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Now You Can Shower Lying Down

Miriam Lacey — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:38:24 PST

If you're so groggy in the morning that you can hardly stand up (or just really love the Vichy showers at spas), German luxury fixture brand Dornbracht has come up with something just for you: the horizontal shower. At the Swissbau 2012 in Basel in January, the company presented this gorgeous shower, which is designed to have the user lie down on the platform instead of performing more traditional standing ablutions. It looks incredibly relaxing, and we're not sure that it wouldn't put us right back to sleep, but it's still an excellent idea.

The horizontal shower also has a bunch of cool controls, with massaging programs, "rainfall" patterns, and the ability to send different water temperatures out of shower heads at the same time. Granted, you'd need a rather sizable bathroom for this thing, and installing it might cost more than our rent. But if we were fielding a fantasy bath-time team, you can bet this shower would be one of our first-round picks.

Do You Fancy an Outdoor Shower?

Julia Millay Walsh — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:00:17 PDT

If you own a Summer home by the ocean and/or with a pool, it can be a treat to have an outdoor shower for rinsing off the sand and chlorine before you enter your home. Granted, it's a luxury, and a hose would do just as well. Some would still prefer to wrap up in a towel and shower indoors, though. If you could afford it - as well as a Summer home or home in a warm climate - would you like to have an outdoor shower?

Photo by Tim Street-Porter for Elle Decor

Do You Have a Glass or Curtained Shower?

Julia Millay Walsh — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 08:00:00 PDT

I live in a rental with a curtained shower and absolutely love my shower curtain, but I do covet the open feeling a glass-enclosed shower offers. They're also pretty easy to clean - just a spritz and you're done, and there's no moldy curtain liners to wash. Glass showers have an undeniably modern look, though, so they don't suit all styles. Which do you have?

5 Ways to Make Your Showers Shorter

Miriam Lacey — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:37:40 PDT

Taking long showers does more than just raise your water and heating bills. It also dries your skin out, wastes water, and annoys the other people in your household. As a chronic long shower-taker, I'm trying to ween myself off of lengthy sojourns in my favorite tiny tiled room, and I've come across quite a few helpful tips along the way. So to get help kicking the habit, just keep reading.

Link Time - Why It's Hard to Get Down and Dirty in the Bathroom

TresSugar — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:00:57 PST

The master bath: why the bathroom isn't a place for romance - Good Men Project
Lighten up your love life - Glo
"I dated a true-love-waits Christian" - The Frisky
Why guy friends might be falling for you - Em & Lo
How to get your ex back - YourTango
Showing affection, while avoiding clinginess - Glamour
Dating dilemma: who picks up the tab? - SavvySugar
Dirty old men from literature - Flavorwire

5 Healthy Things You Can Do in the Shower

Jenny Sugar — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:20:18 PST

Taking a shower mostly entails washing your hair and shaving your legs, but here are a few more quick things you should make time for that will benefit your health.

Source: Thinkstock

Do You Have a Multiple Jet Shower?

Elka Karl — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 08:00:42 PST

Annie from BellaSugar recently shared this picture of a shower from her hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland. As you can see, she was treated to a myriad of shower jets for her daily ablution. Tell me, do you have something similar at your home?

Trend Alert: Bathing Less

Jaime Richards — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:00:34 PDT

These days, there are enough soaps, scrubs, shampoos, and deodorants to seemingly eradicate every last germ. But for some people, these types of personal hygiene products are being shoved to the wayside as a nonbathing trend is becoming more popular.

"We don’t need to wash the way we did when we were farmers," Katherine Ashenburg, author of The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History, told the NYT. And since the invention of cars and less labor-intensive machinery, "we have never needed to wash less, and we have never done it more," she added.

While most people will bathe (or at least clean up with a washcloth) after an intense workout, many people prefer not to shower every day. They say it retains the natural oils of the skin and hair to hydrate and protect their bodies. Many are also concerned about the environmental impact of overusing water. There are also those who eschew antiperspirants and deodorants altogether, citing aluminum concerns.

But with special tricks, like using lemon under the arms to quell odors and dry shampoo to keep hair in check, not bathing might not be so bad after all. Would you consider bathing with less frequency?

Ever More Delicious Halloween Treat . . . or Soap?

Miriam Lacey — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:00:37 PDT

You guys, I am so, so hungry after I do one of these things. I'm deeply shamed by this, but as I write I'm salivating over the mere thought of those Brach's Fall Mix pumpkins. Why is it so hard to tell yourself that these soaps aren't edible, and how on earth do you keep from putting tooth to bar just to see? These are questions that have no answer (unless you're a cognitive scientist). In the meantime, we can all explore this seasonally appropriate phenomenon further by trying to guess what's really delicious and what's just really tricky. Ready to give it another go? Then take the quiz.

Question 1 of 5

Oh mah gawd, Fall Mix. Are these the scrumptious lumps of high fructose corn syrup that I dream about, or a glycerin-based mirage?

Scrumptious Caramel Apple . . . or Soap?

Miriam Lacey — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:01:00 PDT

Know what's good? Like, really good? Caramel apples. And now that cooler weather has hit, they're appearing at fairs and on grocery store shelves all over the place. Unfortunately, these babies aren't so healthy (despite that whole apple thing), which is why, I presume, a whole host of soap-makers have made scented proxies for these delicacies. Can you guess how many of these apples are the real thing, and how many are more likely to break your tooth than give you a cavity?

Question 1 of 5

Is it a festive caramel apple or some very nubbly soap?