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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom was a hippy so very loving but sort of odd about skin care and grooming products. Instead of Secret, use this salt crystal deodorant! Instead of Pantene that has SLS, use this coconut shampoo bar soap! Instead of using harsh facial  cleansers, double cleanse with oil! That actually worked because I miraculously had almost no zits even as a teen.

Now I realize how ahead of her time she was with toxic beauty products and the no poo movement but at the time I rolled my eyes hard.[/quote]

Ha ha, my dad also banned the SLS shampoos way back in the early 90s (based on some research that it caused cataracts, I think?) I guess he was ahead of his time!

Like OP, I also got no instruction from my mom on hygiene/grooming issues.  The very basic stuff (bathing, tooth brushing) was established by household routine, so that was at least there.  For whatever reason, I was always really into dental hygiene on my own (I think after getting braces?) But everything else, I got zero instruction, and only VERY slowly picked it up as I got motivated to conform at different points in my life.  And, honestly, as I got older and couldn't rely on being cute and young, while having messy hair and horribly fitting clothes.  In my teens and 20s I always dated guys who didn't mind my non-conformity on that level, and would basically immediately dump any guy who indicated he wanted me to be more "girly." Now at 40 I can't really do that and don't want to look horrible.

My sister, on the other hand, was always very neat, fashionable, and conventionally groomed from her early teens, despite the same lack of guidance.  So I think a lot of this just has to do with personality.  A girl who cares about what others think about her appearance will probably figure it out on  her own.  [/quote]

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