tips for females travelers -serious thread- no males joking please

justdoitviv

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I had a few late brain waves, I should have known 15 years ago........... perhaps by sharing ideas a person could have an easier life, sooner.
My brain waves are...........please post yours......

1. Use anti bacterial facial wipes to wash face, ears, and neck....saves on water, and stops spots.
2. Use make up remover wipes to wash face, saves on water.
3. Use baby wipes every time you go to toilet to keep hygienic and dispose in nappy bag. Easier to empty toilet, and you always clean.
4. Use cleaning wipes for everything possible.........saves on space......ie window cleaner, disinfectant wipes for surfaces, floor wipes etc
5 Give up on undies.......less laundry and more hygienic.. unless you wearing a mini dress/skirt then its required.
6. Down size gas bottles so you remain independent.
7. If you cant fit solar panels and have an energy problem........try portable solar panels for I phone/tablet/etc
8. If charging time for phone/tablet etc takes much longer than using 240v at home, its because you are using the wrong wires. You need at least 5v, 10w things which fit into the cig lighter, with good quality cables nowadays, as everything has advanced.
9. To stop athlete foot, use the anti bacterial wipes daily, twice a day in hot weather.
10 Use quick drying nail varnish........or even consider gel toe nails which last 1 month to 6 weeks.
11. Use colour gel on eyebrows.......saves dying
12. Use coloured powder on hair in between hair dying. Much advanced since the old days, only £5
13 Dont use dry shampoo if you have........long, thick, or wavy hair........needs to be brushed for even results
14. Consider a ¾ wig, if you have gone 6 weeks without dying hair...and looking bad. Then when using the hair colour power, you need only do the front bit of your hair.
15. Not managed to solve the hairy legs, lips, chin problem well enough to comment. Still practicing after 20 years.!!!!
16. This gadget saved me a lot of space with shoes, odds and ends. I also cut them to size to fit above the cupboards in a single row
20 Pair Over Door Hanging Shoe Storage Organiser Rack Shelf Pocket Stand Holder | eBay
17. This item is a god send for space storage, make up, jewlery, contact lenses and organisation. I disposed of three awkward boxes for this item. 20 Pair Over Door Hanging Shoe Storage Organiser Rack Shelf Pocket Stand Holder | eBay
18. cleaned out one cupboard of towels, kitchen towel, face clothes etc, for this item 4 Section Pocket Over Door Hanging Wardrobe Clothes Shoes Organiser Storage Tidy | eBay
19. Anti bacterial spray or gel for hands after toilet. Saves you 10 cups of water.
20. Paper plates and cutlery saves on washing up. I only have a 60 l tank. Washing up uses as much as a shower.
21. When showering wet yourself, then switch off water, soap yourself down, then rinse. Do same when washing hair. Only wash hair when you showering.
22. If you have a partner........ok, you have to cook and save water. After cooking ie...boiled potates, i put the pot with the water under the van, and reuse the next day..... the pot and water.
23. If you have a partner, insist on the usage of a condom. No shower needed, baby wipes is ok.
24. In desperate need of water, use mouth wash.
25. When physically intimate, place a thin towel, or long sheets of paper towel tucked LOOSELY over the bedding. Or put up with the complaints of him having to use a condom.
26. Consider a tablet instead of a lap top. Much research is needed for battery use. Still experimenting.
27. Use the blow heater in the cab area, or habitation area to dry hair. No hairdryer needed.
28. Cut finger nails as short as possible. Long, dirty nails, with chipped paint work, looks unkept. For some reason, i think i might be the only female who has to clean under the nails 2 to 4 times a day, so keep them as short as possible.
29. If deciding on very short nails, stick on false nails removable after the night, is better than the 4 week nails, which is off putting if trapping much and germs.
30. If you get to the stage of greasy, long hair/ or undyed...........learn to do a French braid. Its not hard. Looks quite acceptable. Buns are also fashionable right now.
 
Also make sure your lighting is adequate.We were away last weekend and "Her Indoors" picked up a tube of Deep Heat instead of face moisturiser. Not clever and in the close confines of an Iveco Daily Van conversion bloody manic!
 
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sorry, didn't see the part about no males joking in the title, I will remove my post
 
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spit it out man ! what would you say if you were allowed to say anything ?
 
You say "down size gas bottles, so you remain independent"
Are you saying this because smaller gas bottles are easier to carry, so don't need assistance to change them?
 
Beemer said:
You say "down size gas bottles, so you remain independent"
Are you saying this because smaller gas bottles are easier to carry, so don't need assistance to change them?
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That is correct. I down sized to 3.9kg bottles.

I also changed back to the old fashioned fitting. With the new fitting (ie....it hasn't got the large jutting out fingers) I had to use a hammer and a spanner (I think it is called). Could NOT tighten it up enough to stop gas leakage. So had my old fitting put back on, where I can manage quite easily to tighten by hand alone. Then squirt with a bit of gas detector leakage spray.

For some reason, 1 in 5 bottles, to not accept the old fitting I have. So I had the new fittings fitted, which fits every bottle. Due to the hammer and spanner problem, Then had to revert back to the old fitting. All I need do now, is check it screws into the bottle ok, before I leave the shop.
 
Hair washing - put shampoo onto dry hair, use wet hands to massage into hair, then rinse as normal. Done this for years no problem. (old Girl Guide camp tip!)
Marydot.
 
I'm a girl and I'm nonplussed, whatever that means....get a wig? Use condoms? That's the two that come to mind immediately but thanks for all the thinking about it Viv :bow:
 
Ok - please don't shout at me if these sound sexist, they're based on our lass and not necessarily intended as the norm:-

1. A knowledge of basic maintenance. Before we did our first big trip I made sure she could jumps start the van and change a wheel and knew the basic fault finding methods (nothing particularly clever)
2. Purchased a biiiiig breaker-bar so that she (being petite) was able to undo/tighten the wheel nuts with relative ease. (alternatively, short skirts and make-up expedites the flagging down of passing bikers to do the job instead).
3. All instruction booklets/manuals for every device in the van are in the van.
4. These things are awesome for cleaning oily hands, dirt, etc - think baby wipes but even better (and smell nicer) - Everbuild Multi-Use Wonder Wipes 100 Wipes.
5. assorted hats
6. Dry shampoo - no idea what it is but apparently it's very good.
 
carol said:
I'm a girl and I'm nonplussed, whatever that means....get a wig? Use condoms? That's the two that come to mind immediately but thanks for all the thinking about it Viv :bow:
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Being of the age I have to dye my hair, ...black hair with 2 inch grey roots, doesn't give me confidence, on the one or 3 days of the year I dress up to go out. I don't have the water to waste to wash the dye out, (ADD to the problem I am now having reactions to hair dye), and I made a mess of my shower room where I cant remove the black dye from the walls. Using a hair dresser in Brighton is £60 then with my length of hair (although I did have 2 feet cut off) they want £80. Its quite expensive when you consider, I can do my own hair for £6. A wig sorted out my problem short term, as it was cheaper than £80, and can be reused.

In my area, a full leg wax, eye brow tint and wax, lip and chin, underarms and front and back of privates waxed is £30. In brighton to do JUST a full leg with bikini wax was £75.

When you add all the hair problems together, is very expensive being on the road compared to being at home.

The condom bit come in ........depending on your partner I suppose........ If one had intimate relations once or twice a week, then maybe there will be enough water for a shower in the summer heat, if you have a large tank. But if your partner was of the mind set, that he is on holiday, and 2 to three times a day is requested.....in the summer heat..........that would be all my water GONE in one or two days of cleaning myself. Mind you I was tempted to think ...F*** this, I wont shower, maybe he will leave me alone if I smell ............ But couldn't bear my own smell after a while.

I would like to add that maybe part of the sweating problem is that I have a van conversion. When I was hanging out with astrix his van was always cool and chilled, and he has a different motorhome. My van was always like an oven.
 
Tezza33 and Trevscoda I too am struggling to keep it serious first thing I thought was need a bigger van for all the wet wipes
 
I'm busting a gut too but staying out of it, it's gonna get dirty otherwise.:hammer::hammer:
 
blimey ! it seems i have lived a totally different life if bum waxing is the norm !
 
hextal said:
Ok - please don't shout at me if these sound sexist, they're based on our lass and not necessarily intended as the norm:-

1. A knowledge of basic maintenance. Before we did our first big trip I made sure she could jumps start the van and change a wheel and knew the basic fault finding methods (nothing particularly clever)
2. Purchased a biiiiig breaker-bar so that she (being petite) was able to undo/tighten the wheel nuts with relative ease. (alternatively, short skirts and make-up expedites the flagging down of passing bikers to do the job instead).
3. All instruction booklets/manuals for every device in the van are in the van.
4. These things are awesome for cleaning oily hands, dirt, etc - think baby wipes but even better (and smell nicer) - Everbuild Multi-Use Wonder Wipes 100 Wipes.
5. assorted hats
6. Dry shampoo - no idea what it is but apparently it's very good.
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excellent contribution to what a female needs to know. ......except there are so MANY fault finding methods to know. How do you prioritise what one needs to know. For example this last horrendous trip, of clutch and gears.......my fan didn't turn of. I thought well its normal cause its hot. At least it is on and working. Last year winter, you can read threads where I could not get it to work. Talking on the phone one hour later, I mentioned that the fan still on......he said..........mmmm on a bit long I think, .........one and half hours later it was still on. He said to pull the fuse out before the battery died. The battery mostly died, but I couldn't start the car. When I put the fuse back in, the fans started again. A mobile mechanic gave something a thump on the radiator. Problem sorted. So how do you make a manual of basic mechanics.....???????? That problem by the way resulted on my being towed home, after a previous 4 call outs to the break down people.

Do you think it necessary one knows how to change a tire. Break down service usually does this for me.

Hats.....yes......my daughter always insists I have several cause she fussy about the sun on the face. But I love the sunshine, and a brown skin, even on the face, so don't bother.....She don't understand.........I KNOW the sunshine ages you......but im already in the old bracket,........so why should I worry. But you are correct it should be added to the list of essentials ..........

Dry shampoo is good for short or thin hair and straight. Not for long, thick or curly hair. Cause you need to comb it out. I don't think I have combed my hair in 30 years. I probably might manage now I had 2 feet cut off. but definitely not the last 8 years. I finger comb my hair, which is not suitable for dry shampoo.
 
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