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Hair Dryer
For minor fender benders, blowing a hair dryer on the spot can help encourage the dent to disappear. Similarly, the heat of a hair dryer can also fix the fit of your glasses if they need some adjusting and you don't have the time to make it to the eye doctor. Finally, want to give a cake a professionally frosted look that Martha Stewart would approve of? Use a hair dryer in one hand while you smooth out the frosting with the other.
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Lint Roller
When you're not removing pet hair off your black pants, a lint roller is a genius way to rid your purse of miscellaneous crumbs, gum wrappers, hair ties—you name it—without having to dump it all over your kitchen table. Also, in the event of breaking anything made of glass, use it to pick up the hard-to-find shards, especially on the rug or carpet.
Used Dryer Sheets
Oh, the wonders of used dryer sheets. To repurpose these goodies, use them to wipe pet hair off furniture or your clothing, dust your TV or computer screens, stuff in stinky shoes or pat on your hair to tame static. And if you have any issue with mice, find where they're entering the house and stuff a used dryer sheet in there. They won't want to chew through the material.
Toothpaste
In addition to removing plaque and tartar from your teeth, toothpaste can take away ink and lipstick stains from shirts, watermarks from your furniture and crayon marks from the walls. Just apply a small dab and scrub with a brush.
Lip Balm
If you have a blister and aren't able to change shoes, apply a layer of lip balm (preferably unflavored and uncolored) to soothe the area.The same trick works for cracked cuticles, a raw nose after too many tissues and on your dog's paws whenever they're getting cracked or chapped.
Hair Spray
Another ink stain problem-solver: Spritz some hairspray on the stain and then throw in the washing machine. It will come out ink-free. A couple of other nifty hairspray tricks: Spray on your nails to make the polish dry faster, spray a new pair of tights to prevent runs or stop one that's already started and spray on curtains to keep them dust-free.
