I've never used body moisturizer or anything hydrating on my body unless its sun cream or after sun cream.
Every time I go on social media, everyone says that if you don't use body lotion - you are dirty and smelly but I don't understand why. I would understand if I didn't take a shower but I do. I take a shower everyday and use deodorant.
The only thing I do is moisturizer my face bc I have a skin routine but i don't have a body routine.
Most days I use gentle body wash and lather it up by using a loofah. Then once or twice a week, I use an exfoliating scrub and an exfoliating mitten. My skin barely ever gets irritated even when I shave so I felt like I don't need to use it. I would say my skin is more moisturizer during summer but thats because I have my legs and arms out so I wear sun cream during the day but not body lotion.
The main reason why I don't use it is that I hate the feeling of it. I feel wet and sticky and I feel dirty every time I go to bed because I can feel the bedsheet just stick on me. I don't feel clean using a lotion so I never used it. The second reason is that I've gotten compliments abt the way I smell so I never thought it was a big deal to not use body lotion because the compliments made it seem to me like I was doing stuff right. Yet when I go on social media, people will slam you for not doing it and just start spouting out insults.
I don't know whether my friends use it, mainly bc I never see anything at their house so I'm not sure if this is another silly social media expectation or everyone around me including myself is "disgusting".