New uses for old things…
One of the first things I noticed last week when I came home from my trip to Disney was that my shower looked brand new! I have a shower insert and it has a textured bottom. Even when the entire shower was clean the textured part never looked like it did the day we moved into the house. It does now! I was floored! I asked my husband how he made it so clean and shiny. Oven cleaner. Yep. Oven cleaner. He sprayed it on, let it sit, and then rinsed it off. He said that he made certain to not get it on any of the metal parts of the shower. There you have it. Oven cleaner.
That really inspired me…what other products can you use for something other than the normal application? Did you know that Listerine can cure acne? Dab a little on…wait for it to disappear. Alberto V05 can be used to clean your plant leaves. You can use Alka Seltzer tablets to clean your jewelry. Drop the tablets in a glass of water and immerse your jewels for about 2 minutes. If you clean your shower door with a used Bounce sheet it will dissolve soap scum. If you nick yourself while shaving dab on some ChapStick – it will stop the bleeding. You can keep your costume jewelry from tarnishing by keeping a piece of chalk in your jewelry box. I use teething gel numb my kids fingers before removing a splinter.
Here is the BEST substitution ever….(I can’t even take credit for it, it is from So Frugalicious ). I love Smashbox Photo Finish foundation primer. It is amazing. It is also expensive – $36!! Did you know that Monistat Soothing Care Chafing Relief Powder Gel is made from the same ingredients?! It is basically the same thing…the SmashBox has a little more fru-fru extracts. Here is the breakdown…
Ingredient comparison:
Smashbox Photo Finish Primer
Smashbox photo finish (original): Cyclomethicone, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Isopropylparaben, Retinyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ascorbic Acid, Carthamus Tinctorium (Safflower) Seed Oil, Vitis Vinifera(Grape) Seed Extract, Cola Acuminata Seed Extract, Propylene Glycol, Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract, Isobutylparaben, Butylparaben, Water.
Monistat Soothing Care
Dimethicone 1.2%(silicone), cyclopentasiloxane, dimethicone/vinyl dimethiconecrosspolymer, silica, tocopheryl acetate, trisilox
It will smooth out your pores and create a flawless makeup application. All of this for only $6.50. And don’t get all grossed out…the Monistat Soothing Care is not a yeast infection medication!! The other plus is that you can pick it up at any drugstore!
