Taking a Lush bath
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matgbOK then, hmm, question first, or praise for a shop first. I'll go with the praise.
After multiple (multiples) of you out there have suggested, harassed or just brow beaten me, yesterday I finally went into a Lush store to buy replacement shampoo as my Body Shop bottle was running low. Y'know how after 11 years in retail, with a company that praised itself on exception in store service and trained its staff incredibly well[1] I'm a bit of a cynical git when it comes to shopping and find most store staff to be both grating and infuriating? Well, I got a pleasant surprise last night;![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pinkshifter pointed out there was a branch in Victoria likely to still be open when I groaned I'd forgotten at 5.30[2], so I went in and had a scope around. Such a nice atmosphere, and the products are well displayed, clear and fairly well explained. Then one of the staff came to ask if I needed help. As I blatantly did, my heart sunk, as dealing with crappy shop assistants is the bane of my shopping life. Except...
She asked the right questions, demonstrated how to use it (I mean, solid shampoo bars? WTF? How can you use a shampoo if it's not a liquid?) and recommended two choices, based on my circumstances[3]. She was friendly, helpful, useful and at no point did I get annoyed. Very impressive. And having just had a bath using the shampoo she suggested, I think she gave me good advice. Yes, my hair does smell vaguely of coal tar, but hopefully the London water inspired dandruff will die off soon. Hopefully.
Which brings me onto my question. I'm a shower person. My family are shower types, when Dad the DIY freak decided to turn the bungalow into a house by building a second floor, we replaced the single bathroom with three shower rooms, and they only put a bath back in after I'd moved out, and made my bedroom smaller in order to install a jacuzzi[4]. The flat in Torquay only had a shower. So, ultimately, I don't really do baths. But the new place has got one, and it is quite nice to lie back, relax and read a good book while soaking for a bit.
So, given my complete ignorance of all things bath like, the question for those that take them regularly is...
ETA:Thank you to Miss Freddie and silentgreeneyes for almost simultaneously suggesting the obvious thing I'd missed. Danke.
Bear in mind, for those that don't know me, that this is more of an issue for my more than 2 foot long hair than it is for the average bloke...
[1] That Games Workshop staff are well trained and the company service guidelines are very good does not of course stop many of the staff to be blithering idiots who think a) they know best, b) You really need to buy a boxed game and c) any games made by Other Companies are inferior, even if they themselves play them.
[2] For non-UK readers, most shops close at 5.30pm here, sometimes they stay open till 6, it's rare that you can go shopping normally after this. I'm given to understand this isn't the case in some other countries.
[3] I've moved from Devon, where the water is so soft it's almost pure, to London, where the water is both incredibly hard and, well, of doubtful purity; I'm definately very grateful for my Brita jug filter...
[4] This sounds like my parents are loaded. While Dad did negotiate a good retirement package, they were never that well off while he was working (public sector local Govt, think Mr Carnegie in Fawlty Towers and hey, that's my Dad's old boss...). But, Dad doesn't travel well, at all, so instead of going on holidays he'd do the house up. And they haven't moved since my sister was born, nearly thirty years ago now, scary...
After multiple (multiples) of you out there have suggested, harassed or just brow beaten me, yesterday I finally went into a Lush store to buy replacement shampoo as my Body Shop bottle was running low. Y'know how after 11 years in retail, with a company that praised itself on exception in store service and trained its staff incredibly well[1] I'm a bit of a cynical git when it comes to shopping and find most store staff to be both grating and infuriating? Well, I got a pleasant surprise last night;
pinkshifter pointed out there was a branch in Victoria likely to still be open when I groaned I'd forgotten at 5.30[2], so I went in and had a scope around. Such a nice atmosphere, and the products are well displayed, clear and fairly well explained. Then one of the staff came to ask if I needed help. As I blatantly did, my heart sunk, as dealing with crappy shop assistants is the bane of my shopping life. Except... She asked the right questions, demonstrated how to use it (I mean, solid shampoo bars? WTF? How can you use a shampoo if it's not a liquid?) and recommended two choices, based on my circumstances[3]. She was friendly, helpful, useful and at no point did I get annoyed. Very impressive. And having just had a bath using the shampoo she suggested, I think she gave me good advice. Yes, my hair does smell vaguely of coal tar, but hopefully the London water inspired dandruff will die off soon. Hopefully.
Which brings me onto my question. I'm a shower person. My family are shower types, when Dad the DIY freak decided to turn the bungalow into a house by building a second floor, we replaced the single bathroom with three shower rooms, and they only put a bath back in after I'd moved out, and made my bedroom smaller in order to install a jacuzzi[4]. The flat in Torquay only had a shower. So, ultimately, I don't really do baths. But the new place has got one, and it is quite nice to lie back, relax and read a good book while soaking for a bit.
So, given my complete ignorance of all things bath like, the question for those that take them regularly is...
How the hell do you wash your hair?
ETA:Thank you to Miss Freddie and silentgreeneyes for almost simultaneously suggesting the obvious thing I'd missed. Danke.Bear in mind, for those that don't know me, that this is more of an issue for my more than 2 foot long hair than it is for the average bloke...
[1] That Games Workshop staff are well trained and the company service guidelines are very good does not of course stop many of the staff to be blithering idiots who think a) they know best, b) You really need to buy a boxed game and c) any games made by Other Companies are inferior, even if they themselves play them.
[2] For non-UK readers, most shops close at 5.30pm here, sometimes they stay open till 6, it's rare that you can go shopping normally after this. I'm given to understand this isn't the case in some other countries.
[3] I've moved from Devon, where the water is so soft it's almost pure, to London, where the water is both incredibly hard and, well, of doubtful purity; I'm definately very grateful for my Brita jug filter...
[4] This sounds like my parents are loaded. While Dad did negotiate a good retirement package, they were never that well off while he was working (public sector local Govt, think Mr Carnegie in Fawlty Towers and hey, that's my Dad's old boss...). But, Dad doesn't travel well, at all, so instead of going on holidays he'd do the house up. And they haven't moved since my sister was born, nearly thirty years ago now, scary...
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Date: 2007-Apr-04, Wednesday 17:29 (UTC)They even have a chocolate shower gel for when/if you visit somewhere with a shower.. and it doesn't smell of the crappy chemical chocolate others do.
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Date: 2007-Apr-04, Wednesday 17:37 (UTC)Also? SB is allergic to chocolate (well, caffeine), limits the options for some of the things I'll be using in the future...
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Date: 2007-Apr-04, Wednesday 17:42 (UTC)hrm
well
In that case
their shower jellies = win, and don't contain gelatine :)
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Date: 2007-Apr-04, Wednesday 22:34 (UTC)I was thinking of getting him some sonic death monkey, though. Cos, you know, I'm not there ALL the time...
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Date: 2007-Apr-04, Wednesday 22:37 (UTC)leaves your skin smelling like chocolate oranges..
Shame they got rid of Freeze.. that was a good showergel, but the smell's still around in Ice Blue soap..
Umm...maybe Tramp?
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Date: 2007-Apr-04, Wednesday 22:43 (UTC)*hides*
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Date: 2007-Apr-04, Wednesday 22:47 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-Apr-04, Wednesday 22:50 (UTC)That's got patchouli in, but Tramp is a slightly different blend
And mat?
I worked there for three months.. I had to learn ALL the products and their main ingredients
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Date: 2007-Apr-04, Wednesday 22:59 (UTC)Actually, sadder than that, I make up a lot of my own these days and use BPAL for scenting.
I quite like Blue Skies, but too much Patchouli makes me sneeze.
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Date: 2007-Apr-04, Wednesday 22:40 (UTC)Looking on their site, it does actually look nice, but a little freaky, a part of me worries about changing the association of chocolate orange as a smell away from G&B's Maya Gold towards washing.
You may be right about the stuff I'm using though, although it's been at least ten years I've used the same thing; some others I've tried every so often have given me horrible itching &c
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Date: 2007-Apr-04, Wednesday 22:47 (UTC)You see? Sensitive skin!
You do realise that this means I'm going to pamper you to within an inch of your life? ;)
You might be better with the jellies, but not having a shower I haven't tried those (I have a little bottle of Olive Branch that I take swimming with me, though).