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I feel like something I'm wearing smells like cat pee. My clothes are clean as far as I know. It's quite possible that one of the items I'm wearing was balled up on the floor for some time and my cat tinkled on it with out me knowing. Trouble is -- when I contort my body in to positions that Cirque De Soleil would be impressed with, in an attempt to smell every inch of my outfit, I can't find the source. This is most discouraging.
Did you know that the CVS brand mouth wash and Listerine have THE SAME ingredients? If you look at the back label on both, they have the list of ingredients. Not only do they have the list but for some reason on mouth wash labels they write the fluid amount of each tooth decay fighting agent within the bottle. I learned the CVS brand has no less ingredients and no more ingredients -- THE SAME. And the CVS brand is half the price. After discovering what I now consider a gold mine I went through the store to look at other CVS brand items. To my amazement they sell several Brand Name-alikes at CVS. They are even in the same shape bottles as The Brand Names. Another example is shampoo. I usually buy Herbal Essence Shampoo -- there is a certain CVS brand that is marketed to LOOK like Herbal Essence & it sure enough has the same ingredients. Don't be fooled people. We're paying for the little flowers on the Herbal Essence Bottle. I challenge you to read your labels a little closer! I don't need no stinkin' flowers - I need clean hair & fresh breath for a good price!
posted by Jessiedc28 @ 1:02 AM
11 Comments:
Yes, yes! Same items, less money!! America at work. Not to mention that Listerine (or it's look alike alternative) has the added benefit of killing cankor sores (an unnamed side effect of BC pills, BTW).
Don't know what to tell you about your cat pee problem, though. Maybe get some off brand body spray?
All generic drugs have the same ingredients as the name brands. If they clam to be like something, legally, they have to. If you compare CVS brand Tylenol to Tylenol, you'll find they are the exact same. I learned all this from a pharmacist.
Huh...interesting. I guess I just assumed that they had to be somewhat different or it was copying a secret ingredient. I could see how that is true with drugs but I didn't think so with Shampoo.
Yes, perhaps you're right. I'm not really sure about the shampoo's etc.
Also, the reason the name bands are so expensive is because they are the ones that spent all the time, money, research and resources developing the product. Higher prices is how they make that money back. The generic companies don’t have these expenses and basically steal from the original pharmaceutical company. Hence the smaller price tag.
I totally buy the store brand all the time, its so much cheaper, even at the grocery store, its the same thing. Like my white grape juice, I buy the store brand instead of welches, cause its like $2.00 cheaper! Its a great deal, but you have to be aware and not fall into the advertising trap.
http://mrsothe2nd.blogspot.com
Note: Generic Triscuits are NOT the same as the Brand Name ones. I learned the hard way.
lova the new format and self photo. very......appropriate!
Jess...I've been trying to tell you for years that that is just your normal scent!!!
Did you check your shoes?
Jess wait till you have babies and then the pleasent smell of poop lingers around you all day! Well some days are better than others.
Ah..poop! Yea, not a smell I'm looking forward too. Horse poop I can handle though for some reason. Baby poop is worse I think..
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