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Cajun2
Cleveland, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 24, 2009
09:22 PM Post #6315273
| Ok maybe this isn't so much for clutter-bugs but for FlyBabies, but here goes...
Wondering if I should just completely discontinue the use of the products altogether or find another solution for the MESS they create in my bathroom! I'm already overwhelmed, so the last thing I need is ADDED WORK for myself.
Suggestions? |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
March 24, 2009
09:25 PM Post #6315278
| My Dr. says that they are not good for our lungs. I still use the hairspray and yes it is a messmaker. I have a door that will never be the same... |
Cajun2
Cleveland, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 24, 2009
11:13 PM Post #6315751
| so then you know what? at least eliminating ONE of those messy habits will help (the baby powder)
my hair is SO WEIRD that the only kind of hair spray i've found that actually WORKS is aeresol ;-(
This message was edited Mar 24, 2009 10:14 PM |
Bubba_MoCity
Missouri City, TX
March 25, 2009
11:33 AM Post #6317369
| I hate the smell of both.
And always wonder about someone I can smell before I see them - Just what do they think they're hiding? |
terichris
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 25, 2009
08:02 PM Post #6319841
| I have a walk in shower. I open the door & spray my hairspray. The way my bathroom is set up I can look in the mirror too. Can you but the baby powder on after your shower or standing in the bathtub? It is bad for your lungs... |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
March 25, 2009
09:25 PM Post #6320299
| Doc. says that particulate matter is bad for your HEART. Bad for your lungs too, but folks who breathe it can have a higher incidence for heart disease. I had forgotten about that until you asked...
This message was edited Mar 25, 2009 8:25 PM |
shebs45
Chicago, IL
(Zone 5b)
March 25, 2009
11:58 PM Post #6320937
| Talc is supposed to be bad for you. My doc suggested using cornstarch based powder, which is a lot safer. |
Cajun2
Cleveland, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 26, 2009
10:54 AM Post #6322218
| Ok guess I'll just give up the baby powder altogether. I cannot believe I've lived 51 years never hearing all the dangers of it. Why the hell do they still sell it then?! Good Grief!!!
I only used it because I don't like that clammy feeling where my fat rolls touch and I won't get too graphic, but I'm heavy on top too and it does chaff (sp?).
anyway.. I'm done with it.
the hair spray... hmmm guess I can TRY spraying my hair outside... sigh. ;-(
it's the MESS i'm sick of!!!! |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
March 26, 2009
12:09 PM Post #6322557
| For the under boobs and rolls, nothing beats cornstarch. It can CURE heatrash faster than perscription ointments. The only way to live through a southern summer comfortably...
Hubby uses powders too. I vaccume the bathroom walls & floor and still could never keep up with it.
Hmm I'm going to try spraying in the direction of the open tub. That door and wall that have been being sprayed are tough to clean and gosh, if I could get DH to step into the tub when he powders...and then rinse it real quick...This may work!!! |
Cajun2
Cleveland, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 26, 2009
11:57 PM Post #6325455
| Well this stuff says it's got cornstarch in it... do u mean something else? Like the stuff we cook with, or what? |
shune
Burien, WA
(Zone 8a)
March 27, 2009
12:29 AM Post #6325571
| I mostly lurk around here. Hope it's OK I join in for just a minute. For under boobs & rolls, I just use deodorant. It works for the pits so why not?
I haven't had problems with heat rash or anything for years. (I suppose deodorant is dangerous too, seems like almost everything is anymore)
I tried powders but they would cake up, get gummy, crumbly & sticky and be just as uncomfortable as if using nothing.
I don't recall if I tried cornstarch or not.
It doesn't get as hot up here in the northwest corner of the world, but I do sweat when I garden. |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
March 27, 2009
08:34 AM Post #6326266
| Always good to hear from more folks.
I've never found a way to cut down on the mess from using hairspray or talc (or yes, cornstarch!) so I'm real glad that Cajun2 brought this up. Deodorant/antiperspirant works for me up north here too, it doesn't work so well when the humidity is in the nineties every day down south. Especially if you are prone to get heat rash like I always have been. Even as a skinny kid, I had it bad. Now, though I'd rather be outside playing in the dirt, it makes me miserably uncomfortable "without taking a powder" |
FrillyLily
Lebanon, MO
March 27, 2009
04:25 PM Post #6328351
| you can purchase deoderant that does not have aluminum in it.
You can also buy liquid baby powder. It goes on as a cream? lotion? and then dries to a powder.
I suppose you could stir a little water or lotion into some corn starch and then rub that on.
I use baby powder every day on my son, who is 12 and wears diapers.
I do not like hairspray, mostly the scents I can't handle.
Even unscented stinks to me.
I just don't use it hardly at all. I let my hair grow and pin it back, and cut some bangs around my face, and just go natural! Only on special occasions do I use it.
Wonder if there is some sort of 'homemade' hairspray that one could use?
might google that some time when I have more time... |
Cajun2
Cleveland, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 27, 2009
05:12 PM Post #6328508
| FrillyLily! Are you serious?! "... liquid baby powder..." ?!! omg!! yes!!
I'm definitely going to check out the 'liquid' bp and then TRY a non-aerosol h.s. and see if it doesn't cut down on the mess considerably. I truly wish I had decent hair that would look good w/o fuss. I was not so blessed. |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
March 27, 2009
05:40 PM Post #6328603
| Meeee too! Cajun2. Even a hat dosen't help! Hairspray is a must have.
My Mom was born in 1917 and she said that they used sugar water to stiffen their hair. Quite expensive and a bug magnet so it couldn't be used in the summer or very often. When she was in high school, part of the dressing up to go to dances involved dipping your comb into temporary coloring stuff and combing stripes of it thru' you hair. She had flags on her nails and red/white/blue in her brown hair for Independance Day. Funny how styles always come back... |
FrillyLily
Lebanon, MO
March 27, 2009
07:39 PM Post #6329012
| Have you tried hair gel?
That may help to hold your hair in place without alot of spraying?
Maybe just a light spritz after the gel sets.
There are all kinds of gels and sprays.
Depending on what kind of look you are wanting, I sometimes use hair wax. I just use it at the root mostly to hold the hair in place. A very little goes a LONG way. It is pricey but lasts a long time.
On the liquid BP I bought some at the $ tree store.
I guess you could get it at walmart or wherever. Might try Walgreens... |
terichris
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 28, 2009
08:00 PM Post #6333152
| Why not use diaper cream to prevent the chaffing? |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
March 28, 2009
08:13 PM Post #6333199
| Diaper cream stinks. I've used it under my arms/sides-under the bra strap, but gosh, it really smells. I'd rather use powder since most talcs and cornstarch do not have scent and work so well. The mess is the real problem. Hairy Hubby tries to be careful, but that stuff gets everywhere. It's so much easier on a shaved pit...
And, I hope so much cleaner if he steps back into the shower to put it on. |
FrillyLily
Lebanon, MO
March 28, 2009
08:34 PM Post #6333274
| Diaper cream is messy stuff. Will not wash off and is sticky too. May even stain your clothes,. |
terichris
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 30, 2009
06:59 PM Post #6342070
| You wouldn't want to apply it as liberally as you would to a baby. Burt's Bees cream is nice. It is more of a paste, not oily. Most are just zinc oxide. Rub it in. I run, and use it on the thighs to prevent chaffing. |
huckleberry6
Eagle Point, OR
(Zone 8a)
March 31, 2009
12:10 AM Post #6343431
| I have nothing to help with this discussion as I don't use either. But I do have long hair which is usually in braids or a ponytail or a bun. Years ago I got tired of having to use an Exacto knife to cut the long hairs away from the roller brush on my upright vacuum and then pull them in sections with pliers so it could function again. Awful job! So I started brushing and combing my hair outdoors, in all weather. It has worked. I think it is very clever to think of ways to reduce or eliminate some high-maintainence habits. Especially ones with bad consequences.
My girls used to use styling products that left tiny particles splattered across the bathroom mirrors. I had to use a razor blade scraper to remove them. Glad that era is over.
JuneyBug, love your Mom! What a Firecracker! |
synda
Carrollton, OH
(Zone 6a)
March 31, 2009
12:19 AM Post #6343470
| I will put the baby powder in my hand and the gently put it in the areas I want it.As far as hairspray ,I hate the stuff but the only kind I can tolerate the smell is the Aussie brand,it smells like grapes.And as far a heat rash under your boobs,creases,nooks and crannies and rolls,my DR told me it is a fungus from not getting any air,and to use Athletes Foot Cream.It really clears it up good.OK so there is my 2 cents for the day...LOL. |
synda
Carrollton, OH
(Zone 6a)
March 31, 2009
12:25 AM Post #6343489
| Well with the economy going up I guess I'll add a little more...LOL.After you scrub done your shower walls let dry and take either pam cooking spray or rain-x and wipe on the walls of your shower so you don't get that water drop scum on them,just make sure to NOT get it on the floor or you'll be on your butt. |
Cajun2
Cleveland, TX
(Zone 9a)
April 02, 2009
10:13 PM Post #6357321
| LOL synda! thanks for those nuggets!! LOL
As for me, I have a CLEAN bathroom now! And free of baby powder OR hair spray. I've decided to use some styling gel and then if I still feel I NEED hair spray, I'll do it at work!
Here's one shot of my clean bathroom!
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
April 02, 2009
10:27 PM Post #6357389
| looking good!
A. |
Cajun2
Cleveland, TX
(Zone 9a)
April 03, 2009
02:12 PM Post #6359804
| lol thought you all might find this funny... got to work today, and after all the wind and dampness in the air YES i felt i needed hair spray. reached in my desk, grabbed my brush and a can & off to the bathroom. brushed my hair, looking good, grab the spray... wait... what's this?
G L A D E!!
lmao |
Bubba_MoCity
Missouri City, TX
April 03, 2009
02:26 PM Post #6359857
| Did it work? LOL |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
April 03, 2009
02:41 PM Post #6359915
| LOL! Been there ! Done That! Thank God for great lighting in the restroom!!!
BTW - do not spray your hair in your car. It is awfully hard to get off of the glass after it has hardened in the sun. I found that out the hard way - and then proved it again :-) |
synda
Carrollton, OH
(Zone 6a)
April 03, 2009
02:47 PM Post #6359938
| years ago I sprayed deodorant on my head...LOL. |
terichris
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
April 03, 2009
08:52 PM Post #6361286
| LOL!!!
I wonder if the new wrinkle remover laundry spray would work on my face! |
Cajun2
Cleveland, TX
(Zone 9a)
April 05, 2009
07:49 PM Post #6369317
| LOL u guys crack me up!
Thankfully I glanced at the can before I sprayed my hair w/Glade!
Hey, happy to report... 4th day since I cleaned my bathroom and it's STILL CLEAN! Yea!!
Haven't used baby powder OR hair spray in there since! |
pcds
Riverside, CA
(Zone 9b)
April 05, 2009
08:07 PM Post #6369385
| Just saw this discussion and I love it - thanks to all for the helpful postings. I too have to use hairspray to hold my hair back or it all grows forward and I look like Moe from the 3 stooges. And, huckleberry6, I have taken to brushing my hair outside on the patio too. I had a friend who rushed her toddler to the ER once because one of his toes was turning black - guess what - one of her long hairs had wrapped so tightly around his poor toe that it had cut off the circulation. She was fair haired and couldn't see it!!! |
synda
Carrollton, OH
(Zone 6a)
April 05, 2009
08:12 PM Post #6369402
| Oh my that is terrible,is that poor babies toe ok? |
pcds
Riverside, CA
(Zone 9b)
April 05, 2009
08:22 PM Post #6369441
| Yep, but his Mom is a much more thorough housekeeper now! |
terichris
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
April 06, 2009
09:20 PM Post #6375056
| pcds,
I read your post as " I too have to use hairspray to hold my back hair or it all grows forward..." I have been laughing for 10 minutes.
Thanks for the giggles! |
andidandi
Arlington, VA
April 07, 2009
05:59 PM Post #6379128
| I've seen cornstarch baby powders that are nothing but cornstarch, like you use in cooking. Only they charged 10 times more for calling it baby powder. It's like when they sell epsom salts in the garden center and charge more for it than in the first aid section. |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
April 07, 2009
06:37 PM Post #6379285
| You got that right! My Dr. told me to buy the "food grade" cornstarch because it did not have any irritating additives in it. The baby and body powders do, and they are not certified as clean - just nice smelling. |
roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
April 09, 2009
10:38 AM Post #6386258
| I've been reading all your posts...and I was thinking of posting my "hairspray" when I was a teen...then I came upon Juney's Mom...there was my solution. Sugar water!
I was born in 1934...but "finger waves" were in style during my younger days...so you used sugar water and shaped your tresses. Jo |
synda
Carrollton, OH
(Zone 6a)
April 09, 2009
12:24 PM Post #6386767
| So ,that's how they came up with the Beehive Hair-do...LOL. |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
April 09, 2009
04:03 PM Post #6387896
| LOL!! Yeah, My Mom's hair was in some version of finger waves for all of her life. She had just enough body to make it happen, and it looks so good anyway whether it's slick or fluffy. She graduated HS in '35 and she knew all of those tricks. |
rubyw
Crozet, VA
May 06, 2009
01:42 PM Post #6512993
| I agree, this was a very informative thread. Thank you to everyone who shared.
Ruby |
CarolynH
Maspeth, NY
May 12, 2009
05:24 PM Post #6540264
| These are wonderful!!!!! Thank you for all the wonderful stories!
Once as a teen I sprayed my hair with deodorant... that stuff that was like powder in a can (...and you wondered what your lungs looked like?). I went to school with deodorant in my hair! |
gavafriend
Los Lunas, NM
May 15, 2009
07:16 PM Post #6553835
| My husband is almost bald (only a BIT of fringe left) and he uses more hair spray than all of you combined. I try to get him to use the non aerosol - any of the junk he puts on his hair makes it look greasy. I keep telling him his hair looks thicker and fuller without spray.
My hair grows forward from the top; I finally decided that I'm too old to fight with it and I have it cut to be styled that way. And I love the silver highlights!! :0)
VA
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
May 15, 2009
07:29 PM Post #6553873
| Va...you look GREAT!!! when I was working at church this morning..the subject of men's baldness came up...and we decided that it was much better to shave the head, than to have the "low" part just behind the ears...
Bald is Beautiful!!
OH...and a big welcome to Dave's Garden...you'll love it here so much that you'll probably subscribe yet. Jo |
jamibad
Flagler Beach, FL
(Zone 9b)
May 19, 2009
05:06 PM Post #6571187
| and I thought I was a freak because of my hubby and his use of bp, I'm so glad to see others are just like me, Thought I was alone in this battle with bp all over everything, I got some good laughs from all of you, thanx, another little note here on cornstarch, I had cervical spine surgery a year ago, during the summer(in florida,) and had to wear a hard shell of a neck brace for 9 months, I used food grade cornstarch and a white cotton sock, the knee length type, I'd dip the sock into the cornstarch and wrap that around my neck, before putting my brace back on after washing my neck,, it was great, no sweat, kept the area so dry and was much more comfortable than the bp, so I'd have to say to those who need to stay dry that it works the best, as believe me, wearing that cast through the summer was a drag,, but what made it worse was the sweating the brace caused. good luck to everyone on resolving the bp issue, I even tried to get hubby to switch to cornstarch, but he just goes and buys his own bp, maybe I'll get him to stop using it after what I tell him I learned here today :) |
rubyw
Crozet, VA
May 20, 2009
08:01 AM Post #6573754
| Hi to all of the new names, to me at least. Yep, the stories that we could tell about funny little day to day things. I love a good laugh.
Ruby
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gavafriend
Los Lunas, NM
May 21, 2009
05:38 PM Post #6580241
| Thanks very much, roadrunner! I think bald heads look so much better than toupees or combovers. Bald IS beautiful! |
roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
May 21, 2009
06:35 PM Post #6580415
| ...especially if he is SINGLE and owns an RV with enough money to buy gas for traveling!! LOL Jo |
gavafriend
Los Lunas, NM
May 25, 2009
10:41 PM Post #6598026
| I got a HUGE laugh from roadrunner's comment! Thanks, I needed that! :0) |
critterologist
Frederick, MD
(Zone 6b)
May 27, 2009
12:17 PM Post #6604683
| Another good thread on this forum!
I thought Rain-X in the shower stall was a great idea! Need to get some on the car windshield, too. LOL |
rubyw
Crozet, VA
May 27, 2009
12:23 PM Post #6604726
| I thought that I sent a post here a few minutes back. Where the heck did it go? Hmmmm...am I losing it? |
jamibad
Flagler Beach, FL
(Zone 9b)
May 27, 2009
03:46 PM Post #6605558
| hi ruby, is this you? I just left you on another site, and this thread is one of my favorites LOL, baby powder, and hair spray, my hubby just won't give it up, he has no hair, bald, it's me with the spray, but darn, the powder, I clean it up and as fast as I do he sprinkles it all over himself and evreything with in his reach, yuck !!!! Slippery when on a tile floor, almost broke my neck, and I already have a plate holding it together !! I need to do something , like make it disappear, the baby powder I mean, I'm going to print out some bad things about the BP and post it on the bathroom mirror, maybe he'll get the point. |
burg1111
Hollywood, FL
May 30, 2009
01:33 PM Post #6618140
| Hello Ladies! I am a new one here and had a great time reading all your posts! I had the very same hairspray issue in my bedroom (thats where I use it) until I discovered a leave in hair conditioner called Infusium. Its a liquid you comb through to keep away frizz and fly away. After I comb it through, I stand in the middle of the bedroom (away from any walls or furniture if possiblle) and spray just a little bit of hairspray all over and style. I have very thick, long and curly hair (which here in humid South Florida equates to frizzy and stringy) and the Infusium is the only thing I have found that works and doesn't require a lot of hairspray.
I also used the RainX idea on the outside of my sliding glass doors and now I always have a perfectly clear view of the garden. Loved that one!
|
jamibad
Flagler Beach, FL
(Zone 9b)
May 30, 2009
05:55 PM Post #6618974
| hi burg, Myself like you , live in wonderful humid florida, with thick , long , curley hair and found the infusiam is the only thing that works for me also, keeps my hair pretty much frizz free, and for all you ladies reading this thread, I tried many , many products, and this one works !! I go thru a big bottle about every 2 weeks, and wouldn't be caught with out it, I even put some in a small/ travel spray bottle and carry it with me for touch ups, I also use a tiny bit of spray, but the baby powder got to go, I told my hubby last night, so I'll see if he starts using the cornstarch I bought for him, and the powder puff to put it on, LOL Jami |
burg1111
Hollywood, FL
June 02, 2009
09:58 PM Post #6633781
| I learned about Infusium when I showed horses! LOL! We used it to keep their tails sleek and shiny for the shows! I tried it after YEARS of wearing my hair in a braid all the time and loved it! Great stuff. I will spend my last few quarters to not be without!
I don't do the powder thing, so I don't have that problem, but when I did use it, I always stood on my towel to apply. The towel kept the powder off the floor and my toel always smelled good! (Had to use powder working outdoors with horses in South Florida) Are you guys getting soggy too? Today was our first day in two weeks without a downpour! Rain we needed though! |
huggergirl
Columbia City, IN
(Zone 5b)
June 12, 2009
07:06 AM Post #6677108
| You are all makin me laugh,I do remember my dad used cornstarch,never powder,glad to say I dont use powder,hubbie does ,makes a mess,he uses a corn starch based one.I use HS cant live without it,very very fine hair,cant use any leave in product,makes for yukky hair,I just clean the bath alot,windex cuts hairspray right now,ive cleaned houses for 20 yrs,tried everything,windex works on ring around the tub too,I vaccume first,then spritz and wipe,works on tile floors,and the door thats covered in HS try windex on it,also you can water it down by half and it still works really well.I use car wax on my shower walls 2 times a year,I might try the rainex,Iam always looking for a better mouse trap!!! |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:54 AM Post #7017051
| I need to use aerosol hairspray because my hair is so thin and fine. Only one hair spray I have found is fine enough not to blow my hair or weight it down like the ones with too much water in them. I also generoualy use the after shower powder so I feel really dry between everything, not because I get rashes or the other things.
However, a bit of powder, hairspray, and water with lime on the counter gets like concrete! Spray and Wash is the only thing I have found that does better than others. Does anyone have any good solutions?
Also, I like to splash on powder and it flies everywhere. No wonder I have asthma! I like the sock idea and maybe that would get it where I want it to go without as much getting in the air. I am afraid putting on powder in the tub bedause that would clog the drain in no time. Any other ideas other than going out on my patio naked and putting on powder there?! Along with spraying my hair there? |
gavafriend
Los Lunas, NM
September 02, 2009
12:20 PM Post #7017370
| I think they arrest people who go outside to put on powder - or maybe they arrest the people who look at the people who are going outside to put on the powder. (Big chuckle - thanks) |
