STRETCH THE TOOTHPASTE

What's good enough for one can be made good enough for four or more if you brush your teeth first with fine, iodized salt. Wet your toothbrush and dip it in salt and brush away. Salt is a good mouth disinfectant and breathe freshener, and it's texture makes a good teeth cleanser. Just be sure to brush ever so gently so as not to scratch the enamel of your teeth. When all is done, put little amount of toothpaste and do a final brushing to get that fresh, cool, minty taste that you've been used to.

THE LAST OF THE KETCHUP

Add a few ingredients into the bottle to get every last drop of the ketchup and come up with a tasty dressing too. Add one tablespoon of oil and 1/8 teaspoon or so of Italian seasoning. Shake well. Surely you will get a tasty and good appetizer by adding up alternatives.

NO MORE COOKING OIL

If you run out of oil while frying meat, use a few drops of mayonnaise instead or a spoonful of butter.

FRESH OUT OF BATH SOAP

You can make that tiny bit of soap left go a long way by dropping it into a loofah or face towel and scrubbing away. Or, mix it with equal amounts of shampoo and baby oil (about a teaspoon each) and use as a bath gel, again with a loofah or a towelette. Or, fill a small bag with sea salt, just enough to be handled easily, and rub on skin to insure a finely textured skin surface to get those dead tissues. No soap is needed when you use this invigorating scrubber, but you could use the last bit of soap left for a final wash, if nothing less will make you feel fresh and clean.

LESSEN YOUR BLUSH

What's left is blush powder good enough for one cheek, but not for two. So use your lipstick to color your cheek as well. Then, use up what's left of your blusher: buff each cheek with a light brushing to set.

NOT ENOUGH MOUTHWASH

If your mouthwash at home is not enough to serve everybody, simply swish a little toothpaste around in the mouth or you can use a solution made of one teaspoon peroxide in a glass of water.

SHAMPOO SHORTAGE

Why not use soap and conditioner. Lather hair twice with soap to remove dirt and oil. Then condition well to soften the strands. Or, if there's a little shampoo left over, use soap for the first lathering, and then use what's left of the shampoo for the second lathering. Condition hair afterwards.

THE LAST OF THE FABRIC SOFTENER

You don't need much to treat one washload, but if what's left is just not enough, mix with cream rinse for the hair and see what happens.