Showers are for Grown-ups.
Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 5:29PM A fairly grown up idea to me is the idea of shampoo and conditioner.
I’m a twenty something single male. The primary and only things in my shower are one of my endless supplies of Irish Springs bars of soap, and a bottle of Head & Shoulders. Both of which I use regularly as in daily to combat the life long battle against dandruff and being smelly. It wasn’t until a few months ago maybe even longer I realized I had beardruff.
Beardruff: [bee-arr-da-ruff] A flakey dry skin stuff that falls out of ones beard making the front of you shirt look like a snow globe dry heaved on it.
So when I told someone about my sort of embarrassing situation they suggested I use a moisturizing shampoo and conditioner to moisten the skin under my beard and moustache.
Now I’m one to have always believed conditioner is a scheme made up by the shampoo companies to sell you shampoo in other bottles, but I was told by my hairdresser it actually does stuff. That stuff I don’t remember because I didn’t care to keep listening.
Then I got fancy shampoo and conditioner for free. I’m going to try it and see if my beardruff goes away.
So now my shower has four things in it. A bar of soap, Head & Shoulders, fancy moisturizing shampoo and conditioner. Personally that is more then I want in there, but I guess one needs to grow up sometime.
Reader Comments (4)
Wait a minute, are you using head&shoulders on your head and fancy shampoo&conditioner on your beard?
I sure am.
Oh Tyson I could pull out my hairdressing txt book and give you a diatribe about the differences between shampoo and conditioner...but let me tell you a few things:
1) I SHAMPOO my hair only once a week - it strips the oils from both your hair and your skin (could be a major cause of dandruff actually)
2) I water wash my hair everyday - that's cleansing enough for the hair follicle
3) I use a leave in conditioner on the days I don't use a rinse out conditioner
4) Nizoral on your beard twice a week for several weeks should clear that up - and yes put conditioner on your beard when you're done.
Step 4. I used to use nizoral for my hair. It's to harsh on my face skin. That's why I'm not using on my beard I've tried before. Thanks for the advice though.