Good to the last drop

I may be out on a limb all by myself when I say that I get really, I mean really, excited when I finally use the last drop/swipe/sticky bit of a product.  This giddy excitement pertains mainly to health & beauty related stuff, as I can't remember ever getting excited over finishing the last potato chip or the last spoonful of ice-cream.  Rather, with food related products, I get quite sad when the container goes empty.  But since it takes me eons to finish a health & beauty product, I feel quite accomplished when I see the shiny pan underneath the compact, or squeeze out the last bit of that unending cream.  Really the only things that I use up on a regular bases are shampoo and conditioner, and toothpaste.  I've not even ever fully finished a stick of deodorant!  So for a 2011 resolution, I've been consciously working on finishing my products... I mean really work on finishing them... because some of them just refuse to die out!!!!

This photo is so deceiving because it looks like I go through stuff pretty well.  But some of these stuff I've had for YEARS!!!!

   

St. Ives scrub: I've had this exact same tube since sometime in fall of 2008.  It's still got a good half ounce left.
Hand soap: I remember buying this before going to England in the spring of 2008, and it's STILL not dead yet!  I reckon it'll be another 2 weeks before it dies.
Hand sanitizer:  I bought this around May of 2010 to put on my desk at work.  There's still a good 1oz left.
Toothpaste:  My best yet: newly cracked open sometime in September 2010, and not a drop left to squeeze out!  Whoo-hoo!


           
Crest whitestrips:  Technically these are my best since I used them up in 2 weeks.
Hand lotion:  This is a travel size (3oz) that I can't even remember when I got it, but it's always been around in my possession.  Because my hands get dry from constant washing at work, I began using this semi-full tube around May 2010.  It only relented and gave its last drop at the end of March 2011...
Eye makeup remover:  This 4oz bottle was purchased sometime in 2008, and it still has one or two uses before it's really d-o-n-e.
Mascara:  This tube was cracked open sometime in October 2010.  There's still a teeny tiny bit of product in the tube, but it's dried out and doesn't work as well anymore.

         

Pefumes:  I inherited this bottles from my sister.  They were almost empty and she didn't want them anymore, so I took them.  There was about 1oz left in each bottle when I started using them in 2008.... They're still good for a handful more spritzes.

Cotton rounds:  100 rounds, only 1.5 years to use up.

Cleanser:  3oz sample size, 1 year, still 1/3 full.... oy vey.

 

Face wipes:  10 count!!!! 10 count I tell you!!  And it only took me from September 2010 until now!
Face cream:  1oz sample jar.  November 2010-February 2011.