How to look beautiful is a fun subject for moms, especially when you can vamp up your looks without using lots of chemical filled beauty products on your hair and skin.

I’ve been on the lookout for a new natural hair conditioner treatment to try for some time, so I’m anxious to try a honey rinse recipe that they describe in the beauty tips article.

Here is one of the coolest natural beauty tips from the list- a natural way to whiten your teeth:

“Brighten your smile with strawberries & baking soda. First mash a fresh strawberry and add a tsp of baking soda. Spread on toothbrush & rub strawberry mash onto teeth. Leave for a couple minutes then brush teeth clean. Because the fruit is naturally acidic, don’t use this method more than once a week to protect your teeth from damage.” 

Read the rest of the article here: 12 Simple Beauty Hacks From The Kitchen    [Mommy Style]

Photo by BdwayDiva1.

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On the left: holding plastic dental flossers

Peanut butter jars (the small, 17 oz. jar) are the perfect size to hold these small items. The jars are washable and cheaply replaceable for easy cleaning. They’re also lidded, which is great for keeping your hygienic items clean. Lidded containers protect from germs and airborne particulates, such as dust, deodorant, hairspray, and perfume.

Check out the official Thrifty Thursday at Comical Coupon Cents for more! 

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1.  Utensil holders in the kitchen (cut off the tops to make a wide opening).

2.  Storing drinking water in your pantry for emergency preparedness.

3.  Bird feeder (Google “milk jug bird feeder” for tons of variations/directions).

4. Tray under house plants to catch over-watering (cut, using only the bottom 3” of the jug).

5. Dustpan (cut bottom off at an angle, leave the handle attached and voila!).

6. Swimming floats for kids to play in the water with (just screw the lids on tight to empty containers!).

7. Grocery bag holder/dispenser.

8.  Dried milk (mix up your Milkman or other dried milk in an empty jug, refrigerate, and your kids will never know the difference!)

9.  Juice container: Why buy separate pitchers when you can use containers you already have? Plus, you don’t have to dirty a spoon to mix it up: just put on the lid and shake! You won’t care if your kids take this jug of juice out to the porch with them for refills while they’re playing outside.

10.  Storage for grains, rice, oats, beans, popcorn.

11. Piggy bank: cut a slit if you want or just use the hole in the top.

12. Jack o Lantern: a little orange paint, some help from mom or dad to cut out a face, and a small flashlight inside makes for a lasting Jack o Lantern!

13. Berry holder (cut off the top at an angle, and you can loop your belt through the handle).

14. Watering can (poke tiny holes in the bottom, fill 2/3 full with water, screw on lid, store upside down standing on the lid).

15. Scoop for sand, soil, kitty litter, ice melter, salt, bird seed, fertilizer (follow directions in #7).

16. Toilet brush holder (cut off top).

17. Funnel (cut off bottom).

18. Luminaries - Lights for the sides of your walkway (use sand inside to hold mini LED lights, flashlights or candles).

19. Holder for clothespins outside.

20. Holder for buttons at your sewing table.

21. Use the bottoms as trays to hold small items on shelves.

22. Holder for paint brushes and paint water.

23. Rubber band dispenser.

24. Dog biscuit dispenser.

25. Dog food / cat food holder.

26. Scoop for kids playing catch (cut at an angle and leave the handle attached).

27. Fill with water and put in the freezer to fill the gaps between foods. This will help your freezer cool the food more efficiently by limiting empty space, and you have all that water stored for emergency drinking water if you need it!

28. Megaphone! (Just cut off the bottom and let the kids have fun!)

29. Fill smaller jugs with water and freeze. Pack frozen jugs with your food for cookouts/picnics and into coolers for an alternative to buying bagged ice.

30. A catch all while mowing your lawn. Cut off the top at an angle, leaving the handle. Attach to the mower handle with a zip tie and use it for trash, rocks, etc. while you’re mowing.

31. Fill with water and use as weights outdoors to hold down the corners of plastic sheeting/tarps.

32. Leaf scooper to clean out your gutters (use a half gallon size and cut like a scoop).

33. Bee traps(we use this one a lot).

34. Cover for tomato plants at night (cut the bottom away and only use the top).

35. Hand weights – just fill with water (remember that 1 gallon of water=8 pounds).

36. Maracas – fill with a few rocks or beans and give to the kids for some noisy fun!

37. Make a Halloween skeleton. Awesome!

38. Turn your toilet into a low-flow. Fill a jug with water or sand, and place in the tank to take up space.

39. Baby bottle brush holder – Use a half gallon jug to keep your bottle brush clean and upright next to the sink!

40. Lego storage (cut a hole just big enough to reach in without getting stuck).

Photo courtesy Flickr’s LFL.

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It’s milk jug week, and in keeping with The House that Milk Jugs Built , here are 3 of my own milk jug creations you can find in my kitchen right now:

1. Storage for rice, beans, oats, other grains:
Label with a Sharpie or wet erase marker. If you need cooking directions, cut them off the package and tape to the milk jug (just like the barley in the photo). These are wonderful storage containers, easy to pour to measure out how much you need, and best of all – FREE!

2. Dispenser for plastic grocery bags: Cut a hole in the top large enough to stuff them in, cut a hole in the front to pull them out, and you’re done! Mine has a pipe cleaner looped through the handle so I can hang it on the magnetic hook (shown) on my refrigerator.

3. Holders for large kitchen utensils (spatulas, whisks, wooden spoons)

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About a year ago, I read an article about 100 uses for empty milk jugs. It’s been so long, I don’t remember if it was online or in a magazine, so I can’t link it. It made me realize that all the empty food and drink containers I throw away are containers I could be reusing for other things.

Now our extended family is saving their milk jugs for me also!

This week, I’ll focus on some of the ideas I got from that article, and some of my own milk jug inventions!

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