19 Oddly Useful Life Hacks (You'll Wish You Knew Sooner)
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- I'm sharing some awesome everyday life hacks and home hacks you're going to wish you had known sooner. Most of these life improvement tips are ones I've learned over the past few years, and I now use ON REPEAT. And pretty much every time I use these practical life hacks, I go, "Wow, how was I doing it the other way before?!"
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Had to make a comment as I’m watching & Lestoil made me smile. I’m over 60 and that was a staple in my Mom’s cleaning supplies
Me too! I didn't know it was still available!
My grandmother raised me, and Lestoil was a staple in our home. I, too, laughed with the Lestoil discovery. I'm so glad it was mentioned though. Brought back memories...
I was going to say the same thing ! My mom used Lestoil for EVERYTHING 😅
Which stores carry it? Yes talk about an oldie! I haven't tried it yet but have a bar of orange Dial bar soap. This gem is supposed to get rid of almost all stains.
I can’t find it in the uk
I think you’re great and you do amazing job. I’m over 60 and I have to chuckle because finally your generation is bringing back a lot of the hacks that I grew up with. They’ve been lost for a couple of generations and don’t forget your Apple Watch when you clean your phone.
Wow! Some great ones here! Thanks!
A few years ago I bought 15 pairs of the same socks. Still no issues and I always have a pair easily. No matching… just pick 2! Love it.
Yes! I did this too and it's a game changer!!
Thank you, great tips today! Oil breaks up oil, if you get a little oil based paint on your skin you can clean it off with any cooking oil instead of using paint thinner. This also works if the kids get pine pitch in their skin or their hair.
I follow Andrea Jean cleaning. She’s got some great tips! As far as the shaving cream, I also use the shaving cream in my stainless steel sink. I spray a little bit of the shaving cream in the sink and scrub it around and then rinse it and then I dry it with a towel and it makes it very shiny and it smells good too. I’ve also use shaving cream and a toothbrush by putting a little bit of shaving cream on the toothbrush and rubbing it on the rubber parts of tennis shoes.
Thanks Kallie for your tips. I always learned something new in watching you. 😊
I use dawn dish soap. Not the off brand. Just the plain blue one. I squirt it on the grease stain let it sit for a few days then launder. I gets grease stains out that have been in the dryer multiple times. The key is letting the garment sit. I'll let it sit up to a week. I'm horrible with getting my shirts dirty. It always works.
Loved the shaving cream hack- left the area clean as a whistle and removed any odors.
I use a cutting board for my sink :')
I always park beside the cart return. Great idea!
I do as well, and now I get cranky when someone else has taken 'my spot'! lol
Parking beside the cart return lets you find your car easier
Me too
I was so surprised at the Lestoil hack!! I saw it and thought, oh my gosh! I remember Lestoil!! And I couldn't believe it still exists! So glad it does and that it's making a comeback! 😊 Thanks for sharing this hack and all the other hacks, especially folding the towels and sheet! I'm definitely using those! 👍You're such an amazing inspiration, having had 4 kids in 6 years and managing your household so well!! I think I would be a total basket case! But you're such a great mom and so organized! God bless you! 🙏
A hack? 😅 If I could buy stock in words used most often, it would be HACK 🤣
@JamieAndrick Not my word; it's literally in the title.
Thank you, Kallie. ❤
Great tips! With my kids, I always always park next to the cart return too, without them I park one spot away so other moms can have the close access. During early morning hours, I park away from front spots bc handicap is usually full and I try to leave those spaces as handicap spot overflow!❤️🙏🏾
My dad is a Mechanic and my mom has been using Lestoil to wash his clothes for almost 50 yrs. Takes the grease out of all his work clothes.
I remember the old jingle, “there’s less toil with Lestoil so clean the Lestoil way”! Yes it was in my mother’s laundry room and mine (I’m 77) until I was unable to find it at my grocery store.
Cornstarch also makes a fantastic dry shampoo!! I mix it with cocoa powder
My daughter taught me that!!
oooh, great tip. Thank you! I've tried using baking soda as dry shampoo in the past - it works, but it also makes my head a bit itchy. I'll try cornstarch next time.
I have always used baby powder on grease stains before washing and they always come out. I also park next to the cart return on the regular. Maybe u mean Andrea not Angela. 😅 Shaving cream is good for cleaning glass/mirrors also. Thanks for the suggestions! 😊😊
I've always used Simple Green to remove grease, oil & blood from clothing and has always worked well. Great tips!!
Been using lestoil for years. Dishes detergent works on grease stains too.
So does shampoo. 🙂
I use corn starch instead of talc and it’s awesome! So many great uses
As a RN, RRT I advise against the use of talc….strongly advise it…most hospitals, LTC, Rehab facility’s …will not allow their use. There is a strong connection with talc and certain cancers. This info is easy to find online.
@ Yes, that’s why I use corn starch instead. All the dryness, less of the cancer.
Yay! I’ve being using hand sanitizer for lots of things forever. Also, as a teacher I’d squirt shaving cream on my students’ desks , let them play, then pass out paper towels for them to wipe it away. Clean desktops!
I have a roll up sink cover and now i have a fold up into a square one for travel-love this!
Wow!!! Thank you so much! AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME
Love the iPhone hacks!!! I’d love a whole series on them!
Oh my gosh, I love the phone hacks!! Thank you!!
Great tips. Thank you for sharing.
I’m going to try the towel one. Thanks for sharing! 😊
Great tips Kallie! Love your channel ❤
I park a little ways away from the cart return, because I notice that lazy people often just shove their carts in its direction when they're through. I'm afraid those carts are going to roll into my car.
Amazing!! I instantly set up the voice command for photos and plan to print a wifi QR code for my guest room 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I have great luck with using Dawn for grease stains on clothing. It'll even work on a stain that you've already washed and dried on a garment.
@@lauraguida8482 Thanks for sharing that! Now that you mention it, it makes sense cuz it's what they use on water fowl that get caught in oil spills. Apparently it's also good as a flea bath. My groomer told me that.
@@debw7120 my son just rescued 2 kittens, from a farm, they were infested with fleas. The vet said to bathe them with Dawn. He did it twice and the fleas are gone.
Same, someone dropped a plate of oily chicken on my husband’s navy blue dress pants and Dawn worked after a couple tries. I might check our that stuff for multiple stains though because I’ve had to put the dawn directly on each stain for it to work.
same. I keep a small dollar tree bottle of dawn in my laundry room. I treat and rub it in before washing.
@lauraguida8482 ofcourse Dawn, or any dishwashing liquid works well in removing oil and grease stains. They are formulated specifically to remove the same from dishes, why not then from fabrics. For easier removal, before running them through washing cycle, moisten the spot area, add a drop of Dawn to the site, rub with a toothbrush and let it work a few minutes. I prefer to rince the site well before starting the washing cycle or I will have a bubble bath in the washer. 😊
HACK for sticky residue also use lemon drops and cotton pad! comes right off if there is some stick left, also sometimes hand sanitiizer works =) and oil as well
All These hacks are Amazing especially the Lestoil for grease stains. I have about given up on one of my fav tops because I literally have tried all products except Lestoil! Can’t wait to try this!!😄
Shaving cream will also take out urine odor in clothes. I learned this recently and tried on my dog's hoodies when he pees on them outside. It works!
I love the send later hack! My daughter has a toddler and I never want to send her chatty nonsense until after bedtime so I end up saving it in a note. This is even better.
Never heard of Lestoil, but the Amazon reviews are great. Just ordered it. Your Target link led to a box of 12, but it still gave me the spelling so I could find it. Some of my favorite shirts have grease stains. Wonder how many I can save now! Thanks for the tip!!!!!
My Mom has used Lestoil my whole life! So great to see you discover it! Another thing I mistakenly thought she invented (like snickerdoodles😂). I’ve been watching your videos since you BFC days, like 8-9 yrs now, before you had kids! I love your content. I’m planning to share the phone hacks and try Barbasol around and in the toilet today! Thank you for all you do!💚💚💚
Loved these - thanks for the great info. Also, those baby cheeks are adorable, and need to be admired! 👶
A very long time ago on an episode of Oprah, this mother of 10 said she stopped buying colired socks. Only white, occasionally black for her son. And she always bulk shopped. Not only can you still use the odd one, you dont have to waste time matching them.
Ive been doing it for years
I have that same exact sink cover!! I love it!!🥰
The wifi QR code is an amazing idea! Wow! So easy!
Love the towel, & fitted sheet folding hacks! ANDDDD ☝🏽 I am definitely going to get some Lestoil asap!
As usge, Callie coming in clutch with the fantastic tips & tricks, & hacks! Love ya girl! ❤
I love the burrito roll for fitted sheets. I'm going to have to show it to my husband because he's the mastermind who is Still trying to teach me the burrito roll for putting a duvet back inside a duvet cover.
Thank you! I only knew of 3 of these. The rest are so helpful! 💕
I love the scheduled text hack, it has come in handy. We are renovating our bathroom and it never fails over the weekend that I need to tell our contractor something and I don't want to bug him on his days off. So I'll set a text for Monday.
I was just googling earlier today to see if this was an option, but nothing still comes up on my phone, either I need to update my iOS or not available in my country and/or carrier
@@peetabrown5813unfortunately it only works iPhone to iPhone 😢
Excited to try Lestoil
Omg, these are great hacks, thank you!
I have one of those sink covers for the bathroom when getting ready, very handy, love mine.
Murphys oil soap does the same thing with taking out grease. Yes, it does floors great but I have always kept it in my laundry cabinet.
Aahh- lestoil! That brings back memories! I remember my mom scrubbing the grass stains out of the knees of my jeans with it when I was a kid!
Kallie, such good ideas. I always try to park next to the cart return, it makes it so much easier. But your text shortcut blew my mind. I have to type my email address and cell phone # often, this is so great. It’s the little things!!!!
THOSE PHONE HACKS OMG !!!!
Can't wait to try the Lestoil
Great video-thank you for sharing these useful hacks! I wanted to mention that if you’re using an Android device, many of these features are built-in. For example, I've been scheduling texts on my Samsung for nearly a decade, and the cheese/smile feature is also integrated into the camera. Keep up the great work!
Came on the comments to say the same! Love my Samsung!
@@samanthacastellino Thanks for letting us Samsung users know!! I was wondering about that when I was watching. 👍😊
@MomCat03 this comment was mentioned for Android users!👍🏽☺️
@@MoniqueRodriguez-moeax2l hey girl yes, it worked! Thx again!😊
We use hand sanitizer on everything at work. Amazing stuff.
Theses are fantastic. Thank you 🩷💜🩷💜🩷💜
Girl... You made my jaw drop today.....❤
Awesome tips, thank you!!
As always great hacks. Always find something i can use.
The sock hack I've been doing for over 20 years now, Imagine never having to look for a matching sock ever again.
These are some really great ones!
Thanks for the phone tips!
Mind blown regarding the camera button hack!
Super helpful!
Im a minute in and youve changed my life....grease stains are horrible bc when wet you can't tell if it's still there or not and I've ruined so many things....my things are only out and about cute clothes until the first time i eat out in them most of the time 🙄....so goad i recognized the name, i usually don't watch "hack" videos bc they're usually a waste of time but i knew you bring real content ❤
Great video I got a lot out of this one! Thanks 😊
As always, awesome hacks! I wish you had knowledge of some Samsung hacks. I have a note, my son has an ultra…we are a Samsung family and I’m told our phones do way more than we realize….it may be time to read the manual? Yuk, lol! 💕😊
I tried to tag you in a comment above that mentioned android users. But idk if it worked. But if you go up the 8th comment from yours she talks about the hacks for android users ! I hope this helped 👍🏽☺️
@@MoniqueRodriguez-moeax2l I usually only read just a couple comments down cause I worry about the haters that post just to, well, be haters! So thx!😊💕
I love all your hacks, suggestions, etc. always a fun and informative watch. Would you tell us what brand eyelashes you use, and how you learned to put them on? I’ve been trying and trying. I’m also afraid it is going to pull out my own eyelashes. Has that happened to you?
These are great!!
This was an excellent video. I learnt several things about my iPhone
Great tips. Getting some Barbasol🏃♀️
I am an Optician. Please DO NOT use hand sanitizer on your sunglasses!! It will ruin the lenses. Especially Ray-Ban lenses.
The alcohol or the gel? Because most of the lens wipes that you buy to clean your glasses are alcohol-based.
@ the alcohol is the problem. It will break down the coatings as well as destroy some frame materials. Also, those wipes are not recommended either. You should wash your glasses with warm water and mild dish soap. This rinses anything off your lenses. Debris on lens while cleaning is the biggest cause of scratches. Then dry with a clean, tightly woven cloth like a tea towel, cloth baby diaper, or old T-shirt that is clean. The microfiber cloth we give you is for any smudges at the end.
I agree. The concentration of the alcohol can be the issue.
Just use a safety pin to pull a knot out of your shoes and it won’t make a mess
I wonder if that’s why the polarized coating on my sunglasses gets ruined.
Androids may have a schedule sent option also. I just checked and mine did, same steps you said. Just set up "cheese" on my Android and my daughter says you are a genius!! Nicely done.
Love all the hacks
You Are An Angel Sent from Heaven 😇 God Bless You and Your Family🙏 Chris and Rick From Chicago ♥️
love your video's. great tips. thanks for sharing.
🎉🎉🎉 on the technology tips! Funny story: I had sent a text shortcut years ago that does not apply to me anymore. Well, it still keeps popping up and it’s obnoxious, but I haven’t taken the time to look and see how to get rid of it because I don’t remember how I did it. ❤
I’m gonna buy lestoil and I’ve already set up the picture with the word cheese. Mind blowing!
Thanks!
The reason why most people DON’T park by the cart corral is because people are so careless and may bang into your car while returning their carts. They just shove them or sometimes park it nearby and the wind blows them around. I’ve seen people block the front or back of strangers cars already there with their discarded carts 😢
I also park next to the SAME cart return every time so I don't have to remember where I parked.
Lestoil was a product in the 60’s. Haven’t seen or heard of it in ages! I didn’t know it was still around. Thank you!!
Your baby is yummy gorgeous!!
Her name is Andrea Jean. 😁
The phone tricks are great. My adult children will be better at this than I but maybe they don’t know them yet. Anyway, they can help me! So again, thank you. ❤
I needed the sticker one, thank you.
Another note about using non gel shaving foam is it removes feces odor ...nurse's would use after cleaning up patients messes...even when moms would get feces on them or kids playing with their poop, hand soap or other cleaners don't remove odor...only shaving foam like barbesol
To open tight shoe lace knots we apply corn starch to them. It appears to me that it is not the stated "friction" that makes them easier to loosen. Opening knots on ropes or shoe laces seems to me not causing friction but rather covering the minute burs in the material, hence they slip open easier. Friction usually tightens.
Thank yoh for so many great hacks and for letting us see your beautiful new baby !!!!!
Mind blow!!! 🤯🤯🤯 THX!!!!
Thanks for the phone camera hack! I bet my kids don’t even know that one!
There’s no need to have different socks, totally agree! I do black, white, grey in various lengths. But also, do we really have to match socks w lots of patters on kids, or adults? lol 😆also a towel takes up way less space flattened in a bag IMO
Loved the delayed text! 👍
Thank you for the amazing hacks! In part of your video your voice sounded like you had a cold, so hope your feeling better.
You just save soooo many of my clothes because of this!!!!
Thank you so much! The little tip about text replacing your email or phone number is genius! 😅
thank you! 💜💜💜
Kallie Genius on the fitted sheet. Andrea Jean cleaning..is where you got the shaving cream from
I like to park far away from the store to get my steps in unless its raining..I always return my cart regardless. Those cheeks!❤ I put the flat sheet and pillow cases into the middle of the fitted sheet and fold it over. Keeps everything together!
@@MichelleLeone66 I've been doing that with my sheets too! I've also seen a hack for sheets where you place them in one of the pillow cases after folding them, then fold over the end and tuck it over if its the kind of case that has that feature. But I like keeping my pillow cases covered like Kallie does because you lay your face on it when sleeping.
Thanks!
I’m 72. Lestoil has been a staple here for 50 years!
Does it work on skid marks
Resolve stain remover gets rid of oil stains easily, even if the garment has gone through the drier. All I do is spray the oil stain and wait 6 min before running the washing machine.
If you don't want to put toxic cleaning products into the clothes you wear, you can lay the item flat & sprinkle a decent amount of baking soda on the grease stains & leave it to work over night. Shake it out the next day & launder as usual. The salt absorbs the grease, efficiently pulling it out of the fabric. Ta da!
Thank you for all of the fantastic hacks! LOts of great information. Love the iphone hacks!!
I hang my good clothes, even "good" t-shirts-saves so much folding time. I fold yard work clothes, pajamas, underwear etc similar to your towel method. You can look up "Army folding a towel. I don't have room for a dresser so the clothes I army fold have to be on shelves or in baskets. Pajamas were so frustrating when I folded them regularly-kept falling off the shelf and coming unfolded. Now, I roll them and if they fall off, they remain folded. Underwear in a basket rolled and stored on the short end (like pretzel rods in a cylinder container) enable me to see all the underwear at once and I can choose the tattered ones to work in the yard. Socks, same way. Yard work clothes rolled and stored in a tiny dresser-more fit like this and I can, again, see all the shirts at once.
#8 can also be used to send yourself a reminder at a later date and time.
#17 I use this technique to roll my workout shirt, workout shorts and underwear all in one roll. I do this for an entire weeks worth of workouts. That way when I walk into the closet all I have to to is grab one roll.
Why does the title state 19 and you only show 18?
Ha Ha Lestoil.Totally new hack. 😂
My mom used Lestoil. She would have been 101yo last month 🤣
Shaving cream also removes marker glue whatever off of craft/kid tables