Things you have tried due to MN and failed miserably at?

[Enko]

Am I the only one who has tried some stuff out due to MN threads and it turned out well not good?

Today getting ready I was thinking about a MN thread I read some time ago about drying in the shower or outside the shower. Usually I dry outside however the towel we usually have on the floor has been " replaced" (I am looking at you ds) with a normal towel and it was pretty wet.. So I figured I would try what MN post had suggested and dry inside the shower.

Currently nursing a bruise on left arm where I hit it into the folding door (it folds inwards so actually not a lot of room for drying I found) Ok I think stupid of you not to close the door. So I close the door and manage to scrape my left wrist on the door frame..

I will be drying myself outside the shower in the future.. More room

Oh coconut oil. I was assured I would use it for everything. I still have an almost full tub and hvve used it for almost nothing.

Yes, Curly girl here that ended up lank mess. And the pink Boots curl cream. And coconut oil too

Feeding a family of 4 for a week with one chicken. Failed!

Oh yes the oil cleansing method! What was that?

Babylis Big Hair

Yes to the pink Boots Curl Creme, oil cleansing and Zoflora.

@MyChemicalMummy Feeding a family of 4 for a week with one chicken. Failed! Did you forget to do the stock?

Mumsnet haircut - bloody awful
Oil cleaning - made me a greaseball
Dishwasher tab to clean oven- no
Zoflora - yuk
Big hair - languishing in a drawer
Rosehip oil - did nothing

But cheese sauce in microwave is a total game changer

Zoflora! The smell made me physically ill, never again!

I have never tried the haircut but the last time I went to the hair salon, the stylist did it to me (unprompted) and it looked amazing so I am really really tempted to try it at home now.

I can't reliably do the fitted sheet fold. I do the first two corners and then half the time it is twisted up! But other times it works perfectly for no apparent reason, so I keep trying...

Oil cleansing didn't work for me at all, spots everywhere after a few days.

I'd love to try a Big hair though. Had loads of good product recommendations, the Lumea has done wonders, I regularly get 3 meals out of a chicken, I had a MN scarf for years until I left it on a train. So not all bad

I do the mumsnet hair cut but i have very wavy/curly hair so i cam get away with it! Not keen on zoflora at all

I did ok with the hair cut, actually cut it a few times but the curly girl method I looked like I’d just smeared vaseline over my hair.

Will happily take babyliss big hair off hands. I need all the help I can get.

I am sorry but why would you get dry outside the shower? Do people do that? I have always dried myself whilst in the cubicle and then got out. Surely you are otherwise very wet and cold.

Oh I did the haircut once and it looked fabulous.
Then I did it again and got all brave and went quite a bit shorter. MULLET!!!!
Had to get emergency Sunday hairdresser appointment at Toni and Guy (only place open) and explain to them what I'd done...

I tried using liquid gold once which everyone in style and beauty raves about - I had a massive allergic reaction and my face was blotchy for days. If mumsnet had its way I'd have my hair cut into a bob but I know I'd end up looking like Lord Farquaad.
Oh and don't even get me started on Zoflora 🙄

Do you remember the making flavoured vodka in the dishwasher phase?

To be fair the worthers original toffee DW vodka is amazing.

The only thing that sound ever be recommended for cleaning ovens is oven pride. Magic stuff.

Ah, I've been contemplating trying the MN haircut for my thin, flyaway hair.

P'raps not, then?

But cheese sauce in the microwave. Oh yes. Life changing.

*Do you remember the making flavoured vodka in the dishwasher phase? I was this >>>>>>.

Tinkly laughs with a head tilt. I just can't carry that off, I look creepy and demented.

The mumsnet haircut (if I'm right in thinking it's the ponytail at the front of your head and then snip one) I did for years before I was on mn- god knows where I saw it first. It always worked v well for me, but I think that's because I have masses of hair which is naturally wavy/ curly.

I'm loving this thread. Did anyone wrap a piece of salmon in tin foil and put it through the dishwasher? Or was that Alice Beer on This Morning ?

Zoflora - vile - can only imagine people who rave over it have a different sense of smell to me.

Slow cooker - recommended a lot on MN - I hated the smell, taste and texture of everything I tried cooking in it.

Bicarb for cleaning the oven - fail.

A strawberry jam recipe from an MN video - exploded in microwave and stuck firmly to every surface with which it came into contact. Took forever to clean.

I used to do the MN haircut regularly, but I think it's really only for if you have long hair and just want to give it a trim. It's too risky to do as an actual restyle, too much risk of ending up looking like Cadfael.