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I don't worry about things that are low cost items. I will dig out the last bits of something expensive, like a fancy moisturizer or a prescription cream.
Instead I concentrate on the big things that can move the needle and really make a difference.
I hear that! I use certain RX creams, and for the price, I'm getting every last bit! I've found if you microwave the tube/container, for just a few seconds, it loosens up at least another dose or two. Just be careful, some tubes are lined with metal. However, I've found you can MW these tubes 1-2 seconds, and it does loosen up the cream inside.
Come on now, Speed Stick is 1.00 at dollar tree, ( good quaility deodarant ) , no need to perform surgery on a stick of deodorant to salvage some deodorant crumbs, if you are in a dirt poor bind ok, But if you can afford a stick of deodorant, we..or at least I , could not be such a cheapskate.
When I used deodorant sticks I used to take the "ends" and use them as clothes drawer sachets....They keep socks and T shirts smelling fresh.....
Now, I just use 50% alcohol with a little aftershave added in a spray bottle and spray the solution on my feet and underarms....It's the bacteria that stinks and the alcohol scented spray kills the bacteria...It's the best deodorant I have ever used....P.S..Not recommended for the crotch area...
I get particular enjoyment out of rinsing ALL the soap out of a bottle of dish soap... When it doesn't pour out freely I add a tiny bit of water and when that's gone I do the same until it's not soapy any more. I think it's more of a mental illness than a cost-saving measure, lol.
I do that, but in our case, we refill the bottle from the huge container under the sink. I just prefer to refill a cleaned out and clean container.
Because once, at work, the women’s room smelled vile, and no one could figure out what was going on. And then I dropped a paper towel, and saw the hand soap had gone black in the container, which janitorial kept opening and refilling.
I don't use an antiperspirant. I rarely sweat. It's a problem. I have excessively dry skin. I shower so that I don't smell "stale".
My dad became allergic to whatever was in deodorants, and had to stop using them. It took a couple of weeks, but his rashes went away. He used shower to shower powder.
No one but the family knew about it, he didn’t become the town pariah from not using deodorant.
My dad became allergic to whatever was in deodorants, and had to stop using them. It took a couple of weeks, but his rashes went away. He used shower to shower powder.
No one but the family knew about it, he didn’t become the town pariah from not using deodorant.
Me too, my doctor told me to quit using them when I was a teen, decades ago. Never had problems not using them.
However, my skin is dry, I do need daily lotion, so I always fight to get the last bit of lotion by laying the bottles on the side and scraping out the rest.
I have cut open toothpaste tubes, scraped out the last bit of stick deodorant to meld on top of the new one (doesn't work very well). I generally don't do those things anymore.
I will add water to the last bit of laundry detergent - no need to waste it because the bottles are poorly designed, same with dish soap.
With lotions that come in a tube, when you get near the end, cut off the crimped end about 1" down. Then you can scoop out what is left and use the cut off piece as a cap. You can keep trimming the tube and the "cap" will still fit on it. Worth doing for tubes because there is usually quite a bit left after you can't squeeze any more out.
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