Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Fashion Fix-Up

As a follow-up to my post on fashion crime, this one will help with those annoying fashion calamities. The Tampa Bay Times reported yesterday on what to keep in your fashion-first-aid kit. Here is a small selection. Be sure to read the whole article to get every bit of help possible.

Stains: This common problem usually leads to scrambling for soap and water (or trying to spit discreetly on a napkin), and hoping for the best. The people who make Tide detergent changed that last year with the introduction of the Tide to Go instant stain removal stick. It's one of those inventions that sounds too good to be true - rub the tip of the stick on the stain and it's gone instantly! But it does work; it just takes a few minutes. (Tide to Go stick three-pack, $6.99 at Target.)

Two things not to try on stains: antibacterial soap and premoistened towelettes. The soap doesn't work, and the towelettes include ingredients that just make things worse.

Lint, crumbs, stray hairs: Make your own lint catcher with the sticky side of cellophane tape (Scotch tape, 3/4 inch wide, 23.6 yards, $2.39, Target).

This reporter (Sharon Fink) is my kind of woman: a Target shopper, not a Wal-Mart shopper.

1 comment:

Malott said...

This is the kind of thing that could get Sharon Fink (lovely name, Fink) a guest spot on Malott's Blog for the "Bachelor Tip of the Month." I wonder if she is clued-in to funeral lighting.

A woman I work with (a Philippina w/last name Murphy)told me that to get out oil stains you must iron baby powder into the stain and then wash it. Just thought you should know.