Micellar Water–No longer a Uni-Tasker

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The other day, I successfully managed to navigate the Social Security website, so I felt ready to be challenged with another daunting task.

My favorite cement-colored handbag needed a good cleaning before storing it for winter. There were no care labels, so I tried leather soap, then Murphy’s Oil Soap and even an artist eraser, but surface dirt and scuff marks didn’t budge.

I tried to think of a cleaner that was gentle yet tough. I thought of makeup remover wipes and then my thoughts moved to facial cleansers. We praised micellar water in our post “Feel like a Fancy French Lady or Gentleman”, but would it work? I simply put some on a cotton ball and started wiping. The results were immediate! Even the blue dye that had transferred from my jeans disappeared–and there were no “clean” stains!

I then put more on a fresh cotton ball and began searching for something else to clean. I wiped my phone screen–but the great results only came after I polished with a cloth. It did feel really nice! How about my makeup brushes? Yep! It cleaned my makeup brushes by dipping and wiping each brush on a paper towel.

After some quick research, I found other clever uses. Micellar water will:

  • Spot clean makeup mistakes using a Q-Tip
  • Remove fake tan slip-ups–between your fingers, on your knees, heels, and elbows
  • Remove and clean false eyelashes
  • Erase makeup stains transferred to clothing
  • Revitalize suede
  • Repair cracked powders, blushers or eyeshadow—Add a few drops, smooth into cracks and shut the compact overnight

I’m out of here to clean my eyelash curler and flat iron!

Holy Cow! Jumping on the Food Train

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Since the beginning of the internet, the volume of information has been growing exponentially.  571 new websites are created every minute. We’re here to break down all that information. Each “Holy Cow!” post is about the size of a midge. They’re interesting things we’ve run across while traveling the World Wide Web… Just click the pictures below to find out amazing things!

“Sugar, how you get so fly?” — Baby Bash, “Suga Suga”

Confetti Bubble Wrap Bark? Oh my!


Think Outside the (Graham Cracker) Box

Think Outside the Graham Cracker Box


Falling Down the Alexa Rabbit Hole–Introducing the AllRecipes Skill

Let Alexa find the recipe


Good Hair Day Pasta: Who wouldn’t like this? A person who hates fun, that’s who.

Having a Pasta Hair Day


Screaming for some of this

Wine Ice Cream? Yes, please!

Pickle Hack: Make Delicious, Homemade Pickles in 3 Minutes

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In the 80s, we used to specifically drive to Four Vees lounge, a great little pub in Dearborn, Michigan, just for their Reuben’s and — their pickles! Technically, a dill pickle, they were the best: large, crisp, sort of in-between a cucumber and a pickle. Back then, they were the only pickle I would eat.

Super easy, crisp, delicious sort-of homemade dill pickles.

Imagine my surprise when recently, my husband, Eddie, served me a dill pickle very similar to Four Vees. I was surprised and elated. My surprise doubled when he told me that he had made them. WHAT????

I was totally surprised at the pickles Eddie made.

Apparently, we had finished a purchased jar of Vlassic Kosher Dills. We had a few cucumbers harvested from our garden. Instead of throwing the juice away, he sliced our home grown cucumbers and put them in the left-over, store bought pickle juice. He put the jar in the refrigerator and a week later: dill pickles. Talk about easy!

INSTRUCTIONS:

  • Wash cucumbers.
Wash the cucumbers.
  • Cut off ends (they can cause a bitter flavour).
Cut off the ends of the cucumbers.
  • Slice cucumbers.
Slice the cucumbers lengthwise.
  • Add to juice in empty pickle jar.
Add sliced cucumbers to empty jar of pickle juice.
  • Refrigerate for a week or longer.
Refrigerate and wait a week or longer.

So, don’t throw that pickle juice down the drain! Slice a few cucumbers, add them to the juice and refrigerate. In a week, you will have the best, crispy, delicious dill pickles you’ve eaten since 1989!

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