Tara gets points straight off the bat for letting me have a shower at her house, even when i'm not technically staying, or even sleeping there. this considerate attitude is in part due to a very generous nature, and also due to the fact that she is both our drummer and one of my oldest friends, therefore understands the feeling of not having anywhere to clean my armpits in. her bathroom has the toilet and shower in the same room, which as always, makes for a brisk rather than leisurely visit, but also has a fan, which most people know is a blessing for taking a crap in a house that has wooden floors, ie. sound carries very well and noises need to be masked somehow. if there is no fan, you can also run the tap, but in australia with the drought and all that, you would probably be harshly judged if you had the tap in the sink running solidly for five or so minutes. you could also run the shower, but you run the risk of greatly truncating your actual showering time, as people will think you have been washing the entire time.
tara lives with two other very well groomed females, so i was very disappointed to find little to no makeup or even moisturising products in their medicine cabinet. there was only useless items like contact lense fluid, and lots of toner, which i myself never use. there was a hidden gem though, a bottle of ingrown hair spray, that i liberally applied to my spotted bikini line. this is one product that i may one day actual purchase for myself.
tara's shower is hot and everlasting, and when only tara is home, i had no problem enjoying for an extended period of time. it also had a wonderful little temperature gauge thing, that you can set digitally to your ideal temp, and then only turn on the HOT tap, and feel it perfectly warmed for as long as you require it. there is a stained glass window right on the shower wall that goes to the outside garden, making for a more religious feeling wash.
this bathroom loses points for only having body wash and not soap, and also for only having a dermatologist brand of facial cleanser, which i found far too gentle for my skin. it gains points for being partially owned by one of my best friends ever. but loses them again for only having that clear blue gel toothpaste, and having an electric tooth brush that i was dying to try, but which i couldn't because everyone would hear the motor running and know that i was passing them on my gingivitis.