Unexpected life hacks you stumbled across

[Janboree]

I’ve just discovered that my body mist cleans my spectacles brilliantly. As good as my opticians cleaning spray and a lot cheaper. Added bonus it makes my glasses smell nice too and I didn’t like the smell of the glasses spray. I only used it as it was to hand and my other spray had run out.
Have other mumsnetters stumbled across any life hacks unexpectedly?

Nipple balm is great for dry lips.

Cornflour applied with a make-up brush = dry shampoo.

Day cream + baking powder = foaming facial scrub.

Me!!!!!

Hahaha
love the tip about the crisps! Will deffo be trying that …..

I have someone come out and clean my oven, not cheap but worth it.

If you collect your child from school and they have had an accident. Just put the plastic beg you are handed in the washing machine. The washing will take the clothes out of the bag.

You are an amazing organiser! I mean to do that all the time and end up throwing things away.... I keep and keep and keep them in the fridge, meaning to do what you do, and they end up rotten.... Well done you!

I still fold my towels how Anthea taught me

And potentially tear/break up and knacker your washing machine! Its your childs piss not nuclear waste, fairly sure its safe to handle!

I wish I had known this in the 80s when I ruined my brand new dress…

hahaha love the car number plate tip

Three travel tips:

1. Packing cubes, treat each one like a drawer. I have one for each of socks, underpants, bras, tops, pants, pyjamas.
2. Don't use ziplock bags to put liquids in, use plastic wrap. Take off the lid, put a little plastic wrap over the top, screw lid back on. The plastic wrap acts like a gasket and prevents leaking when air pressure changes in the hold of an aircraft expand the liquid.
3. Use differently looking small cosmetic bags etc. to pack all your non clothing stuff. Group stuff logically and a different bag to put it in. Keeps things obvious and organised. But choose little bags that are thin and light to keep weight down.

Great tip.

Had a really good belly laugh about this one.

Seriously. I koiw just how difficult baked pigeon poo can be to remove off any kind if glass.

If you have chunky wool knitwear, and you're willing to do some handwashing, give it a final oil rinse after your Woolite or whatever. Lukewarm water, spoonful of olive oil. Swish the water really well, so the oil droplets are tiny, and then drop in the woollens. Swirl them around, drain, dry. NB real wool only - doesn't do anything for acrylic.

Eh?

Bizarrely, I now react horribly to most lip balms, except for blue Vaseline and Lansinoh nipple balm! And Lansinoh has much better staying power.

Bl*dy hll, the kitchen must smell lovely after that.

What effect does this have?

Left over, or past - their - best lemons? Cut into quarters and freeze. Use them frozen in a G and T so they flavour and cool your drink without diluting it.

Placemark

@Redheadedstepchild
“To avoid large packets of crisps going stale, eat the whole packet in one sitting”

This top tip is simply genius👌🏻

It helps to make you waterproof.

Marks left by hot drinks being placed directly on wooden surfaces can be got rid of with a dry tea towel and a steam iron on full blast. The tea towel will be trashed but the rings will disappear. I bravely did this with a fancy Laura Ashley coffee table which had several white marks from hot dishes. I’ve also treated the arms of an oak futon sofa bed where DS had been resting his morning cuppa.

Line salad drawers with kitchen roll. Stuff stays fresh and if you have a mouldy cucumber you can just gather up the kitchen roll and bung it in the bin, no mess

I've got visions of the last one removing several layers of skin.

Why would you want a facial scrub to foam?!

Another jar lid one - boil about a cup’s worth of water in the kettle and, once boiled, pour it into a mug, pop the jar lid-down into the mug and wait for about 5 minutes. Take the jar out and it should unscrew pretty easily.

And one for if you need softened butter, but prefer keeping your butter in the fridge so it’s always rock-hard. Boil the kettle and pour the boiled water into a mug, let it sit for a couple of minutes and pour it all out. Then turn the mug upside down, pop however much butter (still in its wrapping) you need into the mug, and wait for about 5-10 minutes, by which time the heat from the mug will have softened the butter nicely.

Oooh also - if you have any water rings on wooden tables, dab some mayonnaise all around the ring and leave it on for 10-15 minutes, then wipe it off, and the water ring will have dispoeard.