Personal Care
Personal Care savings for Canadian households
Personal care adds up in small bottles. Canadian pharmacies and grocery banners already carry solid store brands. Keep the products that earn their place; drop the ones that only looked good on a shelf talker.
Store brands
Pharmacy brands worth switching to
What to keep premium and what to demote to a store brand.
Cross-border
US beauty orders after the surtax
Makeup and skincare orders after the September 2026 counter-tariffs.
Holiday
Beauty advent calendars and gift sets
Claimed value against the products you will actually use.
PC Optimum
Shoppers beauty events
Points and gift-with-purchase on cosmetics and skincare.
Safety
Beauty dupes and counterfeits
A cheaper look without a counterfeit listing.
Shaving
Razor cost per shave
Cartridges, safety razors, and subscriptions, per shave.
Dental products
Electric toothbrush heads
The handle plus the heads over three years.
Costco
Costco personal care in bulk
Unit price against how fast you finish the bottle.
Holiday beauty, loyalty, and winter skin
Black Friday and Boxing Day beauty, fragrance, hair tools, tipping, dry skin, and loyalty and seniors' days.
Holiday sales
Black Friday and Boxing Day beauty
Replenish what you will finish before you stock a sale.
Tipping
Hairdresser, barber, and nail tips
Ontario's rules on who keeps a tip, and why no single tip percent applies.
Fragrance
Decants, minis, and gift sets
Price per millilitre, then the seal and the surtax line.
Hair tools
Dryers and straighteners
Cost per year and the warranty, not a product ranking.
Winter skin
Dry skin on a budget
Humidity at 30 to 50 percent, then price per 100 millilitres.
Loyalty
Beauty Insider, PC Optimum, Be Well
Base rates from the terms, on a made-up spend.
Subscriptions
Beauty and grooming boxes
Used value, then how you cancel.
Seniors
Pharmacy senior days
Copy the age, the day, and the exclusions from the store.
Samples
Free samples and scam traps
A store tester, or a card that starts a subscription.
Price the bathroom shelf
Unit price, a short routine, sunscreen labels, and what a cycle actually costs.
Unit price
Toiletries price check
A 12-item sheet for Costco, Walmart, Shoppers, and Dollarama. The filled shampoo row is made up.
Routine
Drugstore skincare basics
Cleanse, moisturise, sunscreen. Extra steps stay optional. The monthly dollars are an example.
Sun
Sunscreen DIN, NPN, and price per ml
How Health Canada labels SPF, and what 35 ml does to the price of a bottle.
Cycle cost
Menstrual products, per cycle
Disposable versus reusable on made-up inputs, the GST/HST zero-rating, and the federal pilot.
Hair, nails, lashes, and teeth
Home clippers, kids' cuts, hair removal, manicures, lash and brow services, whitening, flossing, and skincare over 50.
Kids' cuts
Kids' haircuts on a budget
Published salon menus, a made-up clipper comparison, and ways to keep the appointment calm.
Home cuts
Clipper payback at home
A 24-month example against barber visits, and styles to leave to a pro.
Hair removal
Laser, waxing, and shaving
A ten-year example, and what Health Canada says about clinic lasers.
Nails
Gel manicures at home or the salon
A West Vancouver menu, a made-up annual comparison, and the nail-prep tariff line.
Lashes and brows
Lash and brow service costs
Made-up fill, lift, and mascara totals, plus Health Canada warnings.
Whitening
Teeth whitening products
Strips, trays, and in-office visits as a two-year example. The CDCP excludes cosmetic whitening.
Between teeth
Floss, brushes, and water flossers
A year-one example, and what the Canadian Dental Association says about cleaning between teeth.
Over 50
Skincare over 50 on a budget
Sunscreen, retinoids, and a made-up three-step month against a seven-step month.
Hair, clinics, and the CRA list
Stretch a cut, book a student clinic, compare colour plans, and separate a medical expense from a toiletry.
Haircuts
Stretch visits and price the year
Chains, independents, and clippers, with the tip inside the annual total. No national average.
Clinics
Beauty school and barber school clinics
How to find a public student clinic and what the appointment is like. No quoted clinic prices.
Colour
Home colour versus the salon
A hybrid plan, Health Canada’s patch-test steps, and a made-up annual comparison.
Tax and plans
Medical expenses and health spending accounts
Incontinence products and prescribed wigs, in CRA’s words. A US badge is not the test.
Everyday essentials by unit price
Expiry symbols, incontinence products, shampoo and soap per wash, dollar-store buys, deodorant, travel sizes, and a men's short list.
Expiry
Makeup and toiletry expiry
Open-jar marks, sunscreen dates, and a size you will finish.
Cost per day
Incontinence products
Price divided by count and daily use, then the CRA lines to confirm.
Per wash
Shampoo bars and refills
Washes you count, not the sticker on the bar.
Unit price
Dollar-store toiletries
Metric size, a DIN or an NPN, then buy or skip.
Per shower
Bar soap, body wash, shower oil
Showers you count, from a bar, a wash, or an oil.
Per week
Deodorant and antiperspirant
Days a stick lasts, and what a DIN or an NPN means.
Travel
Minis, refills, and solids
Price per 100 mL, then the carry-on liquids rule.
Short list
Men's grooming basics
Six rows priced for a year. Extra steps stay optional.