I take a shower twice a day, Idk bout the fatties.

The fatties sweat so much it drenches them, and they figure that sweat is water and the shower is water, so technically they just took a shower.

There are people who sleep in their cars for a con because they couldn't afford a hotel or didn't have anyone to stay with... still doesn't excuse their nastiness, but there's a reason.

>>4192632
>>Thinks taking a shower twice a day is healthy

>>4192672
wtf?
I take shower once a day, sometimes once/2 days if I just sit at home doing nothing but seriously?It's not healthy?

>>4192677
Dries out your skin, gets rid of your natural oils, etc. It's especially bad on your sculp if you're shampooing every time as well.

during cons I take a shower just about every time I need to switch outfits/costumes, which can be several times daily. This is not always necessary, but I love showers in hotels for some reason, so any excuse you know?

>>4192682

wish I found out this sooner. I used to shampoo my hair err'yday cuz I like'd the smell.

usually only shower in the morning at cons.

Man at night i'm too tired to do that.

>>4192682
Wish it was as simple as that for me. My hair gets super greasy by the end of the day, but my scalp stays dry enough to crackle off and itch all day long. So I have to shampoo every day, then scratch and be pissed the rest of the time.

>>4192717
That's just unhealthy. It sounds like you need to do a treatment on your hair. Warm up some extra virgin olive oil in the microwave and rub it into your scalp and over your hair. Put a shower cap on and leave it for half an hour. Rinse and wash with a sulfate free shampoo and follow with a conditioner.

Bonus points if you start taking some Hair, Skin, and Nail vitamins/biotin.

>>4192726
cheaper to buy pre-natal vitamin pills than those hair ones.

They are just about the same damn thing.

I'm what everyone calls the 'con mom'. I book the rooms, I make sure everyone has a way there, that everyone has space, etc.

In my damn room, the rule is you take a shower once a day or I kick you the hell out. I will not have smelly people in my room. At home, you can do whatever you want, but at a con you're in a costume and/or sweating all day long and/or around other people that smell like hell. You need a shower. Take it.

Otherwise, I suggest instead of normal con badges, we have con badges printed on air fresheners given to those who reek without saying anything else to them. Let it be their badge of disgrace.

>>4192717
Your hair is greasy because you overwash it and your scalp overproduces sebum to combat the chronic dryness. Start slow.

>>4192730
That's what I started off with, but someone told me they fuck up your insides if you're not preggers. They cost the same in my area so I just take the hair vitamins.

>>4192734
I don't see why they'd fuck up your insides since they're just vitamins, and what isn't digested or used just is flushed out through your urine.

>>4192735
In reality, I don't imagine it would hurt much to take them. I'm just worried about too much iron. By habit, I just now take the hair vitamins.

the more effort people put into keeping the bathroom clean, the more likely they will shower

conversely if there appear to be no clean towels or no soap or shampoo, then who will shower

simple rules:

1 - everyone in the room gets their own towel ... they get it from the pool area, or from the maids cart, or whatever, but everyone has their own towel. also it is relatively easy to grab extra soap and shampoo from the maids cart, or to call housekeeping and ask them to drop some off to your room.

2 - anytime housekeeping comes around to clean the room you let them in and have them do their job. often someone wants to sleep, or just be left alone, so then don't want the maid to come in, but its gets gross pretty quickly if the linen and towels aren't changed, especially because we all know there are lots of people in the room

3 - if something doesn't work in the room then call the front desk and report it. this means fridges that don't work, toilets that don't flush, shower drains that don't drain, and so on. keeping things working contributes to having some minimum standards of cleanliness and personal hygiene while attending a con.

>>4192717
or use dry shampoo. my hair is oily too, but i just use that on second day hair.

>>4192760
I would never let a maid into my hotel room. I know that might sound weird, but we have several people's worth of sometimes expensive stuff (ipods, phones, laptops, etc) and money and what not out. We trust each other, but a maid? We have no idea what they could walk off with.

Instead, in the mornings, someone takes all the dirty towels, puts all the trash into a bag, and tracks down the maid-cart. We exchange for new trash bag and towels, and come back. Everything works out well.

None of us care much about the linens on the bed - we're only there for three days tops. Everyone just cleans up after themselves. Almost everyone brings their own shampoo and stuff so we've never had that problem, and we top off soap if needed.

Our biggest problem is keeping toilet paper in stock usually.

It's times like this that I love having relatives that live near every con that I attend. I go home at night, take a nice shower, crash for three hours, apply antiperspirant, slam two redbulls and go back to the con. None of this worrying about logistics.

That said I think from the people that i've talked to though that a large amount of people don't really sleep at cons or, if they do they just sort of pass out and then wake up late and dash to get back to enjoying the con. Also there's a higher than average number of people who don't habitually use deodorant or antiperspirant (in daily life I don't usually use it myself especially in winter since I work a desk job but when I'm exercising or going somewhere that's likely to be over crowded and way too warm like a con? Slather that shit on.)

>>4192779
Yeah, I'm the 'con dad' in the same sense, and I run the same ruling on maids and getting fresh towels. I have a buddy that used to think he could get away with skipping a shower and using Axe... that habit changed after rooming with me.

Every morning. I cannot start my day without a shower, period. Presently I wash my hair about every 3rd day with sulfate-free shampoo (Trader Joes organic shit, cheap and smells wonderful!)... I used to be in the shampoo-every-day party, and while it didn't totally dry my hair out, it was making it kinda thin and unmanagable.

In all honesty..hotel showers fucking SUCK. I still do it..but god damn I hate hotel showers.

>>4192760
>toilets that don't flush

Ho man, I just had a good laugh remembering when our toilet at AWA started gurgling and shooting bubbles/foam for about 5 minutes straight. It was a tad frustrating because we had to get ready for the con, but hilarious all the same.

Uuuuhhhhh. I do not understand why people don't shower. It's disgusting.

Last con I went to (couple of weeks ago) the dude I was staying with invited some friends to stay in the room Saturday night. Fine by me since it was his room and he was paying for it. I didn't know these girls though. And come to find out, they were the non showering type. Saturday night he asked if they wanted the shower before he got in, and they said they'd take one in the morning. Come morning, and they said they would take one when they got home. We all went out to eat that ight, and I was unfortunate enough to sit beside one of them, and she smelled like butt.

>hygiene
>in a hotel
>cgl trys to have a discussion on proper hygiene

>>4192828

Libra saying shit that doesn't make sense. Everything seems to be in order.

>>4192831
You ever used a black light? I think cgl should know that many people have used that room before.

tl:dr

/cgl/ can not hygiene

I shower every day. If at the con, I shower as soon as I get to the room. In the morning I'll put on whatever I need so I won't stink, fresh clothes amd head out being you know, clean.

>>4192834

Personal hygiene doesn't have anything to do with how many people have ejaculated on the bed linen.

>>4192842
Splashing water and soap liberally will not remove everything.

tl:dr
cgl wants to smell nice.

>>4192834
You really do believe that, don't you?

>>4192779
>we have several people's worth of sometimes expensive stuff (ipods, phones, laptops, etc) and money and what not out. We trust each other, but a maid?

Most hotels either have one of two things.
1. A safe inside the room
or
2. A lock box at the front to lock your valuables.

I bring my laptop along with some other expensive stuff with me and I always make sure there's some sort of protection for me. I prefer the lock box more than a room safe though.

why I wont volunteer for con staff jobs

- i am sick of sharing rooms with filthy and dishonest staffers who behave like children

- letting clogged toilets go unreported for days

- piles of damp and probably moldy towels in the bathroom because they wont let housekeeping in

- charging PPV Porn on the tv then denying it and refusing to pay for it

- allowing strangers into the room and not accepting responsibility for broken or stolen property

so sorry fanime , its easier and even cheaper for me to drive to the con each day and bring my own food, than getting my badge comp'ed but having to pay for a staff room so I can accommodate your 8 hour shift schedules and eating local con food

I work in a hotel at the front desk. It's a small hotel so we also do laundry for the housekeepers.

I could knit a sweater out of all the pubes I've found on the sheets while doing that laundry.

BUT at every check out, the beds are stripped and changed, and that goes for 99% of hotels I've stayed at. Some hotels won't change sheets down during your stay unless you ask, but you're still coming into a room on clean sheets your first day.

You could show up to my room party with half of BevMo in tow and a valid ID.....and i would still not let you in if you stink. NOT PUTTING UP WITH IT!

Shower. take a bath. get clean. if your staying in your car....first get a better job.....then find a hose and bring a bar of soap with you. i;m not fucking joking. your financials are not my problem.

>>4192924

>MFW that's just terrible.

I also staff for Fanime, but I've never had to encounter any of the problems you have had. The trick is to get a staff room with friends you can trust. If you want maid service but you are paranoid about your stuff, just spend 5-10 min in your hotel room while the maid is there cleaning.

>>4192988

>knit a sweater out of all the pubes I've found on the sheets while doing that laundry.

>>4192924
>>4192924
>>4192924
>piles of damp and probably moldy towels in the bathroom because they wont let housekeeping in

THIS. FUCKING THIS. I have roomed with 3 people that used the same towels for the entire weekend, they'd swap for the driest one or use a hand towel because "HOUSEKEEPING WILL STEAL MY SHIT! I JUST KNOW IT!"

>>4192988
Sheets I don't have a huge problem with but the comforters at hotels get washed once every never.

>>4192924
Wow none of that has ever happened when I stayed in volunteer crash space. Than again A-Kon is super strict about what people do in the crash rooms. My worst experience was getting bitched at for "sleeping too long" after a working from 8PM to 6:30AM by some staffers when I got up at 11.

I told the head about it though and told them to cut that shit out.

>>4192779
First off, maids rarely steal shit, one instance of something missing from a room is likely to get them canned. Second, this is what hotel room safes are for. Most hotels have them, you can stick all the shit that could be easily carried off in there and set up a password that everyone can remember. Big stuff like laptops and shit? Lock it in your luggage when you leave the room. This isn't very difficult. You people must not travel a lot.

>>4193116
Also about linens/towels/toilet paper/toiletries, if you aren't a dick to the cleaning staff and just be nice to them, they'll give you whatever the fuck you want, whenever you want it. It pays to be nice to the help.

>>4193125
THIS

You call the front desk and ask them to send up some towels. (or TP)

It ain't rocket surgery, people.

>>4193116
Or... we could just not let the maid in and clean up after ourselves and not have to go to the front desk every time we want to use something? We've never had a problem with our room staying neat and tidy, and I am a bit of a bitch when it comes to making sure that the room is very neat when we leave the con.

>>4193125
And this confuses me even more. Didn't I write that we go up to the maid-cart and nicely get our stuff? I've never, ever had a problem with housekeeping being very nice and giving us the supplies we need. Mostly toilet paper just goes fast so we try to keep an extra roll in the bathroom.

Last, been going to cons for several years now and several cons a year. This has always worked out very well. No maids, everyone stays neat and tidy, we get our stuff, life is good.

I have been tempted to go around to all of the boards that are semi-related to anime and game conventions to post this picture.

THIS. there's always some greasy gang of creepers.

Bring your own towels
Bring your own TP (3-4 rolls)
???
HYGIENE!

Foamy the Squirrel had a good idea with the Pikachu shaped bars of soap. Give those out to everyone at the con and maybe, just maybe, it'll work

Other people shower at cons? I was unaware. Walking around for a couple hours really must have confused my nose.

>>4192628
I know of cons that have soap ninjas and pro-bathing campaigns... (ie, if you smell or have clearly not bathed, a shower is offered for your use.) Maybe more of them should implement them.

>>4192731
I love your badge idea so much.

Con Mom here:

I've never had to deal with skanky peeps in my room, just down in the con itself, but I usealy bring the following to con:

>Big bottles of shampoo, conditioner and body wash, and a big tube of tooth paste. Unless someone in the room has a special shampoo, etc. they use for medical reasons or whatever, my roomies don't mind useing what I bring (I've been rooming with the same 3 people for 3 years, so they don't even bring shampoo anymore). That way we don't have 20 bottles of stuff in the shower.

>Glade makes a air freshener that has a spray top that twists and locks shut. Poo? What Poo? Smells like a spa in here.

>A Ziplock bag with a stash of what we call Butt-wipes. Those Cottenelle flushable wet wipes. Keeps the bum fresh.

>A smallish bottle of Fabreeze. If you sweat up your costume, give it a spray to keep it from stinking up the closet until it can be taken home and laundered properly.

>(Because I'm female) A few pads, tampons, and cups. Even if I'm not gonna bleed, someone in my room might, and It's better for everyone that way.

<cont>

>>4193607
Nah, dude. soap ninjas. Small transparent bars of soap with little ninja figures embedded in them. Soap ninjas run around the con slipping them into the pockets of smelly people.

Even if it doesn't work, which is probably likely considering how fucking oblivious congoers tend to be, it's a funny idea.

I shower once in the morning at a con, and once more when I'm done for the day.
I also reapply my deodorant as needed.
idk what's wrong with everyone else, though. :U
I usually bring my own shampoo, conditioner and two bars of soap. My con-going friends use what I bring as to save space. We all bring our own toothbrushes, though.

>>4193598
seconding this.

back when I was still in high school, my mock trial team made it to state. They crammed 4 of us to a hotel room, and the hotel only provided 2 towels. When we called and asked for 2 more towels, they sent up a guy without towels to berate us.

"do you know how much laundry we have to do? Do you even do your own laundry? We already provided you with towels, whats wrong with those? Why can't you share etc etc"

>>>mfw 'just bring us the damn towels'

>>4193801

>Band-aids and Blister Band-aids. Sometimes cosplay shoes hurt like a mo-fo.

>Hair-ties and bobby pins. The number one thing I get frantic texts about.

>A little multi compartment box with an assortment of pills: Aleve, Tylenol, anti-diareha, Vitamin C, my multi-vitamin.

>A few extra disposable razors. I use a Venus myself, but bring a few dispoasables, because someone always forgot theirs.

>Package of makeup removing wipes. Great for when you're dead ass tired and just wanna go to sleep without your makeup on.

And even though it seems like a lot of crap, I use one of LL Bean's toiletries bags. I have the large one, I got it for $20 on sale (the color was discontinued). It doesn't take up a lot of room, but you can fit so much crap into it. Also, it's waterproof (No accidental shampoo oops on my costumes), and it has a handy-dandy hook, so you can hang it on the back of the bathroom door, and everyone can use what they need. I fit everything I listed above, plus my facewash, makeup, tooth brush, deoderant, shaving cream, and more in it.

<cont>

>>4193819
Clear glycerin soap with these ninja vending machine toys inside them. Fuck yes, best idea ever. I have hundreds of these fucking things.

>>4193862
>>rorschachwheresmyface.jpeg

Maybe you guys just need to stay at better hotels, or stop complaining about mediocre service if that's all you can afford.

*le sigh*

For the sake of the weeaboos, I ought to be those people in Japan who spend all afternoon handing out free tissues, but rather than tissues, I'd be handing out soap.

>>4192688
Me too. I love taking advantage of the hot water, so I'll take a bath while everyone else is out raving xD

>>4193801
>>4193863
>>4192810
It's nice to know there's other 'con parents' out there. I also tend to make sure the room has things, like I bring food that can either stay fine all weekend or can be safely stored in an ice chest as well as bottled water so people can carry it around. (This way people can't say they have no money to eat and it saves everyone money.)

>>4193902
I will admit I am guilty of showering five times in one day when I was staying at my timeshare in Newport Coast Villas due to the fact that the shower had three embedded heads, one in the ceiling and two opposing ones in the walls. Shit was so cash. :x

>>4193863
Other crap thats good to bring:

>A few kitchen garbage bags, hotel bags are teeny and thin and cheap and get torn if you try to put cereal boxes in them. We keep one hanging up somewhere, keeps everything nice and neat, so there's no huge mess at the end of the weekend.

>One of my specific room rules: You stayed here, you help clean Sunday. We don't like maids in our room, so we keep the do not disturb on the door. Even though we keep it pretty clean as we go, there's still some mess Sunday morning. And everyone who slept in that room helps, or they don't stay with me again.

>I bring my own towel, because I'm a fatty, and like my extra big towels, and it's easier to know which one is mine, cause it's pink. But if you need extra towels, maids can be nice. My brother has some kind of 'maid-charm' item equppied. He'll wander the hallways for 5 minutes Friday morning, come back with 10 extra towels, cups and a bath poof. And he doesn't ninja them, the maids just keep giving him crap.
>Powerstrip. With 4 people with phones, Mp3, laptops, etc, it's easy to run out of plugs. TA-DA! Powerstrip is awesome.

>A laundry bag. I have a fabric one, but if it comes down to it, you can use a plastic garbage or shopping bag. It's neater and easier to pack at the end of the weekend if all your dirty undies are already bagged up.

>And for christssake, leave the poor cleaning lady a tip. I always take up a few dollars from everyone and leave her at least $10. She's vacuuming up wig hair and ramen, lugging out 15 towels and the 2 bags of garbage we left, and probably only makes minimum wage. Throw a bitch a bone.

>>4192778

As someone who have suffered with similar hair conditions, I suggest using non-commercial/salon brand shampoos and conditioners. There are usually not a lot of harsh ingredients in those treatments in comparison to commercialized products. Granted, it is pricey, I suggest speaking to a professional in hair care and do a bit of your own research to see which product is best for you. I am currently using Nioxin and it's pretty damn great, especially for thinning hair.

>>4193917
Fuck yeah, Con Parents.

>>4193946
Con mommy, here.

I have a rice cooker that I bring to EVERY CON. Every. Con. I dont even have to bring rice or anything -- we find the nearest grocery store and load up on rice and soy sauce.

Got one cheap at the asian market, $20. Cooks a shit ton. Highly recommend it for cons.

>>4192810
once had a guy set off the smoke alarm in a hotel room b/c of his massive amounts of AXE, as soon as he opened the bathroom door the alarm went off.

>>4193953
What an awesome idea. I even have a rice cooker. I know what's coming next con.

>>4193961
It's great because I have friends with all sorts of allergies; rice is not only cheap but it's something we can all sit together and eat.

I have some little like "seasonings" meant for onigiri too: wasabi, salmon, shrimp. Adds a little flavor.

A bag of rice and soy sauce is tons cheaper than going out to eat. It's also cost effective for those that are not willing to shell out money for a good sit-down restaurant. (And doesn't make you sick like fastfood will.)

Seriously lolitas.

How had is it to use one of these even once?

>>4193919
>the shower had three embedded heads, one in the ceiling and two opposing ones in the walls.

mwf

>>4193917
Haha, I've never thought of that title. I guess I'm a 'con parent' as well (well, someone has to be). I'm just used to traveling so much that carrying extra ziplock bags and the like while traveling light becomes second nature to me.

On another note, my friend ad con-buddy freaked out that I actually leave tips for the maids and that she's never done that before (my mom used to work as a hotel staff during her teens, so she taught me do tip well). Unfortunately, this isn't common practice unlike tipping waiters/waitresses. =(

>>4193933
Here. Here. I do a lot of the same things. I've even brought a router with me so everyone could share the same internet connection. Only some hotels you can manage this, though. Also, the Sunday rule - I do exactly this. Any hotel room of mine will be tidy when I leave.

>>4193953
WHOA. THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. Jotting it down for next con!

>>4193976
Non-japanese but surprisingly good thing to put on rice (good as in tasty, not exactly healthy) is... Wishbone Italian Dressing. Weird, I know, but it has a really good taste on rice!

>>4193946
Con-parent here as well. My con friends have taken to calling me 'Mom'

>>4193999
Being the Puerto Rican that I am, I put Adobo all over rice. It's a really awesome seasoning.

Pic related, I put that shit on EVERYTHING.

>>4193985
>How had
>blaming con funk on a small percentage of con
1/10, I replied

Lolita shit gotta be drycleaned/handwashed anyways, you can't just dump that shit in the washer

>>4194018
Fucking delicious oh god.
My Dominican friend..her mother made chicken with this and lime and some other stuff.
Tasted so. Good.

If possible: Shower by all means.

If not possible: Deal with it.

2 days without showering is okay. just make sure to use some -good- deo spray. lol axe...

Everytime I go to a con, I always bring

>an extra roll of toilet paper.
>my own towel, just in case.
>shampoo
>I'm a girl, and I room with girls, therefore some pads hidden away in my suitcase.
>TOOTHBRUSH AND TOOTHPASTE. A friend of mine that roomed with me at Shadocon never brushed her teeth before she went to bed. wtf.
>a new box of caress soap. its good to smell nice.
>my old spice deodorant

Seriously, though, before you go to bed, take a 5 minute shower at LEAST and scrub yourself with some soap so you don't stink. Last thing I want to smell is that 'pickle' smell from someones underarms. I literally rape my underarms with my deodorant. In fact, I bring it in my backpack that carries my water around the con, in case I sweat.

>>4194018
What does that stuff taste like??

>>4194053
IDK how to describe it. It's just a blend of several spices/seasonings. It's kind of a hispanic thing, but it gives a nice taste to everything.
... we pretty much put it on everything.

... I PERSONALLY put it pretty much on everything.

>>4194074
I've seen it in the international isle at the grocery store. I'll pick it up and give it a shot. Maybe on some fish or chicken?

Showering is annoying. I end up spending like 4 hours in there.

>>4193863
>>4193801
Speaking of the organizer, they have this pattern on clearance, if you like plaid. Normally $30, on clearance for $17. Get the large.

http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/66299?feat=305-CL1

>>4194074
Hell yeah. I put that shit on everything, burgers, chicken, mashed potatos, everything.

>>4194141
Not a fan of dem colors but thank you

>>4194186
Keep checking the site for clearence. I got mine on clearence, and it's a pretty aqua blue.

>>4192717
My brother's hair is like this... he can take a shower and wash his hair with really strong shampoo in the morning and it's greasy and smells like a goat by evening.

I don't know. Most of the people I hang with at cons don't seem to have a stink problem. They shower regularly. And one of my local cons has a kickass pool, which probably helps.

I don't find sweat from the same day to be a nasty smell, though. Like if it's summer and someone sweats at a con dance or whatever, and then comes and hangs out with me after, it doesn't bug me. I know some people find sweat to be disgusting the moment it's on their body, but I'm not one of them.

>>4194019
Oh god, please fucking tip your maids. Especially for your room party room. I always save at least a ten in case no one else does, but our room party room tips usually range from $15-$25 because we tend to forget we're not rockstars.

>>4193991
1) I've used a washing machine on gentle for several of my brand items with no problems. No prints, though. I'm not a big fan of them. If I've got something with delicate lace or embriodery, sometimes I stick it in a mesh bag like lingerie before washing.
2) hand washing is not that hard.

I wash all my loli clothes before every con.

>>4193796
>>4193902

Yeah, Acen's really big about hygiene campaigns (after all, their rave is called the Soap Bubble). Hopefully, I can go to that con again this year and pass out these cutie pies while in lolita (maybe not from this etsy shop though. I wonder what goat soap is like..hopefully, these don't cause allergies).

>>4194018
fucking love adobo, i put it on sandwiches filled with various sliced meats and it makes life delicious

I alwaaays bring a towel to cons- and I make sure it is a DIFFERENT COLOR than white (most hotel towels are white) so people will immediately know it is my towel, and if people I don't know are rooming I will go over the towel lightly with a hair-dryer so it isn't soaking wet, fold it up neatly and put it either in my bag or by it. Keeps people from accidentally wiping their grubby hands on it or using it to dry their hair.

I've had a hair dying and hair cutting disaster in a room once, and EVERY TOWEL was COVERED in red hair dye and black hair. There was a knee-high pile of those towels just laying in a corner in the bathroom all weekend because they wouldn't let the maid in...

Also has anyone else had really shitty experiences with hotel shower curtains? Every hotel I've been to, the curtain ALWAYS fails at keeping water in the shower, ending in water all over the floor. And there is never enough towels to clean it up so the water just stays there and gets all nasty. Also motherfucking handicap bathrooms that have walk-in showers for those in wheelchairs... the water floods everywhere...

I'm scared to bring my brother to a con because he just stinks. I seriously don't know what the hell is up with his body, but he's been smelling like a teenage boy since he was five. If his kindergarten teacher felt the need to point it out to us then, I have no idea how he's going too be at age 13 when his pits start reeking half an hour after a shower.

I don't know about you guys, but I shower each day. Feels good man.

I don't understand how people can not shower during conventions.

Whenever I've worn a wig for more than 3 hours, I WANT. SHOWER. BAD.

Normally I'll skip a day or so of showering if I don't feel like it (usually shower every other day), but... weekend cons here last from friday morning to sunday evening - no shower in that time while I'm running all over the place, mingling with smelly and quite a few sick people? FUCK. NO.

Speaking of sick people. If you're sick, DON'T FUCKING MINGLE WITH A CROWD OF 3000. YOU CAN GO WITHOUT YOUR ANIME FIX.

>>4192672
idgaf, I shower after gym or working out. deal with it.

>>4194536
This has always bugged me. Why do people dye their hair AT the con?
If you screw up, there's no time to fix it.
Every time I've dyed my hair for a cosplay. I've had to also trim it a bit more, or touch up the dye with toner or something.
Not to mention that you're making a mess in a bathroom that everyone you're rooming with has to use instead of your own personal one.

>>4194577
EXACTLY! And then a guy friend (who wasn't staying in the room) comes in and gets his hair cut in the bathroom leaving hair everywhere (they cleaned most of it but it left a lot of small hairs). I was PISSED. The guy who let us stay in the room was too soft-spoken to really say anything and I felt horrible. I should've done more but I wasn't there when the stuff happened. Not to mention half-full ramen cups everywhere...

>>4194536

>Every hotel I've been to, the curtain ALWAYS fails at keeping water in the shower, ending in water all over the floor. And there is never enough towels to clean it up

D8 I thought I was the only one! The water always sits in one that damn corner too

>>4194600
This.
Also, on my list of shit to bring to my next con is a big fucking mirror that will sit on the desk or something... It's always a huge pain to get decent mirror time to do your makeup or hair/wig at my local con. And people who stay in my rooms tend to take up the whole fucking counter with their shit.
I get back at my friend who leaves her vast array of hair products everywhere by using her expensive as fuck hairspray instead of my drugstore stuff. There is literally no room to set down an eyeliner, a lipstick, and a compact on the counter if you get into the bathroom after her.

I've never roomed at a con (Only really go to AX and live close enough to LA to take the metrolink/drive), but I still cannot fathom how people can reek like they do. I shower every morning before con. I wake up early to make sure I can shower, shave, wash my hair, style my hair and do whatever makeup I may need. I make sure to also bring a small thing of body spray from Bath and Body Works to the con with me to freshen up my smell during the day. I may be cosplaying someone that smells like the ocean and massive amounts of blood, but no way in hell am I going to smell like it.

i have a spare bag of shampoo, conditioner,body wash, bar soap and wig shampoo (cause they get ripe too), dry deoderant,shaving razor and creme and cologene that i only use for cons and travel, i keep an air freshener in all my costume bags just so those don't get all that ripe either. Smelly con goers piss me off!

>>4194446
Yeah, we have the big Got Soap? gig.. a year or so ago, we sold ACen vibrating soap.. that sold very well.

I take a shower everyday at cons just because the hair on my legs grows back REALLY fast (you can see the stubble the next day, it's awful) and a lot of the characters I cosplay wear shorts.

But I usually only wash my hair with shampoo once just because my hair can go for about three-four days without getting greasy. Doesn't mean I don't rinse it when I'm in the shower though, I just don't use shampoo.

>>4195557
fucking damn it.. I didn't mean 'just because' I mean 'because' but I would do it regardless... just wanted to clear that up.

I'm pretty obsessive compulsive about smelling good. Always shower in the morning. If I work out I shower after that.
I think my skin hates me for washing it so much though. Oh well.

>>4192754
I believe you can get pre-natal vitamins without iron in them, or with a very small amount. It shouldn't really matter as long as you're otherwise healthy and don't live off of red meat.

I shower every morning at cons. I wish that there was a rule at cons where people who smelled weren't allowed in certain things/somebody who had Axe/Old spice walking around.

I try to take showers regularly (once a day, maybe not on the weekends unless I've got something planned) but I have a weird reaction with water.

60% of the time, whenever I take a shower or go swimming, I'll break out in huge, itchy and/or painful rashes. It's really weird. Not something I've talked to my doctor about, as I don't consider it "serious", but more of an inconvenience.

i love hotel showers soooo much
i don't even know why

probably because my shower is shit and anything is better than it

Showering won't really help if you're wearing the same costume all weekend.

Some people stay up all night, and in that time don't re-apply deodorant or brush their teeth, because that's what you do when you wake up, and these people never wake up, they never went to sleep.

Also, a lot of sugary things at cons. Pocky, Ramune, fast food; all things that will make breath stink.

It's warm during con season. Some people just come unprepared. I don't sweat very much but I've found on some occasions that the brand I used that day isn't as strong as the last brand I used.

And really fat people will always smell. Mold grows in fat folds that the super fat people can't reach. Super fat people can't fit in shower stalls. All that super fat stuff.

>>4195626
If your skin is reacting to water as though it is an irritant, even if it's only sometimes, you should really talk to a physician or dermatologist about it.

>>4195642
Edit: 60% of the time is pretty severe. Seriously, get that checked out. Water should not be doing that.

>>4194141
Does anyone have this organizer?

>>4195641
>I don't sweat very much

wut

You would have been dead by now without proper perspiration.

>>4195684
I dont have that but holy crap am I buying it.
I use a crappy old tackle-box as my Con supplies box. Can't fit a whole lot of big things in there but with that thing I can be a pharmacy, steamstress, and an overall awesome ConMom.

to be honest i skip showering for like a week at a time. i just don't smell very much.

however, at like cons and such i shower every day. since i'm moving around so much around so many other smelly people. and i usually go to the con rave or a room party.

>>4195684
see >>4193863
It was my post. I love love love that thing.

Guys, I was once room-less at a con. In the future I may be again.

Guess what? The pool always has showers, and should be open to the public. USE THOSE. That's what I did.