Fav no-poo hair routine depends on how much time I have. My least maintenance method was 1 rinse and 1 rye flouring (where you dust your whole scalp liberally with rye flour) a month, plus boar brushing to pull oil down to the ends. This worked fine, but had trouble with buildup
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My skin was supple and extremely moisturized and smelled amazing. All the dirt and dead skin had been loosened and scraped off with the oil, and only incredible-smelling, glowing skin was underneath. Every inch of my body radiated delicious perfume. But srsly, *super* messy.
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Dry brushing was another one; the idea to loosen top-dead skin and dirt without disrupting the biome. I got a rough brush and went to town. This, like most of the other techniques, worked but was kinda labor intensive and annoying and didn't exactly feel good.
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Water-only showering and soaking did pretty well actually, I think I wouldn't mind still doing this. The idea is to 'soak' off the dead skin and dirt, and rub yourself down with an exfoliating thing.
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My main issue with all of these is mostly just the labor; basically every method I tried took more time and literal muscle power than a regular damn shower. Also, doing it less frequently meant there was more dead skin to remove.
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Eventually the frequency I've settled on has been showering once every 1-2 weeks, same as my hair washing. I use a gentle body wash, but I try not to use any on my armpits, where the microbiome is most sensitive. I *do* exfoliate underarms hard with hot water.
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My general feel now is most people's showering/washing habits feel strange to me? Like for most people, showering every day is probably absolutely excessive and creates a physical dependency on showering more. Your body acclimates and then 'needs' it.
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On the other hand, I had a hard time getting a level of cleanliness that felt easy and good after around two weeks out, and so probably that's the upper limit for what your body can naturally maintain (with some variance for diff genes and diets).
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But not sweat! Tho I'm not super physically active, I do dance hard and am an excessive sweater (team hyperhidrosis unite), and the frequency with which I felt I needed to shower was mostly independent of my activity and sweat, tho I *did* spotclean my crevices more often.
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And - again I do risk more mockery here - there is a 'natural body scent' that I grew to really enjoy with less showering (including in ppl around me who also showered less). It's not roses and vanilla, but it smells human and good and full of personality and I like it a lot.
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I find this all weird, but whatever, fine. I don't understand the point at the end of the day. It seems like you're spending a lot of time and effort to do things that are Not Shampoo and Not Showering. It feels like just less effective and efficient versions of the normie thing.
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i spent a lot of mental effort, but definitely fewer total manhours. Most ppl shower EVERY DAMN DAY what the hell that's so much time.
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