*For
teens with acne, apply liquid Maalox to your face at night and rinse off in the morning.
*Fill
a spray bottle 1/4 full of conditioner and the rest with water for a leave in conditioner.
Use on clean wet hair.
*Whole
cloves will freshen your breath. Do not eat or swallow them.
*For
sensitive or allergy eyes, use a mixture of 1 part baby shampoo and 2 parts water to
remove eye make up.
*If
you have trouble with fungi nails,drink a glass of tomato or clamato juice with 1
tsp.cider vinegar added daily. Also soak the nail in peroxide daily.
*Wash
you hair in eggs first then shampoo for shiny hair.
*Spray
some hairspray on a toothbrush then brush eyebrows to groom them.
*To
avoid a hangover drink a glass of alka-seltzer followed by a glass of water before bed.
*Take
a rubber band and wrap it around the edge of the jar's lid. Then just open it as normal.
The rubber band helps you get a really good grip on the lid so you can open it easily.
*To
clean your bird cage easily, try working in layers. Remove the top of the cage (or
slide out the bottom), cut 10 or so sheets of newspaper to size and layer them over the
cage bottom. Ensure complete coverage, especially along the edges.
When you want to clean it, just remove a layer or two of paper at a time.
*To
remove adhesive bandages more easily, try heating them with a blow dryer before removal;
or else rub them with olive or baby oil first.
*
When your vehicle's outside mirrors are adjusted properly, they will provide the widest
view possible. Even the tiniest glimpse of the sides of your vehicle means they are
turned too far inward. For proper adjustment, turn them just beyond the point where
you can see the side of your car (but no further). You want a rear view, but of the
lane(s) next to you.
*
If you're planning a move but aren't adept at reconnecting stereo systems, VCRs, and the
like, just mark the cables and their corresponding outlets (on the components themselves)
with matching colors, letters or numbers--a different one for each connection. You can do
this with colored tape, stickers, or acrylic paint.
*
A fast and easy way to peel garlic is to put the cloves in hot water for a little while,
then peel them. The skin comes right off in a jiffy with no mess,also you can put
them in boiling water for 30 seconds, remove them, drop them into cold water, then slip
off the skins.
*To
deter leaf-eating insects process 2 whole hot red-peppers and 3 cloves of garlic in a
blender. This is added to one gallon of water, and allowed to sit for 24 hours. Then
dilute in a spray bottle in half with water, and add one teaspoon liquid soap per 16
ounces. To relieve infestation spray heavily in the evening, and repeat in three days,
then ween to a light evening misting once a week for continued prevention.
*A
natural home remedie for deterring bugs from flowers and veggies (and plants) - use 3
parts water & 1 part bubbing alcohol in a spray contanter. Mist about once a
week.
*There
is nothing more natural than nature itself, get yourself a few "praying
Mantises" they can eat more than their share of critters and they won't bother your
plants.
*Natural
pesticides are marigolds, snapdragons, nasturtiums, hot peppers and alyssum, plant these
as borders and among the veggies.
*If
the problem is one of crawling insects (as opposed to flying) try running a very narrow
band of baking soda around the area
you wish to protect.
*Mixing
a couple of tablespoons of dish washing soap with about 16oz. of water should kill any
insects your having problems with, such as aphids, ants, wasp, and should work on
grasshoppers,however, dont use concentrated soap. |