Stuck zipper, deo stains: get over life’s little emergencies

MANILA, Philippines – We all end up encountering minor emergencies everyday. But no matter how small they can be, you know that such things can either make or break your day.

Here are some everyday problems that have unusual, yet simple, solutions. But hey, as long as it works, right?

Stuck zippers

One of the major hassles we may encounter in our daily lives is a malfunctioning zipper. Be it your bag or your jeans, there’s a way to loosen it and get it back working without having to pull hard and damage either the zipper itself or your newly manicured nails.

Grab a graphite pencil and rub it on to your old, rusty zipper. Graphite should loosen it up and help you go your merry way. 

You can also take a bobby pin, dip in soap, and wiggle it around in the jammed area – that should loosen it up. 

Here’s a bonus. For a zippers on your jeans that won’t stay up, get a key ring, get it to go through the zipper’s hole and pull it over your pants button. You just avoided an embarrassing situation which involved exposing what’s behind your fly.

Deodorant on your clothes

Applying deodorant prior to putting on your shirt may leave you with embarrassing white stains on your shirt. Dabbing water over it won’t help, but there’s an easy way to get it off your clothes.

Just rub the fabric against another fabric for a few seconds. Your shirt’s cloth fibers will most likely get it off.

Baking failures

Baking something for dinner with your boyfriend’s parents? Great idea. It will give them the impression that you’re thoughtful and that you get around – in the kitchen that is. But what happens when you end up enjoying Beyonce’s new music video so much and completely forget about what you had in the oven?

And what will you do if you end up burning the pie or cake that you’re making, and you only have 20 minutes before your beau and his folks get to your house?

Quick. Remove all the burnt parts of the pie/cake. Take what you can salvage and put them on separate plates. Top the crumbs with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and add a cut-up fruits or chocolate bits that you have in your fridge. Give it a fancy name with the word ‘crumble’ in it when his mom asks about your ‘creative’ dessert piece.

Gum on your clothes

have you ever sat on a bench or a seat on a bus only to find out that you have gum on your skirt? After you get over how gross it is, get your hand sanitizer and spray all over the area where the gum is stuck.

Take some hairspray and spray all over the gum (careful not to get too much on the surrounding fabric) and let it dry. The hairspray will harden the gum and will help you pull it off easily.

Cat lady problems

Love your cat but hate the cat hair on your LBD (little black dress)? When a lint roller is not available, you can always grab a bag or anything that uses velcro to close and press the velcro over the cat hair on your dress.

You can also try using scotch tape, pressing it over the dress lightly and carefully pulling it off with cat hair sticking on it.

Puffy eyes

Getting into a fight with your boyfriend the night before your big office presentation is never a good idea. But on days when you can’t help it and you end up shedding tears then looking like a raccoon in the morning, it’s best to make use of the teabags stocked in your pantry.

Use cotton pads to soak up some green tea and put them in a fridge for a good 30 minutes (you can shower while you’re leaving them to cool). Once cold enough, place the cotton pads on your eyes and leave them there for about 10-15 minutes.

The cold as well as green tea’s antioxidants will help your eyes relax and ease the puffiness.

Use some white eye liner or shadow in the inner corners of your eyes to brighten them right up. 

Running late on coding day

We know how commuting can be a hassle during rush hour. And when you don’t have your car, chances are it can also be a nightmare to hail a cab.

But with the dawn of technology comes the ease and comfort of getting your own cab without having to take your chances along the highway for hours. Nowadays, you can request for a pick up anywhere in Metro Manila just by using apps like Grab Taxi and Easy Taxi which you can download to your smartphone. A luxe alternative? A different kind of ride from Uber.

Got basic solutions for everyday minor problems? Help another girl out and let us know in the comments section below. – Rappler.com

 

Burnt cake image from Shutterstock 
Zipper image from Shutterstock