topic Re: How Much Product do I Really Need? in Beauty

How Much Product do I Really Need?

lolakimono — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:00:58 GMT

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

SilleeMee — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:25:34 GMT

I love this @lolakimono! Thanks for for posting.

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

lolakimono — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:28:15 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
I love this @lolakimono! Thanks for for posting.

@SilleeMee

I don't use all of those products, but the sunscreen was interesting. I have always heard that you should use a shot glass worth of sunscreen for the whole body- not sure how many grapes would fit in one.

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

SilleeMee — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:30:21 GMT

@lolakimono wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
I love this @lolakimono! Thanks for for posting.
@SilleeMee
I don't use all of those products, but the sunscreen was interesting. I have always heard that you should use a shot glass worth of sunscreen for the whole body- not sure how many grapes would fit in one.

@lolakimono,

Yes, I think the amount of sunscreen needed, however, would depend on your body size. Don't you think?

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

DCAnnie2004 — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:55:28 GMT

I think the moral of the story is most people are probably using too much product, except for sunscreen where "more is more." Thanks for posting!

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

Winkk — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:24:44 GMT

This is really helpful. I am using way too much of some products.

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SahmIam — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:28:53 GMT

This is great! I use way more of some (and need to!!) but way less on others (because it's way TOO much otherwise).

Regarding sunscreen: I've often heard that a 1 ounce bottle of face spf will only last you a week or so if you use it correctly and daily. That's WAY more than a grape for your face. (I use 5 peas size blobs on my face and a large blob on my neck and chest. ) Wonder how many grapes that all would equal.

Thank you for this!! : )

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

sallybusky — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 15:43:02 GMT

Many years ago someone pointed out to me that I didn't really need all that toothpaste (covering the length of the bristles). So I switched from half a green bean to a raisin. My checkups have been cavity-free for years - decades, really - and a tube of toothpaste lasts a loooong time!

@lolakimonoThis is a fun and easy-to-read chart! You find the most unique and fun things. No wonder you're the guru!

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

kcladyz — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 15:54:31 GMT

This is a basic guide it will also need to take into account how much hair you have and how thick it is

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

Desertdi — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 16:13:15 GMT

I wanna know HOW LONG (minutes, hours?) a beauty product is actually "working".........before I can wash it off and change to another one. You can tell.....I need a LOT of help.....................

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

suzyQ3 — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 16:37:11 GMT

I'm hungry now.

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

HappyDaze — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 16:47:45 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
I wanna know HOW LONG (minutes, hours?) a beauty product is actually "working".........before I can wash it off and change to another one. You can tell.....I need a LOT of help.....................

I don't understand what you are asking? What types of products do you want to work and then wash off? Why do you want to wash products off? Most that I know of you leave and don't wash off at all, unless it is a mask, which tell you how long to leave it on before warshing off and I know some do rinse off BHAs or AHAs after a little bit because their skin is more sensitive and they don't like leaving them on indefinitely. But other than that, I can't figure out what else you are referring to?

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

wagirl — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:05:24 GMT

lolakimono----what a great chart--I just printed it out.

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

wagirl — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:11:34 GMT

I find that I don't use enough---you know--trying to make the product last longer---not a good idea as I have been throwing out what's left because it has gone bad. Cash in the trash!! And can I tell you that I have NEVER used that much sunscreen on my face---ever---And I wonder how accurate that shot glass amount is. Will have to research that later. One thing I do is go on the products website and read how to use that product. Can't see the teeny, tiny directions on the containers.

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

ChynnaBlue — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:20:02 GMT

That makes a lot of assumptions. We're not all the same shape and size and these won't work for everyone, but I think those are good starting points.

One grape's worth of sunscreen for every body part based on whose body? And what are you wearing? Your legs are going to need different amounts if you're wearing a bathing suit, shorts, or crop pants.

Two raspberries of conditioner would never have been enough for my long hair, which has always been dry and needs serious conditioner. My sister has thick hair that comes down past her rear end. Two raspberries would be nothing to her.

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

PINKdogWOOD — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:36:23 GMT

Personally, I'd rather be eating these fruits & nuts rather than spending all the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ I (we) spend on so-called beauty products in plastic bottles!!!

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

tototwo — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:45:52 GMT

You make an excellent point, @PINKdogWOOD. If we all ate bunches of fruits and nuts, we probably wouldn't need most of those lotions and potions.

Great chart, lolakimona! I use too much of some things, and not enough of others.

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

JustJazzmom — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 21:54:50 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
@lolakimono wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
I love this @lolakimono! Thanks for for posting.
@SilleeMee
I don't use all of those products, but the sunscreen was interesting. I have always heard that you should use a shot glass worth of sunscreen for the whole body- not sure how many grapes would fit in one.
@lolakimono,
Yes, I think the amount of sunscreen needed, however, would depend on your body size. Don't you think?

The chart says one grape/sunscreen per body part so for each body part -- face, 2 arms, 2 legs, 1 front & 1 back you need 7 grapes' worth of sunscreen.

Re: How Much Product do I Really Need?

SilleeMee — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 22:02:26 GMT

@JustJazzmom,

My friend's legs are twice the size of mine and so are his arms. So he would need nearly twice the amount of sunscreen that I would use. The chart is probably a calculation for average size body parts.