Can you wash your hair with baby wipes?

snooks

Well can you?

Having a new bathroom fitted and the builder has got further than I thought he would.

Just cycled home, now sweaty and have no bath/shower/sink in the bath room

Just cleaned by bike off with baby wipes but can I use them on my hair? Or will the rest of my hair fall out, or will they make my hair sticky?

I can't recall seeing many hairy babies

arthur_scrimshaw

I'm guessing they may leave your hair a tad greasy, but if that's the only option.........

jonginge

Tip: don't use the same ones you cleaned your bike with

Holyzeus

You haven't got a kitchen sink.........?

jamesco

Gross, dude. Get yourself to Boots & buy a can of dry shampoo - it's basically rice powder, which you spray in and brush out, the grease coming with it.

jonny_trousers

Sick/wrong.

snooks

Holyzeus wrote:

You haven't got a kitchen sink.........?

I have, but the GF is away on business for a few days and it's full of washing up!

Seriously thou it's overlooked by next door and we never got around to fitting blinds to it. The last thing our neighbour would want to see is a half naked fat bloke washing his hair in the sink

snooks

JonGinge wrote:

Tip: don't use the same ones you cleaned your bike with

Why not? They worked wonders, turns out I have a green bike!

cyclopsbiker

I can vouch for a can of dry shampoo....get the cheap boots one, much better than the more expensive one I bought the other day. as for baby wipes...that just seems weird!

snooks

I'll see if I can get hold of some of that shampoo for the weekend

Ok, well my babywipe shower wasn't that bad, ok I'm not first date clean, but I don't feel that bad. They worked on the hairyer parts of my body, so I gave them a go on my head, and while they aren't a replacement for a shower and shampoo, but I feel better than I did

Btw, I have short hair,

Zachariah

Baby wipes, like mother's spit, can be used to clean anything off any surface. Due to their shape, it would be very time-consuming to give your hair a really good clean, but doable.

PS screw your neighbours, wash your hair in the kitchen sink. You're not showing anything they wouldn't see at the beach.

wgwarburton

Zachariah wrote:

...PS screw your neighbours, ...

I'd have to advise against this, as a general rule. May be OK in some circles but probably not a good idea to try it without checking with the G/F first...

But hey, if it works for you and they're cool with it....

Cheers,
W.

mtb-idle

I know how you feel. We had an extension to our house a couple of years ago including a new bathroom.

This meant the bathroom was out of action for about a month. I would wash in the downstairs toilet sink but every few days i would feel really grotty and drive round ot my parents.

"Hi Mum, Dad, I've come for a shower!"

itboffin

You have a boot right? sounds to me like you need a quick trip to the harbor

snooks

We have a yacht, but she's up in Scotland. If I didn't have to work I would

Not washing for days and wiping down with baby wipes brings back memories of the trip, but I never had to go to work or cycle 14 miles a day

singlespeedexplosif

baby wipes ftw. If they can shift mecomium, they can shift anything.

cougie

Do any local gyms offer a free weeks trial or so ? They have showers.

DonDaddyD

Dry shampoo or gym or Mum's/mates house or just go for the grunge effect.

You only stink if you can smell yourself smelling bad.

NGale

a simple bit of fieldcraft knowledge is required and it very useful to a cyclist....the 'dobie wash' basically keeping all the important bits clean with as little water as possible

as for hair, use what left over water you have in the kettle, damp your hair down, soap and then wash out. one simple easy hair wash with using as little water as possible.

The dry shampoo isn't great, you might as well throw talc in your hair as it does the same thing and a basic talc is a lot cheaper.

as for the rest of your body, concentrate on the impornat parts, teeth, armpits, groin and feet, again little water is required and you can just reuse the water you used to wash your hair if you really want to. And for the ladies, remember to wash around your boobs!

DonDaddyD

NGale wrote:

a simple bit of fieldcraft knowledge is required and it very useful to a cyclist....the 'dobie wash' basically keeping all the important bits clean with as little water as possible

as for hair, use what left over water you have in the kettle, damp your hair down, soap and then wash out. one simple easy hair wash with using as little water as possible.

The dry shampoo isn't great, you might as well throw talc in your hair as it does the same thing and a basic talc is a lot cheaper.

as for the rest of your body, concentrate on the impornat parts, teeth, armpits, groin and feet, again little water is required and you can just reuse the water you used to wash your hair if you really want to.

EEEeeewwwwwwww you're a girl, that's grim!!!

And for the ladies, remember to wash around your boobs!

Why? I have moobs, so I may need to know...

NGale

DonDaddyD wrote:

NGale wrote:

a simple bit of fieldcraft knowledge is required and it very useful to a cyclist....the 'dobie wash' basically keeping all the important bits clean with as little water as possible

as for hair, use what left over water you have in the kettle, damp your hair down, soap and then wash out. one simple easy hair wash with using as little water as possible.

The dry shampoo isn't great, you might as well throw talc in your hair as it does the same thing and a basic talc is a lot cheaper.

as for the rest of your body, concentrate on the impornat parts, teeth, armpits, groin and feet, again little water is required and you can just reuse the water you used to wash your hair if you really want to.

EEEeeewwwwwwww you're a girl, that's grim!!!

And for the ladies, remember to wash around your boobs!

Why? I have moobs, so I may need to know...

fungus can grow in warm, damp places including under boobs/moobs :shock:

as for 'eeeeew, you're a girl, that's grim'.. you have to keep yourself clean when out in the field on cadet weekends and there are no showers provided, in fact you're lucky to get a hole in the ground for a toilet :shock:

BTW the Shewee is the best invetion ever...fact

snooks

NGale wrote:

BTW the Shewee is the best invetion ever...fact

Not according to the girls here in the office who have two bright pink ones that were sent into the magazine (where I work) to test, they are still on their desk, like a pair of Spock ears

Oh and my work has showers, it's just my house that doesn't

NGale

snooks wrote:

NGale wrote:

BTW the Shewee is the best invetion ever...fact

Not according to the girls here in the office who have two bright pink ones that were sent into the magazine (where I work) to test, they are still on their desk, like a pair of Spock ears

Oh and my work has showers, it's just my house that doesn't

as a male, which you evidently are, you understand the ease in which you have to be able to pee behind a bush without getting senstive parts of be body stung or caught on brambles. At least it makes going for a pee easier, number twos are still an issue however

DonDaddyD

NGale wrote:

fungus can grow in warm, damp places including under boobs/moobs :shock:

Oh, so that's what that is... I better remember to lift mine up and soap...

as for 'eeeeew, you're a girl, that's grim'.. you have to keep yourself clean when out in the field on cadet weekends and there are no showers provided, in fact you're lucky to get a hole in the ground for a toilet :shock:

Is that like a 'thing' for you and Cmdr Jake?

BTW the Shewee is the best invetion ever...fact

What in all that is holy and unholy is a Shewee... I feel queasy...

lost_in_thought

I don't see what's wrong with washing your hair in the sink... I've done it and I've a darn sight more hair than you Snooks!

NGale

DonDaddyD wrote:

NGale wrote:

fungus can grow in warm, damp places including under boobs/moobs :shock:

Oh, so that's what that is... I better remember to lift mine up and soap...

as for 'eeeeew, you're a girl, that's grim'.. you have to keep yourself clean when out in the field on cadet weekends and there are no showers provided, in fact you're lucky to get a hole in the ground for a toilet :shock:

Is that like a 'thing' for you and Cmdr Jake?

BTW the Shewee is the best invetion ever...fact

What in all that is holy and unholy is a Shewee... I feel queasy...

haha by no means is Jake a man adapted for any length of time in the field (I'm surprised took the all arms course left alone passed!) No I'm a adult volunteer with the Royal Marine Cadets so some silly stuff of living outdoors for a weekend is required.

Just google Shewee and you'll find out, needless to say, ladies can pee standing up now

snooks

lost_in_thought wrote:

I don't see what's wrong with washing your hair in the sink... I've done it and I've a darn sight more hair than you Snooks!

We have a butler sink in the kitchen which ain't that easy to stick your head into

Anyway the babywipes worked

DDD don't google sheewee.

There was an article in an Australian sailing magazine, which was about a female sailor, who used a round bit of drain pipe...to pee over the side. She painted it in aboriginal style decorations, and gave it a name.....


She called it a Didyouweetoo

lost_in_thought

snooks wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

I don't see what's wrong with washing your hair in the sink... I've done it and I've a darn sight more hair than you Snooks!

We have a butler sink in the kitchen which ain't that easy to stick your head into

Anyway the babywipes worked

Wait, what?

You don't need to dunk your head in the sink, man! Get a mug or a jug and pour water over your head while it's over the sink...

Noob.

:P

Clever Pun

snooks wrote:

NGale wrote:

BTW the Shewee is the best invetion ever...fact

Not according to the girls here in the office who have two bright pink ones that were sent into the magazine (where I work) to test, they are still on their desk, like a pair of Spock ears

Oh and my work has showers, it's just my house that doesn't

you and two 'Spock' ears picture required...stat

snooks

lost_in_thought wrote:

You don't need to dunk your head in the sink, man! Get a mug or a jug and pour water over your head while it's over the sink...

That makes a bit more sense

I haven't had (or felt the need) to wash my head in a sink since I was small enough to fit in the sink! I didn't know this is normal woman knowledge

Baby wipes seem far more practical at the time...and they were

lost_in_thought

snooks wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

You don't need to dunk your head in the sink, man! Get a mug or a jug and pour water over your head while it's over the sink...

That makes a bit more sense

I haven't had (or felt the need) to wash my head in a sink since I was small enough to fit in the sink! I didn't know this is normal woman knowledge

Baby wipes seem far more practical at the time...and they were

This also answers my follow-up question of why it was you had to be half-naked or whatever it was you said!

Very, very easy, works a lot better than baby wipes.