As common household items are going up in cost, I am trying to think of innovative ways to make them last longer to reduce costs. I make alot of my household cleaners with vinegar,peroxide, rubbing alcohol and dawn. They work, are easy on the environment and non toxic. Also, I cut open plastic bottles to get all of toiletries and use mini spatulas.
I only wash my hair twice a week as it is long,dry and curly. In addition, I wet my hair, then use some apple cider vinegar on my hair to get rid of hair product residue and reduce number of times to shampoo each time.
And I have experimented with amount of laundry detergent to use to 2 tablespoons and a tablespoon of dishwashing detergent for each load.
What are ways that have worked for you to make household items last longer?
What are ways that you make household items last longer like shampoo, lotion, toilet paper,makeup or hair styling items?
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You would do better learning how to shop better to save money than trying to stretch product use. Learn to understand price per weight or unit and buying on sale and stocking up to make sure you have it until the next sale comes around.
I read the other day about keeping a bleach water bucket to toss reusable rags into rather than using toilet paper.
I’m not going to do that, but it might be something you’d be interested in.
There is also the bidet option. Those attachments can be found rather inexpensively on Amazon.
We use pump bottles for everything. 1 squirt.
A lot is mindfulness. Some people take waaaay too much toilet paper and being more aware of the amount that’s actually needed can help. My bestie and I take days to use a roll, while a friend of ours who comes over will finish a roll during her visit. Same rule applies for other items too
For moisturizers I tend to dampen my hands a little before I use it. Makes it apply more evenly and seems to work more effectively. And you can use a lot less. This is a big one for me because my body doesn’t produce a lot of its own oils, so in the winter I need to apply cream a lot to avoid cracking and bleeding hands
Loofahs can make soap go farther, even bar soap can benefit from this, just put some on your hand and rub it into the loofah
This one is only for people who don’t have their own washing machines, I imagine. We do laundry once a month, and all our clothing fits in one big load at the laundromat. It’s so much cheaper to go there than use the facilities in our building. And it uses less soap and gets cleaner. Usually costs $13 ($10 washer, $3 dryer) whereas in our building it was $25 and stuff was still grimy