Introduction
I know some of you have seen the prices of the more natural products and are wondering, are they worth it? Do they really work? Or maybe you are saying I would but they are just too expensive. Buying natural products in some ways are not anymore expensive than buying different cheap products for every member in your family. Yes, it might be $3-5 dollars each per shampoo and conditioner, which is only about $6-10 dollars as an estimated total for one set. Sounds pretty affordable. However, if you have a family, you might be buying items for yourself, your spouse and your children and maybe even two sets for your children, one for the girls and one for the boys. All that really starts to add up, especially if you are not buying in bulk and you are buying year round. Point being, unless you are not going to use any products...you will have to spend some money (and sometimes making your own products can cost the same or more). The good news is there are actually some ways to stretch your products and not break the bank. Since I am slowly making the switch from my regular products to more natural products, the transitioning feels more expensive since I gave some un-used or half bottles away for free to friends and donated some to a women's shelter. I get how it feels too expensive to be worth it.
- Slowly Switch
If you desire to get more natural products, but you are like me and you had so many bottles of products, consider waiting until your next trip where you are due to buy more of those products and finish what you have. That way you are not wasting money you have already spent and aren't seeing a big bill by buying it all at once. For me, I was so excited to find a sulfate free shampoo and conditioner in a local store, I forgot as I was purchasing when I did my weekly grocery shopping - two weeks before (I grocery shop once a week usually) I had come home with an inexpensive V05 shampoo and conditioner from Wal-Mart the first week and the second week a Garneir Fructis 2 in 1 Pure Clear Shampoo and Conditioner.
- Less Chemicals, if Not 100% Natural
- Sharing Products
To keep costs down for our family, we share many products. Not having to buy for each member of your family helps reduces some costs. For example, my spouse, children and I started using the same bottle of body wash. We got a large Burt's Bees Baby Wash to share vs buying separate bottle for the kids (it use to be suave 3 in 1 for my oldest and Johnson and Johnson Baby Soap for my youngest), my husband and myself as we were doing before. The large bottle was around $14 dollars vs the baby soap around $5, the suave 3 in 1 around $4, my wash about $3 and my husband's wash about $4. Even though for this example, the difference is a few dollars - when money gets tight, a few dollars goes a long way. Especially on products that have to keep being purchased over and over.
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