12 Surprising Things Your Freezer Can Do For You

Simplifying Plastic Wrap

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Plastic wrap can be used differently in your kitchen, maybe to wrap your snack or cover your dinner’s leftovers. The bottom of the line is that it is pretty useful. However, it keeps sometimes sticking to itself.

Well, with your freezer’s help, you can fix the problem in no time. The fact that plastic wrap is exposed to cold will result in the clinging of the plastic to preserve its hold in a blink of an eye.

All that you need is placing your plastic wrap in your freezer for not more than 2 minutes otherwise, the plastic’s hold will be lost.

Saving Seeds

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Your freezer is the perfect place where you can store your fresh fruit, favorite and best frozen french fries, tasty Stouffer’s frozen lasagne, or even Edwards frozen pie in case you receive an unexpected guest.

In addition to foods, you can use your freezer to save the extra seeds that you do not want to use for the moment. You can keep your plant seeds fresh until you decide to run some planting in your backyard.

But before placing them in the freezer, you need to make sure that they are dry. If they are, then you just put them in airtight containers in the freezer.

Making Your Pantyhose Last

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How many pantyhose have you bought so far? Probably a dozen for they get easily torn even after one evening out. But there are always tricky ways to expand the lifespan of your seamless pantyhose.

You will be surprised that putting them simply in the freezer can make them last longer than they usually do. You need to wet them and wring them out, then put them in mini ziplock bags to be placed in the freezer for one whole night.

In the morning, you can remove the bag from the freezer to facilitate the thawing of your pantyhose at room temperature. Once they dry, you can enjoy wearing your soft seamless pantyhose.

Stretching Tight Shoes

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Have you ever bought a pair of wonderful heels or sandals, but never wore them until you suddenly decided to? But the problem was that the shoes do not fit anymore?

What do you think happened? Medical studies prove that the size of your feet changes over time just like many other parts of your body. Did you feel mad and disappointed? You surely did, especially if the shoes were too expensive.

You do not have to throw them for you can still stretch them. You can simply put a freezing water bag in your shoes and the ice can stretch them.

Removing Gum

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There are plenty of people who cannot stop chewing gum. They, perhaps, keep chewing it all day long, but the worse to happen is throwing it on the ground. It can easily stick to somebody’s shoes, including yours. We all know how hard it is to remove chewing gum when it is sticky.

If you watch a lot of DIY videos, you must have learnt a lot of tricky tips to get rid of chewing gum, right? Here is another one: put a sturdy paper on the bottom of your shoes where the gum is stuck. Place your shoes in the freezer for an hour or two to get rid of the sticky chewing gum for good.

Preventing Sweater Shedding

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You can buy an expensive and gorgeous sweater together with a Hollister jumper, yet the sweater tends to shed very quickly.

This is quite normal even it is unfortunate. You can prevent your sweater shedding to enjoy your winter days in your fuzzy and soft sweater. Your freezer can take care of the whole mission.

Grab your cardigan or sweater and roll it up, then put it in small ziplock bags. Next, place the bags in the freezer overnight. The fibers will be easily contracted to prevent the shedding.

Preserving Makeup

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Every lady has got her emergency kit of makeup in her purse, which can include a Rimmel mascara, NARS red lipstick, a MAC fabby and a tiny bottle of foundation. You may extend your lipsticks’ lifespan by placing them in the freezer.

You can store those you do not use very often unless there is a very special event to attend. Many beauty products do not come with the needed preservatives to make them last longer, but that is not to worry about.

That is why you should put them in a place with cool temperatures. If there are any products which you use regularly, just put them in the fridge, but if you use them, stick them in the freezer. In addition to your lipstick, you can put your eyeliner in the freezer as well to sharpen its point.

What do you think of these 12 amazing hacks involving your freezer? Do you have any extra ideas on how to use your freezer as a hack tool? If you have ever tried any trick hack to get rid of any household problem, please share with us the cheap magic of DIYs.

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