A DAILY shower is a deeply ingrained American habit. Most people would no sooner disclose they had not showered in days than admit infidelity. But Jenefer Palmer, 55, of Malibu, Calif., cheerfully acknowledged recently that she doesn’t shower or shampoo daily and doesn’t use deodorant. Ever...
Could you give up washing?
A growing number of people are cutting down on daily showering and hair-washing. So could you join the extreme soap-dodgers?
41% of British men and 33% of women don’t shower every day. Photograph: Steven Puetzer/www.jupiterimages.com
If you are reading this article over breakfast, the chances are you have recently stepped into the shower, lathered up your hair and torso, rinsed off, towelled and blow-dried, before dousing your armpits with deodorant, and wafting on a fog of perfume or aftershave.
Then again, maybe not. The New York Times has just reported on a new trend towards what's sometimes known as soap-dodging. Among those who have cut down on daily showers, baths or hair-washing were a woman who swipes a sliced lemon under her armpits instead of deodorant, another who uses baby wipes to freshen up after her lunchtime runs, and a salesman who shampoos only once a month and gave up anti-perspirant for three years.
Think this is only happening in the US? Think again. There are plenty of signs that this carefree attitude to cleanliness is popular in the UK too – and in some cases growing. Last year, a poll for tissue manufacturer SCA found that 41% of British men and 33% of women don't shower every day, with 12% of people only having a proper wash once or twice a week. (These figures place us behind Australia, Mexico and France in the personal hygiene stakes.) Around the same time, research by Mintel found that more than half of British teenagers don't wash every day – with many opting for a quick spray of deodorant to mask any stink...
[Full Article]The Moneyless Man says you don't need to pay out for expensive, polluting products to stay clean and well-groomed
You're ugly, you smell and you need our help. They may not say it so explicitly, but that's what the marketing departments of Johnson & Johnson, L'Oreal and their ilk would love you to believe. Without their product, you're incomplete. It's the most attractive insecurity to exploit: your desire to be attractive.
We all want to look our best, and nobody wants to smell bad. The positive news is that there are a number ways you can stay naturally fresh without spending a penny.
My main tip: do absolutely nothing. Stop washing so damn often and definitely don't use soap. I appreciate that this contradicts everything you've ever been told to believe, but you'd be surprised. It's common knowledge that washing your hair every day can actually make it greasier. I've found the same goes for your skin...
[Full Article]Stinking in America: Is Not Washing the New PC Trend?
People such as me are often accused of wanting to return to the 19th century. But, if the New York Times is right about a new trend, some on the Left want to go back to the Middle Ages. What is that trend? Avoiding soap, deodorant, and even bathing regularly. Today, though, it’s often for environmental reasons.
It seems that top-notch Western hygiene has now joined SUVs, Wal-Mart, tobacco (not the wacky kind — it’s in fashion), guns, McDonald’s, and white males in the Museum of Politically Incorrect Persons, Places, and Things.
For example, Guardian writer Kira Cochrane tells us about 51-year-old environmentalist Donnachadh McCarthy, who boasts that he’s gotten his water consumption down to about “20 litres a day,” that he’s “as clean as everyone else,” and that he’s trying to reduce his “carbon footprint.”
If I were Donnachadh, I’d be more concerned about my stink footprint...
[Full Article][Webmaster - This is all part of the feudalistic, Middle-Age agenda that the Zionist/global elite are trying to foist upon us. They view us as their serfs.]
