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Budweiser beer conditions hair

Pam cooking spray dries finger nail polish

Cool whip conditions hair in 15 minutes

Mayonnaise will KILL LICE, & condition hair

Elmer's Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off & see the dead skin

Shiny Hair - brewed Lipton Tea

Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into bath water

Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste

Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it

Arthritis? WD-40 spray & rub in, kill insect stings too

Bee stings - meat tenderizer

Chigger bite - Preparation H

Puffy eyes - Preparation H

Paper cut - crazy glue or chapstick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals)

Stinky feet - Jell-O!

Athletes feet - cornstarch

Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapour rub

Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section & run a cycle, will also clean a toilet

Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint, also Kool Aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint

Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a coffee filter paper

Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray

Pam will also remove paint, & grease from your hands

Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls

When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with cornstarch & watch them slide on

Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar

Body paint - Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container & mix with the food color of your choice

Tie Dye T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt & soak

Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda & cup of milk of magnesia, soak for 20 min. & let dry, will last for many years

A Slinky will hold toast & CD's

To keep goggles & glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste

Wine stains, pour on the Morton salt & watch it absorb into the salt

To remove wax - Take a paper towel & iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel

Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with Peanut butter

Baked on food - fill container with water, get a Bounce paper softener and the static from the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. Soak overnight. Also, you can use two Efferdent tablets, soak overnight

Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste & brush it

Dirty grout - Listerine

Stains on clothes - Colgate

Grass stains - Karo Syrup

Grease Stains - Coca Cola, will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight & takes corrosion from car batteries

Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax- sprinkle & let stand for 24 hours. Maybe this will work if you get them back again

To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer Add a little Clorox, or 2 Bayer aspirin, or just use 7-up instead of water

When you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered which is the freshest, so you "squeeze" for freshness or softness? Did you know that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week? Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each day has a different color twist tie. They are: Monday=Blue, Tuesday=Green, Thursday=Red, Friday=White, and Saturday=Yellow. The colors go alphabetically by color: Blue-Green-Red-White-Yellow, Monday through Saturday

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~ Lots of great tips there LESLIE!

I'll give ya one {for now}.......Since I quit smoking I haven't been getting acne. { I can just hear my Mom saying: " I told ya so! " } Anyways......in the past, and when I do get the odd blemish now, I use COLGATE toothpaste on it!   Yeeeeup!  Of course U'd want to do it at night so U don't have to walk around with a white blob on yur face but, worked for me!

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After this had been a link in an Annies healthy living topic on applecider vinager ,I have started taking it dailly with the honey in water..

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1. Drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately -- without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional "pain relievers."

2. Did you know that Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns?

3. Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoids peppermints.. They'll clear up your stuffy nose.

4. Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 Tablespoon of horseradish in a cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a massage oil, for instant relief for aching muscles.

5. Sore Throat? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1 tablespoon six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria.

6. Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer. Just dissolve two tablets in a glass of water and drink it at the onset of the symptoms. Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary tract infections almost instantly -- even though the product was never been advertised for this use.

7. Eliminate puffiness under your eyes..... All you need is a dab of preparation H, carefully rubbed into the skin, avoiding the eyes. The hemorrhoid ointment acts as a vasoconstrictor, relieving the swelling instantly.

8. Honey remedy for skin blemishes... Cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a band-aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight.

9. Listerine therapy for toenail fungus... Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash. The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again.

10. Easy eyeglass protection.. To prevent the screws in eyeglasses from loosening, apply a small drop of Maybelline CrystalClear nail polish to the threads of the screws before tightening them.

11. Coca-Cola cure for rust... Forget those expensive rust removers. Just saturate an abrasive sponge with Coca Cola and scrub the rust stain. The phosphoric acid in the coke is what gets the job done.

12. Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer... If menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can't find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly.

13. Smart splinter remover... just pour a drop of Elmers Glue all over the splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin. The splinter sticks to the dried glue.

14. Hunt's tomato paste boil cure... cover the boil with Hunt's tomato paste as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head.

15. Balm for broken blisters... To disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few drops of Listerine... a powerful antiseptic.

16. Heinz vinegar to heal bruises... Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process.

17. Kill fleas instantly. Dawn dish washing liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Goodbye fleas.

18. Rainy day cure for dog odor... Next time your dog comes in from the rain, simply wipe down the animal with Bounce or any dryer sheet, instantly making your dog smell springtime fresh.

19. Eliminate ear mites... All it takes is a few drops of Wesson corn oil in your cat's ear. Massage it in, then clean with a cotton ball. Repeat daily for 3 days. The oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers the mites, and accelerates healing.

20. Vaseline cure for hair balls..... To prevent troublesome hair balls, apply a dollop of Vaseline petroleum jelly to your cat's nose. The cat will lick off the jelly, lubricating any hair in its stomach so it can pass easily through the digestive system.

21. Quaker Oats for fast pain relief.... It's not just for breakfast any more! Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.

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the power of sage

About sage: the legend tells: " When Mother Mary had to flee Herodes, she asked all flowers in the field, to help her . No flower granted her refuge. She bent down to "the" sage, and lo & behold, she found refuge. She hid with the "Child"  from Herodes and his serfs under the protecting leaves of the sage. He went past without seeing her. And when the danger was over, Mary came out and spoke to the sage: " from now on you´ll be a favorite flower of mankind... I give you the power to heal people from all deseases and rescue them from death, as you rescued me..." /...(So, who knows,  maybe true the impact, coz when you love something, you can make it bloom, open up and thrive. Like the power Mary gave to sage...).

Preparing sage tea:  above all no big quantity, you get the vertigo otherwise. The stuff´s strong! Not so though when seasoning a meal, no worry about the quantity...So I either soak the leaves the night before, so it takes but 5 min. to boil it in its own water. For half a litre, at the most a teaspoonful, i.e., 10 to 15 leaves. If I don´t soak over night, I crush the leaves between the palms of the hands into the receptacle full of water, boil for 3 min., leave covered for 10 min., use strainer, pour into a nice cup " ....OF  GLAS...." it´s part of it to see the color, strange red wine hue. Sweeten with honey, please a good one, the regular honey though...You have to find out, how bitter how sweet..So you have to boil it to extract the minerals out of it. Don´t worry, at the most the vitamins evaporate, NOT THE MINERALS, no matter how hot the water. And remember, we need way more minerals than vitamins, so if the vitamins kinda evaporate. (Press a carrot). GOOD DRINKING !..It´s all psyche, right ? So, if sipped down in a calm environment, alongside with some short bread from England...Now to close:

the substance SALVIN contained in sage acts like Penicillin against bacteria. Sage strengthens the palate when gargled with, leave it in the mouth for 1 min. or so... It´s very good against sweating at night...And a proverb says: Use frequently sage in your meal, and you´ll never be doddery !
Thanks for reading.

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These little nail tricks will help those of you who have
weak nails and want them to grow long and strong.

For the foggy glasses remedy, using Colgate toothpaste. Any idea what properties cause this reaction? And, does it matter what "kind" of Colgate? They have soooo many different kinds, with so many different additives now...lol. Just "plain" Colgate?

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