WEN

[aprimo]

I've been meaning to clean up the forest of bottles in my shower and on my bathroom counter for a while now. I ordered a flexible plastic squeeze bottle a while back to use for my frankenbottle, because those WEN bottles just don't squeeze well and I don't have a lot of strength in my hands anymore.

So, I started my frankenbottle with a very small amount of a mixture of SOB & SHL. It was pretty thick, so I added a couple of droppers of SOB oil to loosen it up. Then I added a small amount left in a 16oz of SHP. Next was the end of a bottle of WWC that had hit the NPZ. Then the dregs of an old 32oz bottle of POM. I think I may have diluted it with water back then, judging by how easily it came out. There wasn't much in my frankenbottle, so I opened the bottle of SMC that came with the Dec TSV, thinking to disguise the scent of coconut I can't stand with the other scents, and added a big squeeze of that. I put in a few pumps of 613 since I had one open on my counter (to use on my face with my Clarisonic). I also added some WWC & SOB oils and a few sprays of POM RTM and shook well. I could still smell the coconut far too much, so I opened a bottle of POM and put a big squeeze of that in too with a bit more oil & RTM.

What would you think that would smell like? Well, it was a familiar scent to me right away, if an odd one. This is insane, I know... but it smells exactly like Juicy Fruit chewing gum! Isn't that nuts? I couldn't have done that on purpose on a bet. So weird.

I have an old open bottle of CA on my counter, but I didn't think that would be a good addition. I didn't think I wanted to add the wheat based protein to all that soy. Plus, I remember CA having a lot of menthol in it and I didn't think that would be good with that mixture either. I'll save that for another time.

Well, I'm doing a TT oil treatment on my scalp & hair right now. So later tonight I will probably wash my hair with TT first and then try my Juicy Fruit frankenbottle experiment. Wish me luck!

[World Traveler]

You are so funny! Can't wait to hear how it all turns out!  

[Jen44]

Good luck!  You've got a little bit of everything in there. 

[yisbuff2]

That is fantastic! I bet it smells really good. Be sure to share how the performance is! Even if it is terrible at least you made something that smells yum.

[Desertdi]

Shower gel always has "some" stuck in the bottom of the bottle.......so I dilute it with a little water, and add it to the unscented detergent for washing my "undies"...............A little of the aroma lingers.

[aprimo]

I decided the scent was too sweet for me. So I added some WCM and more WWC oil. I like it better now. Juicy Fruit is the kind of gum that you loved when you were a kid, but it's sickly sweet now. I think I will stop mixing now.

[cosmic1]

Hopefully, Chaz won't ask you for your recipe. Lol. Juicy fruit sounds good.

I always turn my bottles upside down once I hit the no pump zone. I save the caps and replace the pump before turning them upside down although I used to leave it in with no problems. I'd perch them on the sink using the faucet to keep them upright. Then I revert to the blob method when using up the rest. I use another cc to pump out the leave in.

[jpie]

Juicy Fruit sounds like a delicious concoction!  

I never have the "guts" to make a Frakenbottle, so nice blending there!

I just put the original cap back on, turn them upside down, and keep using  until the bottle is "shaken clean!"

[aprimo]

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@jpie wrote:

Juicy Fruit sounds like a delicious concoction!  

I never have the "guts" to make a Frakenbottle, so nice blending there!

I just put the original cap back on, turn them upside down, and keep using  until the bottle is "shaken clean!"

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I don't like to do that because I have terrible aim (especially with a wet hand). I end up wasting too much. Plus, I get frustrated trying to shake out enough CC when I'm in a hurry in the morning (as always). I'm hoping this squeeze bottle will work well. It's the kind of "upside down" squeeze bottle made for thick condiments like ketchup or mayo.

[HSB1204]

I always put the cap back on the bottle when the it gets to the no pump zone and then I turn the bottle upside down. Some of the formulas are thicker, though, and harder to get out of the bottle. Sounds like an interesting scent you ended up with! I just made myself a bottle with POM, SGGT and FTP.