Tesco value shampoo / Sainsbury's basics

Sueinbirmingham

I'm not sure if this is the right board, but if not, can someone please nudge me in the right direction?

I recently tried out Tesco value shampoo (orange, about 30p) and Sainsbury's basics shampoo (orange, about 30p) and both appeared to be exactly the same, and I loved how they made my hair feel.

Now I notice from mysupermarket.com that Tesco seem to have stopped selling the orange 30p-ish shampoo and are instead doing blue 38p shampoo. I'm not too fussed about paying the extra, but is there any difference between the orange shampoo and the blue shampoo apart from the colour?

DCFC79

Sueinbirmingham wrote: »

I'm not sure if this is the right board, but if not, can someone please nudge me in the right direction?

I recently tried out Tesco value shampoo (orange, about 30p) and Sainsbury's basics shampoo (orange, about 30p) and both appeared to be exactly the same, and I loved how they made my hair feel.

Now I notice from mysupermarket.com that Tesco seem to have stopped selling the orange 30p-ish shampoo and are instead doing blue 38p shampoo. I'm not too fussed about paying the extra, but is there any difference between the orange shampoo and the blue shampoo apart from the colour?

if the 2 from tesco are both listed as economy then no, only difference i could think of is the colouring(or equivalent) used for it

Sueinbirmingham

I just assumed they were chopping and changing supplier according to where they could source it most cheaply. I suppose the only way I can find out is to try it myself. I just thought that someone on here might have tried both the old and the new stuff.

eco

My neice who's a trained hairdresser say's the cheap stuff is just as good as the expensive stuff, guess it just comes down to which you prefer.

jo132000

I found the Tesco one gave my hair a lovely shine, whereas the Sainsbury's one made it look quite dull...all depends on your own hair I guess!!

paulofessex

A little off track l know but....it gets me today how you can see people what l call 'dirty' and it questions as to why when you can buy both washing powder and personal hygiene products at such low prices.

eco

Paul I used to work with someone who said the same thing, at the end of the day it's plain laziness.

Sueinbirmingham

jo132000 wrote: »

I found the Tesco one gave my hair a lovely shine, whereas the Sainsbury's one made it look quite dull...all depends on your own hair I guess!!

I've been buying the orange stuff for about 30p a litre that was very obviously exactly the same in both Sainsbury's and Tesco. It must have been a temporary source, I suppose. I liked it, so I bought several bottles.

I think I'll go ahead and try the Tesco blue stuff.

Barneysmom

I ended up using the blue one as toilet cleaner, I didn't think it was as good I don't know why.
If you don't like it it won't go to waste as you can just clean the bathroom with it, it doesn't smell too bad

Sueinbirmingham

I'm big on using stuff up for something else. I've previously used shampoo that was no good on hair as handwash. I wish someone would simply devise an all-purpose detergent for everything from hair to hands to kitchen counters to washing up to floors to loos...

Barneysmom

Sueinbirmingham wrote: »

I'm big on using stuff up for something else. I've previously used shampoo that was no good on hair as handwash. I wish someone would simply devise an all-purpose detergent for everything from hair to hands to kitchen counters to washing up to floors to loos...

That would be brilliant! Just imagine - one bottle in the kitchen and one in the bathroom. Think how much more space you'd have under the sink :cool: