130 genius frugal living tips you need to start now

Winner, are you looking to learn some simple frugal living tips that’ll help you stretch your tight budget?

So then, get ready. Because I’ve compiled a long list of tips that work on even the tightest of budgets. They certainly do work on mine!

By the way, start here if you’re interested in starting a frugal lifestyle.

And right away, learn how to build an abundance mindset with 10 tips.

Because remember, carving a successful frugal lifestyle is COMPLETELY dependent upon you approaching this lifestyle from a standpoint of abundance. And not of lack.

So, Winner, here are:

32 frugal living tips for your food and drinks

#1: Always shop with a grocery list.

#2: Buy on sale.

#3: Buy non-perishables in bulk.

#4: Invest in good storage for your groceries.

#5: Negotiate discounts when grocery shopping.

#6: Cook your own food.

#7: Mix your own drinks.

#8: Cook food in bulk.

#9: Work with a meal timetable.

#10: Preserve your food.

#11: Eat seasonally.

#12: Eat local produce.

#13: Make simpler meals with fewer ingredients.

#14: Make your own condiments.

#15: Grow your own food.

#16: Use leftovers.

#17: Use stale foods.

#18: Eat less food.

#19: Use indigenous herbs.

#20: Barter with food and drinks.

#21: Drink more water in place of sugary drinks.

#22: Enjoy more meatless meals.

#23: Recycle seeds and use them as fat when cooking.

#24: Soak food before cooking it.

#25: Eat the internal organs of an animal.

#26: Make your own lemon water.

#27: Make your own aloe vera juice.

#28: Re-plant seeds from fruits and vegetables.

#29: Use empty soda bottles as water containers for your refrigerator.

#30: Use empty butter and ice cream containers to store your food.

#31: Avoid unhealthy eating habits that cost you money.

#32: Give away food

21 frugal living tips for your face and body

#33: Buy face and body items on sale.

#34: Have a simple shower routine.

#35: Use fewer shower products.

#36: Make your own body scrub.

#37: Have a simple skin care routine.

#38: Make your own body moisturizer.

#39: Invest in some Vaseline.

#40: Use heavy household and yard items as weights when exercising.

#41: Make your own punching bag.

#42: Make your own skipping rope.

#43: Make your own barbell.

#44: Exercise at home.

#45: Wear less makeup.

#46: Embrace make-up free days.

#47: Use less makeup products.

#48: Make your own face masks.

#49: Do your own pedicures and manicures.

#50: Take care of your own teeth at home.

#51: Make your own loofah.

#52: Select your own pumice stone from the river.

#53: Make face cloth from a torn towel.

19 frugal living tips for your Wardrobe

#54: Buy wardrobe items on sale.

#55: Choose quality over quantity when buying.

#56: Invest in a capsule wardrobe.

#57: Wear hand-me-downs.

#58: Mend your own clothes instead of taking them to a tailor.

#59: Mend your own shoes instead of buying new ones.

#60: Make your own jewelry.

#61: Clean your own jewelry.

#62: Alter your own clothes.

#63: Make new pieces of clothing from your discarded clothes.

#64: Harvest your own thread from torn clothes.

#65: Harvest your own buttons.

#66: Harvest your own zippers.

#67: Cut your own belts.

#68: Invest in good quality scarves.

#69: Have a minimalist bag collection.

#70: Dye your washed-out clothes.

#71: Remove hardened stains from your clothes instead of buying new clothes.

#72: Invest in quality storage for your clothes.

12 frugal living tips for your Hair

#73: Wash your own hair at home instead of going to the salon.

#74: Make your own hair products.

#75: Use fewer hair products.

#76: Make your own hair ties.

#77: Make your own shower cap.

#78: Make your own braid ponytail.

#79: Use fewer hair tools.

#80: Do your own hairstyles.

#81: If you have to use a hairdresser, use one not based in a hair salon.

#82: Ask a loved one to do do your hair and then pay them in kind.

#83: Invest in scarves to wear on your hair between hairstyles and to keep your styles fresh for longer.

#84: Invest in long-lasting hairstyles.

49 frugal living tips for your home

#85: Make your own soap/detergent.

#86: Melt your left-over soap bar pieces to make a new bar of soap.

#87: Use wood ash to shine your pots.

#88: Substitute paper towels for dish cloths.

#89: Cut your larger dish cloths into smaller pieces to make several dish cloths.

#90: Use your dish cloth until it’s beyond repair.

#91: Used old car oil to shine stubborn floors.

#92: Use a clothes line instead of dryer.

#93: Turn empty boxes into dustbins.

#94: Use shoe boxes to organize your stuff.

#95: Repair furniture instead of buying new one.

#96: Buy used furniture.

#97: Make toilet brush from vegetable sack.

#98: Make own firewood from dead/fallen trees.

#99: Use old fridge racks to hold dishes.

#100: Declutter your house. And sell/donate some of your items.

#101: Use candles for light.

#102: Burn hot peppers to chase off bats.

#103: Use kerosene lamp for light.

#104: Use fewer kitchen gadgets.

#105: Do your own home renovations.

#106: Use dried-up corn cobs in place of firewood.

#107: Use dried-up animal dung in place of firewood.

#108: Make your own pillows.

#109: Change your own light bulbs.

#110: Harness the sun for electricity.

#111: Buy supplies in bulk and on sale

#112: Make your own flask for bathing water.

#113: Replace broken handles for mops and brooms with intact handles from old mops and brooms. And also to make handles for paint brushes.

#114: Switch off any unused electrical appliances, including lights.

#115: Fix any leaking taps.

#116: Use less water in the shower and kitchen.

#117: Use the A/C less often and rely on nature’s elements instead.

#118: Soak clothes before washing them.

#119: Hand-wash your clothes instead of using the electric washer.

#120: Hand-wash your dishes instead of using the dishwasher.

#121: Use room-temperature water for your laundry

#122: Make your own watering can from empty food cans.

#123: Create multiple plants from one plant.

#124: Create scenic landscapes with your vegetable and fruit gardens.

#125: Use mowed grass for mulching.

#126: Use animal manure in your gardens.

#127: Collect rain water.

#128: Use dish and laundry water to water your non-edible plants.

#129: Compost.

#130: Turn torn containers into gardening containers.

Final word

This post presents simple but genius frugal living tips that can help you stretch your tight budget. I hope they help you.

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