I had a good laugh when I saw “Dude Wipes” is a product. That product touches my ass so I need some firm affirmation that wiping my butt won’t make me gay, I guess?
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I saw a photo of a shampoo bottle from the US once. Apparently the shampoo was tactical. I have been trying to figure out what that means.
Usually, that means it's marketed towards insecure men. The lifted truck type of people
With truck nuts
truck nuts seem pretty cool, I have been considering them for my bicycle seat – apparently you can find ones that glow red and double as a rear light
It means using it is poor strategy. If you are Russian, also an unsuccessful operation.
Ladies: Lavander Mango
MENG: ARTIC BLAST
Sandlewood... Why do they think we want to smell like driftwood. Are we trying to attract carpenter ants?
And if you read the ingredients, they're the very same things, just with different synthetic color and aroma. Oh, and different prices, of course.
This is objectively bad shampoo. I can't even wash my car with it
huh, different strokes for different folks i guess. Women's hygiene stuff is fine, but I don't really like how weak it is. My current lime/hibiscus flower or whatever flavored shower gel might smell nice, but it wears off within like an hour and I smell sweaty and gross again. But whenever I steal my husband's generic ⚡blue⚡ shower gel it lasts an entire day (even if I feel like a middle school boy's locker room). Same with deodorant. My husband got me my own Old Spice stick because I kept stealing his.
Women’s hygiene stuff is fine, but I don’t really like how weak it is
Really? Weak? I mean, I take HRT, so I'm a bit privileged to not smell much at all, lol. I have basically zero testosterone. All it takes it a bit of any kind of soap in the armpits for me and I just don't smell that day, like...at all, really.
I guess "men's" products are kinda stronger. I wouldn't really know, but I've heard it before. It's funny tho, I just wash my armpits with soap and I don't smell for at least a day, at all, while my bf uses Old Spice 3in1 (because ofc he does...) and he smells great...but after just an hour, I can smell him again, lol. I have a good nose thanks to estrogen tho.
I totally get you on the boy's locker room omfg 😭
Also, just...weird thought, but men's deodorant smells...good on men? Old Spice smells fucking amazing on my bf, but I could never imagine smelling like that. I'm weird tho :/
Fuck ya, I want to smell like a nuclear reactor.
Nah, I'd rate the scent 3.5/10 - not good, not terrible
Control Rod Freeze or Infinite Uranium Fuel Rod Blast?

A real mans shampoo cleaning solution!
I'm kidding don't try this at home; your eyes will burn like crazy, inhale it and it will feel like your lungs are on fire making cigarettes feel like a child's game, get it your nose and you won't smell anything for a day, enough exposure on your hands and they will shake--permanently. Cleans real good though. Non of that 99.99% kills bacteria bullshit, it's a tactical nuke.
Alright alright! I'll buy it. Jesus, just, enough with the shaft stroking! I was sold just with that packaging. BTW, what smell does it have?
If it's just sitting there, it's kind of sweet and soapy. If it's coming out of a spray bottle it smells like you were cutting Carolina Reaper peppers and then decided to stick your finger in your nose -_-
I don't kink shame if you're into that.
You, my friend, have a sale!
Glad you're getting into the cleaning business. Muriatic Acid afterwards helps clean those pesky calcium "stains"
Oh man I love this so much BC its true.
Feminine products are amazing, smell GREAT, and thw packaging is visually more pleasing to look at.
Men's stuff is just... Bland. Smells like chemicals or generic "nature" scents. And ths packing is just monochromatic n bORING.
The only thing that bothers me about fem products is the girl tax/pink tax. Shaving products come to mind.
But otherwise fem products are great~~
I only buy womens shampoos and conditioner, because after a hiatus i have been growing out my hair again (already below the shoulders), and womens hair care products are in my experience a lot more viable for taking care of long hair. While they were short, i did not give much of a fuck.
I do like some male-branded shower gels tho, especially the ones with an ice effect - it just feels really nice on the skin for me, and they smell fine.
Regarding shaving i have gone back to the roots. I did get myself a safety razor, because these multiblade things were destroying my skin and it is a lot cheaper too. Only took a few shavings (and about 5ml of blood lol) to get the hang of it, similar to learning how to shave in the first place. Women, if my face is finally happy after years of torture, then these things are probably fine for you too, even when there's no marketing for it at all!
YES all this exactly! My hair is longer than what most "men" shmpoo is cut out for, and ive been usinf femm shampoo for ages (thanks poverty and growing up with 3 sisters) so it's a no-brainer for me.
Except I can't tolerate the mentol-enhanced shower gels. They don't feel good at all on my skin, but rather a burning sensation.
To each this own I love the pine mixed with boar guts smell. It makes you feel like you’ve just been to a sauna in the alps then pumped iron till your packs are full or climbed a Christmas tree in the freezing snow then ate some ribs next to a warm fire.
I agree with this so freaking much!
Feminine products are totally the best! The great smell, the pretty packaging...and fuck it, even the liquids themselves are pretty most of the time 😆
Pink tax is a biiiitch tho. And yeah, especially with shaving products. "Women's razors" (at least, the ones I use) are a dollar more expensive, along with "women's shaving cream" (literally what?) is way more expensive than "men's shaving cream"? This is so dumb. We live in a patriarchyyyy 😭😭😭
Fem products are the bestest 🩷
Legit don't know why anyone would pick anything else 😂
Cishet man for context. I pick manic panic shampoo and conditioner for my hair and the big cheap store vanilla gel for the body.
It's not gendered. Both gendered versions of the products cost like 3 times more.
Yeah, cishet dude with long hair, I've been using women's hair products for decades. They're straight up just better in 99% of cases.
I am kind of partial to the male-coded body washes though, I do like wood scents. I usually use a nice sandalwood gel. But for hair stuff yeah basically all men's products are garbage. You can sort of get away with it if you keep your hair chopped short but anything approaching shoulder length or longer, just save yourself the hassle and go to the women's aisle.
Okay, listen...
I praise you big time for using conditioner. I don't think I know a single man who does...also body gel? Holy shit, some men actually take care of themselves?? /s
I'm proud of you ❤️
Both gendered versions of the products cost like 3 times more
👀
Time to become genderless...while in the shower 😆 /s
I'm proud of you ❤️
Don't. It's cuz I dyed my hair. For the color to stick I really started taking care of the hair. I still shower in like 10 mins tho lol.
I don’t think I know a single man who does…also body gel?
...that's weird? I thought that's just having a normal shower?
Shampoo for the hair, conditioner because long hair, shower gel for the body. Seriously wondering what people you've met in life.
conditioner because long hair, shower gel for the body
Uuuuuh, hello.
I don't know how to take care of long hair. I never used conditioner, just whatever says "shampoo" sorted by price from lowest (per amount, not bottle). I wish I could just get rid of it instead, but I have large psoriasis patch at the back of my head and neck, and the hair hides it. The only purpose, otherwise I'd rather go bald.
As for shower gel, I can't manage to wash it off with hard water, so I use bar soap. I also used to use bar soap for scalp and hair, but I figured it made the psoriasis worse.
Hey, good on you! ❤️
Seriously wondering what people you’ve met in life
Umm...yeah... 😅
damn you gotta meet more gay bottoms. I think most of the ones I chat with are very good about taking care of our appearances.
Realizing that almost all my bathroom products are ungendered. It's a good feeling.
Reminded me of that Mitchell and Webb ad. Not exactly the same thing, but kinda. https://youtu.be/85HT4Om6JT4
it's true :3 i still prefer to use the men's shampoo (without perfume) because they make my hair straw-y, and i like that. :)
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