How often do you shower and wash your hair

If you throw a lightweight large plastic tablecloth over your glass screen (hate them), you never have to clean it.

I only shower when I know someone is coming near me?

I hate drying the shower so I only shower when I am washing my hair, which I always wash if I am going out that day. If not I have a very shallow bath which imo is easier than strip wash, and very easily cleaned..
I don't clean the shower every time. I run hot water down the screens and tiles for a few minutes.
I'm in and out of the bathroom in ten minutes. My husband is at least a half hour. I don't know what he does all that time!!
Sometimes I bath at night to hopefully help me sleep.

Witzend

Nasty, new-fangled things, showers. I have a bath once a month, whether I need it or not.

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MawtheMerrier

Call me picky but unlike some I don’t like these threads which ask personal questions about our habits.
I know, I don’t need to answer and I won’t, but whose business is it but mine and why on earth would I want to know about anybody else?

My thoughts exactly!

I don`t object to questions like this one,if you feel it`s too personal don`t answer.
I shower twice a week,wash hair every four days,use bio-degradeable wet wipes as a quick clean.

Nasty, new-fangled things, showers. I have a bath once a month, whether I need it or not.

I haven’t strip washed since I was 5 and we moved into a house with a plumbed in bathtub.

I always have a bath before dressing in the morning and sometimes another before dressing for dinner depending on how I’ve spent the day. My hair is washed about twice a week.

I have recently returned after spending 4 weeks away in a property which only had a shower. On our return, as soon as we came in the door I started running a bath. Bliss.

Am I just a lousy housekeeper? Why do you have to wash down the whole bathroom after every shower? A quick go on the screen with that windscreen wiper type gadget

Hetty58

jeanie99, yes, too much washing (especially with hot water) just strips the oil from our skin. Still, some of us might have two showers on a hot summer's day - just to feel clean and fresh. When it's chilly, twice a week, with daily washing, seems quite enough.

How long do people spend in their showers? I'm done and out in five minutes - yet family and guests seem to spend half an hour in there! Next time I use it, I have to turn the temperature right down, from (what seems like) boiling to lukewarm.

We obviously have the same guests Hetty!

Strip wash? I haven’t had one of those since I was a child and lived with my gran who didn’t have a bathroom. Strip wash in the kitchen and an outside lavatory.

I can't function until I've been in the shower. I've been taking a daily shower since I was about 19. I dash in there before I'm really awake and am washed, dried, all creams and lotions applied and dressed within 11-12 minutes. I shower very hot but use only a tiny amount of soap and shampoo. If I'm feeling indulgent or have tense shoulders or a headache I might stay under a little longer.

I agree with Lucca and lemsip: A strip wash is such a faff.

Ali23

Well I don’t object to the question at all... it’s ‘chat’ which is companionable and harmless.

I shower and hair wash every other day and wash on the opposite days . When I was young my hair needed washing every day but not now.

Fair do’s, but not something I ever discuss with my friends (or would necessarily want to hear about)

When I was at work every day started with a shower and my hair got washed most days too. These days it's more on a needs basis. I ride 3/4 times a week and prefer to shower afterwards when I get changed. Hair gets washed so it looks OK when I go out, if it's stuck under a riding hat or stuck in a pony tail when I do pilates or walk the dog, tbh I don't care if it's a bit of a mess but I do like it to look good if I'm out and about. So no regular pattern for me. I haven't had a bath for years but we are redoing the main bathroom with a lovely free standing bath so I'm anticipating taking long relaxing baths in the future.

Well I don’t object to the question at all... it’s ‘chat’ which is companionable and harmless.

I shower and hair wash every other day and wash on the opposite days . When I was young my hair needed washing every day but not now.

Shower in the morning, ( me , after housework), just a quick in and out. Then another If we are going out in the evening. MrOops is so used to having a shower first thing before work that it’s a hard habit to break, but he spends ages in there.
Haven’t had a bath for years, but when I was working I found a bath destressed me.
Trying to wash my hair every 4 days, until last year it was every other day, as I have long hair it was a real pain.
But in Summer we often shower twice a day or as needed.

jeanie99

Lucca you have to wash down a shower screen, tiles and bath in our house if you shower.
You only need to wash a basin if you have a stripped wash.

I don’t!

jeanie98 I’m assuming that you are referring to me in my thread about reducing gas usage?

Please go back an re-read the thread and let me know where it says that I shower twice a day?
You won’t be able to.

However, you will find that I explained that we have a family business that can leave the workers covered in grime and needing to ablute at the end of the day in addition to the start.

One to two helpful posters provided information to enable us to reduce the number of hours the water heater is set for to provide for enough hot water in the early evening.

Threads such as this are started on Mumsnet on a very regular basis, they descend into judgmental slagging matches and in my opinion serve no purpose whatsoever.

Nobody is right or wrong, we all live our lives differently in so many respects and I’m intrigued to know what you are hoping to achieve from it?

what is a strip wash? surely you could shower in less time to wash bits

I have a 2 minute shower every day. Every couple of weeks I treat myself to a bath instead - when I do I’m luxuriating in there with my book and my drink for an hour. Hair wash every 3 days approximately, I use dry shampoo between washes.

I really don’t get strip washes, unless there’s a particular reason for them, like Ailidh’s. They take as long as a shower and are messy (or they are when I do them!).

And I’m disappointed if a hotel doesn’t have a bath as well - it’s the first thing I look for.

Call me picky but unlike some I don’t like these threads which ask personal questions about our habits.
I know, I don’t need to answer and I won’t, but whose business is it but mine and why on earth would I want to know about anybody else?

A quick 4/5mins shower every morning wakes me up for the day I don't have a bath only a wet room sometimes I wish I had a bath to have lots of lovely bubbles,I wash my hair every 3/4 days depending how I feel.

I remember being surprised by the quoted post. Then my wandering thoughts alighted on the idea that some people may have very good reasons for showering twice a day.

Generally, though, I look at these threads and wonder why the OP wants to know such personal information . I've never really understood them - unless they are medical.

Lucca you have to wash down a shower screen, tiles and bath in our house if you shower.
You only need to wash a basin if you have a stripped wash.

Bath every night before bed.

If in a holiday home or hotel then it's a shower as I can't stand the thought of sitting in a bath that strangers have been in!!

We’ve definitely been through all this before…..
Shower or bath every day …..can’t bear not to. Twice if going out at night. Hair every other day.

Why is a strip wash any easier or better than nipping into the shower?