The DVDizzy.com Personal Hygiene Series: Showering Time

[Jules]

Every one tells me that 5 minutes are as long as it should take me to shower, and that I take too freaking long to cleanse my earthly body.

I don't agree.

This is how I shower.

1. First I enter bathtub.
2. Then I prop the protective glass screen a little inwards of the bath rim to prevent water spillage.
3. I turn on the shower and use the mixer to get the hot and cold water to a nice, tepid temperature.
4. I rinse my hair and work the water in with my hands.
5. Then I apply the shampoo and scrub it in. If it doesn't lather well due to greasy hair, I rinse off and re-wash.
6. Any excessive shampoo foam is used to clean the face, behind the ears, inside the ears, the neck and my spectacles (yes, I shower with my spectacles ...)
7. I grab some more of the foam and apply it to the rest of my body as a quick taster of the more elaborate washing to come.
8. I rinse my face and spectacles, and then my body.
9. I then apply bath cream/shower gel to my body and rub in vigorously, using particular force in the armpit area in order to destroy any lingering bad smells.
10. Rinse body.
11. Then I reapply the bath cream/shower gel all over my body and once more viciously attack the armpit area.
12. The bath cream/shower gel is then applied to the groin/private parts. I won't go into detail as to exactly how I purify these eternally sinful body parts but suffice to say they might very well deserve their own detailed list.
11. Actually, no ... That's a lie. There isn't much to wash. I am unfortunately cursed with a below average sized ... thingy (oh, you know!). Please excuse me while I shed a tear.
12. Next, I very thoroughly wash the nether regions.
13. Rinse, and rewash ... you know just to be sure my bottom smells just like the fragrant Nivea citrus-scented bath cream I'm using.
14. Rinsing time. Rinse hair. Rinse body. Rinse armpits. Rinse back. Rinse wonka. Rinse sweet-smelling buttocks.
15. Oh, and rinse ears. It takes an age to get the soap out.
16. I keep rinsing until the last slimy sliver of soap is off my body.
17. Followed by the glass screen to remove splashed shampoo.
18. And the bathtub to remove soap, dirt and stray hairs.
19. I then towel myself down as best as I can and comb my hair.
20. Relocating to my room, I stand in front of an electric fan to complete the drying process, then I use deodorant and put on clean clothes.

This process takes me about 25 minutes.

In my opinion, a 5 minute shower is grossly inappropriate.

So how long does it take YOU to shower? See poll ...

[Disney Guru]

About 20 minutes. Give or take a few depending on if I'm running late.

[disneyboy20022]

I don't use the shower, I instead utilize the bathtub.

[Dr Frankenollie]

Wholly agree on the inappropriate filthiness of a 5-minute shower. I hog it for as long as possible, and still don't feel entirely clean.

[dvdjunkie]

Disneyboy20022 wrote: I don't use the shower, I instead utilize the bathtub.

Bathing in your own "dirt" is not very appealing to people. Unless you turn on the shower to rinse off before getting out of the tub.

When I take a nice relaxing bath I then turn the shower on and rinse off and get re-invigorated and ready for the day. While showering is my preferred method, I do appreciate a nice soaking bath once in a while that is followed with a five or ten minute shower while the tub is draining.

[Jules]

OMG I'm getting some hits!

In all honesty, I know this is a silly thread, but I do believe we should have these sort of threads if only to escape the forum drama of the others. Many don't bite, though.

Thank you Dr Frankenollie for making me feel more confident and holding my ground on the 25 minute shower. Don't you just love it when it's a hot summer day and you get to rinse off all the sweat and revitalise under the trickle of cool water in the shower?

Disneyboy20022 wrote: I don't use the shower, I instead utilize the bathtub.

Bathing in your own "dirt" is not very appealing to people. Unless you turn on the shower to rinse off before getting out of the tub.

Do you think Disneyboy doesn't know that!? I'm sure he rinses himself well on getting out of the bath. Be careful because the way you wrote that really sounded like you were trying to provoke someone.

[Dr Frankenollie]

Thank you Dr Frankenollie for making me feel more confident and holding my ground on the 25 minute shower. Don't you just love it when it's a hot summer day and you get to rinse off all the sweat and revitalise under the trickle of cool water in the shower?

Ah. Yes. Transcendent.

[Disney's Divinity]

Showering is my only option since I don't have a bathtub, but I'd probably shower 95% of the time anyway. I did have bubble baths as a child, and soaking in hot water is definitely soothing. I usually take 20-30 minutes, but I often turn the water off during because I don't want to waste water since I'm mostly lathering during that time. I usually try to take cold showers because hot baths dry out the skin, even if the steam helps your pores. I like pomegranate and strawberry scents for my wash/shampoo (although I try to wash my hair regularly enough so I can just use conditioner and strip my hair as little as possible).

Afterwards, I usually put on a masque, gel deodorant, and a touch of baby powder. Then straighten my hair after it's dried (which could take a while), but this is only when I've let it grow out. Of course, if I have time for it to dry on its own, I usually use my hands to straighten my hair as it's drying since using a straightener can be damaging.

[Musical Master]

15 minutes for me. Shampoo, body wash, soap, rinsing, the works.

[Escapay]

I shower regularly, usually 15 minutes. It takes 20 minutes if I decide to have an existential crisis and end up just standing there wondering about my place in the grand scheme of the universe. Sometimes, 25 minutes if I start singing along to the music.

But nobody better interrupt me during a relaxation bath.

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Albert

[Hogi Bear]

I shower regularly, usually 15 minutes. It takes 20 minutes if I decide to have an existential crisis and end up just standing there wondering about my place in the grand scheme of the universe. Sometimes, 25 minutes if I start singing along to the music.

That's funny, it's the same sort of thing I find myself doing. Start thinking about things, then it's like, aahh I'm meant to be focusing on washing my entire body, not day dreaming (I can day dream at work!).