Stuff that has other uses!

Clare Bear · 09-10-2008 3:38pm #1

Couldn't find our bottle opener at the weekend and after almost taking my hand off with knives, scissors, etc it turns out that my eyelash curler doubles up as a bottle opener! Who knew!

Plus my hair straightener does a great job of ironing when I'm too lazy to get the iron out.

Any other of your make up/hair instruments that have other uses? (No durtiness now please people!)

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 09-10-2008 3:41pm

Clare Bear wrote: »

Plus my hair straightener does a great job of ironing when I'm too lazy to get the iron out.

Brilliant! LOL

SpookyDoll · 09-10-2008 3:42pm

Nail polish remover is good for removing the gummy sticky stuff that "Do Not Park Here" stickers leave on your car windows!

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 09-10-2008 3:43pm

SpookyDoll wrote: »

Nail polish remover is good for removing the gummy sticky stuff that "Do Not Park Here" stickers leave on your car windows!

Typical women driver :P

shellyboo · 09-10-2008 3:43pm

My Venus razor vibrates. Nuff said.

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 09-10-2008 3:51pm

shellyboo wrote: »

My Venus razor vibrates. Nuff said.

:eek:

Clare Bear · 09-10-2008 3:56pm

shellyboo wrote: »

My Venus razor vibrates. Nuff said.

Ha ha knew that wouldn't take long!

shellyboo · 09-10-2008 3:57pm

Bryn wrote: »

:eek:

What? I can't take the washing machine in the shower with me :rolleyes:

JaneyMc · 09-10-2008 4:01pm

Face wipes! They're great, I use for cleaning my runners, computer screen, etc.

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 09-10-2008 4:02pm

shellyboo wrote: »

What? I can't take the washing machine in the shower with me :rolleyes:

lol

milod · 09-10-2008 4:03pm

Top tip:

A standard pair of ladies knickers make an ideal jizz wipe!

er, I'll get my coat...

Clare Bear · 09-10-2008 4:04pm

JaneyMc wrote: »

Face wipes! They're great, I use for cleaning my runners, computer screen, etc.

God yeah, I could write a whole essay on the wonders of Baby/Face wipes!

shellyboo · 09-10-2008 4:04pm

JaneyMc wrote: »

Face wipes! They're great, I use for cleaning my runners, computer screen, etc.

Oh, me too!! I use them for cleaning the makeup off my dresser. In fact, I use them for cleaning pretty much everything in my room cos I'm too lazy to get the cloth from downstairs.

Clare Bear · 09-10-2008 4:04pm

milod wrote: »

Top tip:

A standard pair of ladies knickers make an ideal jizz wipe!

er, I'll get my coat...

Filth!

milod · 09-10-2008 4:05pm

yeah, if I may just attempt to redeem myself, make-up remover pads and skin toner can be used to clean your camera lens if you're stuck..

Latchy · 09-10-2008 4:05pm

Th ol cotton ear buds are handy for cleaning between the keyboards .Not just mothers and mascara clad women who use em

SarahJ · 09-10-2008 4:36pm

I also use my GHD for a quick iron, or for melting a bar of chocolate.......

NewFrockTuesday · 09-10-2008 4:43pm

Not exactly new but works anyway.

Clear nail varnish for the start of a snag on your stocking...works wonders and you can get away for the whole day without he dreaded zzzzziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiippppppppppppppp.

Also, clear nail carnish again on the inside of costume jewllery to stop the metal turning your skin green.

Superglue for a quick but temporary fix of snag of nail until you get your hands on a file (and stay away from the stockings with this! )

stovelid · 09-10-2008 4:55pm

A small car makes an ideal roadblock when driven at a snail's pace in a overtaking lane of a motorway.

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 09-10-2008 4:58pm

stovelid wrote: »

A small car makes an ideal roadblock when driven at a snail's pace in a overtaking lane of a motorway.

My mum just came into my mum to ask me what i was laughing at after reading that!!! lol

Maple · 09-10-2008 5:23pm

Dellgirl2 wrote: »

Also, clear nail carnish again on the inside of costume jewllery to stop the metal turning your skin green.

Thats an excellent tip, thanks very much!

Oh and @ Clarebear you lazy mare using your GHD for ironing your clothes!! Am in stitches laughing here.

Clare Bear · 09-10-2008 5:25pm

maple wrote: »

Thats an excellent tip, thanks very much!

Oh and @ Clarebear you lazy mare using your GHD for ironing your clothes!! Am in stitches laughing here.

It's exactly 19 steps from my bedroom to downstairs where the iron is, feck that!

Maple · 09-10-2008 5:34pm

Clare Bear wrote: »

It's exactly 19 steps from my bedroom to downstairs where the iron is, feck that!

Its all about the drying, get the clothes out of the washing machine quickly and hang them onto the clothes horse. no need for the iron then!

F.A. · 09-10-2008 5:35pm

Clare Bear wrote: »

Plus my hair straightener does a great job of ironing when I'm too lazy to get the iron out.

That's actually a really good idea. Irons are sometimes simply too big to get all the tiny folds straight, so I for one find your idea genius!

Clare Bear · 09-10-2008 5:38pm

F.A. wrote: »

That's actually a really good idea. Irons are sometimes simply too big to get all the tiny folds straight, so I for one find your idea genius!

Why thank you, see, laziness is clever sometimes! :pac:

CDfm · 09-10-2008 5:40pm

ladies undies are great for cleaning inside of windscreens etc and you can pop them in the bin afterwards and never fess up

Macha · 09-10-2008 5:52pm

Apparently if you spray hairspray on your car registration plates, the scanners for the congestion charge in London can't pick them up...maybe it's the same for the M50?

I've been known to use my eyeliner when I'm stuck to write a number down & there's no pen around.

When I didn't have a clothes dryer & my clothes were still a bit damp, I used to use my hairdryer to dry them. It works!

cuckoo · 09-10-2008 6:24pm

Tampons are apparently handy for temporarily stopping blood loss from bullet wounds.

Macha · 09-10-2008 6:34pm

cuckoo wrote: »

Tampons are apparently handy for temporarily stopping blood loss from bullet wounds.

"Apparently", eh? So you're the spy on boards that the Conspiracy Forum have been talking about!

pow wow · 09-10-2008 7:16pm

Hair conditioner as fabric softener. Because you're worth it

And in the vein of 'babywipe uses'....chuck a couple in the dryer with your clothes...cheaper than dryer sheets and yum smell.

And no I don't have a laundry fetish...

PurpleLily · 09-10-2008 7:55pm

Baby wipes are one of the greatest inventions ever. It just scares me sometimes that I also use them on my kids. Then again they do remove the "you've been tango'd look" after the pasta perfectly!

XxlauraxX · 09-10-2008 8:32pm

vaseline!!! it has so many uses, works great if u have no mascara nd need a bit of a lift, just spread a bit on your finger and brush over eye lashes!!

beaushalloe · 09-10-2008 8:37pm

hairspray is great for getting fresh hairdye out of your towels. (is this turning into a laundry thread???!!!)

a tiny bit of handcream can temporarially calm frizz in your hair.

My handbag doubles up as a grocery bag/overnighter/bed for the cat/weapon etc

use mascara to hide those straggly grey hairs inbetween colours (my god i am a lazy b***h!!!!!)

dr.bollocko · 09-10-2008 8:41pm

I use conditioner to shave at a pinch. Sometimes, you know what, my glorious sideburns are in need of a trim, and I am completely out of shaving foam, and I tell you what, the better half's gloriously smelling strawberry conditioner is perfect. Smooth, non burny, I cant say enough about the stuff.

Madame Razz · 09-10-2008 8:58pm

Eye make up remover can make a terrific quickie stain remover if your stuck.....the blue estee lauder one is so bloody good at it it scares me to think what it really does to your eyelids!!!

bellapip · 09-10-2008 9:00pm

Vaseline is brilliant for re moisturizing old wood.

Some sugar in mosturizer is a great and gentle facial scrub.

Bell:D

Aisling(",) · 09-10-2008 9:44pm

if your sleeping with curlers in and havent got a hairnet a pair of knickers or tights works just as well.

Skellington · 09-10-2008 9:47pm

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I use conditioner to shave at a pinch. Sometimes, you know what, my glorious sideburns are in need of a trim, and I am completely out of shaving foam, and I tell you what, the better half's gloriously smelling strawberry conditioner is perfect. Smooth, non burny, I cant say enough about the stuff.

+1
Very handy when you're stuck.
Just don't use the fancy stuff, you could get your eyes clawed out:(.

Madame Razz · 09-10-2008 9:50pm

I've also heard that Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream has a *ahem* wide variety of uses....

Maple · 09-10-2008 10:20pm

manukahoney wrote: »

I've also heard that Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream has a *ahem* wide variety of uses....

explain yourself lady!

and is this one of those instances where your "friend" told you?

CDfm · 09-10-2008 10:24pm

good one . cheap shampoo on shirt collars and cuffs and t-shirts as a way to remove grime is very effective. Its great with white shirt collars.

and Oil of Ulay has often been used by facially folicly challenged guys to get hairy faces.

bealbocht · 09-10-2008 10:44pm

ellscurr wrote: »

Hair conditioner as fabric softener. Because you're worth it

And in the vein of 'babywipe uses'....chuck a couple in the dryer with your clothes...cheaper than dryer sheets and yum smell.

And no I don't have a laundry fetish...

hair conditioner as fabric softener.
Baby wipes in the dryer..
great stuff

have you tried them the other way around ??

pseudonym1 · 09-10-2008 10:54pm

Baby wipes are ammmaaazzing - wonderbar for getting out make up stains out of clothes!
If jeans /trousers are skimming and you dont want them to get really frayed a coat of nail varnish at the ends will keep them in check.

CDfm · 09-10-2008 11:33pm

Is it ok to say a whole girl to hold the torch while you change a wheel or is that bold:D

Ps great thread BTW

chickenhawk · 09-10-2008 11:56pm

Baby wipes are great for wiping dust from the dashboard and all the other places in your car.

nkay1985 · 10-10-2008 4:59am

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I use conditioner to shave at a pinch. Sometimes, you know what, my glorious sideburns are in need of a trim, and I am completely out of shaving foam, and I tell you what, the better half's gloriously smelling strawberry conditioner is perfect. Smooth, non burny, I cant say enough about the stuff.

Come on. In this instance you've just got to man up and shave with just hot water or leave it for another day

:D:D

Rovi · 10-10-2008 7:59am

In hot weather, motorcycle racers have been known to slap a panty liner on their forehead before donning the helmet; it'll soak up a whole race worth of forehead sweat and keep it from getting in their eyes.

10-10-2008 8:36am

Rovi wrote: »

In hot weather, motorcycle racers have been known to slap a panty liner on their forehead before donning the helmet; it'll soak up a whole race worth of forehead sweat and keep it from getting in their eyes.

liar. Sticky backed waterproof plastic isn't the worlds most absorbant material.

pow wow · 10-10-2008 8:40am

Moonbaby wrote: »

liar. Sticky backed waterproof plastic isn't the worlds most absorbant material.

Unless they're the breathable (read: useless) kind

Rovi · 10-10-2008 8:53am

Moonbaby wrote: »

liar.

Moonbaby wrote:

Sticky backed waterproof plastic isn't the worlds most absorbant material.

They certainly use/have used some sort of feminine hygiene product for this purpose; sanitary towels were mentioned when I first heard this years ago. I take it they're not the same thing then?

I'm pretty sure it wasn't tampons anyway

litup · 10-10-2008 9:04am

Moonbaby wrote: »

liar. Sticky backed waterproof plastic isn't the worlds most absorbant material.

They use them the other way around, i.e. sticky bit on inside of helmet, absorbant bit facing their head.

Stuff that has other uses!

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