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  • Popperwell
    Popperwell Posts: 5,088 Forumite
    Thank you QT;)
    "A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!" ~Thomas Jefferson

    "Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in" ~ Alan Alda
  • Hair conditioner can also be if you have no shaving foam.

    Baby oil is another good one to use for shaving your legs in the shower- and doesn't rinse off when you get water on it!
  • Another good money saving tip is to use supermarket shopping bags instead of buying bin bags - supermarket bags fit perfectly in my under sink kitchen bin! And to save on the big black bin liners, use other large shopping bags eg from clothes shops etc..or even from any kind of packaging that has a large plastic bag as part of it! I've not needed to buy bin bags for a long time..
  • Oh and baby oil can make a good make up remover too :)
  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
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    Fire_Power wrote: »
    Oh and baby oil can make a good make up remover too :)


    Aqueous cream is a good cleanser as well as a good basic moisturiser.
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • i put ripped up chunks of polystyrene packaging in the bottom of all my big pots for drainage and it saves on compost and makes them lighter for me to move
    the plants dont mind
    xx
  • donnysan
    donnysan Posts: 37 Forumite
    Here are a few cheap alternatives to disposable lunch bags:

    A five pound sugar bag can be used and repeatedly reused for months on end for brown bagging your lunch.

    Those air sickness bags that you find in the seat pocket in front of you when flying are also very handy for lunch bags. These barf bags are a bit small but they last forever. :)
    Donny. Extreme Money Saving. E$S.
  • donnysan
    donnysan Posts: 37 Forumite
    Here's a nifty way to make a cheap dog toy:

    Put an empty plastic water bottle in an old sock (preferably one that's missing its mate) and tie it off. Dogs love the crunch noise it makes when they chew on it.

    It may be good for cats as well.
    Donny. Extreme Money Saving. E$S.
  • BAGGY
    BAGGY Posts: 522 Forumite
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    I use vegetable oil to remove mascara. It has no parabens in it so very kind on eyes and takes off the wtaerproof junk easily.
  • sparrer
    sparrer Posts: 7,548 Forumite
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    BAGGY wrote: »
    I use vegetable oil to remove mascara. It has no parabens in it so very kind on eyes and takes off the wtaerproof junk easily.

    Good idea Baggy, and for ladies of a certain age it's also good for the skin/helps lessen wrinkles :)
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