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Luxury or Money Saver?

February 13th, 2011 at 04:14 am

I am seriously debating spending $63 on a gallon of shampoo. Shipping would be free. I have seriously oily hair. Seriously. It only turned that way about a year ago. It used to be frizzy and dry. Hormones are weird. Anyway, I finally found this incredibly awesome stuff, that is pretty expensive in the small bottle form, $13.99 plus tax for 10.14 fluid ounces. This is $63 for 128 fluid ounces.

This is such good shampoo that I use about 1/4 of an ounce per shampoo even though my hair is well past my shoulders, and I only need to shampoo once. It lathers like crazy, you just have to work it a little longer than normal to get it to that point. Anyway, my usage works out to about 12 cents per use if I get the gallon. The smaller bottle works out to about .75 an ounce, or 18 cents a use.

It's only a savings of 6 cents a use, but I'd not have to buy it for a long, long, long time. I've never seen a coupon for this brand so I doubt I could lower the cost that way. The only place that sells it is a twenty minute drive away, so I'd use at least a gallon of gas round trip, and it is not a store I frequent at all. In fact I've gone there once (just a couple weeks ago) in the five years it has been open in our area and that was because I had a free $40 gift card. It is an overpriced store so I was really not liking the idea of having to make a special trip there just for the shampoo, even if I think the shampoo is worth it. If I had known it would be so good I'd have bought several bottles at the time.

I think I'm just balking at the idea of paying $63 for shampoo, even though it works out to over a year's supply. I'm the sort of person who gets professional haircuts twice a year and cuts my own bangs the rest of the time. I got by for years on shampoo that was usually 99 cents a bottle after coupons or on sale. It really works. It is the only stuff that does now. It shouldn't be this hard to part with my money!

6 Responses to “Luxury or Money Saver?”

  1. jewels3 Says:
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    .06 x 365 days a year is 21.90, plus the gas you'd pay to go get it. For me paying $63 would seem outrageous, but I buy the pump dispensers of Aussie for $6, and that lasts us for at least a couple of months, maybe more. (I've never actually kept track how long). Actually, shampooing more than once is just a marketing scheme to get you to use more product. There's really no additional benefits.

  2. ThriftoRama Says:
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    If it's your absolute favorite, and this is cheaper per use, I say go for it. Don't be pennywise and pound foolish. youre paying upfront to save money in the long run.

  3. Susan Says:
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    Probably wouldn'twork for you,but I have been known to use just plain dish detergent on my hair. That was mostly when I was young, and my hair was (and is) pretty impervious to mistreatment. But you might try soaping up twice, the first time with just a few drops of Dawn, or Joy, or whatever brand you use.

  4. mamas debt time out Says:
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    You are so good and frugal with other things, honestly, I think you should get yourself the good shampoo. I have long hair and it's tough to find stuff that works well.

  5. MonkeyMama Says:
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    I guess it was someone else's blog that I Commented recently. I said I would personally choose a cheaper alternative, BUT, if there was no cheaper alternative, I'd spend the money. (MEaning - I'd google if there were any shampoos that were virtually identical - seems there usually is when it comes to expensive beauty productS).

    IT may be a bit of a luxury, but obviously not a huge one. I personally choose the luxury of a nice shampoo over the cheapest shampoo I Can find. I am just lucky I can get by with much cheaper brands for luxurious hair. Big Grin But it is one of the things I splurge a bit on for myself.

  6. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
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    I say its a good idea. Sounds like that bottle will contain 512 uses. Savings per bottle is 512 X $0.06= $30.72

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