Exquisite body cleansing

I'm talking about washing your nude bodies here guys.

I currently employ up to four body cleaning products in a major shower session. This starts with the delightfully odd smelling Wright's Coal Tar Soap which has a certain clinical tang to it that makes me feel I've been cleaned by a burly disgruntled but stubbornly thorough NHS janitor. This I tend to focus on the problem areas; the pits, the feet, the undercarriage.

The smell is clean but not in a human way, more like what a steam engine driver might have soaked his cap in after working a tough shift, which is why I move on to scented liquid style products at this stage. Since these tend to bluntly refuse to use the word 'soap' or really describe what they are intended to do, I tend to have a lack of faith in their ability to actually remove filth and stink from my carcas. However the perfume can be delightful and well-recieved.

Nivea 'Happy Time' Cream Shower. Instantly I have issue with the phrase 'cream shower' as it in no way informs me of the function of the product. I bought this because it's called happy time which I think is frankly brilliant. Also it makes me smell of orange peel.

Second I will apply Nivea Energy Shower Gel for Men. This has more of an eerie blue hue and smells nice and manly, sort of like how I imagine Dr Manhattan to smell when he's making crystal castles whilst stark bollock naked on the Moon.

Finally I might sand down my visage with St Ives Facial Scrub. It has hard bits that hurt and something in it makes my face sting if I don't wash it off really quickly.

Worth noting is that in my experience if the use of a basic bar soap is missed out of the process some underarm stench may remain, thus my doubt in the effectiveness of 'shower gel' and 'cream'. As a more simplified system a normal bar of soap can be sufficient.

all i need

classy: http://www.aesop.net.au/

also ridiculously expensive. but sometimes, you need to treat yourself.

Just whatever's to hand - either something of my own, or something expensive and lady-smelling belonging to the wife.

Cleanse, exfoliate, moisturize and everything will be okay.

Wash your face with stones.

im all about cocoa butter body wash, keeps my skin nice and smooth like a baby's bottom.

cheapo olay exfoliant washy stuff for the face

i've tried out a lot of shampoos because i like my hair a lot but honestly nothing really seems to be any better or worse than cheapo tresemme stuff so i buy huge jugs of it

and condition with dove colour protect stuff

and top it all off with cocoa butter lotion that's got some shit in it that makes me look shinier than i am, i dunno.

might have to look into that 220 gallon tub of shampoo though, the shit i buy would be like 3200 bucks for a 220 gallon tub so that's like massive savings! does it come with a pump?

I use clay and charcoal facial soap with a horse hair brush for my face.

This and also different sulfate-free shampoos and conditioner.

3 different kind of soaps. One smells like Douglas Fir, one is with caffeine (fuck yeah!) and the last one is a peach shower gel.

Then I put some deodorant under my arms and then the icing on the cake...

lather up your nuts and scrub with one of these!

I was going to make a male grooming thread. More about beards though.

I get 1 or 2 of these a year. It costs something like $16-$18 for a bar but it is the size of 3 or 4 regular bars of soap and it smells amazing.

I don't have any hair on my head, so I just use bar soap. This goes a long way for the cost.

If you are ever in a fancy soap shop, ask for it. They sometimes sell smaller bars for something like $4.

  On 1/13/2011 at 7:42 PM, Squee said:

good scent... but i'm all about this in winter:

and this in summer:

after shower

anyone use a good daily shower gel for keeping your chest/back nice and spot free?

I use this black girl's olive oil conditioner, even though I have very straight non afro hair. You'll find it in the ethnic beauty sections of the bigger Boots. It's really good stuff.

Alright so how much of this stuff actually works any better than the others?

Seems like every body care product makes all kinds of bold claims about their product,

yet all of them contain completely different ingredients..

Surely they are not equal, no?

i work for unilever, and everything in the company store is 1/3 cost, so as a result my routine is purely unilever:

  On 1/13/2011 at 11:52 PM, fiznuthian said:

Alright so how much of this stuff actually works any better than the others?

Seems like every body care product makes all kinds of bold claims about their product,

yet all of them contain completely different ingredients..

 

Surely they are not equal, no?

I really like the Clinique stuff I use, my skin is a lot clearer and it's fine for using every day. if i don't do it then my face gets quite oily and I get spots.

  On 1/14/2011 at 12:04 AM, jhonny said:

  On 1/13/2011 at 11:52 PM, fiznuthian said:

Alright so how much of this stuff actually works any better than the others?

Seems like every body care product makes all kinds of bold claims about their product,

yet all of them contain completely different ingredients..

 

Surely they are not equal, no?

I really like the Clinique stuff I use, my skin is a lot clearer and it's fine for using every day. if i don't do it then my face gets quite oily and I get spots.

are you talking about acne spots or another kind of spot?

  On 1/13/2011 at 11:52 PM, fiznuthian said:

Alright so how much of this stuff actually works any better than the others?

Seems like every body care product makes all kinds of bold claims about their product,

yet all of them contain completely different ingredients..

 

Surely they are not equal, no?

people i work with come up with those formulations for dove body wash and soap. they're always messing around with tons of crap.

  On 1/14/2011 at 12:06 AM, fiznuthian said:

  On 1/14/2011 at 12:04 AM, jhonny said:

  On 1/13/2011 at 11:52 PM, fiznuthian said:

Alright so how much of this stuff actually works any better than the others?

Seems like every body care product makes all kinds of bold claims about their product,

yet all of them contain completely different ingredients..

 

Surely they are not equal, no?

I really like the Clinique stuff I use, my skin is a lot clearer and it's fine for using every day. if i don't do it then my face gets quite oily and I get spots.

 

are you talking about acne spots or another kind of spot?

acne spots

  On 1/14/2011 at 12:06 AM, Charles Nelson Reilly said:

  On 1/13/2011 at 11:52 PM, fiznuthian said:

Alright so how much of this stuff actually works any better than the others?

Seems like every body care product makes all kinds of bold claims about their product,

yet all of them contain completely different ingredients..

 

Surely they are not equal, no?

 

 

people i work with come up with those formulations for dove body wash and soap. they're always messing around with tons of crap.

dove makes great soap imo.. gotta give your co-workers props. usually leaves my skin feeling soft.

i have mild/moderate acne that is completely resistant to every pharmaceutical drug on the market

and similarly, is not affected by any bathing habits.

i can make my skin feel nicer, but spots will never disappear or stop forming.

luckily i've made really good progress with a rock solid diet and lots of water, but even still my DNA rears its ugly head.

probably why i'm so skeptical of body care products, especially ones labelled "clear skin formula" and "acne-free" and

the thousands of other catch phrases to lure people into their shelved products.

what do you do for unilever, if you don't mind me asking?

I used to buy Unilever stuff after they paid for my masters and I felt I ought to. Lynx shower gel is the worst though, it smells nice but I noticed I could still have BO after washing with it.

  On 1/13/2011 at 7:37 PM, xxx said:

while I'm pretty sure this stuff will mean cancer later, it absolutely cures all forms of psoriasis, dandruff or other scalp abnormalities, which is important because I keep my head shaved

Have you ever tried a selenium sulfide shampoo? I don't wash my hair normally but this deals with the occasional dandruff outbreak. That T gel stuff did nothing for me.

love this stuff. makes your scrotum feel like an arctic fortress of solitude