double up on shampoo

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_2

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_3

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_3

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_3

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