Thread: Frugal (aka cheap, stingy and or broke)

One more try. I have noticed that I have ended up with several different pcs of shaving soap in the plastic can from SRD. So not wanting to through anytime a way I removed the small pcs and put them all in one can and used the microwave to melt and mix. after it had cooled down I used it to shave. after all it is Saturday. There was blood orange line sweet patchouli and Williams soap in the mix. well to tell the truth it was' t half bad. it lathered good and shaved good. now the smell was a horse of a different color. I do believe next time I will order more sweet patchouli from SRD and save my sinuses.

I am glad I am not the only one who did that with my samples! I got the sample set to determine with full size soap to order, then the samples were just sitting around. One day I figured what the heck I don't want them going to waste, I will just combine them The resulting scent of my combo, which used different scents than you did, was kind of odd but not unpleasant. However, it works great for shaving on the weekends when I don't want to use my expensive soaps.

I use all my soap until there is not a bit left. I had not even thought of putting my pieces together. Patchouli smells like dirty old hippys to me, so it would not have been in any mix of mine. Having grown up on an island 70 miles from the end of the highway there has been a lot of that scent around.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I use all my soap until there is not a bit left. I had not even thought of putting my pieces together. Patchouli smells like dirty old hippys to me, so it would not have been in any mix of mine. Having grown up on an island 70 miles from the end of the highway there has been a lot of that scent around.

I can imagine. I always thought BC was where old hippys went to retire to. Mind you I like the patchouli shave soap I have regardless.

Yes, I have combined my sample soaps into one puck. Got lucky too with the scent.

Bob

I have a "bit and pieces" jar I use to make a pre-shave lather. Works for me.

I too have a bits and pieces container. When a soap gets very low and I can't load enough onto a brush to make a proper lather, I scrape the small remainder out and put it with the bits and pieces. I use this soap to shave with. The scent is always changing but has always been good. The container is an old soap container and always seems to stay about half full.

Pete <:-}

Here is what I use when I am at work (live in 2 out of 3 weeks)

The large red tub contains any and all bits of soap I have laying around (except a couple of pucks at home) large pieces get grated smaller chunks or slivers of hand soap get squashed in, the lid keeps this well hydrated. The smaller tub contains any bits and bobs of cream I had laying around plus any left over lather.
Because I reclaim all waste I can be fairly generous when mixing a lather so it is usually 50 swirls of a wet brush in the soap plus a teaspoonish size dollop of the "cream", I mix the whole mess up in a large coffee cup and usually use about 1/3 of what I make.