Water types and reactions

[blahhblahh]

So as I'm currently on winter break from classes, I have been going back and forth from my parents place and my apartment and have started to notice a difference in how the water affects my skin. It seems that the water at my apartment leaves my skin feeling drier after a shower than at home. I also feel like whats left of my teenage acne is made worse by the water at school compared to at home which I can see through the differences on home and away weeks.

I'm assuming this has to do something with the hardness of softness of the water, but basically I would like to know if there are any ways to change either the water or methods of making the water less irritating.

 

[azmark]

I just moved out of a house where we had soft water. Showering, bathing, cleaning and all the stains were non existence. Now that we moved into our new house our system has not be installed back into our new home and I haven't noticed any difference in my shaving. I think since there is smaller amounts of water used to lather it may not make much of a difference. One thing I notice is my razors are looking pretty bad and have to keep up with cleaning.

 

[Bertilak]

My water comes from a water utility that treats the water and delivers it at 19 grains of hardness -- hard water.

I have a Culligan water softener. Even though it is designed to sense the amount of water used and calculate when it needs to regenerate, taking into account average daily usage to project ahead, etc., I have occasionally run out of soft water due to atypical water usage or experimentation with the softener's settings.

It is comparatively difficult to get a good lather with hard water.

 

[Rudy Vey]

At home I have very soft water due to a water softener. I got back from three weeks in Mexico the week before Thanksgiving, the water there is very hard. I did not see much of a difference in my lather. But I always use a almond size dollop of cream (Floris Elite, Tobs Mr Taylor and Bigelow in my travel kit), maybe this is much more creams than others use.

 

[Obsessed]

I've found that harder water definitely aggravates any skin problems I might be having. Other than getting a water softener, I don't know of any way to deal with that, unfortunately.

 

[Gafer]

For me there is definitely a difference in the quality of my shaves when I have access to soft water. We have really hard water here in Austin Texas and I don't have a water softener. My folks do and I get really good shaves over there. So, what to do? For the past year I've been putting about two teaspoons of baking soda into a sink full of hot water to shave with. I use this water to build my lather and rinse my face. For me it makes a big difference. When I run out of baking soda my shaves are noticeably sub-par.

 

[uploallwema]

hey everyone , i have been told that drinking 2 ltrs of water every day improves your skin , 8 glasses can anyone tell me if this is true and if it really does make a difference ?

I have started drinking it for a few weeks now ,eight glasses a day and im not sure if it is working x

thanks x

 

[Gafer]

hey everyone , i have been told that drinking 2 ltrs of water every day improves your skin , 8 glasses can anyone tell me if this is true and if it really does make a difference ?

I have started drinking it for a few weeks now ,eight glasses a day and im not sure if it is working x

thanks x

Certainly if you're dehydrated it will help your skin. In the cold dry winter months a humidifier helps too. I seriously notice an improvement in my shaves when I run a humidifier at night - less irritation the next morning when I shave.