The host of the show “Tested for myself” gives advice to those who want to save their money.
April 14 2020
1. As a disinfectant for an apartment, I am still helped by such a simple remedy as “White”… It costs only 20 rubles, but it kills germs and bacteria. It uses chlorine, like almost all expensive cleaning fluids. Therefore, it makes no sense to overpay for a more fashionable bottle. “Whiteness” must be used carefully: put on rubber gloves, take three caps of the product in half a bucket of water, dilute and wipe the floors with this compound, and then ventilate the room.
Lemon acid – another assistant when cleaning. It perfectly whitens the toilet bowl from yellow lime deposits. Many housewives are desperately fighting for the whiteness of a faience friend, it is difficult to achieve it. But if you put half a bag of citric acid into it at night, it really works!
2. All types of antiseptics have now skyrocketed in price. A chemical technologist came to our program and told how to make such a solution at home. This will require 60-degree medical alcohol, we take it 50 percent, 20 percent glycerin (we buy both at the pharmacy) and 30 percent water… With this tool, you can treat your hands.
3. To protect the stocks of cereals that you made during the crisis from pests, it is worth putting cloves of garlic on the shelves where you store buckwheat, flour and other groceries. The bugs don’t like its smell. There is such a life hack for storing fruit: my friend takes ordinary dishwashing sponges and puts them on the lowest shelf of the refrigerator, where she keeps apples and avocados. The sponges absorb excess moisture and prevent the fruit from spoiling.
4. To save on dishwashing detergent, when buying a new one, pour half of the bottle into another container and dilute the rest with water. Mom taught me this. The liquid will remain just as effective, and it will last for a longer period. Dishwasher tablets can also be cut in half, 50 percent of the products cope with dirt just as well, tested on ourselves.
5. It is best to unplug all electronic devices and chargers when not in use. They still consume energy even when they are not working. Why overpay? And if you need to quickly charge your phone, put it in airplane mode, as you do when you fly in an airplane. The battery will replenish much faster.
6. We all had situations when buttons came off things. We sew them on, and they run away again. For such a misfortune there is a solution: to sew on and coat the button with colorless varnish on top along with the thread. It will hold up much better.
7. Micellar water is an inexpensive make-up remover, but it is also a real salvation for light-colored sneakers. It removes dirt from both the sole and the fabric better and more efficiently than rinsing the shoes in the washing machine. Shoes, by the way, deteriorate in a typewriter. In addition, toothpaste and an old brush can help remove white sneakers.
8. Invincible stains on clothes are not at all a reason to send a thing for scrap. They can be hidden with appliqués. For example, cut a figure out of an old denim jacket and sew or glue it onto your favorite raincoat. I had a velvet jacket on which I spilled the sauce. Decorated it with buttons, beads, spent a huge amount of time, but it turned out to be an unusual and festive outfit.
9. Many women are familiar with the problem of slipping their feet in shoes. For this case, TV people have their own method – to sprinkle your feet with hairspray, and you will definitely not slip out of your favorite shoes, and your gait will be beautiful and confident.
10. The mosquito season will begin very soon, the dachas are already full of them due to the abnormally warm spring. You can scare off buzzing insects by cutting a lemon, sticking a spice like cloves in it, and placing the treat by the head of your bed. Mosquitoes will definitely not be happy with him.
ELENA ABITAEVA
ON TV
“Checked on myself”, Monday – Friday, 14:30, Channel One