You had a rocking party last night. The food and drinks were perfect and so were the games and decoration. But just as your guests were bidding you goodbye, you noticed that they spilt their diet coke on your new carpet. Your heart is simply sulking with no option but to take it for a wash to the laundry the next morning. But, this is just one problem that you have been encountered with. As such, there are umpteen problems awaiting you to take care of. And if you have …

Aside from being a great culinary partner, vinegar has other useful, inexpensive home uses. The following do-it-yourself household tips will really come in handy for you. Read on to learn more.
1. Do you prefer boiled eggs for breakfast? Then, here’s how you can prevent the eggs from cracking! Just add few drops of vinegar to the water.
2. Can’t figure out how to remove that garlic or onion smell off your fingers after preparing your favorite dish? Cheer up, just rinse your hands with some vinegar.
3. Do you want to know …

There are 5 ways to dispel the smell of mutton as following:
One, put the radish together with mutton into the water, and then drain out the radish after half an hour. The orange peel will be better.
Two, boil the mutton with mung bean for ten minutes, every 1,000g mutton needed 5g mung bean, and then drain out the water and mung bean.
Three, put two or three shelled walnuts with the hole and boil the mutton together.
Four, add chipped 200g cane into 1,000g mutton and then boil.
Five, add 50g vinegar into …

Glass tiles are the fad of the day. Be it a shop or a home, glass tiles are used everywhere. The chief advantage of using glass tiles is that they are very easy to clean and maintain. A glass tile is non porous as opposed to the ceramic tiles that were previously used, thus less effort is required to make the tiles look squeaky clean. What’s more, glass tiles are available in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes and are also less costly as compared to their ceramic counterparts.
Though …

Banana
Who needs Botox when you have bananas? That’s right: You can use a banana as an all-natural face mask that moisturizes your skin and leaves it looking and feeling softer. Mash up a medium-sized ripe banana into a smooth paste, then gently apply it to your face and neck. Let it set for 10-20 minutes, then rinse it off with cold water. Another popular mask recipe calls for 1/4 cup plain yogurt, 2 tablespoons honey, and 1 medium banana.

Vinegar
Using vinegar as a skin toner dates back to the time of …

Refresh your refrigerator
Did you know that vinegar might be an even more effective safe cleanser for your refrigerator than baking soda? Use equal parts white vinegar and water to wash both the interior and exterior of your fridge, including the door gasket and the fronts of the vegetable and fruit bins. To prevent mildew growth, wash the inside walls and bin interiors with some full-strength vinegar on a cloth. Also use undiluted vinegar to wipe off accumulated dust and grime on top of your refrigerator. Of course, you’ll still want …

Safe home remedies for painful corns and calluses include tea, cornstarch, and vinegar. For more details on how these everyday items can help your sore feet, read on.
Baking soda. One of the best ways you can treat corns and calluses is with a warm-water soak. This loosens the dead skin and helps with healing. Add 3 tablespoons baking soda to a basin of warm water and soak. Or massage calluses with a paste of 3 parts baking soda to 1 part water.
Chamomile tea. Soaking your feet in diluted chamomile tea …

In the ongoing battle of raw vs. cooked, we take a look at one of my favorite foods, garlic! Is it better to cook the vampire repelling food or leave it as nature intended? Drum roll please…
It looks like the raw foodies win this one!
A study in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry shows that fresh garlic has more hydrogen sulfide, which relaxes blood vessels, lowering blood pressure and giving your heart a bit of a break!
Slice up a clove and add it to your …

Colds
Using a misting of water and vinegar in your vaporizer works great for helping a cold. You can also use this in a pot on the stove, boiling the water until the vapour grows through out the house.
Natural solution
If you have problems fighting colds and the flu during the changing seasons and often find the over the counter medications make you drowsy and feel medicated try these quick and inexpensive solutions. Use vinegar as a natural solution to your cold and flu needs or when you haven’t had the time …

Soften fabrics, kill bacteria , eliminate static, and more
There are so many benefits to be reaped by adding 1 cup white vinegar to your washer’s rinse cycle that it’s surprising that you don’t find it prominently mentioned inside the owner’s manual of every washing machine sold. Here are the main ones:

A single cup of vinegar will kill off any bacteria that may be present in your wash load, especially if it includes cloth diapers and the like.

A cup of vinegar …