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If you find the smell coming from your sink's garbage disposal lingering, put a piece of lemon in there and grind away. Takes away all the smells and leave a fresh citrus scent.

"Posted by blessedgemz"

A tablespoon of honey or yogurt left on your skin for 5-10 mins then rinsed off with warm water makes a really cheap, skin-softening facemask

"Posted by Kayles"

cut a lemon in half and scoop out the flesh. Fill the lemon with table salt. Place it in the egg tray of the fridge - it will remove any odours that linger!

"Posted by sgray"

After chopping an onion, remove the onion odor from your hands by rubbing them across a metal kitchen tap/faucet. Works like a charm.

"Posted by mwhite"

Apply toothpaste to small burns to take the sting out and to help stop the scarring. When living in Hong Kong our helper stopped me from running cold water on a burn and instead insisted I apply toothpaste. Don't know why, but it works immediately! Even my son swears by it and goes running off for the toothpaste every time I catch my hand/arm on the oven!!!

"Posted by Shanghaismoothie"

When storing carrots in the lower draw of the fridge 1st place some kitchen roll on the bottom of the draw, then put in the carrots and cover with more kitchen roll, you will find they will stay perfectly healthy, and not discolour or go rubbery for almost 2wks, Also once you have started to use some of your iceburg lettuce or any other lettuce, then wrap this in kitchen roll and you will find that it will last longer, also after sliceing your cucumber, cover and wrap the sliced end of the left over cucumber, again with kitchen paper. Secure using a elastic band placed on top of the kitchen paper that as been wrapped around the open end of the sliced cucumber, this will prolong the life of the cucumber for up to about 1 wk without it going sloppy and being wasted.

"Posted by clasiechick1"

Trying to fill a medicine syringe with medicine by sticking it in the bottle can be frustrating and ineffective when the medicine level drops too low for the syringe tip. Pour the medicine into the bottle lid first to make "sucking up" with the syringe tip easier. Especially good for thick children's antibiotics.

"Posted by Symmie"

Glass cleaner is great for making ultra shiny black granite worktops and baby oil is fab for shining up the stainless steel cookers etc.

"Posted by Nesbitt"

I like to use swimming goggles when chopping onions. My husband might laugh at me, but I don't cry. The goggles work really well.

"Posted by kells"

If the smell of paint goes for your sinuses. peel a couple of onions and leave in the room, they absorb the chemical smell.

"Posted by yorkielass"

To clean the sensitive and hard to reach inside of thermos flasks stained by coffee or tea put some baking powder into the empty, dry flask and pour water from a recently boiled kettle over it. Cover it up when all the foam has settled and leave it for half and hour or so. Repeat if necessary. Also works on pans etc. if you burnt something.

"Posted by HannaBerlin"

Cut a lemon in half and drop it into your kettle and boil it a few times and the inside will be lovely and clean. Don't forget to rinse it before using it for coffee or tea though.

"Posted by Annie22"

If you have small children and they put chewing gum onto their clothes, place the item in the freezer and it will be easy to remove once it is frozen (sorry this can't be use with carpets, rugs, animals or hair

"Posted by Shazza13"

Chewing gum can be removed from hair with peanutbutter and sunflower/olive oil. As long as it is greasy and easy to spread out. Because of the oily substance the chewing gum doesn't stick anymore and can be removed with caution and patience.

"Posted by Manon"

Try vinegar as a substitute for fabric softener - especially for undies as fabric softener is bad for elastics, but vinegar is excellent, and helps preserve colour

"Posted by AnLi"

Lemon juice: Surface cleaner, stain remover, deodorizer. Cut in half and leave in fridge to absorb smells. Mix with salt to clean copper and brass. Mix with water to whiten whites and brighten colours.

"Posted by KitchenGoddess"

Bicarbonate of soda: Deodorizer. When mixed with water produces an alkaline solution that dissolves dirt and grease. Use dry to lift stains from carpets (e.g. red wine) and marks from surfaces. Good for cleaning shower curtains.

"Posted by KitchenGoddess"

Malt vinegar. Surface cleaner, stain remover, descaler, cuts through grease, deodorizes and acts as mild disinfectant. Dilute mix is good for cleaning windows (apply on scrunched-up newspaper).

"Posted by KitchenGoddess"

Olive oil - Use sparingly as furniture polish and fingerprint remover for stainless steel.

"Posted by KitchenGoddess"

Sunlight: Bleacher. Excellent for whitening infants’ nappies.

"Posted by KitchenGoddess"

Tea-tree oil: Antiseptic, disinfectant. Effective on mould and mildew. Dilute as deodorizer for musty clothing.

"Posted by KitchenGoddess"

White-wine vinegar. Surface cleaner, stain remover, limescale descaler, cuts through grease, deodorizes and acts as mild disinfectant.

"Posted by KitchenGoddess"

Olive oil and lemon juice - furniture polish

"Posted by Rhyleysgranny"

Vinegar and water-windows/glass

"Posted by Rhyleysgranny"

Vinegar removes soap scum on shower doors. Keep it in a spray container

"Posted by Rhyleysgranny"

Vinegar brings granite worktops up a treat

"Posted by Rhyleysgranny"

After you clean your windows with white vinegar, rub them with couple of day old newspapers, really makes them shine

"Posted by cupcake chaos"

Need to polish your copper? Ketchup!

"Posted by Edda"

Bicarb of soda to get rid of smells, clean the loo, all sorts of uses

"Posted by Hettie"

To get rid of stagnant carpet smells a solution of bocarbonate of soda and water dabbed onto the affectd area and then blown dry with a hair works, it has to be repeated several times, but well worth it.

"Posted by Crafty Cookie"

Also, try sprinkling bicarbonate of soda over the carpet. Leave for a while then hoover up

"Posted by Rhyleysgranny"

Soapy water kills aphids on your roses!

"Posted by jaxstar84"