Here it is 2013. I am growing Bromeliads and Brugmansia. I am Canadian but live winters in Florida A speaker at a Bromeliad meeting suggested and he said especially for Brugmansia to use tthis clay product Turface or Profile He brought in some fabulous plants growing in it. Looking for information and found this conversation Is anyone using it yet and what have you found as to its success

I agree with srosen. Organic doesn't necessarily mean pH neutral. Just think what would happen if stuck a slice of lemon on a marble counter. For example, citric acid is a natural organic acid found in some personal care products. Actually organic soaps generally have a higher pH than non-organic. Good luck finding the pH information on personal care products. I have learned that the vast majority don't state this sort of information so the only real way to know is by testing each product or requesting the information from the manufacturer. Some people have skin/hair issues that require they use certain products to maintain a healthy pH balance. Some have posted what they have learned about specific products online. I did find one with lots of haircare pH level information ( www.thenaturalhavenbloom.com). As you will see most shampoos and conditioners are around pH neutural or just below. It will be harder to find pH neutral soap as I am pretty sure that "soap" is, by definition, alkaline. Agree with staying away from bar soap. Dove I believe is pH 7 since it technically isn't soap - that's why it's called a beauty bar and it doesn't say soap anywhere on the package. As srosen stated - most likely an issues you have will be around etching, not staining (unless you wash out hair dye...which obviously I would not recommend). Just be dilgent about cleaning the shower (best is to clean/wipe down after every shower) and you should be fine. Congrats on the new marble shower. I am sure it looks stunning.

You've reminded me... below are examples of what I keep thinking I am going to do, wall mounted. As it is, there are ten million shampoo and body wash containers in our shower. And I really really agree, I'd rather have no tops with which to deal. Just push a button and there it is. I see why I am really thinking about it. It's kind of expensive! Here is a link that might be useful: in the shower dispensers

Since I have multiple kind of shampoos/conditioners that I like to rotate rather than use straight through, coupled with small bathrooms, I do not store them in the shower. I get whatever I want to wash my hair with, take it in, then take it out & put away when I'm done. I dislike a shower that has a bunch of bottles of product. Also I only shampoo my hair once or twice a week. My DH always uses the same shampoo, and he shampoos his hair daily, so his stays in the shower. We have a wall niche and a small tiled-in corner shelf. If we didn't have those, I'd sequester the bottles in a plastic bin or basket that could drain and keep it in the corner on the floor. for the bathroom that has a shower/tub combo (as opposed to just a shower) i let the kids keep a shampoo, a conditioner, and a soap along the tub edge (this was before we installed a niche). Anything additional sat on the floor in a plastic basket.