Hi Everyone,
Another tip sent in from Anne to help with sunburn this summer.
Here's more help for sunburns. It's an old remedy and it works. You get sunburned, take a cool shower pat dry and put vinegar on the burnt skin. You will smell like salad but it instantly kills the pain and seems to help avoid peeling.
Handy Hints Holly
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A reader wrote in this tip that I just love. I'm going out this weekend to buy a tennis ball or two.
My physical therapist gave me this tip. It�s more personal than household, but it really works...
When you have a sore muscle or knot in your back and are alone and can not rub it out yourself, put an old tennis all in the toe of a tube sock or one leg of panty hose, hold onto the top of the sock and flip the ball over your shoulder. Work the ball into position over the muscle and back yourself up against a door. Then move around against the ball, applying as much pressure as you want. But don't overdo it. You can always come back for more.
Hint 2: Another trick to get stains out
Hello Holly, If you mix hydrogen peroxide with clear dish soap it will pretty much get out anything. I found this trick to work when my daughter spilled red wine all over my white fabric blinds. This mixture worked like magic - as we put it on the blinds, the red wine was disappearing before our eyes. We now use this mixture for all stains.
Thanks for writing this tip in, Kelly. Next time I have a tough stain that won't come out, I'm trying this :)