This could be a long one....only because I have some tips! But I think they are good ones! I hope you take time to read these!
TIPS AND TRICKS FOR A LIFETIME:
Any kind of beer will condition your hair.
Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish
Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes
Mayonnaise will KILL LICE, it will also condition your hair
Elmer's Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads if any.
For shiny hair - use brewed Lipton Tea
For sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water
For a minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste
Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!
For bee stings - meat tenderizer
For chigger bites - Preparation H
For puffy eyes - Preparation H
For a paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals)
For stinky feet - Jello !
For athletes feet - cornstarch
For fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapor rub
Use Kool Aid or Tang to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet.
Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also Kool Aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint, your kids will love it and it won't hurt them if they eat it!
Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a coffee filter paper
Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray
Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands! Keep a can in your garage for your hubby.
Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls
When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch and watch them slide on
Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar !
Body paint - Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container and mix with the food color of your choice!
Tie Dye T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt and soak
Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and cup of milk of magnesia , soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years!
A Slinky will hold toast and CD's!
To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste
Wine stains, pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt.
Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with Peanut butter!
Baked on food - fill container with water, get a Bounce paper softener and the static from the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. Soak overnight. Also; you can use 2 Efferdent tablets , soak overnight!
For dirty grout - Listerine
Stains on clothes - Colgate toothpaste
For grass stains - Karo Syrup
For grease Stains - Coca Cola , it will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. We know it will take corrosion from car batteries!
Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax- sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. Maybe this will work if you get them back again.
Don't forget Gatorade for Migraine Headaches. PowerAde won't work.
Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.
Use a meat baster to "squeeze" your pancake batter onto the hot griddle = perfect shaped pancakes every time.
To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.
To get the most juice out of fresh lemons, bring them to room temperature & roll them under your palm against the kitchen counter before squeezing.
To easily remove burnt-on food from your skillet, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on stovetop-skillet will be much easier to clean.
When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead = no white mess on the outside of the cake.
If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled potato-it absorbs the excess salt for an instant "fix me up."
Brush beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish.
Place a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar to soften it back up.
When boiling corn on the cob, add a pinch of sugar to help bring out the corn's natural sweetness.
To determine whether an egg is fresh, immerse it in a pan of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh-if it rises to the surface, throw it away.
Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.
Don't throw out all that leftover wine: Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces or to chill wine without watering it down.
If you have a problem opening jars: Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.
Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.
To get rid of itch from mosquito bite: try applying soap on the area, instant relief.
Have a problem with Ants? Get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march.
When you get a splinter, reach for the scotch tape before resorting to tweezers or a needle. Simply put the scotch tape over the splinter and then pull it off. Scotch tape removes most splinters painlessly and easily.
Clean a toilet by dropping in two Alka-Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes, brush, and flush. The citric acid and effervescent action clean vitreous china.
To remove a stain from the bottom of a glass vase or cruet, fill with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets.
To clean filthy jewelry, drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets into a glass of water and immerse the jewelry for two minutes.
To unclog a drain, drop three Alka-Seltzer tablets down the drain followed by a cup of white vinegar. Wait a few minutes and then run the hot water.
Put a wooden spoon across a boiling pot of water to keep it from boiling over.
Use a muffin tin to serve condiments at a BBQ, it will also help cut down on the dish washing.
For another no-mess pancake experience, put the pancake mix in an empty ketchup bottle.
Doritos work great for kindling, if no kindling can be found.
Use unscented dental floss to cut cakes, cheeses and other soft foods perfectly.
For crunchy taco shell bowls, turn your muffin pan upside down, spray with cooking oil, insert tortillas between muffin wells, bake tortillas for approximately 10 minutes at 375 degrees.
Put your straw through the tab of your coke to keep the straw from rising out of the can.
Rub the inside of a banana peel on a bug bite helps itch relief.
The oil in a banana peel will help relieve the pain from burns and scratches.
Protect China by separating your good dishes with a coffee filter between each dish.
Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.
Put baking soda into a coffee filter, tie and insert into shoes or a closet to absorb or prevent odors.
To sprout seeds, dampen a coffee filter, place seeds inside, fold it and place it into a zip-lock plastic bag until they sprout.
When lighting your fireplace for the first time each season, crumple old newspapers, put them in the fireplace, and sprinkle ground coffee on top of the newspapers. Light a fire and allow it to burn. The coffee scent will clear the sooty odor.
To remove food stains in plastic containers: Use a baking soda paste (baking soda/water) and rub into the stain. You can then rinse with vinegar and wash normally. Another way is to place the container outside on a sunny day and the sun will bleach the stain out.
To easily clean a microwave, place a sponge soaked in water or just a dish filled with 1/2 cup water in the microwave. Cook on high heat for 2 minutes. The mess is now ready to be wiped right off - no scrubbing!
To keep Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream and Yogurt fresher longer, store carton in the refrigerator upside down.
Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for weeks.
Don't want your eyes to water when you cut onions? Tear off a section of a slice of bread and place it between your lips, allowing it to protrude from your mouth while cutting.
Rinse bacon under cold water before frying, it will reduce the amount the bacon shrinks by almost 50%.
Cut yourself and get blood on your clothes. Soak the garment in hydrogen peroxide and then rinse. Repeat if necessary until gone.
To make a zipper slide up and down more smoothly, rub a bar of soap over the teeth.
Baby wipes are miracle-workers on carpet stains, from motor oil to blood, they remove almost anything.
To keep your chimney clean, throw a handful of salt on the fire.
To remove crayon from walls, spray with WD-40, then gently wipe using a paper towel or clean cloth. If the mark is stubborn, sprinkle a little baking soda on a damp sponge and gently rub in a circular motion. If the WD-40 leaves a residue, gently wipe off with a sponge soaked in soapy water; rinse clean; blot dry.
To remove ink stains, put rubbing alcohol on the stain and watch it disappear! This must be done before washing.
To remove ink on the wall, wipe with bleach and it will disappear.
To remove white heat marks or water rings from wooden furniture, rub real mayonnaise onto the stain, then wipe with a dry towel.
To neatly cut fudge and candy squares, use a pizza cutter to easily slice through. Make sure the baking has been chilled or thoroughly set before cutting.
To keep cookies soft, place a piece of bread or a few slices of apple in the cookie container.
When boiling milk, first stir in a pinch of baking soda. This will help keep the milk from curdling.
Add one teaspoon of lemon juice to each quart of water when cooking rice, this will keep rice fluffy.
To make tasty flavored whipped cream: First whip cream then add 2 tablespoons of flavored jello and continue beating on slow until the whipped cream is right consistency.
Salt added to flour used for thickening gravies, etc., will help to prevent lumping.
Lemon juice or vinegar in water where cauliflower is cooked makes it keep its white color.
Dip the blades of shears in hot water before cutting marshmallows, they won’t stick.
Have a small bowl of melted butter and just brush on corn on the cob with a pastry brush. If you have a metal bowl you can put a chunk of butter in the bowl and set on grill to melt while meal is grilling.
Fill a large sugar shaker with flour and use that when needing to dust surfaces with flour or just pour out a tablespoon as you need it, this is handy way to keep a bit of flour on hand instead of digging in the flour bin.
For longer lasting floral arrangements, use ginger-ale or 7UP in the vase instead of water.
To help remove the objectionable odor of new paint, place a bucket of water in the freshly painted room.
Rubber tends to darken silverware, so never put anything made of rubber in the silver drawers. Use cord or ribbon to hold silver together–not rubber bands.
Wax candles will burn more slowly and for a longer period of time if they are chilled in the icebox several days before they are lighted.
You can clean a curling iron by mixing 1/4 cup warm water and 1 TBS liquid fabric softener. Wash with a clean cloth, the hairspray and gunk should wipe right off. Use a Q-tip for hard to get at spots.
Wet a piece of cloth with ammonia, put in warm oven for a few hours; this will loosen any burnt food that is sticking to the surfaces.
Have a burnt aluminum saucepan? Don't throw it away. Pour some water in it and add an onion; set it on to boil and you will soon find that all the burnt matter will loosen and come to the top, leaving the saucepan clear and bright again.
Wash windows crossways on one side and lengthways on other. Then you can tell which side the streak is on.
Paint brushes that have hardened will soften readily if placed in hot vinegar and then washed in warm suds.
To prevent ice trays from freezing to the shelves, sprinkle a little salt on your dampened palm and rub it on the bottom of the ice trays before putting them into the freezer.
To remove wallpaper, mix together one heaping tablespoon saltpeter and one gallon of hot water; and apply freely to wallpaper, keeping the water hot. The paper will come off easily.
An ordinary paper plate, glued to the bottom of the paint can, is much more convenient than spreading newspapers which must be moved every time the can is shifted from one place to another.
To get your bathtub crystal clean, make a cleaning paste with baking soda and bleach then apply to wet sponge to scrub off grime when wiping the tub down.
Treat cold sores by dabbing with baking soda.
Have dry elbows? Mix fresh lemon juice and baking soda to make a thick paste, apply to dry elbows. Gently rub in to exfoliate the skin and leave to sit for about 15 minutes. Wash off and apply a moisturizer or Vaseline.
Rub Vaseline along the hairline before dying your hair to protect skin from getting stained by the dye.
A window squeegee will remove pet hair from your carpets.
Freeze catsup-mustard-hotsauce packets as miniature ice packs. They work perfect for kiddos with small bumps and they stay soft so they conform to the body part.
Onions stored in pantyhose (with a knot tied between each onion) will last as long as 8 months.
To make your berries last longer, prepare a mixture of one part vinegar (white or apple cider) and ten parts water. Swirl the berries in the mixture, drain, rinse and store in your fridge. The solution won't taste like vinegar and the berries will last almost two weeks without getting moldy and soft.
Don't store onions with potatoes. It will cause the onions to spoil faster.
Add a dab of butter to the cut side of a block of cheese. It will keep the cheese from drying out.
Wrap the crown of a bunch of bananas with plastic wrap, they will keep 3-5 days longer.
Refrigerating salad? Place a paper towel on top of the salad, then cover. The paper towel will absorb the moisture and keep the salad fresh for a week.
Wrap celery, broccoli and lettuce in tin foil before refrigerating, it will stay crisp up to four weeks.
Roast nuts as soon as you bring them home from the grocery store. Store them in the freezer until ready for use.
Avocados, apricots, bananas, citrus, garlic, kiwi, melons, nectarines, onions, pears, peaches, plums, pineapple, and potatoes should all be store at room temperature or in a cool pantry.
Apples, beans, berries, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cherries, corn, cucumber, eggplant, ginger, grapes, jalapenos, leafy greens, mushrooms and zucchini should all be stored in the refrigerator.
Lettuce spoiling too fast? Wrap fresh lettuce in the wax bag from a cereal box. It will keep the lettuce fresh twice as long.
Going crazy trying to organize all that holiday wrapping paper? Cut a slit in your empty toilet paper rolls and slip them over rolls of wrapping paper to keep everything nice and neat.
To prevent hair and dirt from sticking to your baseboards, after cleaning them rub a dryer sheet over the surface.
The fabric softener will help to repel dirt. Just remember to re-apply every so often!
To keep stainless steel appliances clean, use a little bit of baby oil on a soft cloth and buff into the surface. Then wipe clean with a dry cloth. It prevents fingerprints from sticking to the surface. You can also use some Pledge, if you don't have baby oil.
A piece of chalk placed into your silverware bag will draw in moisture and prevent the silver from tarnishing.
Spraying your car door seals with baking spray prevents freezing in cold weather.
Have a problem with pesky squirrels eating your plants, sprinkle on a little cayenne pepper. It won't hurt the plants and the squirrels will stay away.
Have a wart you'd like gone? Instead of using special treatments, just take a square of duck tape and cover the wart. It cuts off the oxygen and kills it without having to put any burning liquid on.
Instead of buying expensive hangers to keep wide necked and silky tops from falling off- just take out your glue gun and make a zigzag pattern on the top of the hangers where the clothes would normally hang.
Bar Keepers Friend Cleanser will remove scratches from dishes. Apply a bit to a wet sponge and use some elbow grease, and they will look awesome!
Use conditioner or baby oil to shave your legs. Not only is it cheaper, but it is more moisturizing, so your legs wont be all dry and itchy after you finish shaving.
To clean a dirty iron, place it on a low setting and run it over a dryer sheet until the residue disappears.
Need a long match and don't have any? Light the end of a piece of spaghetti. It will work great in a pinch.
Hate mosquitoes invading your outdoor party? Take regular Listerine and put it in a spray bottle and spray the perimeter of your patio (or area you using) it keeps the mosquitoes and flies away.
When waxing your eyebrows, top of your lips, etc., if you have run out or don't have any of the cloth left, use a cut up coffee filter. Works great, it's cheap & definitely will not tear when you go to pull off.
Candle wax spill onto carpet or clothing? Don't peal or scratch it off. Instead take a paper towel or paper bag, place over the wax and iron it. Wax comes right off!
Cut the plastic clip ends from skirt, pants and shorts hangers. Use these clips to close your chips and pretzel snack bags.
Buy a small, empty spray bottle from the dollar store for your cooking oil. Use this to lightly spray your skillets instead of buying those expensive PAM sprays.
Jewelry looking dirty? Place jewelry in a bowl of window cleaner overnight. Unlike store bought cleaner, it doesn't wear the gold away and makes diamonds super sparkly.
Need an ice-pack or heat-pack? Put uncooked rice in a tube sock and tie the end. Microwave it for a heat pack. Freeze it for an ice-pack.
Need to remove bugs off your vehicle? Use a wet dryer sheet to scrub them off without damaging your paint job.
Clothes smell like grease? Pour a bottle of sprite into your wash, and it will take the smell right out.
Have some pesky weeds that won't go away? Get you a bug or weed sprayer and pour white vinegar into your sprayer, and spray your weeds. The next day your weeds will be dead. Be EXTREMELY careful around GRASS because it will kill it too. However, if you are preparing your yard for your garden, this is a natural way to get rid of weeds without having to break to break your back.
Need to cook a bunch of corn-on-the-cob for a family gathering? If you take your corn, go ahead and shuck it, throw it all into a big igloo cooler. Take 2 off those BIG chili/stew pots full of bowling hot water and cover the corn completely inside the cooler. Close the lid to the cooler. Come back in about 30-45 minutes, and you'll have perfectly cooked corn on the cob.
To clean grease buildup off of gas stove burners and drip trays, put them in a zip lock bag with about 1/4 cup of ammonia and seal it up. Let the bag sit overnight outside. In the morning you can wipe it away with a sponge.
If you frost a cake and are going to store it in the fridge, wet a piece of newspaper and set it on a plate. All of the fridge odors will go into the newspaper and not the cake. A great tip if you have a fridge full of party food.
Store your sheets in a pillowcase. Keeps matching sets together and it makes for easy, compact storage.
To remove stains from nails after wearing a dark polish, scrub nails with a whitening toothpaste and a nail brush.
To make your own nail polish, make a little pile of eye-shadow (great idea for any broken shadows you have laying around) and mix in a little clear nail polish.
When painting, wrap a rubber band around the can over the opening. Then you can dip in the brush and wipe the excess paint off onto the rubber band, rather than the edge of the can.
When hammering in a nail, use a clothes pin to hold the nail in place. No more hammering your fingers!
Use bread bag clips (the plastic ones) attached to the outlet end of your electric cords, to label what each power cord belongs to.
Don't have the money for a fancy bed-skirt? Put a matching fitted sheet over the box springs to make it pretty.
Have a dog or cat with matted hair? Rub corn starch into the knot and comb out easily.
Need those dress shoes to shine? First clean any dirt off with a rag. Then rub a little butter or vaseline on them, and wipe off.
Dryer sheets are a great remedy for removing static from your hair.
Have a hot date and your hair is too greasy? Don't have time to wash it right now? Sprinkle cornmeal in your hair and let it set for about 10 minutes, then brush it completely out.
Spray rubbing alcohol on your car windows to prevent them from icing up. Spray on before frost covers the car.
Remove film from old mason jars by filling with vinegar and water. Let set overnight.
Clean your bathroom mirror with shaving cream to keep it from steaming up.
Easy tip for shredding chicken, roast etc. Place the hot cooked meat into your mixer bowl, using the cookie paddle attachment. Turn it on and within 2 minutes you will have perfectly shredded meat, without all the hassle.
Add a teaspoon of baking soda to boiling eggs, the egg-shells will come right off easily.
Tired of the gooey mess when taco shells break? Use lettuce leaves as a taco liner, even if the shell breaks the contents are still contained.
Tired of messy kids when they eat Popsicles? Insert the stick through a cup cake liner, any drips will be contained.
Peeling a potato with a peeler? Why? Aft
And of course, the best back scratcher ever.......
a spaghetti server....just don't eat with it!
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