Hey people, so I know for a fact that you do not need to use shampoo, soap, or anything from the store to keep clean ....
Water....and scrubbing....that is all you need
It takes about 3-4 weeks to cycle....it's a crappy time as your body adjusts and starts to clean itself properly and adjust the odours and pheromones.
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You will have the smoothest hair, the softest skin, the best complexion you have ever had and will smell sexy to opposite sex and will not smell to people of the same sex.
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You may even see colours brighten, and hair thicken.
So.... What else is a crock of shit sold to us to make us unhealthy and dependent?
Most shampoo based on lauryl/laureth sulfates as detergent, that is worse than stearates with ton of different shit that make shampoo look, smell, foam "better".
Use potassium stearate (liquid soap, same as usual soap, but with potassium instead of sodium) instead of shampoo, and that's all.
Soaps (stearates), unfortunately works bad in "hard" water, that is typical for drills and wells in most places, in that case you need either soften your water, either use other, not lauryl/laureth sulfate detergents, say, you could buy a barrel of Hostapon (should be most known in US trademark of natural coconut oil and glycin derivative, ~$10/liter for 30% solution) or similar thing and just use it instead shampoo without all that shitty bullshit marketing "modifiers".
There are a lot of interesting things that hidden from regular people that much better than shit they sell us. They could look not so great and rarely have any public advertising, but they are really cool, harmless and cheap.
Or just none at all.....give it a shot. 3-4 weeks max. You will see the difference. But you gotta scrub still and wash under the water.
Once you see it....you will not want to try anything else ...your hair will thank.
People constantly commented on how soft and colourful my hair was - never before and never since....only during the period of time when I used only water....
Could work for dry hair without any serious activity, but will fail if you have oily hair or work physically. Your skin secreting not only salted water, but oils too. And you can't get rid of oils without some detergent.
And if you really want to feel absolutely CLEAN, you can't get this true feeling without finnish sauna or russian banya. :) Diving into snow is not necessary, cold shower will be good enough. Spend a half dozen minutes at least at 70-80°C (160-180°F) and take a shower. Repeat few times. Use soap at least at first shower. And only after that you could feel being really clean. :)
I must disagree. Oily skin is benefited the most. (I have oily skin, and oily fine hair that I used to have to sometimes shower twice a day)...ever since I cut out most soap and shampoo and body wash, my skin started to clear up, my hair thickened and got less oily, and my skin became smooth but not oily. Its the constant shedding of oils that makes your body over produce them in the first place.
You have a friendly bacterias on your skin and friendly viruses that limit friendly bacteria growth. It is perfectly normal and natural. They are a frontline of our skin protection from different pathogens. That is why excess use of sanitizers during coronahoax was a reason for unpleasant problems with skin of sheeple who just killed them. But that friendly buddies do their jobs and die. If your skin is oily, then all bacteria corpses and weared out viruses stay sticked to oil layer. That corpses not necessary began to stink, it depends on the person, some could began to stink after a hour of sweaty job, others could stay odorless a week, but that organic matter always decaying. Add old skin chips, pollen, dust and you'll get the picture.
Soap don't do any significant harm to living bacterias (if you are not zealously washing your body parts every 10 minutes with tons of soap, of course), but remove oil layer with that spent remnants.
IDK, if you are fine with wearing a layer of decaying organic matter on your oily skin and you are not a stinky person - that's fine. I'm not stinky too, but prefer to wash it out periodically. Without any problems with skin and hair.