Stuff that has other uses!

Jules · 10-10-2008 10:30pm

Excellent thread!

Gyalist · 10-10-2008 11:45pm

shellyboo wrote: »

My Venus razor vibrates. Nuff said.

Nevyn · 11-10-2008 12:34am

Nail polish remover is great on tv/pc screens.

Elle Victorine · 11-10-2008 12:41am

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...

Brilliant Idea.

Although I found five litres of comfort for 4:50 the other day so I can't complain really.

I used to use nailpolish to paint my phone....thats about it.

Nail polish remover is great for removing those silly sticker messes and depending on the pen used you can remove a mark from a bus ticket and use it again.

Cmol · 11-10-2008 5:37pm

Oh man, big +++ on the using the ghd's for a quick iron - especially on things like shirt collars, perfect shape

and ++++++ x 10000000 on the baby wipes / makeup removers! Their great for giving the sink in the bathroom a wipe down!

lezizi · 11-10-2008 6:07pm

Baby oil is brilliant at removing eye make up, just a bit on dry cotton wool and it takes off even the strongest eyeliner and mascara.

Also baby oil with a few spoons of sugar works as a really good scrub on rough skin.

I also love to get a bottle peppermint essential oil and massage a few drops in to my scalp before i shampoo, the steam is the shower really sets of the oils, its great if you have a headache, its really revitilising, ye should seriously try it.

Jesus Wept · 11-10-2008 6:32pm

Thaedydal wrote: »

Nail polish remover is great on tv/ pc screens.

To remove the tip-ex?

Jumpy · 11-10-2008 6:47pm

bellapip wrote: »

Vaseline is brilliant for re moisturizing old wood.

Bell:D

Like Heff?

Summerjones · 11-10-2008 6:47pm

lezizi wrote: »

I also love to get a bottle peppermint essential oil and massage a few drops in to my scalp before i shampoo, the steam is the shower really sets of the oils, its great if you have a headache, its really revitilising, ye should seriously try it.

Sounds good! Wouldn't sting your scalp or anything though would it?

bnagrrl · 12-10-2008 12:27am

Add some sugar to conditioner and you can use it as an exfoliator.

Slick some vaseline around your hairline and ears when dying your hair to avoid staining the skin.

Cathmandooo · 12-10-2008 11:29am

Baby wipes are excellent, like the vaseline comment above I always keep wipes handy if dying my hair at home, keep giving your face a wipe when the dye is on and it'll never stain your skin.

Immac Hair removal cream can be good for unclogging hair in the drain. I know it seems a waste cause you're literally throwing it down the drain but it can help

Also for keeping your earrings tidy (this is sorta opposite cos it's using a kitchen appliance for beauty) I have a spatter guard hanging in my wardrobe and I put all my earrings through the holes, one like in the picture below, seriously handy and you can always see all the earrings you have.

lezizi · 12-10-2008 2:49pm

Summerjones wrote: »

Sounds good! Wouldn't sting your scalp or anything though would it?

No it doesnt sting or anything, it's really good.

montruse · 12-10-2008 3:28pm

baby oil is great for shining up the iron around your fireplace.

MayMay · 12-10-2008 4:18pm

Great thread, so much good info!

Blush_01 · 12-10-2008 11:04pm

Nelopee wrote: »

Apply a really thick line of black eyeliner along your top lashes then smudge with a eye shadow brush for a really quick smokey eye without having to use eyeshadow...

Brown No. 7 Amazing Eyes pencil - you can build the colour up to be as dark as you like, but it's not as harsh as black eyeliner, it lasts for at least 14 hours and it comes with a blender at the end of the pencil. The blender works much better than an eyeshadow brush. It's rescued me more than once!

Vaseline is great for removing waterproof mascara, plus it makes your eyelashes feel lovely.

Nail glue is great for fixing those diamanté buttons you get on satin shirts when they break (which they invariably do).

If your hem on your trousers falls down and you're in a rush, a few staples will hold the hem in place until you can sew it back up. Staple from the inside of the leg so less of the staple is visible. My favourite quick-fix!

Cathmandooo · 13-10-2008 9:28am

Blush_01 wrote: »

If your hem on your trousers falls down and you're in a rush, a few staples will hold the hem in place until you can sew it back up. Staple from the inside of the leg so less of the staple is visible. My favourite quick-fix!

I do that too, staplers are great

Cmol · 13-10-2008 11:15am

Can I just say this is officially the best thread EVARRRR!

rugbug86 · 13-10-2008 11:30am

Blush_01 wrote: »

If your hem on your trousers falls down and you're in a rush, a few staples will hold the hem in place until you can sew it back up. Staple from the inside of the leg so less of the staple is visible. My favourite quick-fix!

Just don't do what I do and sit on your leg. Figured that out the hard way when the staple got caught in the ass of my trousers, tearing it apart when I stood up, leaving me exposed! Bad things happened that day.

13-10-2008 11:40am

The shame!!!

:o:o You poor thing!

Agent Smith · 13-10-2008 11:52am

nail polish remover can be used to clean linescale from old toilets. Coke works just as well.

NewFrockTuesday · 13-10-2008 1:53pm

If you wipe your bathroom mirror with shaving foam and give it a good old polish with a soft cloth, it wont steam up after you get out of the shower and you wont be quasimodoing yourself to get a sliver of non steamy reflection.

Who knew there were so many ways to clean a loo! Get bleach people!

mashling · 13-10-2008 1:53pm

nail polish for decorating anything really (Christmas cards, picture frames etc)

Also, does everyone know about thinning down old nail polish with a wee bit of nail polish remover? Truly a most useful thing to know!

bellapip · 13-10-2008 7:35pm

Love the shaving foam on the mirror idea.

Bell:D

JaneyMc · 13-10-2008 8:00pm

mashling wrote: »

nail polish for decorating anything really (Christmas cards, picture frames etc)

Also, does everyone know about thinning down old nail polish with a wee bit of nail polish remover? Truly a most useful thing to know!

Does it just make it usable again? Frick... I just chucked a load out last week. :mad:

blue_belle · 13-10-2008 8:25pm

pink lipbalm or pink lip gloss or lip stick doubles up as a nice soft blusher.

lemon juice for spots

and, trust me on this one, smear you whole face with honey and leave it for at least half an hour, the longer the better, and wash it off with warm water, your skin will feel amazing. oh, you should wear a hairband, so as not to get the honey in your hair.

almond oil for nails.

let me know how you get on with the honey "facial"

bnagrrl · 13-10-2008 9:15pm

Love the shaving foam/mirror idea.

A friend of mine paints the end of her trousers with clear nail varnish to stop them fraying when they skim the ground.

peanuthead · 13-10-2008 9:25pm

Cillit bang.

great thread

Ciaran500 · 13-10-2008 9:34pm

Dellgirl2 wrote: »

If you wipe your bathroom mirror with shaving foam and give it a good old polish with a soft cloth, it wont steam up after you get out of the shower and you wont be quasimodoing yourself to get a sliver of non steamy reflection.

Any soaps should have the same effect

13-10-2008 9:38pm

blue_belle wrote: »

and, trust me on this one, smear you whole face with honey and leave it for at least half an hour, the longer the better, and wash it off with warm water, your skin will feel amazing. oh, you should wear a hairband, so as not to get the honey in your hair

I'm scared that you're taking the mickey and i'll never get the honey off, promise i'll look prettier???

it's kind of only using it for it's actual use but anti bac hand gel is essential, and, if it's a particularly yucky loo squirt it on some tissue and clean the seat!! saved alot of hovering at ox*gen and EP!!!

this thread just reminded me of when i was a kid, me and my friend sed to make our own 'beauty products' by mixing whatever was in my mams bathroom, she once caught us with our faces covered in a nice scrub/mask which consisted of moisturiser and shake 'n' vac! "

peanuthead · 13-10-2008 9:46pm

mix sugar with your shower gel, great exfoliator. Ear buds are great for fixing your eye makeup, so you dont end up smudging it more. Someone once told me to use socks to put on fake tan, but it actually seeped through the sock and I still had a big orange hand!! I use my nail clippers to cut the tags off my clothes because I never have a scissors handy!!

I also use my pillow cases to collect up all my dirty clothes for the wash.

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