Ive been thinking about extra shampoo ever since I sent a box of random bars of hotel soap and shampoo bottles to Clean the Worlda smart and admirable non-profit that sends unused soap and shampoo to people at risk of acute infection and disease due to lack of soap. What I came to realize is that most of have old shampoo around for any number of reasons. Perhaps you collect hotel shampoo, or bought some whose fragrance is stronger than tear gas, or changed to an all-natural brand before finishing the paraben-y bottle. Either way, if you have extra shampoo around, dont wash it down the drain in vain, put it to use. Here are twenty uses to use it up. Donate your old shampoo to Clean the World to help fight acute acute respiratory infection and diarrheal disease due to lack of hygiene supplies.And now, Ill get down off my soapbox. For a stuck zipper, put a drop of shampoo on a Q-tip and dab it onto the zipper. The shampoo will help the zipper to slide easily. Buff your shoes. In a pinch, you can revitalize leather shoes and purses by using a small amount of shampoo on a clean cloth. Rub into worn areas as you would shoe polish, and give it a buff. This also offers some protection from salt stains. Skip specialty (read: expensive) soaps for hand-washing laundry, use just a drop or two of shampoo instead. Shampoo works well on laundry stainstreat the stain with a few drops of shampoo, rub them in, let soak, and then launder as usual.
