If you are a baker, baking soda is a staple item in your kitchen pantry. Baking soda (also known as sodium bicarbonate) is often used as a leavening agent in doughs and batters to make them rise and expand. How does it happen? When baking soda is mixed with an acid (e.g. vinegar, lemon juice, etc.), it makes small bubbles of carbon dioxide...

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One of my favorite grocery items to buy in bulk is the kitchen paper towels and it’s because we use them a lot in our household. Most people thought that paper towels are only used for cleaning up spills and other mess in the kitchen drying out our hands after washing them draining fried food of excess oils However, you will be surprised...

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Lip balm is a staple cosmetic item in our vanity kit which is normally used to treat chapped lips. Aside from moisturizing our lips, lip balm has other surprising uses making it a versatile product. 1. Eye Cream The thing about store-bought eye creams - they are so expensive! A cheaper alternative is to dab a little bit of lip balm around your...

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Rubbing alcohol (isopropyl or ethyl) is a staple item in every household medicine cabinet. We mostly use it for disinfecting our hands when we don’t feel like washing them or disinfecting cuts and wounds. What most of us didn’t know is that the inexpensive bottle of rubbing alcohol has a variety of uses beyond disinfection. 1. Erase permanent marker If your kids have...

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