Generic vs. Name Brand

Remember years ago when you would go into a supermarket to do your food shopping and there was a special aisle just for generic brand items (usually with black and white labels). These products, for the most part, were fine to purchase (okay the peas in the can may not have all been uniform, but so what?). Now, generic products are everywhere, including the pharmacy, where generic is sometimes the choice in order to save insurance companies money, but that's probably discussed on someone else's blog. As you peruse the aisles of any drug or discount store, you will find generic products right along side of all the name brand ones. There's usually a little sign underneath saying "If you love (fill in the blank), then try (fill inthe blank) for the same results" or something along those lines. After trying several generic brands myself, I can tell you that as far a beauty goes, for the most part, it's fine to use generic or store brands. The only exception is perfume or cologne and I discussed that in another post, but for most anything else it's fine, especially if it means saving you money. As I wrote in earlier posts, CVS has some great buys on their versions of that high-priced beauty cream that sells for $135 everywhere else, where there's (Preventin) sells for only $29. They als have their own version of that eye cream that diminishes dark circles for a fraction of the cost. Now, they have their own version of that body cream that gives you a little bit of a tan and at half the cost (the CVS brand is only $4.99) their poduct does the exact same thing as the one that costs $9.00 or more. Certainly, you can buy shampoos, conditioners, make-up removers for less money, but if you have a favorite product that you just can't give up, don't compromise. We all have things we just can't live without and we're entitled to indulge ourselves, but it's also very nice to be able to save some money so we can indulge ourselves every once in a while.