You may not be
the ultimate fashion geniuses that you are aiming to be, but we surely load you
with the simple day-to-day hacks that will rock your fashion world. “When life
gives you lemons, make lemonade”. From scrubbing and polishing dull shoes with
household supplies like bananas to removing that husky thrift store odour,
we’re here to haul you with super simple fixes for those sticky problems,
because well, we’ve all been there at some point in time.
We often find
difficulty in ironing the stiff collars, so instead go for your straightening
rode that will focus primarily on the collars, supplying heat directly to it
making it flatter in no time.
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| girl
ironing her collar using straightner |
We often
experience runs through our tights that are too infuriating to ignore. Just go
about spraying your tights with hairspray before you slip them on to avoid it.
The best and
clever way to polish your suede, grab a clean fluffy toothbrush and start
scrubbing.
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showing girl cleaning her suede boots with the help of toothbrush |
To last long the
colour of your denims, skip detergent. Instead soak them in cold water with one
cup of distilled vinegar and air dry. The vinegar will help retain the colour
of the denim plus remove the odour as it dries.
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showing vinegar and a denim which says ditch the detergent and use vinegar to
wash denims |
To remove that
filthy odour from your shoes, place a dry tea bag in each one and leave it
overnight to absorb the smell.
Image showing guy putting dry tea
bags in pair of shoes so that it can absorb the smell
Want to get rid
of the stiffness and dryness of your newly bought T-shirt. Soak them in cold
water with a ½ cup of salt for 3 whole days. Then put it in the washing machine
to clean with a dash of detergent to remove the remnants of the salt.
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showing t-shirt soaked into cold water with half cup of salt |
For those sticky,
stubborn and unmoving zippers, rub a candle or a bar of soap or if you want apply
little bit oil on the teeth of the zipper until it glides smoothly.
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showing a guy rubbing soap on the zipper of pants |
Another way to
get that zipper sliding smoothly is to just rub Vaseline or crayon wax on the
zipper’s teeth and it will work again in no time. Voila!
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| Girl
rubbing vaseline on the zipper of her jacket |
Get rid of that
static cling by gliding the long side of a metal hanger down your clothes, if a
dryer sheet isn't working. It will work.
To get silk
laundered at home without damaging the delicate material, soak the silk in a
tub full of lukewarm water with a few drops of baby shampoo for 2 hours, and
then wash it.
The angora
sweaters are the ones that leave its trail everywhere they go. To minimize the
shedding, Put the fabric in a sealed bag and throw it in the freezer overnight.
It will help lock the fibre thus reduce the shedding.
To soften itchy
woollen sweaters, soak them in the tub full of lukewarm water with one table
spoon hair conditioner. Rinse thoroughly and then air dry.
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Image showing sweater soaked into
lukewarm water with one table spoon of conditioner
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The makeup
removing wet wipes are your savoir in case you end up having makeup on your
clothes too. The trick is to use the wipe right way and wipe out the stain from
the soiled area very gently.
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| Girl
showing different wet wipes which are saviour to clean makeup |
Give your gold
ornaments their shine back by wiping them gently with a cloth soaked in mild
beer. Yes its surprise to quite few people, but beer is often used as a gold
cleaner.
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showing clean your gold ornaments with the use of beer |
In case of
silver, put them in a bowl filled with tomato ketchup for 5 to 10 minutes.
Gently wipe the ketchup off with a clean toothbrush, rinse the jewellery in
warm water and your silver looks brand new again.
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showing use ketchup to clean your silver ornaments |
For Crystal
Jewellery use Vodka. Its works as an excellent cleaner. But be very careful:
Alcohol will damage any gemstone that isn’t a crystal. (Additional)
The perfect
trick to get rid of red wine stains is by way of using white wine. White wine
counteracts red wine and makes removal of red wine stains a piece of cake. (Additional)
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| A
glass of red wine laying on the shirt making stain on it which can be removed
with the help of white wine |
