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Another way to use less shower gel or liquid soap is to decant it into a bottle that has a pump. Not the ones like Carex type pumps, they have a wide nozzle and are wasteful. No, either, something like a Molton Brown bottle or a bottle bought as a soap dispenser that usually has a fine stainless steel nozzle. I also do it with shampoo, it lasts a lot longer because you're not just squeezing a load out of the bottle. My husband used to get through a bottle of Vosene every 6-8 weeks, now it lasts at least twice that, same with liquid soap, much less wasteful.
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I just use a bar of soap, it comes in a recyclable cardboard box.0
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Yep soap is far better and lasts ages if you let it dry out. You can get a 4 pack of soap for around the same price as a bottle of shower gel. We also use shampoo and conditioner bars now too.SPC #062
12k in2019 #23 £8167/£16k
Make £2019 in 2019 #32 £513/£20190 -
I've just always been aware of how much I'm using - and I've cut it down to "the bare minimum needed to do the job", which is very little.
For shampoo, I get through about 2 small bottles/year - and I wash/rinse twice.0 -
What happened to the Sneaky Ways To Save Pennies thread?
It was a joy to read and will keep the OP inspired for years. Mods? :wave:Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy
...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0 -
VfM4meplse wrote: »What happened to the Sneaky Ways To Save Pennies thread?
It was a joy to read and will keep the OP inspired for years. Mods? :wave:
It was a casualty. Here's the latest
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5808289/sneaky-ways-to-save-the-pennies-20180 -
Of all the threads to remove from the MSE forum! Insanity defined.PasturesNew wrote: »It was a casualty. Here's the latest
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5808289/sneaky-ways-to-save-the-pennies-2018Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0 -
Yes, I enjoyed that thread.
A superb idea that I have picked up on one of the threads recently and have shared with mi SIL is to store soup in the freezer in plastic pint milk bottles.2025 Fashion on a ration 0/66 coupons
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Hubby uses bars of soap and must admit I hate the stuff, so unhygienic - shower gels for me (and most bottles are £1, so it's cheap enough).Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £16,087.170
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Abbafan1972 wrote: »...shower gels for me (and most bottles are £1, so it's cheap enough).
It is cheap enough for the likes of us ... but some people had their head screwed on the wrong way and pay a little more.
https://www.parfumdreams.co.uk/Lancome/Womens-fragrances/La-Vie-est-Belle/Shower-Gel/index_63932.aspx
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VfM4meplse wrote: »What happened to the Sneaky Ways To Save Pennies thread?
It was a joy to read and will keep the OP inspired for years. Mods? :wave:
VfM4
I found this today :T
"Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies" which was started in 2010
I posted it on 'Old Style Money Saving' at 6:54pm today (Saturday)
I thoroughly enjoyed it also.
Yes!....I see that someone else has now posted on it.0
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