New photo Laundry tricks and tips to help you wash your clothes – from adding VINEGAR to the load to putting a tea towel in the dryer

A CLEANING guru has revealed the simple tips and tricks for cutting laundry time in HALF when it comes to doing the chore.

When it comes to washing our clothes, many of us simply follow the directions on our boxes of detergent – but it turns out this isn’t always for the best.

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Does using more soap make your clothes cleaner?

Australian cleaning guru Shannon Lush says it’s important to realise that more soap doesn’t mean your clothes will be cleaner.

She says: “That’s not how it works because soap is fat based.

“If you impact the fibres with too much fat it attracts dirt – you know what it’s like when you put a cake of soap on the window sill?

“It gets dirty really quickly and that’s because it contains fat.”

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Shannon even went on to say that using too much soap can even mean clothes become dirtier quicker.

She said: “You know how your towels go all prickly and nasty?

“That’s because there’s too much soap left behind and because it’s fat-based.

“For example, if you put butter in a frying pan it melts and then when it goes cold it gets hard again.

“When you put your towel in the dryer you are melting the fat so the towels come out all nice and fluffy but a day later they are all dry and hard again.”

Shannon added that when using a front-loading washing machine people should use just one-eighth of the recommended amount of powder or liquid, while for a top-loading machine, one-quarter of the recommended quantity should be used.

Top laundry tips

• Add two tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda and two tablespoons of white vinegar to each wash


• Skip fabric conditioner – it can add oil to your wash


• Use less detergent than it says on the box


• Add a tea towel to your clothes in the dryer

Can vinegar help your clothes dry even faster?

For the best results, two tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda and two tablespoons of white vinegar should be added to each wash.

She added: “Fabric softener is just oil based and all it is doing is sticking oil in the wash.

“Put the vinegar in the fabric conditioner slot – there’s no smell left at all.

Shannon says that this method cuts your drying time by a third.

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And when it comes to drying your washing, another trick of Shannon’s for cutting the drying time down is by adding a tea towel in with your wet clothes.

She said: “I hate clothes dryers but if you’ve got to use one, stick a dry tea towel in with your wash and your wash will dry a third faster.

“It wicks the water away and spreads the surface area for the dryer to do its work.”

Here’s nine handy housework hacks you need to know and how to stop dust collecting on surfaces straight after you’ve cleaned.

 

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You don’t have to pack away your bikini just because you’re the wrong side of 20. These body-beautiful stars reveal their secrets to staying in shape and prove you can smoulder in a two-piece, whatever your age. Read on and be bikini inspired!

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Hayden Panettiere
Size: 8
Age: 18
Height: 5ft 1in
Weight: 8st

To achieve her kick-ass figure, Hayden – who plays cheerleader Claire Bennet in Heroes – follows the ‘quartering’ rule. She eats only a quarter of the food on her plate, then waits 20 minutes before deciding whether she needs to eat again.

Hayden says: “I don’t have a model’s body, but I’m not one of those crazy girls who thinks that they’re fat. I’m OK with what I have.”

Nicollette says: “I don’t like diets – I see it, I eat it! I believe in eating healthily with lots of protein, vegetables and carbs to give you energy.”

kim cattrall

Size: 10-12
Age: 52
Height: 5ft 8in
Weight: 9st 4lb

SATC star Kim swears by gym sessions with Russian kettle bells (traditional cast-iron weights) and the South Beach Diet to give her the body she wants. To avoid overeating, Kim has a radical diet trick – squirting lemon juice on her leftovers – so she won’t carry on picking.

Kim says: “I am no super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women.”
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