Where to get a good bargain on shampoo?

[Fairacre]

There are 5 heads of hair in my household, myself (thin & long), Mister (thin but still full), and 3 boys. None of us need anything fancy in the way of shampoo & conditioner, right now we just use the basic Suave in all its different fragrences. I get it because it is the most economical, especially if I can stock up when the grocery store offers it at buy-one-get-one-free.

But I wonder if there are other places I could find a decent economical shampoo & conditioner for an even better price. I could buy it by the gallon & refill all those many many many 22oz bottles that go through this house.

I just got some 22.5 oz bottles for $1.35, so I'm looking for something less than $7.40 a gallon including any shipping. I don't think something is a deal when shipping charges are added, not for something I can get when I'm already in town and at a particular store anyway.

Please let us know if you have a good source for economical shampoo & conditioner! Thank you.

 

[Wifezilla]

Sam's used to sell gallon jugs of shampoo. Then the container size kept shrinking

I am doing Suave too for now...or VO5. Whichever is cheaper.

 

[abifae]

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[Ldychef2k]

The dollar store is awesome for cheap shampoo around here. Also conditioner and harispray.

 

[Hoosiermomma]

i need to start making my own. my hair turns disgusting on cheap shampoos. but i get really tired of investing in good stuff LOL. time to make it!

How do you make yours? I know you can buy some good bases on ebay and other sites but wondered if you had your own 'recipe'.

 

[abifae]

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[Blackbird]

I'm been doing some searching for making shampoos; ever since my friend tried my goat milk bar soap she wants me to make a shampoo.

This site has the processing pages for some of these;

http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/form_liquidsoaprecipes.html

I need to do a bit more research before I try it but looks interesting enough.

 

[Morgaine]

I am just getting into making liquid soaps, but the bible of liquid is Catherine Failor's Making Natural Liquid Soaps. Read hers for directions on liquid soaps. You could make a Gallon of Shampoo for way less than $8, as long as you don't use pricey essential oils.

This place also has great info on making liquid soaps.

http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/liquidsoap/ss/basicliquidsoap.htm

 

[Occamstazer]

I'll be watching this one, I'd love to know how to do this.

 

[patandchickens]

IMHO the best way to save money on shampoo is to use less per hair-washing, and to wash your hair less often.

Have you tried switching to a different brand to see if you can use a smaller amount? I ask because some folks here suggested Suave to me when I was looking for a dirt-cheap shampoo last year (my previous brand having long since gone extinct and stored supply finally ran out)... and I find that I have to use about 2-3x as much Suave as I'm used to doing with other shampoos in order to get my hair really clean feeling. I do not know exactly why, and it may be different for people with different hair and less-hard water, but for me it ends up that Suave is really not particularly inexpensive compared to other brands, on a cost PER USE basis.

Prell is still fairly inexpensive, when you can find it, and a little bit goes a long way; and you could try other things too.

Using as little as possible really does help with costs, though.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat