Ok, I am a total creature of habit. I always get the same shit at the drug store. Lever 2000 soap, Right Guard deodorant, Charmin TP, Colgate toothpaste, Listerine mouthwash, and until recently Flex shampoo. I guess they stopped making it.
So I have to pick out a new shampoo. I’m looking over what’s there and I see this Aussie shampoo. There seem to be faint recollections of using this stuff at some point in my life. So I pick up a bottle of Aussie MEGA shampoo and give it a whiff. Smells ok, so I buy it.
Anyway, I have happily adopted Aussie MEGA shampoo as the official replacement product for Flex. All is right with the world again. No more decisions to make at Rite Aid.
Tonight, I had a couple of friends over and left my shower curtain open. My one friend come out of the bathroom and asks “what’s with the chick shampoo?” Huh?
He goes on to insist that Aussie is chick shampoo with his major arguments being that it costs $3.50 a bottle and “you can tell by the shape”. WTF?
$3.50 for a bottle of shampoo that lasts five or six weeks doesn’t seem all that exorbitant to me. I think Flex was about $2.50. I could see him giving me a hard time if I had bottles of Paul Mitchell shampoo and conditioner at $10 apiece in there. But one bottle of a shampoo called MEGA?
Come on, it’s called MEGA, not Ultra! And it’s not perfumey or anything. I actually like the smell better than Flex.
So anyway, I’m wondering if anyone has thoughts on this most mundane and pointless debate.
I used to use it, forget now why I changed. However, I seem to remeber a huge extended family of both available genders in the print ads. Never seen it on TV. I say you hit the guy with your purse.
KIDDING!
Next time wonder aloud why he’s so interested in your grooming products.
I think Aussie MEGA may technically be considered chick shampoo 'cause it’s got different fruity varieties and is probably revitalizing your hair when you’re not looking. That having been said, it’s still all good. This is the ‘90s. We’re confident men. And there’s no reason the women should have the monopoly on the good shampoo. I, myself, use Pantene without shame. The mere fact that chance bestowed a Y chromosome upon you is no reason that you should wash your hair with Comet or something. Use your Aussie MEGA, and chuckle to yourself at your buddies’ ignorance when the ladies run their fingers through your irresistible, silky-smooth hair.
Aussie?? Sounds like something from the Outback. And what is more manly these days than a dirty Australian crocodile hunter? Even they need to wash their hair after months in the brush, mate!
I say keep Aussie in the shower and Fosters in the fridge and you will be as manly as the next.
Ooh, I buy Clairol Herbal Essentials, which is definitely a very femme shampoo. But I can sneak it in as a politically correct shampoo instead, because it’s biodegradable and non animal tested.
They have ruined that shampoo. Now it just smells like every other fruity (in the “fruity” sence of the word) shampoo. Used to smell like pizza. That was manly.
Borrow some mascara and a powder compact from a female relative/friend of yours and have them both (no, no, the MAKE UP, not your…oh nevermind) lying on the shelf in your bathroom next time your friend comes over. When he makes comment of this, ask him if he wants to play “dress up”.
Seriously though, “chick shampoo” can be really good for your hair…if you get the right kind.
Tell the guys that all the women that spend the night seem to like it, you just use it because it’s cheaper than buying two different shampoos. Then show them your stash of extra toothbrushes too (for those impromptu “sleep-overs”).
FWIW, I occasionally use Aussie products but not as a general rule.
Why does it matter? I mean is shampoo not just SHAMPOO?? It cleans your hair, makes you not look like you used bacon grease. If it smells manly enough for you, who cares?? i think way too much thought has gone into this.
But, guys with hair that smells good is sexy… I think I need a moment.
