Today's Shower Report: International

[gerisullivan]

Okay, I missed the initial reference, but it appears that 90_percent_sure has a thing for Shower Reports. Since my for today is different than usual, I figured I'd post it and add to her collection.

Showed noonish, after poking around with a Polish-to-English online translation program to see just what was in each of the three bottles of bath products a Polish guest left here last year. The one I thought was shampoo was (szampon), and the aromatic substance for men is shower (prysznic) gel. I guessed other gel was a facial cleanser, even though the program I was using came up empty handed on "zel do mycia twarzy." Sure enough, a Brit friend on a mailing list found a better translator: "for washing of face gel." And here I was hoping for a hair conditioner....

The shampoo left my hair squeaky clean after just one lather cycle, and I used the Suave conditioner that Jack left to finish off the job. I wasn't scrambling through the cupboards because I'd run out of my usual favorite KMS Silker products. It's just that they've finally gone flat after 3-4 years -- usually my shampoos lose their kick and appeal after 1-2. So I'm giving my hair a break, and hope that it welcomes the return to Silker shampoo and conditioner in a couple of weeks.

Other recent change to my shower routine? The addition of a yellow duckie pouf, attached to a handle for easier back scrubbing. Hey, it was on sale for $1 at the Big Y, and it's cute as well as effective.

Anybody out there with hard water? I have a bunch of special hard-water shampoo and conditioner from before the installation of my water treatment system. Hate to throw it away, but it doesn't work so well with the low-iron, softened water I now have.

Comments

[wild-patience.livejournal.com]

Whem you say they lose their kick and appeal, do you mean the contents of the bottle lose efficacy with time (as soda goes flat) or that your hair becomes accustomed to the formula and your hair no longer responds to it in the same way? Curious. I'm not very "up" on my shampoo lore.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

The general theory seems to be that the conditioner builds up, weighing the hair down and making it look dull. Though it's not universally accepted. I think your "hair becomes accustomed to the formula and no longer responds the same way" more closely resembles my experience. My hair just hasn't been feeling as clean or lively as I'm used to.

I've never had a shampoo or conditioner keep working for me even half as long as the Silker products have, and I still love how they feel in the shower. The cause could just be a seasonal difference in the water. Whatever the reason, it was fun seeing what the Polish shampoo was like.

[debgeisler.livejournal.com]

I had a hair dresser once who said that Prell or Breck were ideal shampoos for removing build-up...but *not* to use them on a regular basis, 'cuz they strip out all the good bits, too.