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Oh I get it! I've just looked back at the newspic! I forgot to put my contact lenses in too - pity about the specs ....  Sorry, couldn't resist! xx |
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The Emperor suspected they were right. But he dared not stop and so on he walked, more proudly than ever. And his courtiers behind him held high the train... that wasn't there at all.
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« Reply #16 on: 23:43:52, 13-04-2007 » |
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I think it depends what sort of hair you have. With dry hair you could go much longer. Oily hair looks awful after a couple of days. They say washing it frequently makes the problem even worse - but I just couldn't stand leaving it longer. Ugh! Let's face it Ali, in our great-grandmothers' day, they probably only bathed once a week and washed their hair even less often. Lots of old wives tales abounded, which I won't go into on here ( ) but to be too clean was often considered to be "unhealthy". ISTR that QE1 bathed once a month, even if she did not need to. Now there's posh for you.  |
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« Reply #17 on: 23:45:56, 13-04-2007 » |
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Bryn - I read that QE1 used to bath once a YEAR! Those also were the days they used to wear "furbelows". It really doesn't bear thinking about!  |
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« Reply #18 on: 23:48:07, 13-04-2007 » |
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I have Richard down as a Vosene man.
Well I'm a H&S man as it happens, which is impressively close. |
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« Reply #19 on: 23:49:42, 13-04-2007 » |
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I have Simon down as this kind of guy:  |
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« Reply #20 on: 23:52:25, 13-04-2007 » |
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Ollie, are those things pills you take to keep your hair clean? I've never managed to get into one of those Lush shops, I find that cloying saturation of a hundred different perfumed soaps quite offputting. Those names are a bit worrying too, don't you think? New Hair? No thanks. And Hybrid? The mind boggles.
Don't worry about the names. New Hair is rather cinnamony, Hybrid is liquoricey. They're what Lush call 'bar shampoos'. About 6cm across, like a cake of soap but for hair. They last for ages and are great for travel. I used them even when I didn't have any hair to speak of, just to wash my scalp.  But I'm with you on the astonishing smell of a Lush shop. I quite often find myself assailed by an unmistakable odour while walking down the street - I look around and sure enough, Lush. But there are nice things in there. Lovely bubble baths. Massage bars you keep in the fridge which melt a little under body temperature. Blah blah. Just for completeness' sake I should point out that I have no financial interest in the aforementioned company. |
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« Reply #21 on: 23:58:02, 13-04-2007 » |
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I'll try the Chelmsford Lush tomorrow in that case.
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« Reply #22 on: 00:47:55, 14-04-2007 » |
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Bryn - I read that QE1 used to bath once a YEAR! Those also were the days they used to wear "furbelows". It really doesn't bear thinking about! The one bath a year story is a myth where QE1 is concerned, though not for the general populace. She was rather particular about personal hygene and bathed every few weeks, which was very frequent for the time. |
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« Reply #23 on: 02:25:30, 14-04-2007 » |
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I used to swear by H & S until my hairdresser forced a confession out of me and castigated me terribly: "Like washing your hair with creosote", but I still think it works pretty well with minimal conditioning afterwards.
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« Reply #24 on: 07:58:04, 14-04-2007 » |
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Like Ollie, I find the Lush blocks excellent for travelling (and their Ambrosia shaving stuff is wonderful too), though I tend not to stick with just one shampoo, but go turn and turn about with Original Source, Tresemmé, Body Shop as well as the Lush products. I usually take one of the more exotic Lush soaps with me on holidays or the big charity treks too - a different one each time - so that once I'm back and need cheering up months later, a repeat purchase kicks off my mornings with a memory of specific events. Individually their products are pleasant, but I fully endorse what others say about the cloying nature of the combined perfumes in the shops.... How their staff don't suffer continual headaches is beyond me.
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« Reply #25 on: 08:49:11, 14-04-2007 » |
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Talking of shampoo scent, I remember an old Body Shop blend that always reminded me of sausages...
Totally odourless, that's me: shampoo base, with no added calories, from Essentially Oils.
Keeps the headlice and fleas away.
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« Reply #27 on: 09:21:41, 14-04-2007 » |
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Do you really use pet shampoo, George? May be you have a dog. I like dogs to smell well. From my experience I know that if you shampoo your dog with people's shampoo he smells like a dog. I have a confession to make. After I go to a hairdresser and she does my hair (which now involves dare I say coloring it) I try not to wash my hair for as long as I can in an attempt to preserve the effect. It last sometimes for some considerable time (the effect), but after several day I have to do wash it (with regrets) because I can not make them as nice and they curle in a natural way (natural is not desirable now days). I used to have a big long braid. This conversation can put me in a grumpy room (or happy room?).  |
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« Reply #28 on: 09:40:02, 14-04-2007 » |
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Do you really use pet shampoo, George? Not really, t-p, and certainly not Pucci's at £8.50 a bottle . Way out of my range. Without really knowing what it is, I just buy the one I know the look of from the same place on the shelf in Boots each time. Since the world is waiting to know, I've just nipped up to the bathroom to have a look. It turns out to be Clairol 'New' Herbal Essences. It is said to contain celandine, water lily and peony which I must say all sounds very nice - even if they are not herbs. Oh dear, I never bother to look what 'hair-type' it's meant for (they never have one 'For Dirty Hair' which is really all I want). I seem to have picked up 'For Coloured/Highlighted Hair' last time. Whoops. I hope it doesn't do anything strange. |
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« Reply #29 on: 09:48:53, 14-04-2007 » |
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The problem with not being grey at my age (67) is that I get no credit for it. People just assume it's been "coloured" (or dyed as it used to be called). This annoys me. |
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