How to Get Red Wine Stains Out of a Chiffon Bridesmaids Dress

How to Get Red Wine Stains Out of a Chiffon Bridesmaids Dress:

So in true Wineaux fashion, my lovely afternoon at the Keeneland racetrack ended in my covering this brand new, beautiful Lulu’s maxi dress in wine! Yay! Another stain to conquer! Just fyi, this is a chiffon dress with a satin liner I had to rescue – in case the dress you have in dire straits is some other bridesmaids-type dress.

Punchline: totally rescued. Just keep calm, and read on. Your dress, too, can be saved.

So I didn’t get a good picture of the…

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How to Get Red Wine Stains Out of Painted Walls

How to Get Red Wine Stains Out of Painted Walls Using Only Two Household Cleaners:

So we’ve all been there – we’ll possibly mostly me…- but that awkward moment where you realize that you’ve splished, splashed, and spilled red wine on something else. The struggle is totally real.  As a frequent contributor to the population of wine stains, I’ve done more than my fair share having to get them out. Of pretty much everything at this point… and Spoiler Alert: I’m actually really good at it. So here it is: step by…

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How to Make Whitening Toothpaste That Puts the Store-Bought Stuff to Shame

How to Make Your Own Whitening Toothpaste That Puts the Store-Bought Stuff to Shame

If you’ve ever stood in the beauty, toothpaste, shampoo, etc. isle and asked your self: “Why can’t just one of these products do all of this?”, then you aren’t alone. It’s not hard to put all of the good you want into one product, but I suppose they do it this way so you’ll buy a ton of products instead of just one that works. What a bunch of butt heads. Well forget the big box brands that offer…

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Get Hot Glue Off Fabrics With This Weird Tool

How to Get Hot Glue Off Clothes and Fabrics Using Just One Weird Tool:

So, as you can probably guess, getting hot glue on my clothes is not an uncommon thing for me. It is, however, a colossal pain in the butt to get off and can get stuck into fabrics and clothes if not properly removed. All you need to get it off is one tool that is not made for laundry uses at all: a Cuticle Nipper

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How to Eliminate Laundry Odors

Eliminate Nasty Odors from Your Washing Machine with these Two Household Ingredients:

 

 

 

We’ve all done it; don’t lie – completely forgot about your wet laundry in the machine and now it smells like booty. No bueno. And it can stick with your clothes forever if you don’t nip it in the bud. Personally, I have to do this every month or so – it just happens; you forget. So here’s how to handle it so that you don’t have smell your fail in your clothes and future loads of laundry:

 

 

 

 

 

Step 1

Take a deep…

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How to Get Red Wine Out of Designer Denim

How to Get Red Wine Stains Out of Designer Denim and Other Jeans:

 

As a frequent contributor to the population of wine stains, I’ve done more than my fair share having to get them out. Of pretty much everything at this point… and Spoiler Alert: I’m actually really good at it. So here it is: step by step instructions on how to get red wine out of literally, everything. New chapters coming as often as I commit new atrocities, and drop me a comment if you have a stain I haven’t addressed…

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How to Get Red Wine Stains Out of Fabrics You Can’t Wash

How to Get Red Wine Stains Out of Fabrics You Can’t Technically Wash:

 
So we’ve all been there – we’ll possibly mostly me…- but that awkward moment where you realize that you’ve splished, splashed, and spilled red wine on something else. The struggle is totally real.  As a frequent contributor to the population of wine stains, I’ve done more than my fair share having to get them out. Of pretty much everything at this point… and Spoiler Alert: I’m actually really good at it. So here it is: step by step instructions…

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How to Clean a Cuisinart Hand Blender

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How to Clean a Cuisinart Hand Blender, or Hand Mixer

 

I put one of these fancy new Cuisinart Smart Stick Hand Blender on my wedding registry, and it totally rocks! It cut the amount of time we spent pureeing pumpkin down to only a few minutes rather than the hour-long production it used to be in the blender to less than five minutes. It’s also the only way I’ve ever been able to get my pumpkin spice cream…

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How to ACTUALLY Clean a Stainless Steel Sink

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If you’re like me, then you pinned all sorts of blog posts about cleaning the crud and build up out of your stainless sink. Then you tried them all and found that no combination of baking soda, vinegar, peroxide, or prayer was ever going to actually get that crap out of the sink. I even considered whether it would be easier to just buy a new sink – easier? yes. cheaper? hell no! So back to the drawing board.

A while back, we rounded…

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