Confession: I bring home the little bottles of shampoo, conditioner, etc. plus the little soaps when I stay in hotels. Not just the part bottles that I haven’t emptied but full bottles, too. In fact, I clear them from the bathroom counter each day so that I’ll get a full set of replacements. It’s a compulsion and a hereditary one. I get if from Grandma D. I don’t open the soap wrappers to the the bars can age and so last longer. This means there is hope for Reid. Maybe she’ll inherit only the need to bring home the half-used ones and *her* child won’t think twice about leaving them behind.
I read somewhere that to save money, you should use up absolutely all of something before buying another. It made me think of those shampoos and conditioners lingering in their baskets in the guest bathroom. We don’t have enough company to require that I keep the little bottles for my guests. I reached in and came out with a mini bottle of Neutrogena Clean hair conditioner. Wow, what a nice product! It lasted for 3.5 showers and it made my hair so silky soft and easy to manage. I was almost ready to buy some but then I remembered that I was supposed to be using them all up. Besides what if there is an even better conditioner hiding in the basket?
When it was time to wash Reid’s hair Wednesday night, I decided to be magnanimous and share the fabulous Neutrogena Clean conditioner. We had been using the same discount conditioner. It may have only been me, but it sure seemed *much* easier to comb Reid’s hair after her bath and the next morning I noticed that it had an extra-pretty sheen to it.
And to think I’ve been letting other people use the mini bottles all this time! Whoever decided to sell Neutragena in mini bottles made a great marketing decision. I doubt I would have tried it otherwise.