double up on shampoo

[cathy]

save an empty shampoo container and next time you buy a new one, dilute it half and half with water, youll never know the difference :P

[raeble]

To that end I notice that boots have a Basics range and the shampoo is 25p for 500ml. There is also conditioner for 32p and all in one for 32p. Very smart white bottles and labels. You could probably peel off the labels and be left with white bottles. No one would be any the wiser. ;D

[cathy]

good thinking :-*

[filigree]

I've got gallons of nice shampoo and conditioner thanks to freebies and points ;) When it runs out, I plan to re-use one of the more attractive bottles and refill it with economy brand shampoo. Same with bubble bath etc.

my g/f seems to think that she needs 2 goes at the shampoo on her hair then condioner...i say it does more damage than good (shes got shoulder length hair)
i just find sum left over shampoo on the side of the shower and use that lol

[Lucie]

You only need to double wash your hair if it is really dirty. If it lathers up like mad the second time, then your hair is already clean & you are just wasting shampoo, not to mention the environmental impact.

I have just finished a bottle of asda's own brand tea tree shampoo & it was great, well worth the 74p it cost me!!

[Petree]

The general advice seems to be...

If you live in the city
Do a single wash every day, conditon every 3 days

In the country
Do a double wash once a week, condition at the same time

In the city it's to remove the fumes not the oil since a bit goes every time, in the country it's removing oil thus needs two washes.

If you can get hold of em (make em?) try using shampoo bars instead of bottles of shampoo, means you aren't paying for water to be shipped around the UK.

[Queenie]

Also, it's a good rule of thumb to reduce the amount of shampoo that we've become accustomed to using in our "throw away" society! A small squirt really is all that is needed, not the big globs that I see many people using at the gym showers! :o

Just remember, a little goes a loooooong way!

Petree - good advice .... bars are soooooooooooooooo economical!! (LUSH sell a good one)

[rach]

my g/f seems to think that she needs 2 goes at the shampoo on her hair then condioner...i say it does more damage than good (shes got shoulder length hair)
i just find sum left over shampoo on the side of the shower and use that lol

i always do 2 shampoos, then conditioner. but only wash my hair every 3 days as its quite long. shampoo is one thing i don't economise on - i buy tigi stuff from the hairdressers as my hair is coloured and it really does keep the colour in better. mind you its such good stuff i only get through 2 lots per year!

[cathy]

I wash my hair 3 times a week and I HATE IT

*sigh

[amie]

all shampoo is the same! i used to use trevor sorbie striaghtening shampo (£6 a bottle in boots) and loved it, however i recently got a free sample of head and shoulders and found it was exactly the same- well i cant tell the difference anyway! ;)

[16011996]

to give an ultra condition to your hair, (better than all those sachet things that are soooooo expensive) put a towel somewhere warm (i do mine on hot water cylinder in summer, radiator in winter. rub in some value conditioner and wrap in warm towel, leave for 30 mins and rinse voila.

[Caterina]

Superdrug does a basic unperfumed shampoo for 59p and conditioner for 79p (or viceversa) for 500ml.

You can add essential oils and turn it into a very fancy shampoo for a few pence!

Of course if you double it up as the thread here suggests, you save even more, in fact the shampoo is quite thick so I am sure it is well suited for dilution.

Caterina

ps. at the moment I am checking out organic homemade shampoo bars, I am in the process of ordering a few varieties from a local one-man-band business and if they are any good I shall let you all know here!

[16011996]

by the way, all supermarkets (well asda, sainsbury and tesco for sure) do cheap own brands, they are as good as any.

[Lillibet]

For a cheap but good leave-in conditioner just put some of your regular conditioner in a pump action spray bottle & top up with water & shake well (I use about 1/3 conditioner to about 2/3 water, make it too thick & the pump will get clogged). Works fine for me as both a conditioner & de-tangler & also works as frizz control when spritzed very lightly on dry hair. ;)

[16011996]

thanks lillibet, hope this works with my daughters long curly hair.

[cathy]

by the way, all supermarkets (well asda, sainsbury and tesco for sure) do cheap own brands, they are as good as any.


your dead right there BUT they are no use to me as Ive always had dandruff, BUT I now use the cheapo shampoo and then rinse in vinegar and water ( a capful of vinegar to a pint) pour it over my head in the shower and leave it the smell goes when your hair is dry

and voila no more dandruff, so now all the t gel and head and shoulders has been banished and I wish I had a penny for every bottle Id bougt over the years

???

[16011996]

will try that cathy, had dandruff for years but head and shoulders makes my eczema bad on my hands.

[cathy]

head and shoulders isnt much good really, IVe found t gel was good but thank gawd dont need it now YAY

also someone posted that they dab cotton wool soaked with white vinegar over their dry scalp before washing and its taken her dandruff away

on sunday my head was itchy itchy so i tried this and let it sit I just sprayed the hair with vinegar (I smelled divine) and combed it through

itch went and when I washed it I didnt do the vinegar rinse just to see and it was fine up till yesterday!! had to wash it then mind you before someone called the police ;D ;D

[16011996]

don't suppose on the train of washing hair, any one has any advice on head lice, my daughter has just come back from camp, and is riddled. Doing the combing with conditioner every other day, but don't want to use chemicals, any ideas??

[cathy]

aww thats a shame

the conditioner only loosens the nits (eggs) it doesnt kill the lice so they will keep laying

there is a comb thingy you can buy thats zaps them electric

or mayonaise kills the lice also olive oil hard to get out though

tea tree oil is also supposed to be good

a louse lays an egg and it takes 7=10 days to hatch out you can tell how long the lice have been laying as they lay on the root of the hair shaft, so if theyre low down the hair shaft theyve been there a long time .

its awful isnt it, good luck

theres a thread somewhere about this in I wanna

[raeble]

My grandmothers old west indian remedy was to 'wet up the head' with sulphur basically give it a good covering . She would mix it with vaseline I think, I'll check with her. She would get the yellow powder from the chemist. Leave it overnight cover the head, then comb the hair out on a white towel and you would see all the little blighters come out dead as a dodo. I only had nits the once and she never found anything, probably because my mother had been combing and pulled out a big bug before hand.

[16011996]

thanks for that, it has been awful, will have a search for the thread on this. there have only been big ones so far, and not seen any eggs, maybe i caught it in time,

160

[16011996]

thanks sheel. ;)

[countrymusicfan]

If your g/f's hair is shoulder length, then she should only condition the ends. They will be dry but the roots will be greasy and if you condition them it will make all her hair greasy. Or so my daughter in law hairdresser says.

[esthomizzy]

I can't get a brush through my hair (it's absurdly thick and wiry) unless I use John Frieda or Tigi. Annoyingly expensive I will try filling the bottle up with water to make it last longer though thanks :)

[countrymusicfan]

When my son and I went to American, we had them and my brother asked around. The advice was was your bedclothes daily and hoover the bed when it is empty. Put the hoover where they can't get out and crawl over carpet. Dye hair and use styling gels as they don't like to get smothered. Heat tends to kill them. We also put our pillows in the dryer. My sister in law cut our hair short.


aww thats a shame

the conditioner only loosens the nits (eggs) it doesnt kill the lice so they will keep laying

there is a comb thingy you can buy thats zaps them electric

or mayonaise kills the lice also olive oil hard to get out though

tea tree oil is also supposed to be good

a louse lays an egg and it takes 7=10 days to hatch out you can tell how long the lice have been laying as they lay on the root of the hair shaft, so if theyre low down the hair shaft theyve been there a long time .

its awful isnt it, good luck

theres a thread somewhere about this in I wanna

[Clutterfree]

head and shoulders isnt much good really, IVe found t gel was good but thank gawd dont need it now YAY

also someone posted that they dab cotton wool soaked with white vinegar over their dry scalp before washing and its taken her dandruff away

on sunday my head was itchy itchy so i tried this and let it sit I just sprayed the hair with vinegar (I smelled divine) and combed it through

itch went and when I washed it I didnt do the vinegar rinse just to see and it was fine up till yesterday!! had to wash it then mind you before someone called the police ;D ;D

Would vinegar work on Psoriasis as well do you think?
My scalp is terrible at the moment and I don't really wish to get more steroid lotion from my GP if there is a safer alternative.
Thanks.

[lil_me]

Would vinegar work on Psoriasis as well do you think?
My scalp is terrible at the moment and I don't really wish to get more steroid lotion from my GP if there is a safer alternative.
Thanks.

According to this web page, yes http://www.pr-inside.com/cure-your-dandruff-with-remedies-at-r236704.htm

[beemuzed]

Our school nurse reckons people should use a fine tooth comb really regularly as it "chops the legs off" the little blighters. Trouble is we all tend to wait until we know there's a problem - I think she feels a regular comb through would keep the problem at bay.

[Pink-winged]

We didn't have a Health and Beauty Moneysaving board when this thread was started but as we do now it is the best place for this thread so I'll move it across.

Pink

[lil_me]

Our school nurse reckons people should use a fine tooth comb really regularly as it "chops the legs off" the little blighters. Trouble is we all tend to wait until we know there's a problem - I think she feels a regular comb through would keep the problem at bay.

I have 2 boys and they get done daily after bath time! I hate the thought of them, only ever caught a couple of crawlers as they are checked so often.

[Newgirl]

all shampoo is the same! i used to use trevor sorbie striaghtening shampo (£6 a bottle in boots) and loved it, however i recently got a free sample of head and shoulders and found it was exactly the same- well i cant tell the difference anyway! ;)


Not exactly... I try to find one without sodium laureth sulphate if I can because my skin doesn't like it. And also some will strip things from your hari, not good if you want to keep colour for example.

But I agree that, within a certain range of ingredients, you are really only paying for different fragrance, packaging or advertising.

Newgirl

[Newgirl]

don't suppose on the train of washing hair, any one has any advice on head lice, my daughter has just come back from camp, and is riddled. Doing the combing with conditioner every other day, but don't want to use chemicals, any ideas??

not sure if it will get rid once you have them but tea tree oil will prevent them
Newgirl

[diesel9181]

I can't get a brush through my hair (it's absurdly thick and wiry) unless I use John Frieda or Tigi. Annoyingly expensive I will try filling the bottle up with water to make it last longer though thanks :)

i tried that with the tigi conditioner to get a couple of days extra out it. didnt feel like my hair was conditioned properly tho. im sure that the shampoo would dilute down fine tho. if you get the huge bottles (750ml) they last ages and the dispenser on the top saves me using too much. its just a nightmare to hide from the other half!!!! ;)

EDIT i read that if you want to remove a hairdye quickly (quicker than letting it fade out anyway) head and shoulders is great at stripping a dye out! :)

[lisababy2002uk]

the best conditioner i have ever used is asda smart price i think its about 30p and i will only ever buy that :)

[Clutterfree]

According to this web page, yes http://www.pr-inside.com/cure-your-dandruff-with-remedies-at-r236704.htm

Thanks Lil_me!
Another use for white vinegar! :T :D

Oo I am going to smell sooooooo lovely when I go to bed tonight, but if it does the trick....

[pigpen]

I can only use john frieda.. at the moment.. give me a few more months and it'lll be making me itch and I'll have to find something else. We tried shops own brand shampoo.. it gave hubby horrendous dandruff.. REALLY REALLY bad.. I used the remainder of the bottle for carpet cleaning .. did a great job of that!!

I buy sunsilk for everyone else and the childrens l'oreal for the chiblies.

I have waist length hair and only occasionally double wash it.. only if it is feeling particularly nasty.. like today.. I was ill yesterday so it's pretty nasty.. not to mention the sick! I always condition it.. I put it on the end then comb it through the top so it only gets a light covering and rinse it super-well.

DD1 can only use T-gel.. but we get it on prescription for her so it isn't expensive and if it keeps her psoriasis and eczema at bay I'll put up with her smleling.. plus the lice don't like it much either.

The little ones I have a nitty gritty comb.. best thing since homemade bread and a lakeland slicer!!! Strips out eggs and bugs alike.

Just be aware though the electric combs only stun the lice they don't actually kill them!!! I kept some on a tissue just to check!! They recover after a few minutes..

[lindsaygalaxy]

I used to manager a hair and beauty supply shop and here are a few things i learnt:

Head lice - Tea tree conditioner and the Nitty Gritty Comb. £9.99 but worth every penny! ( Though i heard NHS are giving them out now) Comb with conditioner in, then wash out, comb again. Repeat every day for 3 days, then again at day 7, 10 and 14.

Shampoo - Many are the same. In my store 3 at least were the same as other brands in there, just different packaging and prices!

I get Clynol - I have psoriasis on my scalp and it the only one that doesnt irritate it. £5.99 1 litre colour protect (trade price).

Many "supermarket" shampoos have silicone in them e.g herbal essence and Pantene. They make the hair shiny but that is about it. Head and shoulders has the same ingredients in it as paintstripper.

You only need about a 50p pience amount for shoulder length hair, that only needs washing about every 3 days. Lank hair may need every other day. Hair being washed too often gets stripped of its natural oil.

Shampoo does not need to lather to work. Some shampoos just arnt made no lather up into loads of suds.

Conditioner- A little after shampooing you hair. The trick is to massage it in. After about a minute rince it out.

Deep treatments ( about 99p of lots on freebies board). Great if hair is dry/been through processing etc. Once a fortnight, massage in, leave on for about 10 minutes. Some you can put in, wrap a towel over and leave, the heat helps activate it.

Hot oil treatment works in a similar way.

[cwp500]

all good advice.

try diluting ANY soap products you buy. We all tend to use too much instinctively believing that more means better - it doesnt and too much shampooing can actually make the scalp produce MORE oils to counteract the drying effect of aggresive detergents.

if you use a liquid cleaner spray for cubicle cleaning post-shower, try buying 2 and diluting them. they are just as effective.