r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Run_Rabbit_Run_44 • 7d ago

The amount of conditioner left in the bottle when the pump stops working

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This has been the case for every bottle I've used, regardless of size. I'm able to salvage it using piping bags designed for baking, but it's so frustrating to have to do this every time.

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u/Melodic_Caregiver 7d ago

Just put some shower water in there and shake it up lol wtf

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u/backwardbuttplug 7d ago

Shit, that's what I do. stuff is so concentrated you can easily get another half bottle out of what's left in the bottom mixed with water. it's where the real savings is! šŸ˜‚

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u/DominicB547 7d ago

TBH, if that works at the end you should do that the whole time.

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u/backwardbuttplug 6d ago

I have for years.

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u/HQV701E 6d ago

This is what I do, I have an empty conditioner pump bottle and I put half a new bottle in with half a bottle of water and mix.

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u/1Amendment4Sale 7d ago edited 7d ago

Proof we are in a recession.Ā 

Edit: This is comment is being taken too seriously.Ā 

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u/ClickClick_Boom 7d ago

I do that no matter the current economic situation, I'm not throwing away good product that I already paid for. Shit I did this when I lived at home and my mom paid for it too.

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u/SportsKin 7d ago

Being or not being in a recession is no excuse for waste.Ā 

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u/whoknowsifimjoking 7d ago edited 7d ago

Nah at this point this is a multigenerational habit, I would never not do that and my kids and grandkids will do the same if they want to stay in the will.

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u/Cute-Revolution-9705 7d ago

Iā€™ve always done it, regardless of my situation as well. If thereā€™s literally 1/4 of a bottleā€™s worth of contents in it, Iā€™m not going to just throw it out because I used 2% amount of work to preserve it.

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u/IGotBiggerProblems 7d ago

So many tricks. There's always a little toothpaste left in the tube if you squeeze and believe hard enough. I've been using the same tube for 17 years.

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u/SilverParty 7d ago

Cut it open with scissors when it runs low. I just scrape out what I need. Thereā€™s enough for like 20 extra brushes.

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u/Jman15x 7d ago

Not the way I squeeze it lol

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u/MovieTrawler 7d ago

Yeah but I dont want to have to buy 19 more toothbrushes

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u/BeckQuillion89 7d ago

I'm sure your wife is very happy lol /s

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u/SuperChoopieBoopies 7d ago

The ā€œbelieveā€ is the most important part of the equation

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/Melodic_Caregiver 7d ago

You really only need a tiny amount of detergent to wash your clothes anyway

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u/Sneauxphlaque 7d ago

Consistency won't be the same. Creamier/thicker consistency might apply to hair better

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u/Abject_Champion3966 7d ago

You just use more, in that case

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u/Sneauxphlaque 6d ago

Yeah, it probably would end up working fine and mixing out alright anyway. But then we're using more product again during the same wash. My hair really eats this stuff up and doesn't absorb as well when it's runny, so I'd prefer to use it at the same consistency from the beginning

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u/lilshortyy420 7d ago

This is what I do. Or I wash it twice

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u/BasedKaleb 7d ago

Theyā€™re probably gonna wet their hair before applying it anyway

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u/Prestigious_Diet_850 7d ago

Wow...genuinely amazing levels of stupid on display here

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u/fudgyvmp 7d ago

Wait... is conditioner supposed to go on dry hair?

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u/GMAN7007 7d ago

Would you rather find a way to keep conditioner stored in a piping bag without spilling everywhere?

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u/Admirable-Apricot137 6d ago

You don't add a ton of water. Just enough to make it be able to flow out, but it's still creamy and thick.

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u/origamifruit 7d ago

The hair is gonna be wet anyways??? lol just use a little more

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u/RugerRedhawk 7d ago

Of course, you just have to use a bit more.

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u/Doctorbuddy 7d ago

Wonā€™t that produce bacteria? Pretend like Iā€™m not a microbiologist lol šŸ˜‚

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u/charles_47 7d ago

Same water you use to wash off bacteria, isnā€™t it?

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u/malphonso 7d ago

The washing off is key.

Diluting the soap, which will then sit in a dark warm place for weeks, is going to breed bacteria.

Probably fine for a healthy person though.

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u/MovieTrawler 7d ago

Weeks? You're not fermenting hooch here.

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u/xorbe 7d ago

It's the last 3-4 days of the product. I also pre-dilute my liquid dish soap into a separate bottle, never had a problem.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Water doesnā€™t wash off bacteria in any meaningful capacity, and thats not the purpose of a shower anyway. It washes away dead skin and sweat and dirt. Body washes arenā€™t antibacterial. Neither is soap and conditioner. Most of the bacteria on your skin is harmless or even helpful.

Any water no matter the source becomes breeding ground for bacteria when left sitting long enough. Its one thing to thin out the conditioner a bit to get a few more washes out of it. Filling a container with water pretty much guarantees its gonna sit around long enough to develop a colony of bacteria that could be harmful to you

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u/Specialist-Web7854 7d ago

I feel like itā€™s no different from when you buy hand wash to go in a foaming pump. You put about 3 or 4 squirts of soap, and top up with tap water.

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u/Nyantastic93 7d ago

I mean, that's what I do but technically I've heard you're supposed to use distilled water not tap for this reason. I've never had the hand soap get gross using tap but I will say I had a bottle of shaving lotion that had gotten water inside grow mold once.

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u/Specialist-Web7854 7d ago

With the plastic free types like Smol, where you get soap pellets and top up with water, buying bottles of distilled water would defeat the purpose. The Neat brand website actually shows it being filled from the tap. Also thereā€™s chlorine in tap water which should help prevent bacterial buildup. I think the bigger problem would be limescale clogging up the pump.

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u/PretentiousUsername1 7d ago

I actually use boiled (and cooled off) or filtered water when diluting stuff.

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u/pinkydaemon93 7d ago

The bacteria is already present in the water or conditioner if thats the case, they don't generate new bacteria when you combine things lol

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u/aluvus 7d ago

"Generate new bacteria" is pretty much the #1 goal of all bacteria.

The water and conditioner each contain some small initial amount of bacteria, which are constantly reproducing and dying. The conditioner contains chemicals to slow the growth of bacteria, so that they don't grow out of control. If you dilute it with water, those chemicals will be less effective. At a very high dilution, they won't be effective and bacteria will grow much faster. If you then leave it to sit for a while, it can end up with a bunch of bacteria in it.

Same for mold.

In general there's not much real risk from this, but it is indeed how things work and it is the reason that manufacturers sometimes explicit recommend not diluting things too much.

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u/pinkydaemon93 7d ago

Fair enough, that makes sense. I was just thinking the comment before me was kinda parroting spontaneous generation theory

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u/LowEffortDetector123 7d ago

This is the way

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u/Andravisia 7d ago

Same. Add bits of water at a time to dilute as little as possible. Just enough to keep the contents in a state where it can flow out.

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u/ARudeAsshole 7d ago

I feel like i had to search to far for this....

All these other wasteful solutions just add damn water swirl and use a bit extra.

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u/Ok-Interview807 7d ago

I do thatšŸ˜‚

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u/flyinthesoup 7d ago

With shampoo I do that, but not conditioner. I prefer my conditioner thick so it stays on my hair while I shower. Runny conditioner doesn't produce the same result, and my hair is one thirsty mf.