I think shampoo gets a bad rap here....

**Checkers** · October 2nd, 2008, 12:30 PM

because I just used my Nexxus shampoo to do a load of whites and it really turned out well. No better than my regular detergent, but no worse. It's a really big Costco bottle that has been sitting unused. I made the mistake of using it in the shower the other day because my hair was feeling so, grimey. Well I ended up with a head full of straw. It was so gross, frizzy and dry as a bone. So I thought if it can strip my hair so badly maybe I can clean with it rather than just throw it away. I soaked some dishes in my sink that I'd let get dry with last night's dinner using the shampoo and it cleaned better than my usual dish soap. I ran out of d/w detergent laundry detergent and dish soap all at the same time so while I'm figuring out some good natural, homemade cleaning supplies I think I'll try to use this up. I did try it in the dishwasher and it didn't clean as well d/w detergent, but then it doesn't have bleach. So I figure if I the shampoo away it will end up in the environment anyway, so I'm going to try to find more uses for it.

**Gumball** · October 2nd, 2008, 12:34 PM

Haha. That's great. I would have never thought about using shampoo in those ways. Good idea to try to find uses for it instead of tossing it out! I think it's funny that it cleaned better than your regular dish soap. Such is the power of shampoo!

**hennabrain** · October 2nd, 2008, 12:37 PM

i've used shampoo on "fine washables" before. never tried putting it in the less-fine laundry, though.

**burns_erin** · October 2nd, 2008, 12:50 PM

It also works well as a prewash for grease stains, both the food and the mechanic variety. Just dilute some in a spray bottle and spray the stain from the inside out (opposite of the way the grease was applied).

**LeaM07** · October 2nd, 2008, 01:24 PM

Shampoo works great as a toilet bowl cleaner, also.

**hennared** · October 2nd, 2008, 01:28 PM

Heh, you guys are brilliant! More uses for shampoo I don't like. hey, isn't this the same place where I got the shaving with conditioner idea from

**Checkers** · October 2nd, 2008, 01:30 PM

Ha! I'm going to use all of those. This is a BIG bottle. I plan on re-using the bottle after the shampoo is gone. It has a really nice pump on it, not a squeeze bottle.

**Tap Dancer** · October 2nd, 2008, 01:41 PM

My hair always looks and feels the same whether I CO or shampoo and condition.

**1nuitblanche** · October 2nd, 2008, 02:05 PM

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This thread makes me so happy! Lately, I've been looking into trying new shampoos (and conditioners), and I have a few here that I haven't tried yet. But since I also go through conditioner way faster than shampoo, I was thinking I'd have a lot of mediocre shampoo to get through later, once I found what worked best for my hair... So I was wondering how weird it would be to use as dish soap and laundry detergent (both of which I am running low on). Thanks to you great folks at LHC, I feel greatly encouraged!