* Budweiser beer conditions the hair

* Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish

* Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 min

* Mayonnaise will KILL LICE,it will also condition your hair

* Elmers Glue-paint on your face,allow it to dry,peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads if any

* Shiny Hair-use brewed Lipton Tea

* Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water

* Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste

* Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!

* Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in,kill insect stings too

* Bee stings - meat tenderizer

* Chigger bite - Preparation H

* Puffy eyes - Preparation H (On the eye lids,not on your actual eyes!)

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

* Stinky feet - Jello!!

* Athletes feet - cornstarch

* Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks Vapo Rub

* Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it 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,us kids love it and it wont hurt if eatan!

* Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CDs! Wipe off with a coffee filter paper

* Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray

* Pam will also remove paint,and grease from your hands! Keep a can in your garage

* Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls

* When the doll clothes are hard to put on,sprinkle with corn starch and watch them slide on

* Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar!

* Body paint - Crisco mixed with food colouring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave,pour into an empty film container and mix with the food colour of your choice! (great in the bedroom... LOL!)

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

* Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and 1/2 cup of milk of magnesia,soak for 20 min. and let dry,will last for many years!

* A Slinky will hold toast and CDs!

* To keep goggles and glasses from fogging,coat with Colgate toothpaste (I presume you then wipe it off!)

* Wine stains,pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt.

* To remove wax - Take a paper towel and 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. Or you can use 2 Efferdent tablets,soak overnight!

* Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it!

* Dirty grout - Listerine

* Stains on clothes - Colgate

* Grass stains - Karo Syrup

* Grease Stains- Coca Cola,it will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. We know it will take corrosion from batteries!

* Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax - sprinkle and 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.

* If you get regular pen ink on your clothes,hairspray should get it right out. Just spray it over the area you got it on,let it sit then wash out.

* Toothpaste can get scratches out of CDs and DVDs.

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