Life with children isn’t easy. Don’t get me wrong, it is amazing and very rewarding and I wouldn’t have it any other way, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. In fact, it’s the exact opposite. Taking care of three boys all day long is stressful and exhausting and I could use all the help I can get. Be it from my mom or a stranger, I’m hard pressed to say no to some form of help these days. I also try to make my life easier at home by finding useful hacks to help me with my house work, my routines and taking care of my boys. I have to say that my favourite life hack is using baby wipes for just about everything. I use them to clean my kitchen table, floor, to wipe my children’s hands when we’re out and about and to help remove makeup from my face. I think I’ll be carrying them in my purse for years to come, long after my kids are out of their diapers. These hacks don’t just make my life more trouble-free but they help me save money and time too.
I was recently challenged to come up with hack ideas using Carefree liners. As women, we all have liners at home and instead of running out to the store, you can use them as substitutes for a variety of ways to simplify your life. So keeping with my categories above of 1) house work, 2) beauty and 3) children, I came up with the following life hacks.
1. Use your carefree liners as padding for the bottom of your furniture. Cut them out in the shape and size and that you need and double up for additional protection.
2. Out of cotton balls? Use Carefree liners instead to remove nail polish. Dare I say they actually work better than cotton balls?!?!
3. If you’re breastfeeding and leaking, you can use Carefree liners as disposable pads for your nursing bra. Cut the liners in half and attach the adhesive side to your bra and have the padding face out to absorb any milk leakage that may occur.
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use a pantiliner as emergency gauze for a bad cut or blister
Great idea! With 3 boys, this would be extremely handy
I have used them before as a bandaid for large cuts. Place the absorbent side against the cut and then wrap in gauze!
I am referring to using Panty Liners 🙂
Smart!
After my dad’s surgery, he developed an infection. We used pantiliners to absorb it and heal faster.
Oh wow. That’s amazing. Smart thinking!
I think these are great ideas and with them going on sale makes them an inexpensive first aid item. I have always purchased wipes to keep in my vehicle and bag.
used pantiliners as bandages when our child had a cut absorbed better than bandages
My life hack doesn’t involve a pantyliner. 🙂 My pants, usually jeans, zippers always fall down so that my fly is always open. As I kid I figured out this hack. Zippers have a hole so I put an elastic band through the hole so it looped to the other side of the elastic and then I hooked it onto the button of my pants so that the fly wouldn’t fall down. 🙂
genius! Also great for using your jeans when you’re pregnant…
Coffee filters can be used to clean window when the paper towels run out, works well
Love that! I ALWAYS seem to run out of paper towels.
Starbucks napkins make great face blotting sheets!
My hack: I use newspapers to wipe the windows and tables after I use an all purpose cleaner spray.
Jeannie Lam
I keep wipes and pantyliners in my purse for any emergency.
I use a ziploc bag for piping icing on cupcakes
I use it to wrap the bra underwire when the wire sticks out
Ohhh! Smart 🙂
use a post it note sticky end to run between your keyboard keys to clean them
I use panty liners to remove my nail polish, it’s way better than cotton balls 🙂
It really is. I had no idea. I’m only going to use pantyliners from now on to remove nail polish
I use pantyliners for bandages. I like the bra hack idea.
Coconut oil can be used for so much! You can use it for cooking, for teeth whitening, as a lubricant, to moisturizer skin and so much more.
P.S. I also use wipes to clean everything!
My pantiliner hack is to use them as a pad in your bra for nursing mothers who may leak.
I have used liners to clean up grease spills in the kitchen
I use liners inside the shoe to absorb sweat
I sometimes use a pantyliner in my shoes to absorb sweat in the summer, when not wearing socks.
I use newspaper and flyers to clean glass, less streaks and you don’t waste paper towels.
One time, I need to change my son’s diaper but in the washroom, I found that I used up all the one that I have in my bag. So, I use a pad and liners to stick in the front and the back of his pant as temporary diaper
I fainted one day, I broke my leg and hit my forehead on the counter which resulted in a long cut along the hairline. My husband cleaned it and had the idea to use a panty liner to cover it , the nurses in emerg. commented on his quick thinking! Another hack he has is using pads and liners when he gets leaks on his motorcycle , says it stops the oils from dripping until he fixes it!
I always care pantyliners in my purse you never know when you need one also they work great on spilled drinks in the car if you have no paper towels
Pantyliners are great to remove nail polish!!
Panty liners are great for car dash cleaners.
Use pantyliners to stains when you don’t have any towels handy.
Pantyliners work good in suits to keep your underarms dry.
I used pantyliners as a refill for my swifter wet jet when I ran out of refills.
We use toilet paper rolls to store chords. We have what feels like a hundred little cords hanging around for all the boyfriends game systems and it’s very helpful. No panty liner hacks from me yet.
– amber y
There is a way to fold potato chips bags without a clip. Hard to explain but it works!
Carefree liners work great as a kind of gauze or bandage for cuts or to wipe up a spill in the car.
I don’t really have any hacks with carefree but i reuse the little plastic clips on bread loaves to help keep frozen vegetables sealed after I open the bag.
I use a wooden spoon over a pot to prevent it from boiling over. It really does work!
Did not know about these hacks, great ideas all around. I use tea bags when my eyes are puffy. Always works.
This hack has nothing to do with panty liners, but I buy the silicon muffin liners at the dollar store and put a small slit big enough to slide a popsicle stick through to catch the drips and doesn’t make my grandkids hands all sticky either!!
use a pantyliner as a lint roller
I use panty liners to absorb sweat in my runners if I don’t want to wear socks!
Panty liners do work great as nail polish removers. 🙂
They are great for cleaning up spills!
I use toothpaste to clean my jewelry. It does an awesome job.
I like using cardboard tube, like ones from toilet rolls or paper towels, to keep small objects organized. Great for keeping small things organized during long moves because you can just write on the paper tube.
They are awesome to use as a bandages, they absorb all the cuts well
Cut up Pantinliners in small pieces and use them for blister cushions for your heels.
I have used them in a pinch to pick up spills or take off lint.
Ive never used a liner as anything BUT a liner.. but I have bought the plastic shower rings, hung them on a hanger and hung my tanks from a ring – easy way to make some space 🙂
I use Coffee filters to clean window and they absorb grease really well
Having a pack of panty liners in your emergency first aid kit when camping is super handy.
Use panty liners as an insole
Carefree pads make great dusters! Just spritz with some polish and go after those dust bunnies!
I use pantyliners inside my white tshirts, cut in half, to avpid sweat stains 🙂
Love using carefree for link removers 🙂
I’m susceptible to blisters when walking long distance….so when I’m walking I use a pantyliner on my heel inside my sock to help prevent blisters.
I have used a panty liner to clean up a nosebleed once.