Hi all,

I'm going to a Christian music festival at the end of June in Illinois. Five days of high temps, an extreme amount of walking, excessive sweating, and questionable showers. I'm no priss, but I don't want to stink on the 10+ hour trip home either.

Anyone have suggestions for hygiene products that work great for camping trips? Best dry shampoo for oily hair? Face/body wipes that don't leave that awful sticky feeling? Any product suggestions would be great! Thanks!

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap.

a bucket and some soap , most camp grounds have taps available you can do a wash down in the tent .

suave dry shampoo is pretty good. and smells good too!

Go to Cabela's or Bass Pro Shop. They have all sorts of products for camping.

For your hair you could french braid it if it's long enough (or do corn rows or something) and you wouldn't have to wash it. I used to do that for camping, my hair never looked greasy or anything, only a little messy at the end of a week long trip. And baby wipes are great for cleaning up a bit in between baths. They're also probably cheaper than bath or face wipes. If you have sensitive skin get the Huggies Natural kind, they don't have any fragrance, perfumes or alcohol in them.
If you're going to be bathing/showering and the water is going back into the ground (or if you'll be bathing in a river or something), just be sure whatever you buy is biodegradable at the very least, 100% natural at best.

Oh, and don't count on the weather being hot at all. Here in Illinois it might just be 50 degrees in the middle of July. lol

Baby wipes!!

Baby wipes for sure! Those suckers will get anything off! And I love Rockaholic Dirty Secret Dry Shampoo!

I always bring baby wipes, hand sanitizer, and disposable face wipes (e.g. the Neutrogena or Ponds makeup remover ones- good regardless of whether or not you wear makeup).

I'd also highly recommend buying a quick-dry towel (something like this: http://www.rei.com/product/783078/re...owel-255-x-155). They take up virtually no space and dry quickly to avoid molding in the bottom of a backpack for several days .

Agree on the baby wipes. My "babies" are 19 and 14, but I still have a box in each bathroom of my house, always will.

Hand sanitizer for your pits. Kills bacteria that cause odor. Baby Wipes, baby powder for hair, deodorant.

I have even taken old clothes to wear that I didn't care about and didn't bring them home.

Lots of great ideas! Thanks everyone!

~Monique :-)

Ok so don't laugh....A year in Afghanistan living in a tent with 400 guys and being the only woman with limited toilet and shower facilities taught me quite a bit about camping hygiene. A shewee is a GREAT invention if you have to pee in public, a 5 gallon bucket with a lid with a hole cut in it with a plastic bag inside makes a good makshift toilet if you have to do #2. A large dish pan to stand in your tent to bathe in. And you can completely wash with 2- 1 liter bottles of water. I would lean over the dish pan and pour 1/2 of a bottle over over your head slowly (by the way you can lay the bottles in a box covered with aluminum foil or pour 1/2 the bottle out into a pan to heat over a fire then pour it back into the bottle with a little funnel to heat the water) put shampoo AND conditioner in your hair (or use leave in conditioner) then pour the rest of the bottle over your head to remove the shampoo and conditioner, use the other bottle and the water in the dish pan to wash the rest of you. If you are in dusty conditions a bandana or something similar to keep your head covered will help keep it from getting so dirty. Baby wipes in between "baths" are great for keeping the stench down. Oh with the two 1 liter bottles you have enough water to brush your teeth too. I used dry shampoo on occasion but didn't particularly care for it...I found keeping my hair covered with a scrub cap with a pony tail holder or bandana and taking bottle "baths" worked much better for me.
Anyhow, that worked well for me....FYI I kept 6-8 liters of water at my camp for cooking, cleaning, bathing, drinking purposes....I'd go through about 4 liters a day just for drinking, 2 for bathing and the rest of multi purpose.

LOL I know this was probably totally not helpful but I thought I'd pass it on anyhow.