The other day I was having lunch at my friend’s house and accidentally dropped some food on my jeans. It made a big oily splodge. I dashed to the kitchen and gave it a rub with some sunlight liquid. Thought I had cleaned it… but no.
When the patch dried, the oily blob was still there.
I was miffed with myself and sad too. Not only were they my favourite jeans, but they were also new and I figured my mum was going to yell at me for messing them up.
Then my friend’s older sister Emma came to the rescue.
“Don’t worry,” she said “I’ll sort them out for you!”
I was a bit worried because she’s an arty type. I half imagined that she might cover up the splodge with a bigger splodge of paint or something, but instead she took the bicarbonate of soda out of the cupboard and made a little white heap on the oily spot. Then she added a few drops of water to the heap.
A couple of hours later she handed my jeans back to me. They were spotless. I couldn’t even see where the mark had been. It was amazing.
When I got home later I googled bicarbonate of soda – also known as baking soda.
Wow! It’s fabulous stuff. You can use it for literally all sorts of things and it does not mess up the environment like other cleaning products do. It’s cheaper too.
Here are just a few ways of using it that I thought were useful.
- You can sprinkle a small amount of baking soda into your palm along with your regular shampoo and wash your hair as usual. The baking soda removes all residue that styling products leave behind and makes your hair cleaner and more manageable.
- If you have a mozzie bite, you can make a paste of baking soda and a bit of water and cover the scratchy spot up. It stops itching.
- You can also give yourself a refreshing facial and body scrub. Make a paste of 3 parts baking soda to 1 part water. Gently rub in a circular motion to exfoliate your skin. Rinse clean. You can even use this every day. (It really works – I’ve tried it myself!)
Here’s a link for more ways to use baking soda http://www.care2.com/greenliving/51-fantastic-uses-for-baking-soda.html .
Try out this miracle stuff when you get a chance!
Sibo