Odd Uses For Things...

[Philadisney]

toothpaste as spackle...

Duct tape prom gowns....

and duct tape wallets!
haven't tried this myself, but honey is supposed to be great for acne. something about how bacteria can't grow in honey.

 

[jwsqrdplus2]

I use medicated chapstick like neosporin. Since I always have it with me, it is a great quick pain killer, cut healer.

Also, baking soda mixed with water (1 TB baking soda to 1 cup water) as a hair rinse. Great in the summer. I use it at least once a month to strip all the chlorine, etc from my hair. Shampoo hair once, use the baking soda rinse, shampoo again, then condition. Works like a charm.

 

[OK!]

Preparation H is excellent for reducing under-eye puffiness. For that matter, so are anti-cellulite creams that contain caffeine; it naturally reduces swelling (which is why tea bags are sometimes used on the eyes).

Unfortunately, I have far too much experience in this matter. Before I learned these tricks, I generally looked like I was on Day 4 of an epic 3-day bender. Hmph.

 

[Rowena]

I've found a paste of baking soda and water work very well on bug bites. (I'm sensitive to them.)
Baking soda is also a decent tooth polishing paste, not something for everyday, but on the few you need a bit more sparkle, it's good.
Salt thrown into wa wash of new clothes helps the colors set, and not bleed (or as much).
Lemon juice, ice and salt swirled around can clean out a coffee carafe very well. (Okay, that's how Denny's cleans out their glass carafes, but it does work.)
Orange cleaner/degreasers work better on greasy little fingerprints on things like television screens than Windex. Use the Orange once, then Windex. you'll be done much faster.
If your kittycat like to chew electrical cords or messes with anything...squeeze the peel of an orange on/around it. Bats don't like citrus oil in a big way. (Quarter and orange with the peel on, use a paring knife to start it and peel the rind back bending it as little as possible. Feed the fruit to yourself or your kid and use the peel as kitty repellant. The stuff that squirts out of the pores of the peel is the repellent, not the juice of the fruit.)

 

[sk8bug72]

mix baking soda and water to form a thick paste for bee stings

 

[Byrd]

Aqua net hair spray to get ink out of clothes, finger nail polish remover to remove permanent marker, and I love Bag Balm for dry skin.
Petrolem jelly to remove eyemakeup.

 

[peacefulgirl]

How about something to clean the grout between times in the kitchen any ideas?

 

[LadyyRedd]

Erasers off of pencils as an earring back! Of course, I don't do it on a regular basis...

Kimya

 

[parrothead365]

Adolf's meat tenderizer for stings of all kinds

Listerine applied to a fire ant sting/bite will take the fire out of it and keep it from blistering.

 

[disykat]

This isn't that odd, but I swear by it... Lansinoh (a thick cream used normally for easing pain of breastfeeding) -- works on rashes, cuts, chapped lips, chafing... I guess it's not that much of a stretch, but my dh thinks I'm nuts when I use it on the kids for chapped lips... it works miracles though!

I'm just picturing my boy's faces if they found out I was using something on them that was meant for women's breasts! Have you kept the real use a secret?

 

[nonnymouse]

I use my glue gun for everything - have made complete costumes, glued the wooden fence when the dog knocked it down, even put part of my bumper back together when I hit something.