How does the shampoo know?? LOL

have you ever noticed the INSANE MULTITUDE of shampoos and conditioners they have on the market now??? Every week or so I go through the same pain in the asss trying to find my regular ones that are sitting in the huge mass of brands. It takes me sometimes 15 minutes! its crazy...they have shampoo for dry hair, greasy hair, frizzy hair, color damaged hair, dull hair, limp hair, full hair, thin hair, dog hair, no hair, bald hair.. THey even make one for LONG hair!! now, tell me how in the hellll does the shampoo know if your hair is long and what difference does it make??? if someone with short hair used it, it wouldnt clean their hair??? LOL. its so stupid! A complete marketing scam! Ok vent over (can ya tell i had to buy shampoo and conditioner today???!!!)

[bandnmom]

LOL!!!!! its so true! Yet we still look to find the one that is right for us.

[NautyOne]

Your killing me with that reeses peanut butter cup.......its HUGE.......I just want to pick it off the screen and eat it.........aaaaaaaaaaa

Nauty..........

[Savas]

Every time I go into a market i feel like the Russian guy robin Williams was playing in "Moscow on the Hudson".

The scene where he's in a shopping market and is so overwhelmed by the number of different products that he has a panic attack?

I wouldn't mind hunting but it seems like every few years they discontinue the product you've finally grown to like and gotten used to,

Meanwhile, it doesn't help that my WIFE is always bringing new stuff home. I've got a mess of different bathroom products stuck in the closet I never use that she insisted I try.
She comes in the door with a bag from Ricky's or Duane Reade and starts in;

"you've GOT to try this, it's supposed to blah blah your hair/skin..."

My response is generally
"Oh God, you're killing me! Just leave my body parts alone, we can't take this experimentation!" Then I start wondering aloud what crime I committed in a past life to be put through this torture regularly. :)

[sadinmichigan]

LMAO....

[changingbestfriends]

You are hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mikeinthesouth]

Its all about the acidity and alkaline properties. Hey thats a good idea I'll just wash my hair with muratic acid and see what happens. LOL

[allaboutmary]

I am the proud owner of 50 shampoo's, 100 different foundation make-up's, 30 types of moisturizers and every body wash ever made.  I hate them all, but continue to try and find the perfect one.     You think anyone would buy half a bottle of shampoo at a garage sale ?????? lol

[NautyOne]

I stick with the salon brands and get all my body wash stuff  at Bath & Body, and I get my make-up at the drug store......I know what your saying, though.  Try the brand Frutise   (sp)  They will drive you nutz but its actually a very good non-salon product.

Mary.......i see that as kind of buying some used underwear at some garage sale....lol

Nauty........

[Beargizmo]

It's just as bad trying to buy aspirin or orange juice.  It used to be, you want aspirin?  you picked up a bottle of anacin or bayer..now they have 217 different varieties..I stare at the shelf and try to figure out what to get..orange juice..with calcium, without calcium.
no pulp, some pulp, lots of pulp.  Or band aids..used to just go buy a box of a variety of different bandaids..now there's thousands to choose from..drives me insane.


Jim

[troubleinohio]

LOL you guys are too funny!

and Jim you are right it certainly isnt limited to shampoos! i forgot about the OJ scam too!
another thing i recently noticed: underwear! bikini cut, hipsters, hi-rise, BOY Shorts (this is actually a women's cut of underwear now apparently! i thought they had misshelved them but they show a woman model wering them on the package LOL), then of course they break those cuts down into satin or cotton, different color patterns, solid or print, floral or stripes or circles or lace. and then when you find the pair you want 2 hours later, ITS THE WRONG SIZE it only comes in size 94 XXXX or something like that!! I was exhausted when i came home (because i also had to buy........gasp......SOCKS in the same shopping trip.....jeez louise...crew cut, anklets, full length blah blah blah.......im driving myself crazy again LOL  Need.....to........block..........the........trauma.....out...  

[mimi1313]

You crack me up!! I know the shampoo thing though. I'm like Mary still, searching for the perfect one and then like Savas said you find one and they discontinue it. I have long hair that's really thick but baby fine so if I use anything to heavy its a disaster.

I try to shop online., its so much easier.

[joann1975]

You know....now I figured out why I have a total panic attack when I go to walmart....when my son was born and I put him on baby food OMG my poor hubby.... we would stand on that aisle and after 300 years I settled on the brand....then every week it was should we get 4 things of carrots or 5, should we get 4 things of peas or 5... you can imagine how that kept going....on and on and on....I finally went to the dr and told him LOOK I am spending 20min looking in my pantry deciding should I feed the kid green beans or peas tonight (i was obsessed w/balancing his diet) and then I start going into a full blown panic attack and my husband would end up feeding him..... then I got on meds (the non abused rx'd kind....well my abused ones were rx'd too but anyway) and now I just feed him like a normal Mom.

Yes, I have 300 bottles of shampoo & conditioner but my makeup is all the exact same... I never change the brand or color.

Mary... YES people buy that stuff at garage sales...(not me) we had one once years ago and my sister put old nast bras in it....my Mom said gross don't do that and my sis said oh you never know what will sell....guess what sold first??? ALL her old bras.... GROSS!!! You never know what one will buy at a garage sale...

[dominosarah]

what about deodorant??  Now they have that with oil of olay in it.  Why do i care if my armpits are soft.  Noone is going to be rubbing them or licking them.  It is armpits for gods sake!!!!  

[cathy5841]

OMG this post is so funny and i surely need to laugh.

[Savas]

I have absolutely no idea what products I use. I have one little shelf which they're supposed to sit on alone. If products in the bathroom get switched around or put away wrong, or my wife puts her items on that shelf, the results can be disastrous.

Since I take my glasses off in the shower, I have to rely on where everything is by it's general size.

Many's the time I've accidentally used HER deodorant or body wash as a result. :)

[kim715]

This post is to funny but oh so true.I am one of the ones who has to buy every new shampoo and conditioner out there just to see if it works better then the ones I already have,thus I too have a overflowing cupboard of half used bottles.I'm the same way with cleaning products and my real vice is air freshners the sprays, the plug ins,scented candles,carpet deoderizers.You name it I've bought it.My sister says you can smell my house as soon as you hit my porch.I hope she means that in a good way.LOL My husband claims we're the only household that spends fifty dollars a week on 'smell good stuff.'Someone mentioned bras and Lisa and I were just talking about this the other night.How many are like me and have about fifty of them in your lingerie drawer but only ever wear two of them?Then when one of them finally has seen better days and breaks beyond repair you're running to the store to get a new one because the ones in the drawer are too 'bulky' and make you look like your stuffing socks in there, or the lace is to itchy,or the underwire cuts into your sides right below your armpit.Why is it so hard to find a normal bra anymore,no padding,no water balloons in them,no wires it's ridiculous.

[joann1975]

Ok Kim...totally hear ya on the bra thing...that is true! I buy cleaning products too.... oh and vitamins. I have an embarassingly large tub of vitamins.

Sara...this is the 1st I have heard that nobody should lick my armpits...hhmmm KIDDING. I know those ones that talk about making them "pretty" etc... But I don't really wear sleeveless shirts.

Also, we try to buy toilet paper and stuff in bulk....I have a friend that lives in the country like 20min from town right? You get to her house (an hour from mine) go running in the door to pee and NO toilet paper....so you holler for her and she's like I guess we are out. I learned quick with her....I started taking it with me.... who doesn't pick it up when they are at least down to the last roll or 2? What if you got sick....and you had NO toilet paper? There I go off track again.........LOL

[troubleinohio]

Savas be very careful with that!!! my husband one day (years ago) came out of the bathroom saying how good his feet felt since he started using my special cream for his athletes foot (he thought he was using yeast infection cream apparently) well it turns out he was using my RX vaginal cream that had ESTROGEN in it and i just about died laughing -- i couldnt even tell him right away.......that he might grow teatss on his feets, rofl!!!

[troubleinohio]

also about the bra thing..... i HATE the wire things too! i take an Exacto knife and cut a slit in the lining where the wires are and pull them out after i buy a new one! i cant stand those things diggin into me! a man had to have invented those!

[catmagnet]

It takes my daughter and me 45 minutes to pick out body washes...unfortunately, we don't like the same smells so it takes forever to agree on something. As far as the shampoo, I just buy what's on sale. I have enough hair to sink a battleship(true quote from my hairdresser), my daughter has dyed the living daylights out of hers, and hubby has about 30 left...but we all use the same bottle.

[Savas]

Argh...too many jokes come to mind... must control self...lest I explode... :)

That isn't just leaving the door wide open, that's taking the WHOLE WALL off the side of the house!!!

[troubleinohio]

lmao Savas~!
notice i said this was years ago...he has since had a breast reduction surgery and hormone therapy  

[Savas]

...can't resist...on his feet???? Okay... I just passed out from overload.

Meanwhile, I just accidentally gave my hair red highlights this morning. how ironic. That's it, I'm getting my own bathroom. :)