I'm talking about toothpaste, hand cream, hair products, etc. They changed their packaging so that you can't roll the bottom up anymore. It unrolls and it is almost impossible to get the rest of the product. Today I just cut the bottom off!
Ha! You figured out as I did. It's the only way to get the last drops from the top of the tube. Hulk Hogan isn't strong enough to squeeze the last part out.
I found a gadget in a magazine that is shaped like a T. The top part of the T is the handle and the bottom part has a little slit in it almost to the top part of the T. You put the almost empty tube into the slit and use the top part as a handle to roll the bottom up. You'd be surprised how much you can get out of a tube you almost threw away! You can find the in any of the senior products type magazines and they're pretty cheap.
Yeah! What's up with thaaat? I turn things upside down, squeeze a lot. I'm almost on the verge of squeezing the toothpaste as much as I can, then suck it out. I use to laugh at my mom for putting about a tablespoon of water in the ketsup bottle then shake it to get it out. Now I do that myself. lol She always said, 'that's a bite.' When I make meatloaf, or have something where I can do that, I most always do. Funny how we end up imitating our parents as we have gotten older.
I take a hair brush or comb and run it on the side to push as much as possible to the top then I cut the tube close to the top and scoop out the rest. I do this with my tubes of makeup too. There is really a lot left in there! I dilute my shampoo with water. It spreads easier and lathers better and works just as well if not better.
You use those squarish type paper clips the ones that you would use at work to hold a stack of papers together. Not regular paper clips they won't hold the plastic. They are usually black and come in a few different sizes. Or you can also use those potato chip clips they also work just as well, the small ones not the big ones. Cutting off the end just gets too messy.
