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Gaia Angel 
Daughter of Gaia and all around clueless Soul!
Posts: 32
(11/29/03 6:16 pm)
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Natural House Cleaning
Add 2 cups of Vinegar to a bucket of warm water. Drop in a few drops of your favorite essential oil (I use jasmine and or lavender)to make your house smell wonderfull without all the additives!
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shadeaux63
Keeper of the Stars
Posts: 16
(12/5/03 1:57 am)
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Re: Natural House Cleaning
I would never have though to add essential oils to it.I swear by vinegar and baking soda as the best household cleaners around,and although the baking soda is an oder eliminator,it doesnt leave any scent ,and I like for things to smell fresh.Thank you soooooooo much.  
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Astara1 
The Golden Angel and Protector of the shadows
Posts: 58
(12/31/03 7:40 am)
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Re: Natural House Cleaning
For a plugged drain, pour baking soda down the drain, then vinegar.
~Dreams are your own unique source of guidance and healing~
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Gaia Angel 
ezOP
Posts: 1624
(8/9/04 12:12 am)
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Re: Natural House Cleaning
Budweiser beer conditions the hair.
Pam cooking spray will dry fingernail polish.
Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands!
Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes.
Mayonnaise will condition your hair; it will also kill lice.
Body paint - Crisco mixed with food coloring.
Heat Crisco in microwave, pour into empty film
container and mix with the food coloring of your choice!
Spike your hair with toothpaste
(with Close-up tooth paste, it will also give it a tint).
Shiny Hair - use brewed Lipton Tea.
Want Blonder highlights or to increase the life of your blonde hair dye job? A Lemon juice rinse will do both
Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water.
Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste.
Heavy dandruff -- pour on the vinegar!
Or
Add a sprig of fresh rosemary to your conditioner and let it sit 48 hours then apply as you normally would your conditioner
Elmer's Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry,
peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads.
Shiny Hair - use brewed Lipton Tea.
Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water.
Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste.
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.
Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's!
Wipe off with coffee filter paper.
Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!
Hiccups? swallow a teaspoon or 2 of sugar
Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in,
takes the itch out of insect stings, too.
Athlete's feet - cornstarch.
Bee stings - meat tenderizer.
Chigger bite - Preparation H.
Puffy eyes - Preparation H.
Burn Blisters: Preparation H
Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick.
Glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals lately.
Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks Vaporub.
Kool Aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent
section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet.
Kool-Aid also can be used as a dye in paint.
Kool-Aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint.
Your kids will love it and it won't hurt them if they eat it!
Sticking bicycle chain or squeaky door hendges? - Pam no-stick cooking spray.
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.
Stress buster -- preferably for a work group --
take a roll of scotch tape and a packet of straws
and build a tower without talking to each other!
Out on the hiking trails? Duct tape is a first aide kit of its own! Duct tape will hold togeter a moderately deep cut, stabilize a broken bone and remove splinters....as well as patch tents and gear!
Also good to keep with you is a small bottle of honey in your ER kit...smear it around the edges of bandages to keep cuts from getting infected. Bacteria cannt live on honey! Insect bites itch? Spray on some peppermint extract or diluted peppermint oil...after a slight sting itching stops!
And dont try to safe weight by denying yourself the salt...cooking aside....it makes a handy mouth wash and it also can be used as an antiseptic in a pinch! (and backpacking is ALL about being in a pinch!! lol)
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