Beauty Blog

One of the perks of blogging is having a public forum to vent. Well this is one of those posts!

I think I have kept mum about the following issue for long enough. What I want to discuss with all of you is what you think the proper decorum is for guests who come or sleep over and use the shower. Which alone is of course not a big deal, my issue is when they bogart all your expensive shower products and/or use your LOUFFAH!

Am I taking crazy pills or is that not crossing the intimacy line?! I chalk that right up there with using my toothbrush for pete’s sake! 

Here’s the back story. I have a handful of girlfriends (and my younger sister) who take advantage of my beauty product addiction and use my shower as their own personal beauty testing cubicle. It use to annoy me but I have learned to deal. What I do now is hide the really pricey scrubs and shampoos before my sister comes over, lest she bogart $60 dollars worth of Bliss products. I swear the girl will consume half a bottle of shampoo in one shower trip, I really think she stands there and dumps the good stuff on the floor just to spite me.

PLUS - I think the following is just plain rude, gross and wrong! (Btw, this applies to male visitors as well)

• when you see hairs that are NOT yours in your shower razor
• when your louffah is moist and sudsy after they leave the bathroom, indicating direct use from a stranger
• the brand new body scrub you just opened is suddenly half empty and you can feel the granules lining the shower floor (indicating someone went product testing crazy at your expense)
• little”ummm” hairs stuck to your bar of soap (barf)

I readily admit, I am a tad OCD-ish! But I honestly don’t think my requests are a lot to ask. Is it? Ugh! Just thinking about it makes me shudder. All I keep thinking is the parts of my body that my louffah touches and the parts of their body the louffah touches! Add germs to that line of thought, and rashes, and flesh eating bacteria, and.. and…and… *screams!* GROSS!!!

Am I wrong here guys? What are your “SLEEPOVER-SHOWER-DON’TS”?!

Well, my dry hands have been well documented, so it should come to no surprise that I’m always on the lookout for the next miracle product to hydrate my hangnails.  This time, I have the W Hotel to thank for my newest discovery: Bliss Lemon + Sage Body Butter ($35). You see, they provide a whole bevy of Bliss products as part of their bathroom booty, so I was able to luxuriate in Bliss’ hair and bath stuff while staying in New York City this Labor Day weekend.

Usually, the stuff they lay out in hotels is nothing to write home about, so I always bring my beloved Udderly Smooth cream, which never lets me down.  However, this time that cow cream never left my suitcase because the Bliss Body Butter did the trick and then some. And ah, that refreshing smell! Splendid! Needless to say, I stocked up on the free samples, but once they’ve been tapped, I will definitely buy a new tube.

I like the shampoo and conditioning rinse, too, since they really did make my hair shiny, a promise most haircare products make but rarely deliver.

See more Bliss products here.