Frugal Living: 5 Tips To Save In The Bathroom

Here is a list of my 5 tips to save money in the bathroom. Living frugally is about adopting different lifestyle practices from mainstream, commercialized ideals on living, to save money while not impeding your living happiness. You may object to these ideas but if you want to save money then why not give some ideas a go, you never know, the money you save you could put to rewarding yourself with that something that you have always wanted!

1. Men’s/Women’s Shavers – It is a lot cheaper to buy a packet of disposable shavers from an expensive brand shaver manufacturer than it is to buy their non-disposable product. The non-disposable shaver is usually sold with three replacement blades. The disposable shavers from the same company usually come in a packet of 18. The blades are exactly the same and last the same amount of time except you pay at least three times the amount for the non-disposable shaver. You will probably need a little convincing with this tip as disposable shavers sound cheap and nasty. Don’t buy the cheap disposable razor otherwise you will end up throwing them out quickly from going blunt or cutting you. Buy the expensive disposable razors and you will save a bucket load of money as you are buying the same razor blade technology as their non-disposable co product.

2. Soap – Save a lot of money by buying your soap in a box of five from the lower shelves. There is really no need to buy soap which is individually wrapped and from the eye level shelves, that is of course you want the more expensive soaps with moisturizer. This tip also helps with less wrapping going into the rubbish and in turn helping the environment.

3. Shampoo – This tip may sound strange but you should buy more expensive shampoo than the cheaper varieties. Cheaper shampoo’s don’t work all that well and you will end up spending more on shampoo in the long run as you will use it more often. You don’t have to buy your shampoo from a hair salon as this stuff is way too expensive. Buy shampoo which is on the eye level shelves at the supermarket as these will work better on your hair than the bottom shelf shampoo. You may object with this tip but saloon shampoo is very expensive and is usually sold as a recommendation from a hair dresser, who is going to profit from selling you their products.

4. Toilet Cleaner – Don’t buy expensive toilet cleaning bleaches. These are harsh on your wallet and even harsher on the environment. Just use a little vinegar and your toilet brush. You will get the same result as the toilet bowl is porcelain and cleans quite easily with a brush anyway. Unless you are in an area where the water is quite hard with calcium bicarbonate, which will stain your toilet bowl with green colouring, I would refrain from using any bleach in your toilet bowl.

5. Toothpaste – Buy toothpaste in the mid range prices. The cheaper toothpaste will contain more water than cleaning elements and with the more expensive toothpaste you are paying for the latest gimmick and flashy packaging. Do you really need toothpaste with flecks of sparkle in it? Or whitening toothpaste? If you brush your teeth regularly (after every meal) eat a balanced diet and if you don’t smoke then you don’t need whitening toothpaste. Also don’t make your own toothpaste and definitely don’t just scrub your teeth with bicarbonate of soda as your dentist bills over the following years will hurt more than the dental procedures.