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I don’t care about what you or anyone else does in the shower, but I’m curious why you spell it: ‘shampoo’ing’. What’s with the apostrophes?
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:Shrug: My mind is just wierd, and I like apostrophes.
And I wasn’t sure if Shampooing just looks weird to me.
Nope, it definitely does. I look at the “pooing” part of it, and really wanted a break there. So along comes my trust apostrophe to make me feel better, and so i can clearly delineate my sham and poo from ing.
On Shampoo days, I wet face and hair, work in shampoo, use face wash, rinse off hair and face wash, shampoo, rinse, apply deep conditioner that has to stay on for two minutes, do the bodywash thing, shave if needed, and then rinse hair and body at the same time.
I wash from the bottom up: feet first 'cause they’re usually the dirtiest, then up to the neck. Facial soap for the face and then shampoo. I don’t worry about soapy water with a miniscule amount of dirt contaminating my already clean parts; if anything, I figure the soapy water is making me even more clean.
I wash around my head first (face, neck, ears) and sometimes I wash the rest of me and then do my hair, sometimes I wash my hair and then do the rest of me. The reason I wash those specific areas first is that it’s really easy for me to get soap around the edges of my hair, and I want that to happen if it’s going to before I condition it since soap is rather bad for my hair.
On non-shampoo days, I skip the ears and the back of the neck, figuring the shampoo dripping down will take care of the worst of whatever’s there.
I use the same Dr. Bronners soap on my whole body. I squirt some on my hands, lather up my hair and then face, then squirt some on my loofah and wash my body, and rinse from the top down.
Quick and easy.
I just use shampoo in both my hair and on my body. So apply all over, then rinse.
[QUOTE=svrider]
I just use shampoo in both my hair and on my body. So apply all over, then rinse.
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That was going to be a follow question actually, as one of my college roommates wouldn’t use soap in the shower. Only used shampoo, as it was quicker, cheaper, and “you ended up smelling great”. It kinda weirded me out at first, but over time, I got used to it. Plus, he’d always smell like strawberries, which wasn’t so bad.
I was just about to wonder if anyone else did that sort of thing- just shampoo and no soap. For me, I like my soap to have the words “Anti-bacterial” on them somewhere, otherwise I just don’t feel as clean.
If they make an Anti-bacterial Shampoo, then maybe I could try that sort of thing, but not just plain regular strawberry scented shampoo.
Hot oil( if I use it), shampoo, conditioner (leave it on), wash body, rinse off conditioner.
I like leaving the conditioner to sit, so I wash while it’s sitting to make good use of the time. Of course, I still in the shower way too long.
ETA: I wash my face after my shower, but before I comb out my hair.
[QUOTE=Mera Naam Joker]
That was going to be a follow question actually, as one of my college roommates wouldn’t use soap in the shower. Only used shampoo, as it was quicker, cheaper, and “you ended up smelling great”. It kinda weirded me out at first, but over time, I got used to it. Plus, he’d always smell like strawberries, which wasn’t so bad.
I was just about to wonder if anyone else did that sort of thing- just shampoo and no soap. For me, I like my soap to have the words “Anti-bacterial” on them somewhere, otherwise I just don’t feel as clean.
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I don’t think I have ever seen anti-bacterial soap around here, so it has not been of concern to me (is that just an American thing?). I just figure it’s all soap with different smells. Perhaps some day my skin will fall off and I’ll suffer from infections, but so far I’ve been doing it for about 20 years with no ill effect 
[QUOTE=Khadaji]
I use a dandruff shampoo so I shampoo first, let it sit and then soap my body. Then I rinse everything.
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Right. For those of us who need to use a “medicinal” shampoo, I think it’s more effective if left on as long as possible.
[QUOTE=InLucemEdita]
Wow NajaNivea I didn’t expect to get a twinge while reading this thread, but you did it. Feel free, in the name of fighting ignorance, to repeat your post with greater detail and more adjectives.
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Nice twinge, or “what a nutcase” twinge? 
[QUOTE=irishgirl]
I work top to bottom, but leave the conditioner in for a minute or so while I wash my face.
Shampoo and rinse
conditioner
wash and rinse my face
rinse out conditioner
lather body
shave whatever needs shaving that day
rinse off soap
step out of shower
apply body cream and facial moisturiser
Once or twice a week I’ll add in a body scrub or face scrub, but that’s about it.
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This is exactly my routine, too.
I tend to work from the top down as well, so shampoo, then wash body, then shave whatever needs shaving.
[QUOTE=Mera Naam Joker]
For me, I like my soap to have the words “Anti-bacterial” on them somewhere, otherwise I just don’t feel as clean.
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Please don’t use anti-bacterial soaps. Plain old soap is perfectly effective, and you’re just contributing to the problem of antibiotic resistance.
shampoo
rinse
conditioner
wash and rinse face
wash body
shave anything that needs shaving
rinse hair and body
Shampoo
rinse
condition - let conditioner sit
wash body
detangle (usually involving more conditioner)
rinse conditioner
wash face (last - to let pores open and to rinse off remaining conditioner).
I go through a lot of conditioner.
I used to shampoo and condition last, after soaping my body, and I never felt like I was getting “hair dirt” on my clean body. That’s just kind of odd.
Now I shampoo first so that I can let the conditioner set longer. It’s really the only reason I switched. poo. pooing. nope, shampooing looks fine to me. Seriously.
Oh, and if anyone remembers that Adam Sandler movie Billy Madison, where he goes back through school again, at the beginning he’s having an argument (with himself) about whether to shampoo or condition first. In French, conditioner is called “after shampoo.”
Is there anyone who shampoos (shampooes? shampoozes?) after they condition?
I’m seriously grossed out by my own feet, so I start from the top and work my way down. I get squeamish at the idea of washing my feet and then touching my head/face 
Body first, then hair. I used to do it the other way around, but after living on my own in a series of apartments with small water heaters, I’ve found that this is the order which minimizes the chance that I’ll have to rinse off my entire body with cold water.
[QUOTE=Mera Naam Joker]
I was just about to wonder if anyone else did that sort of thing- just shampoo and no soap. For me, I like my soap to have the words “Anti-bacterial” on them somewhere, otherwise I just don’t feel as clean.
If they make an Anti-bacterial Shampoo, then maybe I could try that sort of thing, but not just plain regular strawberry scented shampoo.
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I’m sure you might be able to find antibacterial shampoo, but I wouldn’t recommend using it or anything antibacterial every day. After all, your immune system should have something to work on, and creating antibacterial resistant bacteria is not a great move overall.
[QUOTE=svrider]
I don’t think I have ever seen anti-bacterial soap around here, so it has not been of concern to me (is that just an American thing?). I just figure it’s all soap with different smells. Perhaps some day my skin will fall off and I’ll suffer from infections, but so far I’ve been doing it for about 20 years with no ill effect
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It’s not just an American thing, and, interestingly enough, we’re not the nation with the biggest obsession with it. The Japanese have got us beat, as you can buy just about any non-edible product in an “antibacterial” form over there, from what I’ve heard. When I lived in Iceland and used the public pools, I just used the shampoo that was provided all over. It worked pretty well and smelled okay.
They actually have some “all in one” soap and shampoo combos here in the states, but they don’t seem to be super popular. If I were showering at the gym a lot, I’d invest in a bottle, though, as it’s fewer things to carry with me.
ETA: to contribute to the topic: shampoo, rinse, conditioner, body wash/exfoliation, rinse, face washing/tooth brushing, shaving (on the days it happens), rinse. Sometimes I brush my teeth before doing all of this, sometimes I don’t. It just depends on where the toothbrush is and whether I feel I need to brush my teeth immediately or not.
[QUOTE=Ms Macphisto]
Please don’t use anti-bacterial soaps. Plain old soap is perfectly effective, and you’re just contributing to the problem of antibiotic resistance.
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Yeah, I know all about the problems of Antibiotic resistance and all, but in my household there’s two choices for soap usually: Moisturizing soap, or antibacterial soap.
So I usually pick the antibacterial over the moisturizing one.
By the way, reading this thread has actually been quite fascinating to me- just to learn about other peoples shampooing habits. I don’t think I’ve really asked anyone about such things before.