Unexpected uses for sugar that will make your life sweeter

Body sugaring is employed by many trained aestheticians, and you can do it at home too. Heat two cups of sugar, 1/4 cup of lemon juice, and 1/4 cup of water in a stainless steel pot until it’s a dark amber color and a thick consistency. Let it cool, then use it either with or without waxing strips to remove unwanted hair.

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Stop hiccups -

If holding your breath doesn't work for you, a teaspoon of sugar should do the trick. Apparently, the sugar modifies the nerve muscles that are making the diaphragm contract!

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Grass stain remover -

Make a paste-like solution with warm water with sugar, and then apply on the stain. Let it soak for an hour at minimum, and then wash normally.

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Body exfoliant -

Add a teaspoon of sugar in a shot glass with your regular shower gel, mix it up, and then get scrubbing. The coarseness of the sugar will remove dead skin and leave you feeling soft and supple.

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Face exfoliant -

Daily facial exfoliation helps your skin’s renewal cycle, unclogs pores, and prevents breakouts. But instead of using shower gel, just mix a pinch of sugar with a few drops of olive or coconut oil and gently scrub.

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Fresh flower food -

For a mixture that helps to keep flowers fresh and restricts bacteria growth, combine three teaspoons of sugar with two tablespoons of vinegar for each quarter cup of water.

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Hair gel -

If you're in a bind and your hair isn't cooperating, a teaspoon of sugar dissolved in a cup of warm water makes great hair gel.

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Clean coffee and nut grinders -

Pour 1/4 cup of sugar into the grinder and let it work its magic, eliminating excess oils and odor.

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Prevent cheese from molding -

Some say that storing cheese with sugar cubes will prevent cheese from molding, and keep it fresh.

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Lipstick extension -

After applying your lipstick, put a bit of sugar on your lips, let it sit, and then dip your finger in a little water and dab off the remaining sugar. This little trick extends the wear of your favorite lip colors!

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Soften lips -

Making a lip scrub with sugar, coconut or olive oil, and mint or cinnamon will give you luscious, plump, soft lips.

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Heal cuts -

The antiseptic qualities of sugar reportedly act as a mild disinfectant and help prevent infection while aiding the blood clotting process.

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Pedicure -

If you're trying to remove the hard skin on your feet for a fraction of the price, you can add sugar to any gel soap, and use a pumice stone to work it in.

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Fix uneven self-tanner -

To repair mistakes where self-tanning lotion accumulated strangely, mix one tablespoon sugar with a quarter cup coconut oil, then scrub. The sugar will exfoliate the excess self-tanner while the coconut oil nourishes and moisturizes.

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Make a banana sugar scrub -

When bananas are way overripe, they can be used in your beauty routine! The fruit is apparently moisturizing and works perfectly as a vehicle for sugar in a body scrub. Gently rub on your skin and then rinse off in the shower.

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Extend the life of cake -

Pop a couple sugar cubes in a container with your cake or cookies, and it will extend your dessert's life by up to a week!

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Hand cleaner -

If you've been doing some work on the car or painting the house, you're in for quite the scrubbing job. Granulated sugar can speed up the process by adding it to your hand-washing soap. The grains loosen the grease and grime.

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Soothe the spicy burn -

If you've been a little too ambitious with spice, put half a teaspoon of sugar on your tongue, or suck on a sugar cube. The oil-based capsaicin reportedly gets absorbed by the sugar, thus relieving the burn.

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Ant traps -

If you soak cotton balls in a mixture of equal parts sugar, water, and borax and put them where ants usually enter your home, the sugar will attract them and the borax will kill them.

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Wasp traps -

Make syrup by boiling equal amounts water and sugar, then pour the cooled mixture into a bottle to trap unwanted wasps.

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Worm protection -

Parasitic little worms can wreak havoc in your garden, creating knots at the roots of many plants. If you sprinkle 2.25 kg (5 lbs) of sugar for every 250 square feet of garden patch, you can prevent them from invading. Just don't do this too often or your garden will suffer!

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Exterminate cockroaches -

Put a mixture of equal parts sugar and baking powder over infested areas, and the sugar will attract them while the baking soda kills them.

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Fly strip -

Create syrup by boiling equal parts sugar, honey, and water. Once cooled, coat strips of packing tape into it, let the excess drip away, and then hang where the flies like to collect.

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Melt ice and snow -

Not many people know that sugar can work in place of salt in the winter!

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Treat bug bites -

A paste of water and sugar can be applied to stings or bites to relieve the pain and prevent more scratching. Rinse with cold water after half an hour.

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Make fake blood -

For the best pranks or Halloween costumes, heat a mixture of water, sugar, and corn starch, cool in the fridge, then add red and green food coloring to find the right bloody hue.

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Make breakable glass -

In case you ever need fake glass, you can start by making syrup with three cups of sugar, one cup of corn syrup, two cups of water, and 1/4 cup of cream of tartar. Bring it to boil slowly while you chill a cookie coated in cookie spray. Then pour the syrup onto the sheet and let it cool.

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Make rock candy -

Old-fashioned rock candy only requires two ingredients and is sure to impress the kids. Dissolve two and a half cups of sugar into one cup of hot water, then prop a stick up in the mixture (clothespins help) and store in a cool, dry place to watch crystals start to form.

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Unexpected uses for sugar that will make your life sweeter

Surprising tricks that could save you money!

17/12/20 | StarsInsider

LIFESTYLE Hacks

After various incriminating scientific studies on the negative effects of sugar on our health, many people are trying to cut sugar out of their diets. That alone is hard enough without having sacks of sugar still in the house tempting you every time you open the pantry.

Instead of trying to use all the sugar up in one last baking hoorah or tossing it all in the trash, here are some other uses for the substance that don’t involve unhealthy indulgences and that will save you a lot of money around the house!