Growing evermore stereotypically feminine

I'm slightly worried about how I've started to take delight in picking out and using bathroom products (I mean not like toilet paper and stuff, that would be weird). A year ago I was still buying whichever shampoo was the cheapest, and whichever soap that smelled okay. That has changed.

These days I research soaps before I buy them. Not just how they smell or how cheap they are, but what's in them. When I read the labels I have some basic understanding of what's good for me and what's put in just to make them cheaper. I buy skin products online, and search several stores just to find the right deodorant or the right toothpaste.

It scares me a little.

My only excuse is that it happened naturally when I decided to start replacing my usual shampoos and soaps and things for cruelty-free products. That snowballed into researching ethical and environmentally safe products. Of course I can't be certain that none of the products I use doesn't screw someone over, but I've done my best to find some that were less harmful to animals and the environment and me.

With a smaller selection of products to choose from I think I found myself more selective. "Okay, out of this batch of products, which is more pleasing to me in smell and feel? Which is the most beneficial to my skin/hair/teeth/armpits?" As a result I found more enjoyment in using them too. It's a funny ol' world.

And don't you dare call me girly.