Why Shampoo?

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OK, so I was considering shampoo - what makes it specific to cleaning just hair? If I used it as a shower gel substitute, would it work as well? It's all soap!

RJG said something about cleaning babies' eyes with washing-up liquid, but I don't know what he means.

― Ally C (Ally C), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:02 (nineteen years ago) link

Mrs Blunkett was given similar advice sometime in the late 40s

― Jedermann sein eigener Fussball (Dada), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:08 (nineteen years ago) link

and that's why her children are blind?

I suppose that's funny.

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:09 (nineteen years ago) link

Many shower gel/shampoo dual-purpose products are available. On your kind of hair it probably wouldn't matter what you used.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:09 (nineteen years ago) link

I recommend a comb.

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:09 (nineteen years ago) link

I think that body soap tends to be somewhat harsher than shampoo, and therefore dries the hair.

― Danger Whore (kate), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:10 (nineteen years ago) link

cook's hair is like shredded wheat.

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:11 (nineteen years ago) link

One bar of soap does for all.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:11 (nineteen years ago) link

is your hair like shredded wheat?

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:13 (nineteen years ago) link

I went through a period of using body soap on my hair. It made my hair so dry it would actually fall out in clumps.

I suppose this doesn't matter if you have short hair.

― Danger Whore (kate), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:14 (nineteen years ago) link

Having your hair fall out in clumps doesn't matter if you have short hair?

― Jedermann sein eigener Fussball (Dada), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:15 (nineteen years ago) link

No, but if your hair is short, you will generally cut it before it gets so dried that it will start falling out in clumps.

― Danger Whore (kate), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:18 (nineteen years ago) link

How long was your period?

― Ally C (Ally C), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:22 (nineteen years ago) link

that's a bit of a personal question.

― cis (cis), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Mine's fell out of its own volition and with no prompting from me or outside agencies (xxpost)

― Jedermann sein eigener Fussball (Dada), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:25 (nineteen years ago) link

I should test this on Archie McPherson.

― Ally C (Ally C), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:26 (nineteen years ago) link

I sometimes wonder if anyone uses shampoo on their body hair. Do people with especially hairy legs shampoo them, for example? If not, why not?

― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:27 (nineteen years ago) link

This is an intertesting development. I'm almost sad I have to go away.

― Ally C (Ally C), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:29 (nineteen years ago) link

'intertesting'.

― Ally C (Ally C), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:30 (nineteen years ago) link

Hard to control, flyaway leg hair? I don't recommend it.

― Jedermann sein eigener Fussball (Dada), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:30 (nineteen years ago) link

But leg hair volumisation would be handy in winter - it would help keep your legs warmer.

(shaving your legs does make a noticeable difference to their warmth)

― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:31 (nineteen years ago) link

I use shampoo on my head.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:54 (nineteen years ago) link

The triumph of hope over experience

― Jedermann sein eigener Fussball (Dada), Friday, 1 October 2004 10:57 (nineteen years ago) link

volumised pube doesn't sound appealing

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 1 October 2004 11:04 (nineteen years ago) link

Women with volumised pubes should certainly avoid light, floaty skirts and dresses. it could look ugly.

― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 1 October 2004 11:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Adding body to your legs doesn't sound right

― Jedermann sein eigener Fussball (Dada), Friday, 1 October 2004 11:06 (nineteen years ago) link

floating skirts?

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 1 October 2004 11:06 (nineteen years ago) link

"hey baby, have you ever considered adding a bit of body to your pubes?"

BEST CHAT UP LINE EVAH

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 1 October 2004 11:37 (nineteen years ago) link

Shampoo's chemical make up is v.similar to that of Fairy Liquid. So you could try that, instead.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 1 October 2004 11:44 (nineteen years ago) link

My mum did, when we ran out of shampoo.

Shampoo is a detergent, not a soap, right? I get so confused.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 1 October 2004 11:59 (nineteen years ago) link

I occasionally shampoo my body hair for a laugh. I've used bar soap to wash my hair but not because I wanted to.

I knew a guy in college who used Pert Plus on his entire body and had no trouble. I've done similar things when running low on soap, I don't see why that would be a problem.

Philosophy makes a line of bath products that are meant to be used as shampoo as well as liquid body soap.

I have often wondered if anybody has ever tried to de-frizz/straighten their body hair. Imagine long, sleek locks hanging from your ahem and elsewhere. What fun.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 1 October 2004 12:09 (nineteen years ago) link

I have often wondered if anybody has ever tried to de-frizz/straighten their body hair. Imagine long, sleek locks hanging from your ahem and elsewhere. What fun.

phil-two to thread

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 1 October 2004 12:37 (nineteen years ago) link

I have conditioned various bits of body hair on occasion.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 1 October 2004 13:37 (nineteen years ago) link

Special occasion?

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 1 October 2004 13:39 (nineteen years ago) link

Your birthday.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 1 October 2004 13:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Cute! I've done it too. I do all sorts of shit.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 1 October 2004 13:50 (nineteen years ago) link

Save it for the scat thread, pervert.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 1 October 2004 14:22 (nineteen years ago) link

i pretty much use only shampoo on everything. (EVERYTHING!)

― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 1 October 2004 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link

strange i was thinging abotut this today cos i have shampooed my body for the last week or so. ive run out of body wash.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 1 October 2004 20:21 (nineteen years ago) link

also this thread is beautiful.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 1 October 2004 20:22 (nineteen years ago) link

I think shampoo can be used on the body, but it's more expensive than your average bar soap, and thus its use is generally restricted to the head.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 1 October 2004 20:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Shower Gel is good for making bubbles in the shower - you know, hug yourself and unfold your arms in a circle (holding hands) in front of you. THen there will be a big bubble film you can dance around with. I hate showers, and making bubbles is the only thing that makes me have them.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Friday, 1 October 2004 20:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Peeing on yourself doesn't do it for you?

― Wren, Saturday, 2 October 2004 01:21 (nineteen years ago) link

I have often wondered if anybody has ever tried to de-frizz/straighten their body hair

HAHA I bought some defrizzing shampoo a while ago but it didn't work, so I began using it in the nether regions - just to try and use it up, mind you. No it doesn't defrizz there either, but I content myself with the amusement factor of having a special bottle of pube shampoo. I should label it as such, but that might discourage other family members from using it, and I'm trying to GET RID OF IT after all.

― hi ma! (poppy), Saturday, 2 October 2004 01:45 (nineteen years ago) link

"Peeing on yourself doesn't do it for you?"

I can pee on myself any time I like, it doesn't have the same funfactor.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Saturday, 2 October 2004 01:48 (nineteen years ago) link

I am liking the image of Kevin dancing with a big bubble, like a naked mad Fred Astaire.

― Ally C (Ally C), Saturday, 2 October 2004 09:35 (nineteen years ago) link

i am a shower-products whore, but i don't go too big on shampoo anymore - i stick with either pantene or fructis - i dig the herbal scented shampoos as a sensual experience, but they make my hair look crap, generally... My Dad used to use a beer shampoo on his hair, to thicken what was left (it was vain, it was in vain), and that smelt gnarly and made my hair look crapola.

But if we're talking shower gel, I always have about five different bottles open at any given time, and particularly like Tesco's own-brand watermelon, sainsbury's own-brand lime and coconut (like showering in thai green curry!), and all of the palmolive ones, particularly the Thermal Spa with the little spheres of freshness inside, and the exotic Creme.

I used to date a girl who was a FREAK for the shower, loved to spend hours in there, fuck in there, etc. Great dirty/clean days, i remember giving her a Gillette Mach 3 razor and blades (she was always stealing mine) as a surprise gift once, and she was so *chuffed*...

― stevie (stevie), Saturday, 2 October 2004 12:10 (nineteen years ago) link

nuts?

― cºzen (Cozen), Saturday, 2 October 2004 20:38 (nineteen years ago) link

I sometimes wonder if anyone uses shampoo on their body hair. Do people with especially hairy legs shampoo them, for example? If not, why not?

Conditioner makes a pretty good shaving cream if nothing else is available.

― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo (cindigo), Saturday, 2 October 2004 21:16 (nineteen years ago) link

Has anyone tried to condition their hair with fabric conditioner?

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 October 2004 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Or shampoo and condition with Bold liquid?

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 October 2004 21:35 (nineteen years ago) link

no, but i've drunk it

― hopeless, Saturday, 2 October 2004 21:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Conditioner makes a pretty good shaving cream if nothing else is available.

I once read that water-based lube makes a very good shaving gel. I tried it out; whoever said it is WRONG.

― caitlin (caitlin), Sunday, 3 October 2004 13:43 (nineteen years ago) link

Can you get anti-dandruff shower gel?

― Andrew (enneff), Sunday, 3 October 2004 14:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Years ago, I shaved my head totally bald. I thought I wouldn't have to use shampoo anymore, because there was no hair to use it on. So I just washed my head with soap. However, within a couple of weeks my scalp started to get quite dry and flaky, so I had to return to using shampoo, washing my scalp with it.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 3 October 2004 14:50 (nineteen years ago) link

― Remy (x Jeremy), Sunday, 3 October 2004 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.drbronner.com/soaps.html

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(all you need is Dr. Bronner's!)

― Remy (x Jeremy), Sunday, 3 October 2004 14:55 (nineteen years ago) link

nine years pass...

I quit shampoo and conditioner 3 years ago and have never looked back. I was on tour w a woman who had amazing blue hair and it stayed looking amazing even though showers were super hard to come by. So I asked her what her secret was and she told me baby powder, just put it in your hair, shake it out, comb it through, do whatever you need, and voila! I instantly loved this and I have super oily skin/hair so it was a godsend. Of course lots of times I end up looking like a weirdo but that's never stopped me before!

― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 02:36 (ten years ago) link

my hair looks incredibly stupid after shampooing and i always need to use product to make it look natural. my dressed down, effortless style is a lie.

― très hip (Treeship), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 03:41 (ten years ago) link

no offence adam but doesn'r yr hair stink?

― online hardman, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 07:32 (ten years ago) link

Did she dye her hair tho

― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 08:23 (ten years ago) link

My hair probably stinks but I had a spinal tap shortly after I was born which more or less killed my sense of smell entirely. I was told I smell before I started doing this, it's something I've had to deal with my whole life, so it's not really a concern.

― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 12:56 (ten years ago) link

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