• Therarebelle

the RARE belle

~ a southern gal's guide to all things fabulous in food, fashion, finery and frippery

the RARE belle

Tag Archives: tips

belle-worthy hacks…a squeaky clean friday friend-1-1

18 Friday Mar 2016

Posted by theRAREbelle in friday friend 1-1

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

cleaning, Croghan's Jewel Box, jewelry, laundry, tips

We recently ran across a belle-ringing list of fashion and household hacks and thought it a must to pass on…’cause we care, belles…we care about you and all of your little pretties!

 

photo from marthastewart.com

 
For removing stubborn stains and odors from clothing…

1. The household cleaner 409 removes lipstick beautifully (but check the shade first 😉

2. White vinegar added to your wash can help remove sweat stains (although belles don’t sweat…just sayin’)

3. Baby shampoo can be used to hand-wash delicates including silk (baby those babies)

4. Dish liquid removes grease/oil-based stains from fabrics (gently massage into stains, launder, be amazed)

5. Cornstarch or baby powder will remove oil from leather (sprinkle on, allow to sit overnight, be wowed)

6. A mix of vodka and water sprayed on clothing will remove most odors (we prefer to save the vodka for other purposes, but if you must…)

7. Baby wipes will remove makeup from clothing (hmmm…wonder what this is doing to baby’s bottom?)

8. Hairspray and a clean toothbrush will remove ink (resist that urge to wet or pretreat before grabbing the hairspray)

 

these pretties can be found at Croghan’s Jewel Box in Charleston

 

For other household hacks…

1. Beer cleans gold jewelry (again…if you must)

2. Ketchup cleans silver jewelry (wonder who tried this first??)

3. WD-40 removes paint from hands (and pretty much everything else)

4. Suede can be cleaned/revitalized with a toothbrush (clean…please)

5. Vaseline can be used to polish shoes (and a banana peel will apparently do the same, but the smell…)

The tips-n-tricks can be endless. We’ll share ’em as we find ’em, belles. 

a&a

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Print
  • Pinterest
  • Pocket
  • Email

Like this:

Like Loading...

dump-n-pour cookin’…an eyeballin’ friend-1-1

25 Friday Sep 2015

Posted by theRAREbelle in belle-icious, friday friend 1-1, just sayin'

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Cooking, cooking conversions, Food52, kitchen, tips

We love recipes. We like reading them and using them, but most of all, we like experimenting with them. We enjoy spending time in the kitchen, dumping and pouring to our hearts delight. So when we came across this helpful post from Food 52 to make our creative measuring easier, we just had to share.

A pinch here, a bunch there, a dollop, a sprinkle and a dash….let this post upgrade your guesstimating by golly!!

20140710-105242-39162671.jpg

Via Pinterest

By the way, Food 52 is one of our favorite sites!  They have incredible recipes, fabulous tips, a terrific help section and even a divine provisions shop. We kinda love it all….just sayin’ .

Happy cookin’ y’all!!

a&a

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Print
  • Pinterest
  • Pocket
  • Email

Like this:

Like Loading...

best bacon tip ever…a quick and savory friday friend-1-1

25 Friday Jul 2014

Posted by theRAREbelle in belle-icious, friday friend 1-1, what's ringin' our belle

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

bacon, shortcuts, tips, Whole Foods

20140419-214553.jpg

These two belles loooove bacon. We also love to save time (usually because we have run out of it!!) and we love brilliant ideas that don’t break the bank!

Tracy from shutterbean.com shares the perfect bacon tip. She suggests a great option to relieve yourself of muss and fuss and a greasy clean-up. Head to your nearest Whole Foods breakfast bar and load up on a container of their hormone free, humanely raised bacon. It is marked at a pretty reasonable price and is absolutely delicious to boot! A great way to save time and effort when you are running out of both.

Lately, when we do have time, we have found cooking bacon on a broiler pan at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes is easy-peasy. Clean up is no problem and it is really easy to save the bacon fat from the broiler pan.

If y’all have any other great tips, please share as we love any excuse to “bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan “!!

a&a

20140419-214658.jpg

34.830075 -82.405339

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Print
  • Pinterest
  • Pocket
  • Email

Like this:

Like Loading...

travel tip…another rare stroke of genius…your friday friend-1-1

18 Friday Jul 2014

Posted by theRAREbelle in friday friend 1-1

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

flying, lifehacks, tips, travel, wi-fi

So, while traveling through several airports in recent months, we were chagrined to discover that not only do some of these airports want to charge a gazillion dollars for a bottle of water, (no….that is not an exaggeration) they also want to charge you to use their wi-fi. Now we are not cheap, but if we can get something for free, well why ever not ?

We have found this particular hack to be quite handy while bouncing from airport to airport:

20140626-191810-69490244.jpg

So the next time you get a chance, give it a whirl, then maybe you can treat yourself to a candy bar to go with that water…just sayin’.

Wishing you safe travels and free perks.
a&a

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Print
  • Pinterest
  • Pocket
  • Email

Like this:

Like Loading...

iPhone facts you may not know….your friday friend-1-1

11 Friday Apr 2014

Posted by theRAREbelle in friday friend 1-1, Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

iphone, tech, tips

photo-22

We are both iPhone users and love them. It is the phone for dummies and very belle-friendly…we love anything that makes our lives simpler.

While scrolling through the internet the other day we stumbled upon a delightful article about ALL the things (well actually 15 but but we only exaggerated a little) y’all may not know your phone could do. We only knew a couple already and were thrilled to find these fun and useful features.
So click here and learn a thing or two!

Happy iPhoning y’all!

a&a

34.833076 -82.394217

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Print
  • Pinterest
  • Pocket
  • Email

Like this:

Like Loading...
Follow the RARE belle on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Follow the RARE belle on WordPress.com

Follow me on Pinterest

Follow Me on Pinterest

Follow us on Bloglovin

Follow on Bloglovin

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • the RARE belle
    • Join 305 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • the RARE belle
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

    %d bloggers like this: