Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

Uniscots97

MarilynMonroe wrote: »

If you keep your nail varnish in the fridge it wont go gloopy and it'll last you a lifetime.

Thanks Mariyn I might do this with my favourite colour, if I did it for all my nail varnishes I'd have no room for food

Fruball

London_Town wrote: »

This thread is brilliant and just when I think I can't learn some new shortcut, I find that I just have.

My latest tip is to simply question any use of your resources. By this I don't just mean money, I mean any resource or commodity you have. Before doing something, just ask yourself, is this really necessary? Can I do it in a different way that will save me money or time - or both? Am I doing something just because I've always done it? I'm sure you get the jist.

An example of this in practice has lead me to washing my hair in the kitchen sink, in cold water. If I don't need or want a shower, but want to wash my hair, I can now do it very quickly under the kitchen mixer tap. I even find the cold water really refreshing and don't give it a second thought.

Also, there's been alot of discussion regarding anti bacterial products and what temperatures to wash clothes at. This is a personal choice, but what I tend to do is to think of my dear late mum. I was raised in the 1970's and my mum was house proud but no obsessive. More importantly, she didn't use (or couldn't buy) anti bacterial cleaners, handwashes, sophisticated washing machines or vacuum cleaners with hepa filters. So many of the things that we now take for granted. However, my brother and I were still happy and healthy and I never remember us being ill all the time or anything like that.

Since finding out the vinegar even at a 5% solution will kill bacteria, I haven't bought anything else. It goes in the wash as a softener and no, the clothes don't smell of vinegar and sometimes I add it to the DW too.

My house is far from sterile but in my job I get to go into a lot of homes and some are seriously sterile... I think that kind of environment encourages food allergies/sensitivities and the like.

Can't beat a bit of dirt and bacteria, I always say :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Somebody (can't remember who, sorry) mentioned about soda crystals in the bath - I had no idea at all you could use it this way!!! Is it ok for sensitive skin?

Uniscots97

Frugal wrote: »

Somebody (can't remember who, sorry) mentioned about soda crystals in the bath - I had no idea at all you could use it this way!!! Is it ok for sensitive skin?

Only in small quanitities and I speak from experience

Quasar

Frugal wrote: »

Somebody (can't remember who, sorry) mentioned about soda crystals in the bath - I had no idea at all you could use it this way!!! Is it ok for sensitive skin?

I did mention it. I don't know about sensitive skin as I have no problems. I think you have to experiment starting from a very small quantity. If you can work up to a couple of tablespoons, you will find that the bathtub is no longer left with those annoying watermarks. It may work just the same with a smaller quantity.

Eenymeeny

Quasar wrote: »

I did mention it. I don't know about sensitive skin as I have no problems. I think you have to experiment starting from a very small quantity. If you can work up to a couple of tablespoons, you will find that the bathtub is no longer left with those annoying watermarks. It may work just the same with a smaller quantity.

Good for softening skin on feet too! We have a shower over the bath and I always put the plug in first and add a tablespoonful of soda crystals. Cleans the bath and beauty treatment too. (I don't have any problems with irritation and I have sensitive skin)

Quasar

Well yesterday I went to Asda and bought two large bottles of stardrops. Never used it before because I had loads of various cleaner bottles still from when I used to mystery shop supermarkets (loads loads of stuff), but now that I'm on the last dregs of the last Flash bottle, I thought I'd join the stardrop club - so guess which thread I've started reading now?

One sneaky penny-saving things I'm doing right now is this: since the time is fast approaching when I have to defrost my freezer, and I'm using up stuff as and when without stocking up, in order to avoid days and days of empty spaces that make the freezer work harder (and using up more leccy than necessary) I'm putting in bottles and sundry containers with water in them to fill in the space as required. But these are only 3/4 full as water increases in volume when it turns to ice. When defrosting time comes, I#ll take out all these water thingies, let them defrost to room temperature and then use the water for the plants, washing, whatever.

Aesop

squeaky wrote: »

Asda still stock it - stardrops at asda

so do Sainsburys

Eenymeeny

Quasar wrote: »

Well yesterday I went to Asda and bought two large bottles of stardrops. Never used it before because I had loads of various cleaner bottles still from when I used to mystery shop supermarkets (loads loads of stuff), but now that I'm on the last dregs of the last Flash bottle, I thought I'd join the stardrop club - so guess which thread I've started reading now?

One sneaky penny-saving things I'm doing right now is this: since the time is fast approaching when I have to defrost my freezer, and I'm using up stuff as and when without stocking up, in order to avoid days and days of empty spaces that make the freezer work harder (and using up more leccy than necessary) I'm putting in bottles and sundry containers with water in them to fill in the space as required. But these are only 3/4 full as water increases in volume when it turns to ice. When defrosting time comes, I#ll take out all these water thingies, let them defrost to room temperature and then use the water for the plants, washing, whatever.

One thing that I've found with Stardrops is that if you give the washed bath, fridge etc a quick dry with a microfleece it really shines!

Fruball

Babybel wax covers with tumble dryer fluff all stuffed into a loo roll make great firelighters

(I have put dried satsuma peelings in there too for tonights fire - might smell nice I usually stuff them inside old tights or similar and pop them on the radiator - makes the room smell all fresh - I won't use chemical plug in things - they are awful)

fairyclicks

This thread is brilliant taking me back down memory lane alright - i remember making jars of bath sales out of soda crystals - we used to add a couple of drops of food colouring to make them pretty colours and a wee drop of fav perfume

All popped into a jamjar with painted lids and ribbon tied round the top