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Shower Friends



I've never considered bath things under my umbrella definition of "beauty products", but with the abundance of "What's in my Shower" posts popping up, I've found myself oddly fixated.  I do enjoy shower time, and I wish I were more of a bath person so I justify spending money at Lush but...what do people do in baths?  Especially those of us who lack iPads -- what is it that you do in there?  Also, what do people think about while they do cardio?

My full-fledged shower routine probably takes about a half hour -- that includes washing my hair, dry-scrubbing, doing a hair mask, the whole shebang.  I spoke about dry-brushing in this video (isn't that a blast from the past?  It was when I first realized I could directly upload Youtube videos from my phone), so I try to do that whenever I remember.  It ends up being about twice a week.  Then in my shower, I wash my hair with one of two shampoos -- the Pureology Purify Shampoo or the Bumble and Bumble Creme de Coco Shampoo, which I've decanted into an old Aesop container.  I no longer keep litre bottles in my shower ever since I once dropped one on my foot and my neighbours thought I was being attacked.  Which I was, technically.  In its matching conditioner container, I mixed up my Macadamia Deep Repair Mask with half a bottle of the Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment.  I'm kind of enjoying this pump bottle -- it's way less messy than scooping the product out of the tub with my hands.  I try to leave that in for as long as I can, so I'll comb that through, pull my hair back and play with my other products while it sinks in.

For body products, I use Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap as my squeaky-clean shower gel, and switch to L'Occitane Almond Shower Oil for days that I need more hydration.  With both, I use my Salux Wash Cloth, which provides all the exfoliation that I didn't get when I dry-brushed.  I originally reviewed this wash cloth here, and it makes all my body products twice as foamy!  For face products, I keep whatever I'm trying to use up in my shower.  Right now it's the Lancome Creme Radiance (for days that I really need a deep clean) and the last four or five pumps of Nuxe Lait Demaquillant.  I also have a deluxe sample of Kate Somerville's Exfolikate that I've been really enjoying using.  Would love to find a less expensive alternative though!  After the rest of my body has been taken care of, I'll turn on the cold water and rinse out the hair mask.  That's my ultimate shiny-hair weapon (except for Chi Silk Infusion, but that's another post).

What shower products are you loving at the moment?

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  1. Ohh, so you use the hair masks in place of a conditioner sort of? Hmm...guess I should find more things to do in the shower to let the mask sink in for longer =P
    Have you ever seen a Korean wash cloth? It's something I discovered from going to the Korean jimjilbangs or "saunas" where they had women scrubbing each other off like no tomorrow. They have these little mitts that they use to scrub after showering and everything and it leaves your skin BABY SMOOTH! I see them going pretty hard at it with their mitts (to the point where the skin is RED), but I dont do it as hard and I still get really smooth skin! I dont know if the texture of the Korean wash clothes are any different from what you use, but give 'em a try if you can find one at an Asian market/Korea town! they're about the size of your hand and were only a dollar each =D

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    1. I probably should have mentioned that! Yes, I use hair masks instead of conditioner, because I heat-style my already-coarse hair fairly often.

      I need to check those out! My dad also used to exfoliate himself with a section of what I think was cowhorn...

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  2. Wow, your products are SO well-organized! The shelf I have in my shower is tiny, and not much fits, so my products are all over the place! I'm currently digging Aesop Calming shampoo, Kerastase Elixir Ultime hair mask, but I always choose from several bottles of shower gels. I just got a full-size one of the L'Occitane Almond Shower Gel, but I don't want to open it just now. Must get something else out of the way first!

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    1. Thanks! I try not to get to that point where I have to put things on the floor of my bathtub. The L'Occitane Shower Gel will be really nice for the summer I think!

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  3. I love your bathroom shelf products! I need to try mixing some of the Macadamia Mask with a little of the oil to see what it's like. Clever that you put it in an old pump bottle because those big tubs are so annoying to use x

    Evelyn @ We Were Raised By Wolves

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    1. It's a million times more hydrating! I once spilled about half a tub of this mask and I ended up putting it all in my hair and sleeping in it, just so I wouldn't feel like I'd completely wasted it!

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  4. I love these kinds of posts, too. Decanting products into pump bottles is something I've started to do recently, they're so much easier to use than tubs or huge squeeze bottles. I'm currently working my way through a bottle of Bumble and Bumble Creme de Coco conditioner, which I managed to pick up in a sale at the beginning of the year. I'm really liking it so far (love the scent!), so will probably give the shampoo a go soon, too. I'm really liking the a few products from the L'Occitane Shea range as well, and am also loving a few things from the REN Moroccan Rose range. Both seem to hydrate really well, and the Moroccan Rose products smell amazing!

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    1. Pump bottles have changed my life! I also really adore Aesop packaging. I want to try more REN things, I can't believe it's taking me so long to purchase stuff! Thanks for the Moroccan Rose rec, will definitely look into it.

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  5. I really want to try the castille soap! I've only heard good things about them, and they seem so cost-effective too :D

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    1. It really is! You don't need a lot but it foams up so well!

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  6. I like your hair care choices! My showering products are quite narrow and don't have as much products as yours. Hows that Macadamia hair mask work for you?

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    1. The Macadamia hair mask is solidly approaching HG status -- I don't think I've wanted to try something else in a couple of years!

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  7. every thing looks super yummy :-D I would like to try the hair treatment someday.thanx fr sharing ur shower buddies.love ur collection.

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    1. You definitely should -- it's gorgeous! This is my 3rd or 4th pot, I can't remember!

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  8. I love Bodhi Mint Thé Bath & Shower Therapy and Korres Guava Shower Gel at the moment x

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