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What if the lambda shower disappeared? On TikTok, several trends are flourishing and influencing this obligatory passage of the day. The idea is no longer simply to wash, but to take a real moment to take care of yourself. “Everything Shower”, “Shower Plant”, and lately the “Shower Orange”. All these fads, shared on the Chinese social network, have one thing in common: they are life-saving and would help reduce our daily stress and anxiety.
On social networks, showering is no more than a daily hygienic step. It turns into a liberating ritual for the mind. Over the years, several “tricks” for washing our bodies have appeared on the TikTok social network. Internet users incorporate new steps and a few specific features into this apparently basic stage, in order to feel entirely good about themselves, but also about their minds. Fruits, plants, or even the multiplication of body care rituals, Internet users compete in ingenuity to make the shower an anti-stress.
The latest idea that has gone viral on TikTok, the Shower Orange has 4.5 million views. The principle ? Eating an orange in the shower to soak up the citrus scent. The tiktoker Makenzy Smith explains the process in a video: “When you get in the shower and you eat an orange, you enjoy the citrus scent, which mingles with the vapors of hot water. You will have a completely different experience of the shower “. According to its followers, this practice would release pressure and reduce stress” while offering a “spa-like experience”.
Before the fruits, TikTok users had shared videos of the plant shower, also called the Shower Plant. Washing with aromatic plants suspended in the shower, such as eucalyptus, would not only allow you to enjoy the smells, but would also help to breathe better by clearing the respiratory tract thanks to the hot water vapor and the decongestant benefits. of the plant. A trick that would be ideal in winter to fight diseases related to this season. She would also offer “peace” and “appeasement” in mind.
At the start of the year, we could also see more and more videos of influencers performing body treatments for an “Everything Shower” on the Chinese social network. As the name suggests, it’s all about showering all in one: body scrub, hair mask, shave, it’s all on the list. Usually time-consuming, these intense showers would make you feel like you’re at the spa. The goal: to feel completely clean. Although this kind of shower takes time (and energy for some), people find satisfaction in taking care of themselves. A user, named Jenna.Grwm, shows in a video her complete ritual, moving from an oil mask to facial exfoliation to finish with a nail treatment. Despite the length of the process, the young woman praises the merits. “The work is so worth it in the end because you feel so much better,” she explains.
These new shower rituals are all part of a desire to reduce anxiety and daily stress. Besides a canadian study published in 2022 had established a link between cleaning and lowering stress. To reach this conclusion, researchers from the University of Toronto had shown an anxiety-provoking video to more than a thousand adults. At the end of this viewing, the panel had been divided into three distinct groups. The first had watched another explanatory video on washing hands, the second on how to draw a circle and the last on how to peel an egg. The group that watched the hand cleaning video showed lower levels of anxiety afterward than the others. “Daily cleaning can help manage stressors such as physical risks and psychological threats to the individual,” the researchers conclude.