[Soliloquy]

One thing I thought I'd mention-- I don't know if the big chains do this but every local health food store I've been to sells shampoo, conditioner, and liquid dish soap in bulk. You have your bottle weighed at the cashier, fill it, then pay.

We buy shampoo in gallon bottles and refill our smaller bottles ourselves, now. But when we had a smaller household we refilled at the store.

This summer I may try making my own shampoo bars. Mommypotamus has the recipe I want to use. It looks really similar to the shampoo bar I tried from Acure which lasted a really long time (it is not safe for colored hair, though). Conditioner bars are to expensive for me to use although I really love them. Halfway through they crumble and they're $10. But maybe I'll find a recipe to try.