How (obsessively) frugal are you?

[Miss Mousie]

I'd use it anyway.  I have used conditioner for shaving, like some PPs have, but if I didn't shave I'd probably still use it on my head (maybe mixed with a better kind).  Or, as yet another PP suggested, save it for stay-at-home days & such.

 

If I got really creative, I'd think of a way to use it in some Halloween party fashion:  color it some nasty color, add some other otherwise useless substance and give a clever Halloween-related name.  Done!

 

[Jen in PA]

I would use it. I'm not proud of the fact, but I am frugal to a fault. If the conditioner was for one of my kids I would replace it and repurpose the remaining conditioner. If it was for me, I would just cope. I do see that this might not be the healthiest approach.

[Luckymama]

Just wanted to say that I would not want to throw it out - but not because of the cost. $1.50 wouldn't worry me a bit. But I cringe when I think about it being trash, taking up space in a landfill & just going to waste. I admit, though, that I have issues in this area.

 

Thanks to whoever mentioned using it as fabric softener! I didn't know that, great idea!

I'm sure there are others just like me who use "throw it out" as a shorthand synonym for "recycle the container" when recycling is possible :)

[8circles]

I'm sure there are others just like me who use "throw it out" as a shorthand synonym for "recycle the container" when recycling is possible :)

 

Yeah, but even that - the actual product is being wasted & that makes me cringe inside.  I know, issues...

[Lisa in SC]

I would offer it to one of my girls since the boys don't use conditioner on their super short hair, but if there were no takers, I would throw it away guilt-free. I don't want clutter in my life, and if a product isn't working for me, out it goes.

[kitten18]

I would use it when shaving my legs (I have done this!).

That is what I would do with it.

[Scarlett]

I was an other vote.

 

I would put it in a cabinet to save for a time when I run out of the good conditioner and don't have the funds to replace it. Then a year or two down the road I would see this old yucky conditioner and THEN decide to toss it.

 

Does it have a pleasing fragrance? You can use hair conditioner in place of fabric softener. http://www.moneysavingqueen.com/May-2012/Make-Your-Own-Fabric-Softener-with-Conditioner/

I wonder if I could use that watery lotion as fabric softener? It does smell nice.

[Incognito]

I voted other. 

I'd either use it for one of my dogs

or

make fake snow/clay (conditioner+baking soda) for the kids to play with.

[strange_girl]

I would just use it.

 

Not becuase I'm frugal, mind you, but because I am too lazy to go back and buy something else, and besides...I don't really worry about my hair anyway. It's just hair.

[Supertechmom]

Use it to clean the toilets and sinks

[ashfern]

I voted other. I would use it to shave my legs and buy a different conditioner for my hair.

[lailasmum]

I'd probably put it in a cupboard, forget about it and throw it in ten years time. I generally found I don't get on with cheap conditioner, it seems to leave weirdness on my hair. The one I use most is kind of mid price though and good and bulk buyable.

[PeacefulChaos]

i'd buy new conditioner to use on my hair, and use the crappy stuff to shave my legs.  (Yes, I do the conditioner to shave the legs thing.  I've done it for years and years lol...)

[Laura Corin]

Thanks for the leg shaving advice guys, but I don't shave my legs.

 

I just checked at Aldi this evening.  I was wrong - the conditioner cost 65p, so about 90c.  Anyone changed their opinion?

 

L

[Miss Mousie]

Thanks for the leg shaving advice guys, but I don't shave my legs.

 

I just checked at Aldi this evening.  I was wrong - the conditioner cost 65p, so about 90c.  Anyone changed their opinion?

 

L

 

Sorry, I didn't realize you were asking for advice - I thought it was more of a curiosity poll.

 

Even at 90c I'd want to find some way to use it.  (Assuming DH didn't throw it out while I wasn't looking!)

[Laura Corin]

Sorry, I didn't realize you were asking for advice - I thought it was more of a curiosity poll.

 

Even at 90c I'd want to find some way to use it.  (Assuming DH didn't throw it out while I wasn't looking!)

 

 

No - you're right.  It was a curiosity poll. 

 

L

[fraidycat]

I use conditioner as shave cream for my legs. :)

 

ETA: Oh - no leg shaving. I usually hang on to stuff for awhile, then get tired of moving junk around and toss it. So I say just toss it. I'm not nearly as frugal as I should be, though. ;)

[Catwoman]

I wonder if I could use that watery lotion as fabric softener? It does smell nice.

I would be very hesitant to use a hair conditioner or a hand/body lotion as a fabric softener, because if the products contain oils or any kind of coloring agent, they could permanently stain and damage your laundry.

 

I wouldn't take a chance. I'm sure your laundry is worth a lot more than a bottle of lotion or cheap hair conditioner.

[Audrey]

Thanks for the leg shaving advice guys, but I don't shave my legs.

 

I just checked at Aldi this evening.  I was wrong - the conditioner cost 65p, so about 90c.  Anyone changed their opinion?

 

L

 

 

I still say throw it out, but I say it like this now...

 

"65p? Sheesh, throw that out already!"

[LucyStoner]

I am cheap and would likely use it myself or put it in the kid's bathroom.  But I don't need any particularly good conditioner.  If my hair was curly or otherwise in need of conditioner, I wouldn't hesitate to toss it.  

 

I realized this week that some would consider my reuse and reuse of parchment paper for baking to be pretty obsessively cheap and I thought everyone reused it...

[8circles]

I realized this week that some would consider my reuse and reuse of parchment paper for baking to be pretty obsessively cheap and I thought everyone reused it...

I was horrified when I found out parchment was meant to be one-use. I refuse to buy it anymore to avoid being so perturbed.

[LucyStoner]

I was horrified when I found out parchment was meant to be one-use. I refuse to buy it anymore to avoid being so perturbed.

 

It seems to work fine on reuse.  I discard it when it gets too brown.  Now, I am liable to pull out a fresh bit for something special where I don't want to take any chances.  But baking up a few frozen cookies or blind baking a pie shell (under my beans)?  So not wasting something that I pay $12+ for a monster sized roll of.  

[Luanne]

The only reason I wouldn't just trash it is because money is very tight right now.  I've used the same conditioner for years though and won't switch (not even to a cheaper brand) because I know what works on my hair.

[danybug]

In most all instances I do not hesitate to bring something like that back to the store. If I am not satisfied I want my money back. And I am not even remotely frugal. I will also often call the company to let them know my thoughts as well. Now maybe it is a little different in this instance since it is such a cheap item, but anyway that's my usual process.