Low Cost, High Quality Shampoo and Conditioner. (And You Don't Have to Make it!)

I am very picky about my shampoo.  I can't usually use the cheap stuff because it dries out my hair or doesn't clean it enough, leaving it looking greasy by the end of the day.  I used to get the expensive shampoo at the drug stores.  In my house, that $8 bottle of shampoo only lasts 2 weeks.  Doesn't seem like a lot to spend, but when trying to cut corners, this is something I have found a great answer to.

I went to Sally's Beauty Supply for the first time about 6 months ago because my daughter wanted to color her hair and I didn't want to pay a professional to do it.  (Another money saving idea if you have a friend you trust!).  They had gallon jugs of professional shampoo and conditioner.  The shampoo was on sale for $2.99 a gallon!!  This is not a typo!  I had to buy it.  Even the original price is only $9.99 and it says that it is concentrated and enough to make 5 gallons!  The conditioner wasn't on sale, but for that price, I couldn't pass it up.  We are just now, 6 months later, needing to buy more.

This shampoo is great!  We all have had very healthy hair since we started using it and I love the smell of the Cherry scented.  I plan on using that to make my fabric softener this week.

Although it says it is concentrated enough to make 5 gallons, I have found that it works better to mix it 50/50, half water and half shampoo or conditioner.  Any more than that and although it does clean your hair, it doesn't lather.  I have some weird issue with that, I know, but I like the lather.  At this concentration, the scent stays with you longer, too.  I mix it and put it into old shampoo/conditioner bottles with pumps, so the family doesn't use too much and we don't lose portions to spills.  

I try to buy it when it is on sale.  It was priced at about $4.50 for the shampoo yesterday, so I got two. I also found out while I was there that you can join their buying club for $5.00 and you get $5.00 off your next purchase and a discount on everything you buy.  Of course, I didn't pass that one up.

Total spending a year on shampoo and conditioner before:  about $420 when you add the tax

Total spending each year if the shampoo and conditioner at Sally's is not on sale: about  $42  HUGE SAVINGS!