I loved it when I found a little bottle of foaming hand soap on sale. I put it on the kitchen sink and thoroughly enjoyed using it —all up.

When I went back to the store for more, of course it was no longer on sale and I didn’t feel like paying the 3-dollars-and-something for a rather smallish 8 oz. bottle.  I went home and rinsed out the empty bottle and discovered that the labels came off quite easily.  Turning it in my hand I realized it could be reused.  But with what?  The foamy soap had definitely had a lighter viscosity than the  regular liquid soap.

Light bulb time… I went into the guest bath and snatched the bottle of clear shampoo I’d found on sale for .99 cents.  (Yes I am a thrifty girl!).  I poured shampoo into my empty  ‘foaming bottle’ about 1/4 of the way up and filled the other 3/4 with warm water.  I put on the lid and gently shook it until the water and soap were mixed.  The whole thing only took a few seconds.

It made a lovely lather and was kind to my hands. It is probably important to choose a moisturizing or gentle shampoo to use.  I was also pleased by the diluted scent, which was pleasant, but not overwhelming.  Best of all I figure it would take less than two bottles of shampoo a year for my kitchen pump.  –A savings of  more than $36.00 a year in kitchen soap alone.    And no one will ever know what Penny-pinchers we are.  Crazy right?  Crazy great.