How to clean up your home without cleaning out the bank — plus get two FREE Madame Tussauds tickets
CLEANING up doesn’t need to clean you out – and today I’ll tell you exactly how.
According to one survey, we shell out up to £144 a year on stuff to spruce up our homes. But there are some cheap and unique alternatives.
Here’s my guide to a sparkling finish without the spend . . .
Conker the dirt: Instead of using washing powder, try cleaning your clothes with conkers, suggests Sun reader Lucie Mann, who does just that.
Chop and dry the conkers, then add 40g of them to a jug filled with 500ml of boiling water. Leave for 30 minutes for a creamy thick liquid.
Sieve the conkers into another jug, resoak for another hour, then repeat this for a third time.
Use the liquid from the first soak for your dirtiest washing, the second batch for normal washing and the third lot for items that need a light wash.
What a beauty: I’m a big fan of multi-purpose cleaner Zoflora.
Make-up bags can harbour all sorts of bacteria, but you can quickly remedy it by regularly wiping it out with a cloth soaked in diluted Zoflora. You can also do the same for make-up packaging.
Pick up the Sparkling Spruce scent at Poundland for a lovely wintry scent.
Squeaky clean: Surface cleaner can be expensive, especially when you can make your own solution.
Get an empty washing-up liquid bottle, add ten per cent bleach and ten per cent washing-up liquid, then fill the rest of the bottle with water — and you’ll have a home-made surface cleaner for a fraction of the price.
Check online before using it on certain surfaces — you don’t want to damage anything and end up with a costly bill to replace it.
Scent-sational: Febreze is great, isn’t it? But at £3 a bottle in Tesco, why splash the cash when you can make multiple bottles on the cheap?
All you need is some fabric softener and a spray bottle. Simply put ten per cent fabric softener into the bottle and fill it up with water and you have your own sweet-smelling version of Febreze.
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WANT to wrap up in the Burberry-print scarf, above, but can’t stretch to the £370 price tag? Me too.
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NOVEMBER is World Vegan Month, and at Tesco a pack of plant-based What The Cluck Chicken-Style Chunks is £2.50, down from £3.30.
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Superdays: Win two FREE Madame Tussauds tickets worth £70
DON’T miss your chance to get two FREE tickets to Madame Tussauds London worth £70, with Sun Superdays.
Grab your cape and join your favourite Marvel super heroes at the London attraction. Come face to face with the The Incredible Hulk, hang out with Spider-Man and blast off with Iron Man.
Then grab your seats in the mesmerising 4D cinema, housed in the iconic planetarium dome, where The Avengers will enlist your help to save the day from the evil Doctor Doom in a film specially created for Madame Tussauds London.
Plus, new for 2019, witness the epic powers of Captain Marvel in a new interactive experience.
Madame Tussauds London has also unveiled Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and diva Beyonce so you can see how you match up against the Hollywood giant and the soul diva on stage.
To get your free tickets, simply download the Sun Savers app or sign up at thesun.co.uk/superdays. Next, head to the “Offers” section and click “Start Collecting” on the “Superdays – Madame Tussauds” page.
Then, collect NINE Sun Savers codes from those printed daily in The Sun until Tuesday, November 12. Today’s Sun Savers code can be found on Page 20 of the paper.
Enter your nine Sun Savers codes on the Sun Savers app or website. Lastly, click “Book” and you will receive a unique code via email with steps on how to book your day out on the Madame Tussauds London website.
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