Hillbilly plumbing

I have plumbers grease on threads for tub drain stopper so i can easily spin it out. I only leave it hand tight and a keep a pair of small needle nose plyers to remove wifes hair periodically when drain slows down. When sink drain slows down because its packed w wifes washed off makeup, i remove the plastic pvc trap, stick a bucket under the sink, and have a 3/4" diameter steel rod i keep handy. I ball up some toilet paper and shove it thru from the sink end down to scrape everything off the pipe. Then i clean the slime out of the trap and reinstall it.