Space Hygiene

Its something I often wonder. How do you bathe in space? I mean, you're up there for at least a few days, adn you're bound to get stinky. I'm also pretty sure your fellow astro/cosmonauts also get very stinky(factoid: people sweat more in space than on earth). So how do they deal with being human and secreting all those smells while in space?(p.s. people in space are more sensitive to smell than on earth...) Bathing seems kind of impossible(although a space bath might be interesting. I mean, would a tub full of water need a container in zero gravity? could you just place a large bubble of water, step in for a while and have the bath surround you?) showering sounds like a huge mess that could get tricky with all the electrical equipment aroundl, not to mention that water acts real wierd in space. So what's a girll to do? So one consideration(and again, here we're going into the russia vs. US thing) russian hygienics have evolved around conserving as much water as possible, while the opposite is true for the Americans(this is in regards to earth hygiene, not so much space hygiene). Water is a scarce thing diring space travel, so it really does have to be rationed carefully, and so using it for showers adn all that seems a bit wasteful, though you gotta get clean somehow. So, scientists are trying to come up with some sort of hygienic "set" that will satisfy the habits any astro/cosmonaut. YOu can read more about it here, there's some interesting stuff. the only thing about this article that makes me twitch just a bit is the part about wome's hygiene: "A woman is a very delicate human being, and for this reason we will try to do everything possible so that she may feel herself a woman on board the station. We will provide women with hygienic lipstick, lip balms and face powder. They will also be allowed to take some of their personal cosmetics into space which will make them more attractive in mens eyes." Because when a woman is in space, I'm sure she's really concerned with wether or not the men on board think they're pretty. Actually before I read what was under the heading of "women in space" in regards to that article, I was thinking more along the lines of WTF happens when a woman is on her period? I mean, I find that more of a pressing issue than wether or not a woman can wear lipstick in space. Anyways, I digress.

I'm also a little curious about how people eliminate in space, though I suspect it has a lot to do with pooping into tubes. More on this later I guess.