Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high as cars

Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by jandrese on Friday February 16, 2018 @03:41PM (#16395954)

I've found soap to be largely unnecessary unless I have greasy stains on the skin, but going without shampoo didn't work. When I was flat broke in college I had to go for a month without shampoo and my hair never achieved any state beyond plastered to my head with grease. It was not a viable situation.

Perhaps if I had adopted dreadlocks it might have worked, but as a nerdy white guy in the computer lab dreads felt out of place.

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by code_duck on Friday February 16, 2018 @03:57PM (#16396145)

I just use Dr. Bronner’s. It has a very short, natural ingredient list, a low amount of fragrance that is natural and easy to tolerate, and my hair gets plenty clean.

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by jandrese on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:03PM (#16396222)

I use Suave, because I'm a cheapskate.

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by code_duck on Friday February 16, 2018 @10:26PM (#16398770)

I’m not sure that works out to be cheaper, especially if you can get the soap in bulk (refill a bottle).

I am sensitive to the synthetic amalgam of proprietary chemicals known as ‘fragrance (parfum)’, and I have to evacuate the house or create major ventilation when anyone showers with a shampoo like Suave. I also then prefer not to go near their head for several hours.

It is odd how those shampoos work, fragrance wise. What I observe is a wave of odor that is emitted from the bathroom and slowly creeps through nearby rooms after the door is opened following showering.

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by 24gttghh on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:31PM (#16396564)

Just cut the Bronners with water 1:1 or 1:3 and that liter of soap will last a looooong time.

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by Something1234 on Friday February 16, 2018 @05:33PM (#16397126)

Why 1:3 or 1:1, but not 1:2?

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by 24gttghh on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @08:13AM (#16420027)

I mean.. there's no law against it! I meant to convey that their liquid soap is concentrated, and should be diluted (IMO) in some ratio before using.

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by gowld on Friday February 16, 2018 @07:57PM (#16398108)

1 part plus 2 parts is 3 parts, which would be odd

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by dwighttk on Friday February 16, 2018 @08:05PM (#16398148)

if you read ALL the text on the Dr Bronner's soap bottle, you'll know

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by 24gttghh on Thursday February 22, 2018 @04:32PM (#16441593)

I get the 1:1 part (all one) but 1:3? Is that the "moral ABC's"?

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by jschwartzi on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:03PM (#16396223)

Free & Clean also works if you're on a budget. There is literally nothing in it but surfactants and detergents.

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by loeg on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:15PM (#16396374)

Ditto on Dr Bronners for shampoo replacement. I find I only need to use it once every couple weeks.

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by pasquinelli on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:37PM (#16396626)

yeah, my hair is way too greasy for no shampoo, except i prefer bar soap for my hair, not shampoo.

i'll leave visible greese stains on a fresh pillow case.

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