The Never Ending Uses of Baking Soda
Baking soda must really be the best invention since sliced bread. It’s cheap, odorless, and can be used to replace numerous expensive household and beauty items effectively—though you may want to hold on to some, like Restore Cream or Knockout Wrinkles. :
1. Using baking soda to clean and moisturize your face is easy to do. Dilute the baking soda to make a cleansing solution, and then create a paste with warm water and baking soda. Leave it on your skin for a few minutes, and rinse.
2. Don’t have a fire extinguisher around? Put out grease and electrical fires with baking soda. You can also use baking soda to put out fires in clothes, rugs, and upholstery.
3. Sprinkle some baking soda on a damp cloth; clean your fridge or freezer without using toxic chemicals. Rinse with water afterwards.
4. It is hard to get oil and grease stains out of your clothes. Add some baking soda to your load of laundry. This will help remove tough stains.
5. Baking soda and hot water make a great cleaning solution for hard to clean baby bottles.
6. Don’t like the smell of chemical silverware polish? Use baking soda on a damp cloth to polish silverware.
7. Barbeque grills don’t stay clean for long. You can remove grease with baking soda, rinse with water afterwards.
8. Styling products like gels, mousse, or cream can leave a nasty residue on your hair. Add ¼ teaspoon of baking soda to your shampoo, and your hair will be squeaky clean.
9. Sunburns can be pretty painful. Make a paste with baking soda and water and apply it to affected areas to relieve the pain.
10. Apply baking soda to itchy, uncomfortable insect bites. You never know, it can relieve the itch and inflammation.