Simple Pleasures (4)

No showers. Now I know some of you (I’m not going to name names, but you know who you are) are thinking “How is that a pleasure?” But, for me, it is.

This is my instead-of shower kit.

Now, do you see why I’m happy not to shower?

For anyone wanting to build just such a kit of their own, here are my ingredients:

- Oneka Elements water friendly conditioner. After a long search for water friendly conditioner that was also hair friendly, I found this brand at Rainbow Foods in Ottawa. However, you can also order directly from their website and, man, are they friendly! They emailed me after I placed my order online and we got into a nice little conversation. So, I recommend them …

- Druide Hibiscus and Mango Baby Shampoo (I know the bottle is a Burt’s Bees one - I decant my Druide into it because it’s just the right size). Now, I will say, we’ve used Druide Shampoo forever, and really like it, but recently they’ve stopped making it in big, bulk-size bottles so, I have to admit, I ordered my latest batch of biodegradable shampoo from Oneka.

- A wide-toothed comb. This is because I have to comb my hair while it has the conditioner in it, since that’s the only time all day it will be combed and dreadlocks don’t suit me.

- The classic milk jug. This is for the dual purpose of containing all the items of the kit (perfectly!) and for filling up with water and swishing the seaweed / sand off your feet when you get out of the water.

I use my kit with a swimming dock in the St. Lawrence River, but I think any dock, or beach, at any lake, or river (or pond, or stream) would do!