Cheap or expensive?

I am having a lazy start to Sunday.  It is nearly 10am and I have only just had my shower.  I haven't been downstairs yet.  I had breakfast at a quarter to eight which Simon brought up to me as usual before he left for his car show.  Since then I have been playing Zoo World!

It is a lovely morning here so far.  The sun is shining, it is warm and there is no rain......so far!  It isn't even too humid...so far!  Me thinks my plans of doing jobs might fall by the wayside in favour of sitting in the garden doing nothing.  It could be my last chance this year!  Our summer has been so awful, I have to take my opportunities as they arise!

While I was in the shower this morning I used the last of my hair conditioner.  It was a cheap economy bottle from Tesco's own value range.  It cost, I think 49p for a big bottle.  That is cheap!  Whilst thinking that I must add it to the shopping list I got to thinking about the benefits of cheap versus expensive.

I have phases.  Sometimes I buy cheap because I know they all do the same job really and it seems silly to waste money unnecessarily.  Then sometimes I but expensive products because in the words of that immortal advert.... "I'm worth it!"  Plus money isn't as short as it was years ago so why not?

The thing is I know that whatever I buy regardless of the amount of money spent these products basically do the same job.  The expensive shampoo and conditioner sadly does not give me tresses to rival the celebs.  We get sucked in, don't we?  We forget that the glorious hair we see in the ads and other photos of those glam women are not a  result of the latest break through in miracle shampoo but are, in fact, due to hours spent with a top hair dresser.

Even my hair looks reasonable good when I leave the salon.

So what do you all use?  Expensive, mid range, stores own, dead cheap value?  I'm talking personal care products here.  Not skin care.  That is a whole other mine field, but the principle is the same.

Ok, got to get dressed now and go down to let dogs out and then sit in the garden.  It is a hard life! 

NB.  Blog done in Word pad on my mini lap top and I couldn't find the spell checker........

Jilly