Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

nadmaj

I love this thread!!! and going to start using alot of tips from here
Ive bought star drops/cheap handwash and washing up liquid which is diluted and branded washing powder on offer and cheap washing powder ,soda crystals and cheaper versions of oxyclean. If anyone can tell me how much soda crystals to washing powder (cheap and branded) to make a batch so i can use the smallest amount in the washing maching. it in a thread last yer or so but cannot seem to find it now.
thanks

I did read

kittykat500

wantai wrote: »

Picked this tip from "How Clean is Your House"

Save the peel after eating a banana and use it to polish up leaves of plants...works a treat and they remain shiny for ages. I do this all the time and my house plants look fab; they sometimes get mistaken for FAKES!

Banana skin works for shining shoes too!

UnluckyT

Also if you soak banana skins in water it is good for watering your plants with.

starfishpie

Malt vinegar works well as hair conditioner but only on dark hair

meanmarie

starfishpie wrote: »

Malt vinegar works well as hair conditioner but only on dark hair

Wonder would it restore the 'dark' to my now salt and pepper hair??

Marie

NualaBuala

meanmarie wrote: »

Wonder would it restore the 'dark' to my now salt and pepper hair??

Marie

Haven't tried it but I heard rosemary infusions stain the hair darker over time, it gradually builds up. Would smell lovely too!

sparrer

starfishpie wrote: »

Malt vinegar works well as hair conditioner but only on dark hair

As a teenager I had quite greasy hair and used to rinse it with with a jug of half vinegar and half water. Lemon juice is another 'food' that helps treat greasy hair, and also helps to keep fair hair fair. Warm black tea gives brown hair a lovely shine.
We used all these some 50 years ago

northwest1965

Can anyone point me to a good recipe for a hand scrub that I can make and keep in a kilner?

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If your hands get really mucky in the garden a handful of sugar will normally take most grubby bits off

Nicoll

JackieO wrote: »

If your hands get really mucky in the garden a handful of sugar will normally take most grubby bits off

My DH does this when he's done work on the car and got dirty, oily hands. A squirt of washing up liquid and a bit of sugar cleans them up great :j