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25 Smart and Clever Ideas for Making your Life Easier

Our daily life brings new opportunities, challenges and struggles. Overcoming them using some nice clever ideas can obviously give a boost in your work hence making it more fun and loving. Well we have just gathered 25 clever and smart ideas for making your household life easier and fantastic, we guarantee that you will surely love the stuff provided below so lets get started.

1. Hull Strawberries using Straw

Hulling strawberries with a straw can be as easier as eating them out, so now easily you can remove the inner stem of the strawberries by just using straw, well make sure the straw is hard enough that it does not get bend when you insert it from below.

2. Remove Dings & Scrapes from Furniture using Walnut

Walnut a unique dry fruit rich in many proteins and a warmth can also be useful in removing dings and scrapes from wooden vintage furniture's. By just taking a scraped furniture and a piece of walnut and rubbing it up all together to its surface your can see some real positive changes.

3. Remove Crayons Art from TV or Walls

If your house is full of small evil kids who like to be creative right on your worthy assets than you should be ready for their major common attack , the crayon art attack. Well children love to draw masterpieces on your TV screens Walls and other solid stuff, so now if there is one too on your wall than you can remove it easily by using WD-40 and applying it to yoru TV or walls. Just using it with a towel can work like a charm.

4. Stop Apple’s Color Browsing using Rubber Band

Apples remain unused after their cut time can simply turn their color from white to brown as iron in them mix with air and it adds rust to it, so a very easy way to stop that oxidization process is too cut the apple and join pieces together and bind them using a "Rubber Band" pretty easy to find and to apply.

5. Keep Matching Sheets Together in Closet

So your mom has ended up maintaining her closet, but now you need a nice a  sheet for your bed you go, find and hassle up everything or you can simply ask her to put a pillow in all the sheets which will be more easier for finding purpose.

6. Use Bowl as your iPhone speaker

Music is the key soul of many persons and they invest a whole lot of money in purchasing a nice speaker set for a groovy music experience, well what if you are not at home or you do not have money for purchasing a speaker set, well obviously we cannot create a speaker right sitting at home but using this small tweak you can create your own ready made speaker for your iPhone, use bowl and place your iPhone in it when music is places the sound is amplified and thus you can hear an awesome music.

7. Use Cloth Container for Storing Plastic Bags

If you have a old cloth container which is now of no use do not bin it up, well you can recycle it and use it as a old plastic bag container which can be useful if you store more plastic bags and use them on daily basis.

8. Remove Beach Sand Easily using Johnson's Powder

A very easy workaround for removing beach sand easily from your feats or body is too apply Johnson's Powder all over your body. Simply at the end of the day when you are done playing and enjoying with your pals just rub some powder on your powder and things are done simply perfect.

9. Use Velcro Strip to Store Soft Toys

Velcro Strips if you are not aware are those trips which you might have seen on some shoes or commonly on the sandals for locking it up, well if you know its one side can be used to stick soft toys to it so you can just add that strip to the wall and than when your kids has stopped playing with their toys you can just stick those toys to the wall. So it will look cool and will remain maintained.

10. Use Wire to Store Gift Wrap Rolls

Do not just scatter away those rolls on your floor and make a mess, well you easily store them up against walls using two small wires and attaching them side by side. Pretty easy and clean installation.

11. Use Vacuum Cleaner & Stocking for finding Tiny Lost Items

You might have lost something really tiny which might have troubled you a lot in finding it up, it can be like your mothers earrings, a small stud if you’re really fashionable or anything like a important screw, well a simply trick is to find it using a stocking in front or vacuum hose and it will snatch anything that comes in his range. So its pretty helpful and maybe it will help you someday in future.

12. Using Gift Box as Cupcake Tray

If you keen of creating cup cakes for your family or guest than you might have a special serving tray for it which has some holes in it for grabbing the base of the cakes well if you do not have anything by just using a t-shirt box and doing some X cutting in it can create a nice looking cup cakes holder for you which can really look attractive.

13. How to Fold a Fitted Sheet

The rounded fitted sheets might be difficult to fold up as they do not have a perfect corner for matching them up well but stephmodo has a great tutorial on how you can do that without making any mess and presenting a nice folder sheet.

14. Using Magnetic Strips to hold Bobby Pins

These assets are regularly used by women's and they complains that many times their things just get lost or get messed up well by just using a small magnetic strip which you might not get easily but you can search it and get it somewhere and applying it to the wall you can attach any small items really easily as shown in the image above.

15. Using Shower Cap for Storing Shoes while Travelling

Many times visiting some hotels and resort you can normally see shower caps available in bathrooms which you should not waste as they can surely come into some awesome work for storing your shoes while travelling and keeping them in the bags.

16. Using Muffin-Pan as Handy Craft Tray

A large Muffin Pan which is waste can be used as a nice handy craft tray entirely portable for keeping stuff which might be useful for your kids in keeping their creative needs fulfilled. This does not need any kind of creation or activity just grab it and place some plastic glasses in it for making it a perfect stuff holder.

17. Use Bread Tags for Wire Labeling

If you own a big whole of nightmare wire house, having cables for everything going one to another or passing out from one system and like that than you seriously need this awesome trick or hack whatever you call it but remember this will seriously resolve your every small problems and will surely make your workplace a nice clean work-ground.

18. Bake Cup Cakes Directly in Ice Cream Cones

So you are making cup cakes for kids, so why don’t you bake them right into the ice cream cones so that they can be easily filled up with some cream and can be served easily to kids and they can eat them with nice happy face. So just fill up the material right inside the ice cream cone and then bake them up.

19. Microwave Popcorn in Brown Paper Bag

Usually you purchase popcorns like Act Two which is world wide famous popcorns, but well what about the costs they do costs high for these low fat meal well why should we pay for those bags for popcorns when you can actually create some of your own in just a brown paper bag check squawkfox amazing tutorial on this one.

20. Managing your Under Sink using these Tweaks

A very awesome work by jengrantmorris shows that how you can make up your sink below level a space entirely organized for daily use but still cleaner than ever. This one is must for your moms so just check the tutorial and surely help her out.

21. Create Heart Shaped Egg Easily

So impress your girlfriend by presenting her something like this, so annathered has a full perfect tutorial on how you can create this one by just using a stick, rubber band, a card board sheet and a boiled egg.

22. Turn Over Muffin Pan and Create Cookie Bowls

So now you can create some nice cookie bowls and that too wihout investing any penny on other utensil than muffin pan, so just tilt it over and start creating some cookie bowls check full recipe here.

23. Use Aloe Vera Ice Cubes for Sun Burn Relief

Freezing Aloe Vera can be really useful in cases when you forget to take the SPF creams, just freeze some of them and take them with you, they are really helpful in soothing your sun burns.

24. Produce Stuff with Guttering without Taking Space

Save some space gardening and producing some stuff by using the guttering method provided @ lifehacker now this will surely bring more productivity to your garden.

25. Use Egg Cartons for Storing your Christmas Decorations

This is one of the best eco friendly way for storing out your Christmas decorations this year, so do nor waste any other stuff this egg carton box can be used as the best best stuff storing option. You can also use tissue papers for rapping them up so protection basis.

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Best makeup trends for Diwali

Leave your mother's burgundy lipstick back on her vanity. Forget piling on the same shimmers you did with your Diwali outfit last year. This season has new rules, new textures, new tricks.

Namrata Soni, official makeup artist for Maybelline, says that while blue, orange and teal are the colours for this season, the first two work best for dusky skin tones. "You can wear a dark indigo if you're really dusky," she says. "Cobalt blue eyeliner would look great with a Diwali outfit - it has just the right amount of blue."

Two much? Bright makeup and bright outfits will make you look overdressed

Her tips: Soni also believes that this season is all about playing up bright lips or beautiful eyes. If you'd rather highlight your lips and "you're scared to wear bright colours, like orange or fuchsia lipstick, start by dabbing lipstick in the centre of your mouth and smudge it over your lips with your fingertips so it looks like a soft stain rather than a bright colour," she says. Want to highlight your eyes? "Too much eyeshadow with a shiny outfit can look overdressed," says Soni. "Instead, use a black Maybelline gel liner (one of my favourites), and then an eyeshadow or kohl pencil in blue, green or purple on the tip of the black eyeliner. This is a great way to complement your outfit."

Shades of the season
Ojas Rajani, goodwill ambassador for Inglot, says the festive season is all about shimmer, shine and sparkle: "Use frosty eyeshadows and exaggerate the shine with gold, copper, bronze or silver, depending on whether it's a day or night event".

Her tips: Pick products that are dewy and creamy. Turn to Inglot's Mineralised Dewy Foundation, cream-based eyeshadows and cheek tints in metallic gold and peachy silver. Finally, use your glitter eye pencils instead of regular eyeliners and Inglot's 3D high shine lipgloss. This way you can wear a simple white outfit and still look like a million bucks.

Sonic Sarwate, MAC senior artist, India, recommends red lipstick in a shade that suits your complexion. "Try MAC's Eden Rouge from the Style Seeker collection, or the classic Ruby Woo, keeping the focus of your makeup just on the lips," he says. 

His tips: Use at least one metallic element in your makeup. Try MAC pigment in Melon, eyeshadow in Woodwinked and Amberlights.

Always curl your lashes and use mascara to open up the eyes even if you are not wearing any eye makeup.

Use waterproof kajal and mascara to avoid smearing as late nights and crackers can make eyes watery
Don't wear the same colour as your dress on your eyes - no blue smoky eyes if you are wearing a blue outfit
For a quick touch-up, if you don't have too many products on you, use lipstick as a lip stain and a cheek stain

CREATE A LOOK
In a few steps
Namrata Soni: Start with Maybelline's Colossal Kajal, Hyper Curl Mascara in waterproof, and orange or pink lipstick. Remember to use a lash curler for maximum effect.

Ojas Rajani: Use creamy concealer on your T-zone and undereye area, creating a smooth glowy base. Add cheek illuminator for some sparkle. Apply coral or dewy, silvery shadow and maybe a jewelled green or metallic blue pencil on your upper and lower lashline. Top it with a volumising mascara. Soften the apples of your cheeks with a creme blush in coral hues. Complete this with a coral liptint and a soft blow-dry.

Sonic Sarwate: Even out your skin tone with foundation and concealer. To dazzle in the evening, use MAC eyeshadow in Culturalized eyeshadow from the Style Seeker collection with brush #217 washed all over the lid. Use thin liner to define the eyes with coats of mascara on lashes. Use MAC Lip Pencil in Brick with MAC lipstick in Ruby Woo. Use MAC blush in Worldly Wealth to complete the look.

For a full face
Namrata Soni: Add A little bit of shine to your foundation, so that skin looks dewy and glowy. Play up your eye makeup - do a smoky eye in a colour other than black. Shades of purple, blue or bronze look stunning. For this, apply black eyeshadow or liner first, take a little bit of the colour you want, sweep it all over your black eyeshadow and blend well. Finally, add two to three coats of mascara.

Ojas Rajani: Follow the same steps as the simple look given above, and then use a sparkly eyeshadow and Inglot gel eyeliner in jewelled colours.

Sonic Sarwate: Try smoky eyes with a metallic touch. Start with foundation and concealer, use MAC Fluildline in Dark Diversion, and Style Seeker on the lid. Line the top and bottom lash line with Smoulder eye pencil, making sure it fills in gaps between lashes. Smudge kohl using brush #219 with MAC eyeshadow in Embark. In the centre of the lid, add a dash of Pressed
Pigment from the Sculpt & Shine Limited Edition collection. Finish your eyes with several coats of MAC Mascara in Zoom Lash. MAC blush in Sincere Will adds a flush needed to complement eye makeup. To finish the look, use MAC lipglass in VIVA GLAM 5 on the lips.

From HT Brunch, November 11

9 Grooming Tips to Jazz up Your Diwali Look!

Diwali-the color of lights and festivities, is also a celebration of life. Along with the traditional rituals, we also witness a round of happening parties with families and friends. Planning for a cool makeover this Diwali? If yes, then groom yourself with trendy additions to your hairstyle, eye-makeup, navel-piercing, bracelets, toe-rings and much more and look your fashionable best with our handy grooming tips for Diwali.

Read on for the nine glamorous trends this season to make your Diwali a stylish affair!!

Grooming Tip # 1

The festival of lights makes for a perfect occasion to update your long-pending makeover. Go chic this festive season and experiment with the latest trendy hairstyles. Does your crowning glory needs a dash of zestiness? If yes, try a medium length haircut with subtle layers. This style goes best with traditional clothes and gives you a playful appearance and makes you look younger. Or else, you may also French plait or the uber cool messy braids popularized by Jessica Alba and teenage sensation Miley Cyrus.French plait or the uber cool messy braids popularized by Jessica Alba and teenage sensation Miley Cyrus.

You can also opt for a French plait or the uber cool messy braids popularized by Jessica Alba and teenage sensation Miley Cyrus. Closer home, chic messy braids, curled hair and the ethnic French plait has been spotted on Model and Actress Deepika Padukone. The braids-messy or neat; will lend you a smart yet tasteful look this Diwali. 

Grooming Tip # 2

If you have a short crop, experimenting with cool and trendy hair extensions will be a great option. Opt for varied neon colors and funky textures are making waves this season. Match your hair extensions with your ethnic and colorful Diwali attire for that traditional yet funky look. 

Grooming Tip # 3

The most important part of your makeover is your eyes and you really cannot afford to miss on these. Brighten your eyes like the shimmering diya at your home this Diwali! Try the smoky eye make-up with generous use of kohl to heighten your intense look for the happening Diwali party in your college or at your workplace. To add more spice to the look, you may also use a dash of bright eye-shadow. Go in for neon colors along with a sprinkling of silver under your brows to match the festival of lights.

Grooming Tip # 4

Dress up your nails in bright colors too; you may go for eccentric nail art made popular by Athletes at the recent Olympics. The hot nail art trends this season are animal prints, be it in stripes, spots in bright colors with a dash of glimmer for the party effect. You may also opt for the floral and tribal designs to glamorize your nails.

Grooming Tip # 5

If you are girl with no love for permanent tattoos, go in for the temporary Mehendi tattoos. Tattoos are in this season so you cannot afford to miss on it. Though temporary, it delivers the same oomph factor to your personality just like the original one. Flaunt one with intricate patterns on your arm, shoulders or lower back this Diwali. To heighten the ethnic effect, let the mehendi patterns match up with your traditional ghagra or saree motifs.

Grooming Tip # 6

This Diwali do not forget to accessorize your attire with chunky ethnic jewellery. Dazzle up your hands with a stylish piece of accessory. Off late, bangles have made way to charm bracelets with trinkets and motifs. You can wrap a charm anklet or a charm bracelet on your wrist to get a grunge look. You can also team up your bracelet with colorful silver rings with colored stones to accentuate your look for the Diwali festive season.

Grooming Tip # 7

If you are planning to flaunt your toned waistline, go for navel piercing to get a traditional yet chic appeal. Sport tinkling naval rings in silver or colorful stones and beads to get compliments. Naval piercing will lend an urban touch to your festive ghagra or a net pallu saree. You can enhance the seductive meter by wearing a dazzling multi-colored stone belly chain around your waist or on your ghagra!

Grooming Tip # 8

Step out in style this Diwali with the fascinatingly tiny yet gorgeous piece of foot accessory! Toe rings will surely add a touch of ethnicity to your look this Diwali. Choose the ones with bright colors, Kundan work and beads. You may also pick up the ones with beautiful chimes and motifs.

What are you waiting for?? Get going for this festive season armed with these feisty new fashion trends and make a stunning impression on your friends and family this Diwali!!

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