This picture was taken in Pamukkale, Turkey when I was on a Trip.
Everything Shower: The TikTok Trend
Have you heard of the term “Everything Shower”? It’s a viral trend on TikTok that involves taking a thorough self-care routine shower, often luxurious and a long routine that takes nearly 3 to 4 hours where you do everything from exfoliating to shaving to applying a hair mask. You can find tons of videos of people doing their Everything Shower routines, but you might want to read about them and write down your thoughts. That’s how I usually like to do it too! After getting some ideas and inspiration from TikTok or YouTube, I usually search for step-by-step guides on blogs or Pinterest if I want to take action. If you haven’t already, check out my Pinterest to get an overview of my vegan & sustainable lifestyle.
Everything Shower is About Self-Care
Self-care has increased in popularity in recent years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused a lot of stress and anxiety for many people. On top of that, there was nowhere to go and no one to meet, so people started to pay attention to their well-being. And Everything Shower is a part of that self-care routine, the practice of taking care of the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of your life to promote health and wellness. And though Everything Shower seems like just one trend on TikTok, it is a little more than that – it is about a self-care routine that helps to improve your mood, reduce stress, enhance productivity, and have better relationships with yourself and with others.
Good for You and the Planet
So while you are taking a shower, let’s take it to the next level by taking it seriously as a self-care routine and try to enjoy every step of it. Sounds relaxing, right? But one thing that I often see in many videos of this Everything Shower is using too many products and taking too long. Everything Shower is supposed to be about taking care of yourself, not creating a long to-do list and more products to buy!
But what if I tell you there is an Everything Shower routine that is good for both your health and the environment? That would be even more amazing, wouldn’t it? In today’s blog post, I will share with you my Everything Shower Routine which is about pampering yourself, being mindful by enjoying every second of it, while being gentle with the environment and saving your time and energy! I call it the lazy vegan girl’s Everything Shower Routine. There are three steps in the routine: Before, During, and After the shower. But before jumping into the routine, let me tell you a few ways I followed to make Everything Shower vegan and sustainable.
Make Everything Shower Vegan & Sustainable
1. Choose Vegan Products
If you want to make your Everything Shower more eco-friendly and ethical, you should opt for vegan and sustainable products that are free from animal-derived ingredients, and harsh chemicals to minimize waste and pollution in this beautiful planet. I shared some of my recommendations for great vegan products below in my Everything Shower routine.
2. Make it Short and Concise
Let’s save the resources on this planet and of yours by making Everything Shower shorter. You can still enjoy Everything Shower while taking it shorter than what you can find on TikTok. Longer and more products don’t necessarily mean better. In fact, there is nothing worse than exfoliating your skin too much by taking a shower longer and excessively. It disturbs the skin’s boundaries, making it dry and weak.
By taking Everything Shower shorter, you can also save water and energy. However, it is great to do all your grooming tasks in one go, as you can reduce the frequency and duration of your showers throughout the week, saving water and electricity. Make sure to turn off the water while you lather or scrub, and adjust the temperature to a comfortable level to further reduce your water and energy consumption. Just make sure not to excessively elongate your Everything Shower. I will share with you how to do that in my routine!
3. Use Less Packaging
Try using some products with less packaging. Sometimes, those “luxury products” are only fancy on their packaging but their ingredients can be so bad. So the proverb “don’t judge a book by its cover” applies to skincare products as well. There are amazing skincare products that use less packaging and/or eco-friendly packaging.
One way to use less packaging is using shampoo and conditioner bars. These are solid bars of shampoo and conditioner that are concentrated and long-lasting, replacing several bottles of liquid products. Not all solid bars, but many bars are also made from natural and organic ingredients that are gentle on your hair and scalp. Not only that, some shampoo and conditioner bar brands use fair-trade and palm oil-free ingredients, and compostable packaging like Ethique. The shampoo and conditioner bars are getting so popular in Korea too!
4. Make Homemade Skincare
Making homemade skincare products can be a fun, rewarding, and eco-friendly alternative to store-bought options! You might be thinking that making skincare might be extremely difficult or daunting, but it really doesn’t have to be like that. Many Everything Shower routines include applying a whole lot of hair or facial masks. But you can make that kind of one-time-use skincare mask pretty easily at home! Here are a few key points why making homemade skincare can be a great choice for you.
- Reduced packaging waste
- Control and customize your ingredients
- Cost-Effective
- Reduced chemical exposure
- A fun routine in your Everything Shower
I included a hair mask recipe in my Everything Shower routine below, so let’s get started!
My Everything Shower Routine | A Lazy, Vegan, and Sustainable Guide
I love taking care of myself and crazy about health, but I’m also pretty lazy. As much as I enjoy pampering myself, there are so many other things I want to do in my life. Also by doing a lazy routine, I am making a more sustainable choice by saving resources like water, electricity, products, and my time and energy! Here’s my concise Everything Shower routine.
Pre-Shower in Everything Shower
1. Prepare my hair & facial mask
I love making my own skincare. It’s kind of similar to cooking, in a way. It makes my heart warm and fuzzy thinking that it can have a great impact on the planet. Instead of buying store-bought products that are full of chemicals and have lots of packaging, let’s try making something quick and easy that is natural and nutritious for your skin. Here is my super easy and quick hair and facial mask.
Flaxseed Coconut Mask
This is a very easy mask to make that you can use both on your skin and hair. It has a good water and oil ratio and offers lots of benefits. You can add other ingredients like aloe vera, banana, or a drop of other beneficial oil to customize it.
Ingredients
Method
- Into a pot, pour water and ground flaxseed. Bring it to a boil.
- When it starts to boil, put coconut oil. Once it dissolves, turn off the heat.
- Once it’s cooled down, it is ready to use!
Applying flaxseed to your hair and skin has been a very popular skincare remedy for its rich omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidant content, and anti-inflammatory effects. When you boil ground flaxseed, you will notice that the substance transforms into a gel-like texture, and that is due to the high mucilage in flaxseed, making it a soothing and hydrating substance.
Coconut oil is an excellent natural moisturizer with fatty acids including lauric acid, capric acid, and capryllic acid, which help to keep the skin moisturized. It also has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antifungal properties! There is also research that found out that coconut oil can help the scalp’s health.
2. Massage my scalp
As you can see, my coconut flaxseed is so easy to make yet so beneficial to your skin and hair. You don’t have to make it every day, but it is certainly a great easy homemade skincare to use in your Everything Shower routine! So get your scalp ready by massaging it. I gently massage my scalp as I ease my muscles and stretch my body.
3. Brush my hair
Then I brush my hair with a rough brush. I don’t want a fine brush that will pull my hair out. Just a rough wooden brush will do the job.
4. Brush, brighten, and floss teeth
This is the last step before taking a shower. I try to keep my teeth bright so I can give you all my bright smile 😁✨ So I brush my teeth with a whitening toothpaste like Marvis Whitening Mint Toothpaste, and then I quickly floss. Most dental floss from stores are usually made from synthetic waxed nylon or Teflon, which is difficult to recycle and takes 80 years to break down. But there are eco-friendly flosses like this vegan biodegradable bamboo charcoal dental floss with a refillable bamboo container. How wonderful is that! I proceed with my teeth routine by using a dental whitening kit like Crest 3D White Strips to whiten my teeth. Brushing my teeth with whitening toothpaste every day and regularly using teeth whitening strips help my teeth brighten after enjoying lots of coffee and chocolate!
During the Shower in Everything Shower
1. Shampoo and wash my hair
Now we are finally here in the shower. Turn on the water to lukewarm temperature and wet your hair and body. It is best to use lukewarm or cold water to shower, as hot water can dry out oil and damage your skin. (I’m quite bad at following this protocol myself though, I love taking hot showers and baths.) Take your vegan shampoo and make foam with it in your palm first. Then gently massage it on your scalp. I love using Aromatica Rosemary Scalp Scaling Shampoo in my Everything Shower routine. There are many great vegan and sustainable premium shampoos out there, but what I love about this is the fresh smell of rosemary and the cooling effect on my scalp after using it. It is a very popular vegan shampoo in Korea that has rosemary extract to make it soothing for your scalp and mind. I love its therapeutic smell!
2. Apply the hair mask
Take the Flaxseed Coconut Mask that we made before the shower, and apply it thoroughly from the scalp to the end of the hair. If you like, you can also apply it to your face as well. I don’t have a lot of hair but it is pretty long. And this portion can be used for my face and hair in one day. As you apply the mask, gently massage your face and scalp. When you apply it to your hair, try to apply it to every strand of your hair as best as you can. Leave it for ten to twenty minutes. In the meantime, you can move to the next step of body care.
3. Massage, razor, and wash my body
I told you about soap bars that don’t require plastic packaging thus making it more eco-friendly. However, some soap bars in the shop can have artificial fragrances and other chemicals that are not good for your skin or environment. If you use a premium vegan natural soap bar, then it’d be the best choice! I recommend this soap here that has all of that checked off: Crate 61, Vegan Natural Bar Soap, Dry Skin, Handmade Soap With Premium Essential Oils. Roll a soap bar softly on your body and massage. Then you can razor your body.
4. Wash Everything
It is now the last step in the shower. Wash the hair and facial mask, and the soap on your body. From head to toe, wash off everything. Ah, it feels great and refreshing!
Post-Shower in Everything Shower
1. Dry hair and body
Once you get out of the shower, dry your hair and body with a towel. Then with a hair dryer, dry your hair. Try warm to cool air instead of hot, as using hot air can dry out your scalp and skin quickly. As a last step, I brush my hair again with a rough brush.
2. Moisturize my face and body
I moisturize my face and body with my favorite vegan moisturizer. For my face, I change and use different moisturizers depending on my mood, my skin condition, and the weather. There will be a whole ‘nother topic about this later on. But when it comes to my body, I use this body moisturizer from a vegan K-beauty brand called Illyoon: Ceramide Ato Lotion 528ml(17.85oz) | Daily Moisturizing Lotion for All Skin Types. It moisturizes softly without being sticky and doesn’t have any scent which makes it a perfect everyday body moisturizer. I like to use essential oil on my hair and body for aromatherapeutic purposes which is the very last step of this routine. You can also read my blog post to learn about the skincare basics I learned from K-beauty here: Beauty Tips for Beginners | Three Pillars of Skincare I learned from K-beauty.
3. Use essential oil
You have finally come to the last step of this Everything Shower routine, congratulations! I finish my Everything Shower routine by dabbing some essential oil on the ends of my hair and my wrists. Aromatherapy using essential oil is one of the best ways to promote well-being and relaxation. Choose high-quality pure essential oils and you only need a drop for each part of your pulse points like temples, wrists, or the back of your neck, as it is a highly concentrated natural fragrance. Only a small bottle of 2/6 fl. oz. or 10 ml will last a long time!
Some of the most popular essential oil types are lavender, eucalyptus, citrus, and rosemary. Here are some of my recommendations.
Lavender: Cliganic USDA Organic Lavender Essential Oil – 100% Pure Natural Undiluted
Eucalyptus: MAJESTIC PURE Eucalyptus Essential Oil, Premium Grade, Pure and Natural Premium Quality Oil, 4 fl oz
My Thoughts on Everything Shower
The Everything Shower started as a TikTok trend, but I hope it is something that lasts with us. It is a good reminder to take care of our mental and physical well-being, and Everything Shower can help us do that. Everything Shower can help us relax, rejuvenate, and refresh our body and mind. By choosing vegan and sustainable products for our shower routine, we can also make a positive impact on the planet, the animals, and ourselves. So, why don’t you give it a try and see how great you feel both inside and outside? Grab your eco-friendly products and treat yourself to an Everything Shower today!
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