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Personal Grooming Slips in UK

58% of adults admit to letting standards slip during lockdown, says a YouGov poll.

In a recent YouGov poll of 2,098 UK adults, 58% admitted to letting standards slip since going into lockdown.
 
When asked what they'd “let slip” since lockdown, people confessed to not showering daily (16%), not using deodorant daily (11%), leaving hair unwashed (18%), not brushing their teeth daily (9%) and not regularly changing underwear (6%).
 
Nearly a third of men (32%) experimented with lockdown beards and nearly 1 in 5 (19%) of women shaved their body hair less, experimenting with au naturel legs, arm pits and bikini lines. 
 
When it comes to hair and beauty, 1 in 3 women have let their routines slip, with 31% not applying beauty products, 33% not styling their hair and 30% “showing their roots.” 
 
Some already realize their days of letting grooming habits slip are numbered and are considering dry cleaning/laundering their work clothes (9%), getting a haircut, re-styling and/or dying hair (21%), or starting a new diet 9%.

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