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How to speed up your shower

Did you know that even a five-minute shower uses about 40 litres of water? Conservation experts have repeatedly warned about the environmental dangers of wasting water – but when it comes to your daily shower, are you taking heed? Here, see  Vogue‘s tips for speeding up your shower routine (and remember, any time you save showering you can spend sleeping).

Don’t turn on the water until you’re ready

Turn on the shower when you’re about to get in it, not several minutes before whilst you’re wandering around the bathroom in a just-woke-up haze. If the water takes a while to warm up then, by all means, give it 30 seconds to reach a bearable temperature, but no brushing your teeth while the water runs away down the drain, thank you.

Try a cleansing conditioner

Rather than using separate shampoo and conditioner, use a does-it-all cleansing conditioner to save time in the shower. Not only are they efficient, they’re great for coarse hair types thanks to their detergent-free, gentle formulas. If you don’t want to use a cleansing conditioner every day, you can use them every other time you wash your hair to give it a break from shampoo. Kérastase Discipline Curl Ideal Cleansing Conditioner is great for the curly girl.

Multi-task

Need to shave your legs? Do it whilst your conditioner (or indeed, cleansing conditioner) is in your hair. Or use an oil wash like Le Labo’s Mandarin Shower Oil to clean your body, as it can double up as a shaving oil too. It has the added bonus of leaving skin super-hydrated.

Turn off the water whilst you lather up

While you’re massaging the product into your scalp, or working body scrub into your skin, there’s no need to have the water running throughout. Switch it off and you could save several litres of water being wasted. Or if you’re feeling particularly efficient, take a “navy shower” – a technique originating on naval ships which uses 30 seconds to get wet before the water is turned off, then lathering up, turning on the water and taking a minute to rinse off.

Finish on an ice-cold rinse

It stimulates circulation, closes pores, seals your hair cuticle and it’ll get you out of the shower pretty fast, we guarantee you.

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