FABULOUSLY FRUGAL FRIDAY! ~ "GOT SHAMPOO?"

What to do with all that shampoo?

(donate and a few options for those shampoo freebies that you get in the mailbox!)

• Buff your shoes. In a pinch, you can revitalize leather shoes and purses by using a small amount of shampoo on a clean cloth. Rub into worn areas as you would shoe polish, and give it a buff. This also offers some protection from salt stains.

• Skip specialty (read: expensive) soaps for hand-washing laundry, use just a drop or two of shampoo instead.

• Worse than a wound is often the removal of a bandage. Let a few drops of shampoo soak through the adhesive part and the bandage should peel off without pain and sticking.

• In a pinch, shampoo can be used as a substitute for bubble bath.

• Shampoo (conditioner, too) works as a great substitute shaving cream. Lather up, shave away. Shampoo is much more nourishing/less drying than soap, which is what many women use on their legs.

• Shampoo works well to remove body oil and gunk from combs and hairbrushes; comb out any loose hair and swish the comb/brush in some warm water and shampoo. Let it soak for a few minutes, then rinse well.

• For a quick touch up cleanse of tub, shower or sink, use some shampoo as a liquid cleaner. It rinses clean and makes chrome shine as well.

• To clean paint brushes use a few drops of shampoo and massage it through the bristles, then rinse well. (Never use extra hot water when washing paint brushes, it loosens the glue resulting in bristle loss!)

• A few drops of shampoo rubbed onto the inside surface of a swimming mask (then rinsed) will prevent the mask from fogging up.

• Diluted shampoo can take the place of bubble soap for bubble-blowing wands. Yay.

• Car car-washing suds, add 1/4 cup shampoo to a pail of warm water and lather up the car as usual.

• Shampoo mixed with baking soda into a paste can be used to clean chrome on vehicles; rinse thoroughly and buff to shine.

• Loosen stuck nuts and bolts with a drop of shampoo. Let it seep into the threads and the bolt should loosen easily.

• Use shampoo to lubricate squeaky hinges.

I think this is a fun list of "shampoo do's"!

Do you have a use for shampoo besides your hair?

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