Mix baking soda with dish soap: Mix three tablespoons baking soda with one tablespoon dish soap. Use a washcloth to scrub at the stain with the mixture.
A lemon can help you to make scars on your face less visible. The only things you need are a lemon and a cotton pad. Put some lemon juice on the cotton pad and dab the scar a few times. Leave the lemon juice to sit on the scar for a little while and then rinse your face with cold water. According to experts, this not only helps to decrease and fade scars but it can also help in their healing process.
An aspirin scrub will make your skin smooth and help dispose of red spots. Take a couple of tablets, wet them in a small amount of water, apply to your face and wash off in five minutes. The same goes for your hair: crush two tablets of aspirin and mix them into your favorite shampoo. Wash your hair as usual and soon your hair will become stronger, shinier and rid of dandruff.
Two drops of lavender oil added to your mascara will help separate the lashes and make them longer. It’s worth mentioning that lavender oil also accelerates hair growth, so you’ll be pleasantly surprised after using such a mascara for a few days.
Use lemon to cure stinky armpits. It’s an old remedy that effectively kills bacteria. Take a fresh lemon, cut it and rub your underarms with it. Then take a shower or wash your armpits after letting the juice dry on your skin. Doing this once a day will help get rid of body odor.
Silver spoons and utensils are bound to lose their luster over time. But you can prevent that from happening by simply placing some chalk in the same cabinet where you keep your cutlery and dinner sets. Silver tarnishes because of moisture and chalk helps to absorb it.
You can use chalk to prevent your jewelry from turning black as well. Simply keep a piece of chalk in your jewelry box and let it guard your precious possessions. Replace the chalk when necessary.
This may sound strange but if direct sunshine gets on the bottle, it can really cause a fire. The thing is, in this case, the bottle will work as a lens and concentrate the heat in one spot. So it is best to keep these bottles away from windows and to never leave them in a car.
Bacteria can’t survive in a high sugar content so you can cover the wound with sugar paste or plain sugar. Cover it up until more serious first aid can be administered.
Dip a cotton swab into a small amount of lip balm, Vaseline or cooking oil and then wipe it around a stuck zipper. The greasy substance lubricates the zipper and helps it to open.
Use it to clean upholstery in your car. Cleans spots and just wipes up the seats in general. Spray it on and wipe up with a damp cloth. This will also work on suede couches!
Rub coconut oil onto the plastic before putting items like spaghetti sauce that stain plastics.
It can be really easy to remove a small wart without experiencing any pain. All you need for this is a small piece of duct tape, some water and a pumice stone. This is how it works: take the piece of duct tape and stick it on top of the wart. Make sure it is covered properly, with about 1 cm on every side of it. Now, you will have to leave the duct tape there for six days without touching it. After six days, you can remove the duct tape. Take a bowl with warm water and soak the wart in this for about 5 minutes. Next, get out the pumice stone and use this to scrub at the wart. Since the water will have already soaked the skin, you can easily scour away the wart without it hurting.
Another one of the little-known WD-40 uses is keeping leather furniture in good condition. WD-40 components penetrate, lubricate, and protect the leather. Just spray it on and wipe with a soft cloth.
Spray on a little shaving cream on the hinge, rub in, move the door a bit and the squeak is gone!
If your scissors get sticky residue in them and they are having a hard time opening and closing or sticking closed, rub a little coconut oil on the scissors, wipe up the excess and start wiggling them – they’ll free right up. This works great on tools as well – pliers, garden shears, etc.
Gently applying fine-grit sandpaper will help remove scuff marks and ink stains from suede. Afterward, bring up the nap with a toothbrush or nailbrush. You could save yourself from an expensive trip to the dry cleaner!
If you have a clogged drain in your home that you’re desperate to unclog but you have no drain cleaner on hand, just try salt! Just drop a 1/2 cup of cooking salt into the sink drain. Being naturally coarse and abrasive, salt will eat through the grease that’s inhabiting your clogged pipe.
It’s a known fact that lemon water in is healthy for you but most of the time it’s just not as tasty as a glass of orange juice or even an energy drink. Lemon and salt are the 2 magic ingredients that help flush out toxins from your body and help shed extra pounds quite fast. This is because it increases your bowel movements and decreases your appetite thus eliminating excess calorie intake.
Healthy looking hair is something that all of us dream of, especially those mornings when we wake up, look in the mirror and wonder how our bad hair days far outnumber the good ones. The thing is, it’s not just what you put on the ends of your hair but also what you eat. The key trick here is salmon. Salmon is rich in vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids which are essential to keep your hair and scalp hydrated. In addition, due to its moisturizing effects, omega-3 reduces inflammation, helps treat dandruff and reduces dryness which all contribute to hair breakage.
If you suffer from migraines and are looking for a more natural way to stop the insufferable pain then grape juice is the answer. Since migraines mainly come from an imbalance in brain chemicals such as serotonin, grape juice can come in and save the day. It will not act as a painkiller but as a preventative. So the minute you feel a migraine coming on, take some grape juice to prevent it
We’ve all been guilty of doing this but it’s because we didn’t know better. When taking out a post-it note, we tend to pull them from the bottom up but by doing that we are causing the paper to fold. The correct way to do it is by pulling it diagonally so that it stays straight.
Extension cables tend to come undone with the slightest pull. To ensure that they stay in-tact and that nothing will be switched off while you are working, tie them into a loose knot. Even if you pull them, the knot will get tighter but it won’t unplug.
For anyone who might not be an expert in doing some handy work, the tape measure has a tiny slit at the front of its hook and it’s there for a reason. So that you can attach a nail or a screw and measure accurately without it moving around or losing its grip.
Before you splash shampoo on your hair, sprinkle some salt on your scalp, massage it carefully and thoroughly for at least 5 minutes then bring in the shampoo reinforcements. It does wonders for dandruff and also helps your hair grow healthy, long and strong!