Good GOD Mumsnet tips actually work!

Big blob of Immac down your hairy plughole before you go to bed.

(Does that sound rude?)

washing walls before decorating - spray the walls with dilute sugar soap and leave for a bit before wiping off (a short bit - don't let it dry) - worked well for my mother's flat, which was very nicotine-stained (watch out for carpets, and for electrical switches, obv.)

To save your poor hands from squeezing repeatedly to spray, get one of those garden pressure sprayers (about £12 from B&Q or similar) - you can just drift around pointing it at the wall, no squeezing the handle required

Garden pressure sprayer also good with water and vinegar or whatever you use if you are cleaning large areas of glass (conservatories, large windows etc)

msrisotto I like the loo roll seed tape.

And I have to admit I have just lit some spaghetti! Loony!

I can thoroughly recommend Kilrock brush on gel mould cleaner for the washing machine drawer. Bought some from John Lewis yest and tried it today. The drawer looks like new! And all the holes and cracks inside the drawer cavity itself are pretty much clean.

It's never looked as clean in it's 10 years of life!

Can also vouch for the dishwasher tablet on the oven. Tried. Works! Sparkly glass oven door.

oh yes - looks amazing when you are just sitting home of an evening and the n rubbish when you are on a posh night out...

That's the story of my hair anyway MrsLiz - you never know what it's going to look like in the morning, completely unpredictable. And just occasionally fabulous!

If a nail varnish has gone all thick and gloopy, add a couple drops of nail varnish remover and give it a good shake. Voila! Perfectly useable nail varnish once more.

WKWTTG - yes it does sometimes do that. I quite like the uncertainty of the gorgeous days versus the rubbish days .

I've tried leaving a bit of conditioner in mine and it makes it look lanky and greasy .

I spent a fortune at the hairdressers for years straightening my frizzy hair to make it smooth, then discovered that if I wash and leave copious amounts of conditioner it, it dries curly and shiny rather than frizzy, and people say I look a lot younger. Darn it, those wasted years...

Definitely second the Lanacane tip - it does work (tho' be prepared for strange looks from the chemist when you buy several tubes to give to friends

I tried the reverse hair washing- didn't work for me at all. I think it's a bit marmite and would not advise trying it before any important events....

Use lanacane anti chaffing gel as primer for makeup, apparently very similar ingredients as the more expensive ones, works brilliantly and is on £6ish a tube!
I know there has been a thread on this recently, but reverse hair washing, conditioner first, then shampoo, leaves hair cleaner for longer!

Buy coconut oil and whip using an electric mixer. It's more moussey and much easier to use whether you're cooking with it (where I guess you'd use less as well) or whipping up with some soft brown sugar for the best body scrub ever.

If you wear shirts with proper collars that get grimy, but a cheap shampoo and rub in before putting in the machine. Gets them a lot cleaner even on coloured shirts.

Buy a second pair of those scrubby gloves you use for exfoliating and use one to clean the bath. I wear latex gloves underneath because my hands are really sensitive but it's not necessary so long as you wash your hands well afterwards.

Just remembered another one - a cheap plastic nit comb might be useless for head lice - but they are useful for getting fluff, hair, grass etc out of the vecro on DC's shoes...

Mummyabroad, what kind of vinegar do you use? Have cushions dc has been sick on and they still smell!

When reheating food in the microwave, arrange it in a doughnut shape - with a hole in the middle - and your food will heat evenly all over.

For the greenfingered - all of these are amazing HERE

breathe that looks very interesting. We would change our sheets far more often if it weren't such a chore to get the cover back on the duvet.

We have a superking bed and use to put our duvet cover on. It is really easy with 2 people, but one person can do it alone too.

Thank you MsJupiter, I'll give it a go - as soon as I've lost a few pounds on Weight Watchers!

teeny yes just give it a mix with a spoon then a bit of knead and roll or flatten into your pizza base. Add plenty toppings and put in oven on 180 until done (10-20 mins depending how you like it).

Just though of another

If you drop egg shell into a cracked egg use the used egg shell to scoop it out. It sort of sticks to the shell rather than sliding off

If you sprinkle talc where the ants are getting in they won't cross it, i guess it clogs them up somehow.
I've also read that if you mix icing sugar and bicarb the ants eat it and then the bicarb reacts with the acid in their bodies and they die. Haven't tried that though, just the talc thing on holiday in mobile homes, it saves you worrying about using chemicals with small DC's around.