Friday, December 17, 2010

Shampoo Fetish Etiquette

A few yers ago, I got in a heated debate on the ShampooForum. This guy had posted a series of videos featuring a woman getting her hair shampooed in salon. The problem with it, for me anyway, was that he filmed it with his cell phone, she had no idea he was making a video. I knew it was probably legal, but it still rubbed me the wrong way:

1) Video or no video, he watched a woman get her hair washed, and he watched it because it aroused him. Personally, I would HATE IT if some creep watched me get shampooed in a salon, I didn't even like it when my mom watched me when I was a kid. Being watched is really awkward, no matter what you're doing, at least for me anyway. People need to realize that women were not put here to perform for others, we do not walk down the street so men can stare at our asses, we don't sit on the subway so men can jack off to the sight of us. Sure, if something catches your interest, look, but just for a moment.

2) If some guy posted a picture or video of me doing anything so other guys can jack off to it, I would feel extremely violated. I choose what about me gets shared on the internet, no one else.

People raged at me and called me stupid and ignorant, mostly because they asserted it was completely legal to do, and also that in the shampoo community we should share as much as we can. Well, I'm going to assert what I believe to be a reasonable code of etiquette for this fetish community.

1) CONSENT IS KEY! Never shampoo someone without their consent, and never photograph or record the shampoo without their consent either. A forced shampoo can be hot, and can be faked in a video with a consenting actor, but in reality, doing anything for erotic purposes to an unwilling person can be traumatizing. And never post or sell the video without their consent either.

2) Never stare at a woman being shampooed in a salon. Even if she doesn't know you're watching her, even if she doesn't know you're turned on by it, it's a sketchy thing to do, and it treats that woman like a sex object.

The key is context. Yes, it's not sexual by mainstream standards, she's not naked, you're not staring at her ass or breasts, BUT it turns you on the same way those normal sexual acts do, so that fetish puts the act of shampooing in the category of erotic behaviors.

3) Proceed gently when you try to contact a woman online about this fetish. Public posting like this is one thing, because any creepy behavior can be moderated - in private messaging, harassment can happen much more easily, and that is scary. Even if you have somewhat good intentions, even the invitation to chat privately can make her uncomfortable, so don't get offended or persist if she rejects or ignores your advance. Never expect a woman to share pictures or private information.

That's all I can think of for now.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Time to Write!

My finals are over, so I have a little more time to write! That is, when I have a private moment here and there, I'm going home tomorrow.

First things first, I dyed my hair! I meant to get a deep red, but I didn't realize crimson was actually a shade of pink. Boy do I feel dumb. In any case, the color works for me.

Me and my boyfriend have bathed together a couple times. One shower, one bath, and he's not that great of a shampooer. Not a dealbreaker, of course. He still doesn't know about my fetish, for some reason I'm still too shy to tell him. It does feel nice when he washes my hair, he's very gentle and that alone feels pretty good.

A new guy has come into my life, and while I'm not looking to start a relationship with him anytime soon, I find myself wondering if he's into shampooing. I always wonder that about a new guy. He doesn't have to be, but it would be so great to date someone who has this fetish. It will be interesting to see if me and this guy end up together, he seems really into me and I find myself thinking about him way too much.

But enough about my silly love life, that's not what you're here for, is it?

There have been some new shampoo videos on YouTube nowadays. Not a whole lot of good ones, but one has really gotten my attention:



The Hairfun is a pretty good site, until recently all the shampoo clips have been decent, but for some reason there's been a slew of "giggling girls" videos. I guess some people are into watching girls just having fun and washing each other's hair over the bathtub. Kind of creepy, but hey, that's voyourism for ya. I'm not saying I don't like the home setting, give me a good video (key word: good) of a guy washing his girlfriend's hair over the bathtub any day, but that's different, it's romantic and sensual, not "teehee, look at this crazy, silly thing we did when Jenny and Lizzy slept over!" Honestly, why do girls upload those videos, the only people who like them are guys who get turned on by that stuff. I wonder if these girls are aware of that.

Also, I'm really tired of videos of kids taking bubble baths ending up in my "reccomended for you" section. Ew. No. Creepy. Just . . . no. Again, why upload that??

Then again, there are a lot of pointless videos on YouTube. Lots of delusional people out there I guess.

Let's see, what else . . .

Oh, the LatherFantasies videos have gotten weird. No offense to the guy who makes them, I'm sure they're hot to some people, but it's like shampoo torture, it's weird. A little force is fine, it can be hot, but there's a point where it's just mean, and then it's actually a turn-off. But hey, that's just me, I've never been into girl-on-girl stuff anyway.

Then there are the hairmovies previews. They're pointless, they just show a woman going into a salon and getting set up, the clip stops before anything good happens. OR the clip just shows her getting rinsed. Not much of a preview. But again, it's girl-on-girl in a professional setting, it's obviously made for guys, not really appealing to me anyway.

I'm trying not to judge other people's fetishes, or variations of a particular fetish, but sometimes it hard to wonder "uh . . . people find this hot?" or even find something extremely creepy. Hell, I find it creepy that my 24 year-old ex dating an 18 year-old really weird - even if he wasn't my ex I'd probably be icked out by the whole thing. Sometimes a preference borders on sexism, like when people fetishize youth and innocence in girls, as a feminist I find that kind of wrong. But hey, that's just me.

Now I'm picturing the scene in The Hunchback of Notre Dame where . . . uh, that priest guy is obsessing over the gypsy Esmerelda and it's tormenting him. He can't help it, but it's super creepy.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Hair Damage and The Shampoo Fetish

No I didn't forget about this blog, I've just been stupid busy with school, club meetings, trips to New York, etc., and I haven't had much time to write. I see I have some more followers, so maybe that'll give me some incentive.

Today . . . . er . . . tonight, I'm going to discuss how some of the techniques used in the shampoo fetish community damage a woman's hair. I've been meaning to discuss this for a while actually.

1) Overwashing. Not that I don't like it when a guy lathers me for a long time with lots of shampoo, but it does dry out the hair and strip it of its natural oils (yes, you need some oil to keep it smooth and shiny). And most women's hair doesn't need to be washed every day. So if you want her hair to stay great, keep the mild washing sessions to every other day, and don't do the extreme shampoo sessions more than once or twice a week.

2) Piling. Piling the hair on top of the head generates frizz and causes hair to get tangled (and untangling hair is a damaging process that often leads to broken hair), so again, keep this to a minimum. Also, the only hair that needs to be shampooed is the crown, unless the woman uses a lot of product throughout her hair.

Also, don't leave shampoo sitting in the hair. It's drying and unnecessary.

To combat these, make sure you use a good amount of conditioner after the shampoo. If you're the one taking pleasure in the activity, maybe thank her for letting you shampoo her with a bottle of intensive leave-in conditioner, or even a professional salon procedure if you can afford it.

I'm not saying you should only shampoo the "healthy way" all the time - healthy being only using a little bit of organic (not containing lathering agents) shampoo on the crown - but do have some respect for the health of her hair. Don't insist on washing her hair every day. After all, many women take pride on their crowning glory.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Back At School!

Hey all, sorry it's been a while, it's hard to get some privacy at home. But I'm back at school, in my own bedroom this year (yessss!), and I've already ordered my first Lather Fantasies video!

I got my haircut the other day. This time, instead of going to a salon, I had it done at the day spa my sister's been going to. I'd had a few other things done recently and loved the atmosphere, so I decided it was the perfect place for a haircut, especially my favorite part *wink*

And man what a difference! The shampoo felt so much better there than in a regular salon, they really put a lot of effort into making it feel amazing. She also gave me a scalp massage when she conditioned my hair. I'll definitely go back again.

And my hair looks amazing. Still looks amazing I should say, since the cut was almost a week ago.

Monday, August 16, 2010

The Hairfun

Another one of my favorite sites: Hairfun.info. Gotta love the Germans.

Not all of the videos are shampoo vids, they have other stuff on there, mostly dye jobs and some forced stuff. Not that big on the forced shaves, if someone held me down and shaved my head I'd stab them. I love my hair.

The shampoo stuff they do have, from what I've seen on YouTube, are hit or miss. Some are lathery and wonderful (not as much lather as Lather Fantasies, but still pretty good), some not so much. I do want to buy at least one of their videos, they're a bit steeper than the Shampooguys videos but maybe they'll be worth the price.

I am waiting until I get to school, and until I get a new job, to get any new videos.

Still looking for two guys on a girl though! Seriously, how is it I can only find moments of it in Herbal Essences commercial but two girls shampooing a guy can be found all over the place? Or so it seems anyway.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Being Tied Up

I used to be really into kinky stuff. I'd want my boyfriends to tie me up during intimate acts, though we never did. Now, the idea of being tied up or held down for anything sexual scares the crap outta me, having actually experienced assault. Sex needs to feel 100% safe for me. Even without bondage, even with the man I love, intimacy can be frightening.

Maybe that's why I like shampooing so much now, it's not scary. It's romantic, and sensual, and it's sweet to be pampered and feel so taken care of.

Anyway, sometimes being tied up and forcefully shampooed. Not sure if I'd actually like it, but it's certainly an exciting fantasy.

Hairdresser Mishap

Here's a funny story. Well, not funny for me, more of a letdown due to carelessness.

I don't exactly get aroused when I get my hair washed at the salon. Nevertheless, I look forward to it with more excitement than a normal person, and I try not to look like I'm enjoying it as much as I am. Like I said, I try to hide this, especially since my mom caught onto how much I liked it back when I was in my preteen years. Talk about embarassing.

Anyway, I was at the sink, my stylist was busy gabbing. She wet my hair . . . and then nothing . . . then she wet my hair again and conditioned it. She was so busy talking she forgot to wash my hair! Yeah, seriously. And I purposely modified my washing schedule so my hair would be in need of a good scrubbing that day.

(I wash my hair every other day, to avoid over-drying it)

Hopefully when I go in for my back-to-school trim whoever washes my hair will remember to, y'know, actually wash it.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Commercial Videos



For the most part, shampoo commercials suck ass. Like I said before, I don't need to see a lady shampooing her hair. But there are a few gems out there, like this one, with some good hair washing moments, if only for a a few seconds. Just look at the lather, there's a shampoo I could go for!

As if they ever lather up like that so easily.

Oh, and I don't even bother with those long advertisements for some fancy ass shampoo - you know, five minutes advertising a shampoo I could never afford, some bullshit haircare "technology"? I'll stick with Herbal Essences, thanks. But anyway, I'd never watch it just for the five seconds of the actual shampoo, I'm not going to watch it up to that point, nor do I feel up to browsing the darn video for the washing bit. It's never worth it.

Weekend Stuff

Lots of good stuff going on these days! For one thing, I have a job interview lined up for Friday, and it looks like I'll be scheduling another one for the same day. I hope I get one of these jobs becaise I do not want to go back to working in the movie theater. Shit sucked man, never underestimate what service workers go through on a daily basis. I mean that lady attacking people at a McDonalds drive thru may be extreme but it's not far off from the norm really.

Anyway, after the interviews I'll be seeing my boyfriend for the weekend! I haven't seen him in 3 weeks, we're apart for the summer. I may get a shampoo or two, last time he washed my hair the whole thing was super romantic. There was a lightning storm that night and I think there was magic in the air that night. Who knows, maybe we'll have a night like that this weekend. And who knows, maybe I'll have the guts to show him a clip from Lather Fantasies and tell him that's what I want done to me.

But I hate making too many requests. I feel silly enough asking guys to wash my hair, let alone being specific and wanting just a shampoo, out of the shower, over a sink or tub - just washing, nothing else, maybe some more mutual intimacy afterwards. But I feel weird being pampered like that, like being waited on, I hate to make someone go too much out of their way for me, I feel guilty about it.

Then again, if I'm so close to someone, maybe I should reveal my true fantasies. There was just an instance last summer where a guy told me his deep desire was to see me hairless down there, and went into this huge thing about how my not shaving was selfish since he did what I wanted, and it was my turn to do something for him. Not that he did it well, honestly, but I'll give him credit for trying.

I've always wanted to have a bubble bath with a guy. To me, being shampooed in the bath seems so ideal - perfect atmosphere, I'm sitting down instead of standing up, and if he's in there with me, it feels more intimate and romantic. Now all we need is a tub big enough for both of us.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Thoughts on Making Videos

I really admire the websites who do this work. It sounds weird to admire an erotica site, but I love their work, and I appreciate that someone is making these. If they didn't, I wouldn't have anything to watch now would I?

Er, I sound dumb don't I?

Anyway, they say if you want something done right, you should do it yourself. I have thought of contributing to this community - not by lathering up in front of a camera or filimg my friend washing my hair - ok maybe the latter, though that would entail not only telling someone about my fetish but asking him or her to wash my hair, for a camera, for a video that would go online.

That's scary! What if I run for office someday and someone finds that video and releases it? Talk about an embarassing relevation. I've also thought about becoming a hair model for someone else, but again, the idea that it could get out like that is scary as frick.

And there's the idea that guys would be jacking off to me. Yeah, they may be jacking off to this writing (which isn't actually for that purpose, but you can't exactly stop a man from whacking off in his own home to whatever tickles his fancy), but that's just my work, my writing, no one can see me and no one knows who I am. At least I hope not.

If I didn't dream of being in the public eye, maybe I would start my own website, get a nice camera, round up some more models, and make some nice, bubbly videos made especially for girls with this fetish. I wish there were more websites and videos for that section of the community, which I'm sure I've already written to the death.

Lathery days!
Bubbles <3

Monday, August 9, 2010

The Stranger Meetup

I've never met with a stranger for a shampoo, or anyone just for a wash for that matter. I've only been shampooed by boyfriends . . . and my cousin once, but that wasn't a sexual thing, she'd had her hair washed in a salon for the first time and wanted to wash my sister's hair, and offered to wash mine too. Maybe she developed the same fetish, but I wouldn't bring it up with her.

I've absolutely thought about it, don't get me wrong. I wouldn't now, since I have a boyfriend, but sometimes the thought of someday putting an ad on Craig's List for a shampoo encounter in my area has crossed my mind.

But the idea is totally scary as well as exciting. I mean, just like any erotic encounter with a stranger, there are serious risks - I could be violated or hurt, maybe even killed by some sick perv who likes a whole lot more than washing hair. I certainly wouldn't want to have sex as part of the deal, just a shampoo and on with my day, though the guy might feel entitled to sex or feel like sex should be part of the deal. The whole thing just seems too scary too risk doing.

I've also fantaszied about meeting a guy who shampooing as much as I like having my hair washed. It's great having a boyfriend who's simply willing to wash my hair, it's really sweet, but to actually date someone with the same fetish would be awesome. Or maybe not, if he'd want to do it every day and end up overwashing my hair. But sometimes I do have the fantasy where I get close to a guy, and he shyly asks if he can wash my hair, and I go to his place, and he shampoos me in the sink, or upright in the kitchen.

I feel like a slut for even thinking of this, having a boyfriend. Part of me thinks there's no harm in dreaming, since I know deep down I'd never trade my boyfriend for anyone. But if he finds this blog, he might not take too kindly to some of the things I say on here.

Dear god I hope no one I know finds this.

New Favorite Website

I LOVE Lather Fantasies! I saw their YouTube videos the other day, and they're like nothing I've ever seen before. Well, they're sort of like the Shampoo of the Supervixen video, sans the shaving cream and fake moaning, in that they contain lots of lather and awesome hair washing. As they advertise, no nudity or harm which is fantastic, then again none of the other websites I've grown fond of use nudity either.

I haven't actually bought anything from LF yet, since I'm currently living at home and it would be a little awkward if one of my parents saw a package from Lather Fantasies addressed to their daughter. Oncen I get back to school I'll place the order. I'll need to choose carefully though, since I only plan on getting one - they are rather expensive, I like the Shampoo Guys prices better (7-9 bucks USD for a 30 min. video, pretty excellent deal), though I suppose the fact that it's on a DVD may be why the price is so much higher. Anyway, I'm sure it's worth it, like I said this site is like nothing I've ever seen, and their videos really appeal to my deepest shampoo fantasies.

Now, my one issue with it is most of the videos have the girls shampooing, and not a lot of guy-washing-girl action. I can always use more of that!

Ta-ta for now!

- Bubbles <3

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Two Guys, One Girl

I've seen videos with two girls washing a girl's hair, I've seen a couple videos where two girls wash a guy's hair, and I've even seen a video where two guys wash a guy's hair (for part of the video anyway). Well here's what I want to see, one request to the websites that make these videos: Two guys washing a girl's hair. Or three, like the Herbal Essences commercials; but more realistically, two. I'm sure I'm not the only woman with this fantasy, there must be others who want a video like this.

I mean, I'd love to actually be shampooed by two guys at once, but that's even less realistic ^_^

Why Write This?

Warning, this is a bit of a feminist rant. If you don't like feminists, don't read this.

It all started when I joined Shampooforum. I joined to discuss the shampoo fetish, it was the only place I felt comfortable doing so - it's a bit of an embarassing secret for me, only a few of my friends know about it. However, I didn't exactly feel comfortable posting there after a while.

1) I soon began to recieve e-mails from a guy wanting to discuss fantasies. He was a stranger, and old enough to be my dad, so I told him I wasn't comfortable with the idea, he persisted. Ugh! Don't try that with me, I won't do it. I'm not going to be anyone's cyber whore, got it?

2) The community mostly catered to straight males. The guy-on-guy videos from the Shampooguys Youtube account received angry, homophobic comments. The guys didn't want to see no homo stuff, even though I'm pretty sure there were gay members. Nope, I guess the site wasn't for them, or girls like me who kind of liked that stuff (I prefer videos of guys washing girls, but when a guy's hair is long and the lather thick, I'll take it). The few other girls who did post mostly posted for the guys, rather than with them. "Look at me washing my hair!" or erotic writing meant to arouse the guys, discussing just how much they love being shampooed. Yeah, I love it too, but I don't write about it in a way meant to pitch tents (if ya know what I mean).

3) A guy uploaded videos of women being shampooed in a salon. They had not consented to being filmed, they didn't even know what was happening. To me, that was over the line. Being filmed walking down the street for stock footage? Fine. Being filmed for erotic purposes without consent? Icky and weird. I protested, saying it was wrong, and was told that because it was legal, I should shut up and post a video of myself lathering up for teh menz on the forum. What? I don't tell the guys to lather up their girlfriends for my pleasure, why was I being treated like nothing more than a head of hair?

I used to comment on the shampoo videos on YouTube, until I realized that people I knew could see my account, and could see my comments. I was also getting messages and comments from perverts trying to hit on me. Gee, wonderful.

I realized that the role of women in the shampoo community is crap. We're seen as eye candy, or potential eye candy I guess - it's like the man can't accept that I'm there to watch videos, not be in them! Have I considered being in that kind of video? Sure, and I'd love to have my hair washed and get paid for it, but I want to run for office someday, so being in any sort of erotic video can come back to bite me in the ass. That's why, as you'll notice, this blog is completely anonymous. I'm only hoping no one I know finds this and reads the background entry, they might be able to figure it out, which kinda scares me.

However, I have stuff to say. I want the men in the shampoo fetish community (or SFC as I may refer to it when lazy) to see things from my perspective, a female's perspective, and I want to have a voice, which is hard since the forum was taken down and the only website to come out of it was a website consisting of pictures only - no forum. I want myself and the other women with the same fetish to be seen as active participants with desire, rather than performers pandering to the male gaze.