used a minimal amount, but I really enjoyed the way my hair felt after that. I still don't really lather up my body, and I use a washcloth sans soap for that, but I feel like my hair needs a little more love.
There's more going on with me, but I don't think I'm ready to share the rest of it with the internets right now.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
More No Soap
So back in January I posted about not using soap, and I've kept to this regimen for the past 4 months now. I'm not completely 'product-less', as I use deodorant and shaving cream (I'm not gonna shave dry, ffs), but when I shower, I don't lather up on the body nor the hair.
The only thing I've noticed in my own smell is that if I go without a shower for a couple of days, the deodorant starts to wear off and I smell a lil ripe. That reminds me to go shower and re-apply. I think the main issue with that is that the soap generally has a scent, and it masks body odor a little better than just deodorant. But it's not THAT bad, because if it were, my girlfriends' overly sensitive sense of smell would kick in and she'd bathe me herself. Not that this is a bad thing, but I'd rather it not be because I was stinky.
So, so far, so good. The only issue I've had at all was when I put some gel in my hair (it's at a weird transitional length and looks funny) when I went to jury duty, the shower after that reactivated the gel and my hair was kinda funky for a couple of days until the next shower. Other than that, nobody has been the wiser except the few people I've told in person and the 0 people that actually read this blog. Haha.
The only thing I've noticed in my own smell is that if I go without a shower for a couple of days, the deodorant starts to wear off and I smell a lil ripe. That reminds me to go shower and re-apply. I think the main issue with that is that the soap generally has a scent, and it masks body odor a little better than just deodorant. But it's not THAT bad, because if it were, my girlfriends' overly sensitive sense of smell would kick in and she'd bathe me herself. Not that this is a bad thing, but I'd rather it not be because I was stinky.
So, so far, so good. The only issue I've had at all was when I put some gel in my hair (it's at a weird transitional length and looks funny) when I went to jury duty, the shower after that reactivated the gel and my hair was kinda funky for a couple of days until the next shower. Other than that, nobody has been the wiser except the few people I've told in person and the 0 people that actually read this blog. Haha.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
No soap!
I remember reading about this guy who decided stop using soap back in February 2010. Well not ALL soaps, but mainly shampoos and other body-lathering substances whilst showering. It intrigued me. Then he updated about his experiences about a year later, and now I think I'm gonna try it.
I took my first soapless shower this morning. I used a washcloth to scrub my dirty parts, and only used some shaving gel as lubricant to shave my face and head (I recently shaved off all of my hair because I was in a mood). To be perfectly clear - I'm not against soap in general. It's good for cleaning dirty hands, and lets face it, you don't want to be handling food with hands that have been stuffed who-knows-where into who-knows-what. I DO have a problem with those so-called antibacterial soaps, that kill '99.9%' of germs.
Bacteria multiply exponentially, people. It does not take that long for something to be completely coated in germs. But I'd rather put a germ that my own immune system can kill into my system than one that has made it past that 0.1%.
But I digress. Trying this out. We'll see how things go after a week or so.
I took my first soapless shower this morning. I used a washcloth to scrub my dirty parts, and only used some shaving gel as lubricant to shave my face and head (I recently shaved off all of my hair because I was in a mood). To be perfectly clear - I'm not against soap in general. It's good for cleaning dirty hands, and lets face it, you don't want to be handling food with hands that have been stuffed who-knows-where into who-knows-what. I DO have a problem with those so-called antibacterial soaps, that kill '99.9%' of germs.
Bacteria multiply exponentially, people. It does not take that long for something to be completely coated in germs. But I'd rather put a germ that my own immune system can kill into my system than one that has made it past that 0.1%.
But I digress. Trying this out. We'll see how things go after a week or so.
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