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I saw the episode this morning, too. Interesting, wasn't it?

Here are a few of the uses I know for some of the things on there:

Toothpaste: takes the sting out of a bug bite, fills in nail holes before repainting a room, removes crayon marks from walls.

Baking soda: fills in as a tooth cleaner, or a gentle scrub for cleaning sinks, tubs, etc., and also soothes bug bites when made into a paste with water and dabbed on the bite.

Peanut butter: helps remove scratches from Cds and gum from hair, rugs, etc.

Mashed fruit: Makes a great homemade facial mask

Sugar: good body scrub when mixed with a bit of water, extends the life of a live Christmas tree when added to the water

Vinegar: soothes sunburn, cleans windows, disinfects counter tops, helps remove odors from the air when left sitting about in small bowls, mixed with soda it helps unclog drains, mixed with water helps remove residue and add shine to hair

Olive oil: makes a good skin scrub/moisturizer when mixed with sugar, a dab rubbed between palms and applied to hair adds shine and tames frizzies

Coca cola: good toilet bowl cleaner, declogs sink and tub drains when poured in and allowed to sit 20 minutes, cleans car batteries, one can diet cola mixed with 1 cup ketchup makes great bbq sauce according to weight watchers

Karen

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I never thought of a hair dryer for setting icing. I will have to try that. I have used hair conditioner to shave my legs before, milk is too expensive here, won't be trying that one..Shampoo is good for removing ring around the collar on shirts, it's made to break down the oils that caused the ring in the first place.
an eraser from a pencil can double for the lost back of an earring. Those little plastic cups pudding come in make great paint cups for kids. Dry Spaghetti is a great match for lighting jar candles that have burned way down.A funnel makes a great string dispenser..nail it up by the work bench drop in a ball of twine with the end coming through the bottom. I probably know 100 more but when you try to think of them, or of ones no one else already has it gets harder. Saw a few new ones here today, can't wait to try a couple of them out.

Thanks for the info, that's some neat sounding tricks.

Thank you so much for sharing. I missed most of this segment of the show. The ice cream cone with the marshmallow and the cornstarch for tangled necklace were great ideas that I did see on the show. Some of the others are great ideas. The only thing I can come up with right now is cucumbers over dark circles and instead of bleach for your whites you can use baking soda.

I try to make every thing do double duty. The new ones that I see on your list is using olive oil to help unstick zippers.
I have used 2 tubes of whiting toothpaste to get a dingy white white kitchen floor white again.
Bar soap is great for getting stains out of clothes even after they have been in the dryer.
After I clean my kitchen counter, bathtub, bathroom sinks and counter really good I give them a good coating of car wax. This makes them so much easier to clean every day. Usually just give them a good rinse.
A foot bath in black tea everyday for a week will help to lessen foot oder.
I have tried the coke in the toilet and it hasn't worked for me.

These were really interesting. I thought the match book being used for a substitue nail file, marshmallows in the brown sugare to keep it from drying out, and the milk being used to shave your legs were really different and things you wouldn't think of at all. Thanks for sharing them with us.

These are REALLY cool! Thanks! The only one I can think of is using baking soda when you brush your teeth - it supposedly helps whiten your teeth. I'm not really sure if it's true or not, but because I can't afford to spend $40 on Crest White Strips, it's something I do! It seems like it sort of works!

Those are great tips; I will be saving them, thank you! I love using a match as eyeliner and how is the highlighter pen and Vaseline as a lip gloss? The only ones I can think of are bicarbonate soda to clean the oven, soda water to remove stains from carpets and rugs and 1/2 cup vinegar Or ammonia to 1 gallon of water to clean windows. Tips like these are ever so useful; they are great if you’re caught out or if you simply want to save some money, not to mention being kind to the environment!

Wow Froggie these are great Ideas, I knew about the Nail vanish and Pantihose as I used to do that on the occasional time I wore them lol but the rest I had not heard of
Thanks for this