Uses for hair spray

Exterminate housefliesBut make sure the hair spray is water-soluble so that, if any spray hits the walls, you'll be able to wipe it clean. Works on wasps and bees too.Protect children's artworkBefore you stick it up, preserve the creation with hair spray, to help it last longer. This works especially well on chalk pictures, keeping them from being smudged so easily.Preserve your shoes' shineAfter polishing, lightly spray them with hair spray. The shoe polish won't rub off so easily with this coat of protection.Keep recipe cards splatter-freeA good coating of hair spray will prevent the card from being ruined by kitchen eruptions. With the protection, they wipe off easily.Keep drapes dirt-freeThe trick is to apply several coats of hair spray, letting each coat dry thoroughly before the next one.Remove ink marks on garmentsSquirt the stain with hair spray and the pen marks should come right off.Extend the life of cut flowersA bouquet of cut flowers is such a beautiful thing, you want to do whatever you can to postpone wilting. Just as it preserves your hairstyle, a spritz of hair spray can preserve your cut flowers. Stand a foot away from the bouquet and give them a quick spray, just on the undersides of the leaves and petals. Reduce runs in pantyhoseHead off a running disaster by spraying hair spray on the toes of a new pair of pantyhose. The spray strengthens the threads and makes them last longer.Remove lipstick from fabricApply hair spray to the lipstick stain and let it sit for a few minutes. Wipe off the hair spray and the stain should come off with it. Then wash your shirts as usual.Preserve a Christmas wreathTo make the wreath last longer, grab your can of hair spray and spritz it all over as soon as you get the fresh wreath home. The hair spray traps the moisture in the needles