nothing to do with penny pinching,lectade,rebound etc are all good products and i don't believe i have advised not to buy them.i mearly answered the original question,which was,do you buy or make,i make, simply because the ingrediants in the above mentioned are very similar to what i make.and like i've stated,i have used mine for a good while with good results,so why change what aint broke?at the end of the day it's an individual decision.