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Well, I must be even more abnormal... I don't think I even have a daily grooming collection. I have soap. And shampoo that gets used around once a week or two, and lasts forever... and I think that's it. Oh, and a thingo of deoderant. *converts to pounds* couldn't be more than 15. (The fact I have dreadlocks, and am a bit of an outdoors person may be linked to this abnormality)

megan | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 12:38 a.m. | #

One Timotei shampoo and one Dove deodorant, both used daily. I'm allergic to soap (or at least the ones I've tried - which have been at the cheap end of the scale)

gwplf | 01.11.04 - 8:21 a.m. | #

Darn you beat me to it. I was about to post a picture of my flatmate's skincare possessions (shelves and shelves of it, estimated worth: over 400 pounds) next to mine: 29p sainsburys unperfumed soap, "pit-rock" crystal deodorant (3 pounds, lasts YEARS, amazingly effective), and of course a nice bottle of smelly (Paul Smith). Hair too short to justify use of shampoo.

luca | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 8:30 a.m. | #

Hmmm... Boots squirty soap, Neutrogena shampoo and conditioner (in one!) and some Adidas deodorant. I think I've got you beat, DG. There are some sorta-expensive bath thingies lying around, but they get used about four times a year and I didn't buy them myself.

Chz | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 9:05 a.m. | #

I still have a bottle of squeezy soap that I bought in 1996. It should last me for another year or so yet.

ionicus | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 9:19 a.m. | #

I had quite a cheap daily grooming collection until I discovered Natural Source products (oh, tea tree and mint! oh joy!) and, lately, Clearasil Facial Wash for Men. That stuff burns your skin off. Marvellous for waking up. Possibly not good for the skin but, hey, who cares?

Vaughan | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 9:33 a.m. | #

Mine would be a lot less if it didn't have the most expensive deoderant bar from LUSH in it (but that lasts for ages).

Mags | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 10:39 a.m. | #

As far as I can tell, the cost of daily grooming would double if I actually wore makeup.

Storme | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 11:01 a.m. | #

daily, i use soap, shampoo, conditioner, moisturiser, perfume and deodorant = +/- £ 25. (sorry, i've just remembered that my perfume isn't cheap so my answer to your poll is wrong).

my make-up lasts for years as i use it so rarely.

zed | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 11:43 a.m. | #

The secret is out...DG has a beard! Only this can explain the lack of shaving foam/gel.

(dg writes: or maybe I have an electric razor)

I have no shower, and as Tesco's is down the road from me, I too use the cheap and cheerful (but effective) Tesco's own brand big blue bottle of bubble bath.

Tom Reynolds | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 12:01 p.m. | #

tom - unless like quarsan he 'dry-shaves.' quarsan has to be the cheapest of the lot (no surprise there) using soap and shampoo only, amounting to the grand total of .... +/- € 3.

zed | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 1:15 p.m. | #

Okay, let's see: face (£37 Clarins lotion, £1.50 Astral cream, £1 vaseline for lips - all last over a year), body and hair (£2 Sanex shower gel, £2 Organics Botanicals - every two-three months). So, around 55 GBP a year; 5 GBP a month.

Planethalder | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 1:45 p.m. | #

All that blue.

Do you use bloo loo?

(dg writes: Well spotted. I actually use yellow loo, but a scarily high number of my bathroom requisites seem to have been chosen unconsciously for their blueness)

Scaryduck | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 2:26 p.m. | #

Oh God - I'm far too high maintenance to join in! It would be embarrassing to reveal the combined cost of my daily routine. So I shan't.

Harriet | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 2:48 p.m. | #

My spending on Right Guard depends on if there is a BOGOF offer at Sainsbury. It is not unusual for me to clear the entire shelf if this is the case.

Current dilma though - the Right Guard range has just been re-branded (again) and I'm struggling to find a match for FRESH.

onionbagblogger | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 6:16 p.m. | #

Get deodorants and shower gel (Imperial Leather) at the Poundstore(so what if it's in Ukrainian, Russian and Romanian, it's the same sh!t) and scored six months worth of toothpaste from last job, where one friend there worked alongside dentists. The same bottle of Chanel no.5 Pour Homme has lasted for years, when I feel like smelling like a pimp, plus loads of packs of disposable razors from the Poundshop and that's about it.

Matt | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 8:25 p.m. | #

zed that is so totally extravagant. Shaving is fine with just a hint of soap and some hot water. Shaving products are packed with chemicals... read the tin. Me I find 25 pounds an extortionate amount, and from the size of the bars I can see DG has pitched the poll wrong.

Twenty five *pence* or thereabouts would cover my replacements - one bar of Palmolive (or similar) soap. Shampoo gives you dandruff. Deodorants make you smell... I could go on and on.

Such fools the people are, believing all the ads.

Peter | Homepage | 01.11.04 - 9:16 p.m. | #

Peter:
when I didn't use shampoo for three years, I still had dandruff.

Mags | Homepage | 02.11.04 - 9:36 a.m. | #

Mags, I'm sorry to hear it. But I sense that would be rare. Most people get quite splendid hair and scalp condition after they give up the products. (Takes a few weeks for things to settle down after years of chemicals.)

DG: thanks for an interesting poll.

Peter | Homepage | 02.11.04 - 9:46 a.m. | #

peter, i don't think Q is at all extravagant - and my only extravagance is an expensive perfume.

zed | Homepage | 02.11.04 - 11:02 a.m. | #

People are free to spend their money how they want. In my own case, I try to minimise the exposure to "products", as my skin is quite sensitive to many of them. But it *is* interesting, when watching Channel 3, to see just how many ads are for totally unnecessary concoctions, and to wonder which mugs actually fall for the con.

(My lifestyle does result in me smelling human, btw, rather than synthetic peach or avocado.) I get my kill at the stuff they bung in the "products".

Peter | Homepage | 02.11.04 - 11:32 a.m. | #

DG: "six skin products that I use every morning...foam bath...'Shower & Care'...body wash'...shampoo"

Do you really have a bath AND a shower every morning, washing your body three times with different products, plus your hair with a fourth one? I'm amazed you haven't washed yourself away!

Chig | Homepage | 02.11.04 - 11:24 p.m. | #

Chig: I don't have a shower, only a bath, but yes I do wash with all that lot (just not much of each).

There was me thinking that using shampoo on one's hair was normal. I'm starting to suspect I'd be more normal if I didn't wash at all and just waited for all the dirt to fall off naturally.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 02.11.04 - 11:35 p.m. | #











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