**The Hidden Features of a Tape Measure**
A tape measure is a common household item that we often take for granted. However, it has some hidden features that can make our lives easier and more convenient. One of the most useful features of a tape measure is its ability to be used as a level. When you're measuring something around the house, you put marks on your wall to know where things hang or go right. But did you know that the tape measure has a little rubber bottom that can erase those marks? You don't have to worry about leaving ugly marks on your walls because the tape measure's rubber bottom is designed to remove any unwanted markings.
Another clever feature of a tape measure is its ability to prevent spills when handling liquids like coffee or tea. When you're walking with a cup of coffee, it's easy to spill it all over your shirt or clothes. But there's a simple trick to avoid this: just look straight in front of you and don't glance at the coffee. This applies to any liquid in your cup, not just coffee. By focusing on the path ahead, you'll be less likely to lose your balance and spill the contents of your cup.
**A Handy Hack for Hosts**
If you're hosting a party, you know how stressful it can be to worry about making a mess with your outfit or clothes. That's where the Press 'n Seal comes in handy. This product is like a bib that you wear around your neck, but it's not too bulky or obtrusive. You can use it when cooking, eating, or doing other activities without worrying about getting messy. It's also great for parents with young children who don't want to wear a bib.
**The Secret to Perfect Over Easy Eggs**
When making eggs for breakfast, achieving the perfect over easy egg can be tricky. But did you know that there's a clever hack to make it happen? To cook an over easy egg, simply crack it into a pan and then drop it in. The lid of the pan creates a steamy environment that cooks the egg perfectly every time. Simply fill the pan with a little water, put the lid on top, and voila! You'll have perfectly cooked eggs without any fuss.
**A Quick and Easy Salad Hack**
When making salads, one of the most frustrating things can be washing and chopping lettuce leaves. But there's a clever trick to make it easier: simply smash the head of lettuce onto the counter and pull off the center ring. This leaves you with beautiful, clean leaves that are ready to use in seconds. It also works for bell peppers - just push in the stem, pull it apart, and you're good to go!
**Removing Odors from Hands**
If you work with smelly foods like garlic or onions, you know how hard it can be to get rid of those odors on your skin. But did you know that there's a simple trick to remove them? Rub your hands under a stainless steel sink (or even just a spoon) and the oils will be washed away, leaving your hands smelling fresh and clean.
**The Easy Way to Open Takeout Butter Pats**
When ordering takeout, it can be frustrating to try and open those little packets of butter. But there's a clever hack to make it easier: simply stab the packet with a fork and push the butter out in nice, neat ribbons on your bread or food. This is a simple but useful tip that will make your snacking experience so much more enjoyable.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello and welcome back to my channel so today I'm going to be sharing with you the most viral mind-blowing home hacks that I have come across and these are all designed to make your life easier and solve some of the more annoying problems that you deal with day to day around your home life hacks home hacks are kind of my thing so if you enjoy those as well make sure to subscribe follow me here and watch all the way through to the end because there may or may not be a big giveaway somewhere in the video so we're gonna get started with a little hack to easily find the end of your clear packing tape because nothing is more frustrating more annoying you're going to close a box and you just can't find the end of the tape like where does it end it's invisible I'm convinced it just doesn't exist well it turns out that there is a little hidden feature in your clear packing tape roll that is designed to find the end of the tape for you this little red tab never knew what it was for until today push this tab down firmly and then roll the tape and as you roll it it finds the end of the tape and then you just pull it out and you're good to go this saves so much annoyance so much frustration and it's built right in I never knew this I never noticed this little tab or knew what it was for so this just blew my mind next is the little laundry hack that went totally viral on Tick Tock from a 90 something year old grandma and it is her sworn by method to fluff up your towels and all you have to do is get your towels wash them with no detergent and two cups of distilled white vinegar just right there in the drum do a warm cycle and your towels will be so soft so fluffy like new again no fabric softener needed and nothing else needed your towels do not smell like vinegar and they are totally refreshed and fluffy again the other laundry hack from the same grandma is if anything is wrinkled instead of ironing it or steaming it all you have to do is put it in the dryer with about five or six ice cubes and run it for 10 minutes that ice becomes a steam and it will naturally release all of those wrinkles and you don't have to do anything one of the most annoying things that you have to do periodically is when you have a new pill bottle and you have to open it and it has that seal on it that will break your nails you can't puncture it so then you have to get a knife or some other tool well it turns out that almost all bottles have a built-in seal breaker there's a little plastic tab press that down and it will break the seal without you having to break your nails so that's the first one for your pill bottles the next is for your condiment bottle so let's say your ketchup you get it you're trying to open that little Annoying seal take the cap off and use a little plastic indent on the dispenser and push it right down and it will open the seal no tools required third one along those same lines is your creamer bottles and you can do that same thing just use the indent on the creamer bottle and use that to press and break the seal this is one of those little home hacks that I will use for the rest of my life and it's going to save me such a headache literally so my favorite home hack for saving money I'm talking hundreds of dollars a year is shopping at Thrive Market think of it like Whole Foods but everything's on sale so I have been a long-term partner with Thrive market and I feel like now more than ever this just makes sense with inflation and grocery prices higher than they've ever been like on this order alone you can see there right on the app right on the website how much you're saving I saved 57 versus if I got this at the regular grocery store and I didn't have to go anywhere and if you are a mom the number one snack hack of all time get all of your snacks at Thrive Market because everything they have is vetted healthier for you snack options it's not like the junky stuff and you can even filter so Carter school does not allow for peanuts or nuts so I could just do a little search for nut-free peanut free if you have a gluten allergy or if you're keto you can find things very easily so here's the move this is what I would do I have a 30 off discount code for you and a free 60 gift so this is a great time to stock up on your household essentials they have snacks Pantry items so stock up save 30 like just imagine being at Whole Foods and getting 30 off what I would recommend I would say my top three from Thrive the smart bars if you have kids these are the best bars they have 15 brain supporting nutrients they were developed by a neuroscientist my kids love them and I also now get the brain squeezers applesauce so it's applesauce with added omegas and vitamins one of my all-time favorite things from Thrive Market are the organic chocolate truffles these are phenomenal they're like under ten dollars and you get over 50 little truffles in here as a little treat to yourself so if you've seen people talking about Thrive and you have not yet done it this is the time to do it as grocery prices are getting higher and higher you know you're are getting the best deal and you can save an additional 30 percent and get a free gift if you use my link which again is going to be down in the description box so for all your tools and Home Appliances that have the long cords that are just annoying you try to wrap them up it looks like a mess they come undone they take up a ton of space there is a method so what you do is you take the cord and you make a loop on the top then you start wrapping from the bottom tightly all the way up and then when you get to the end you wrap the plug into that Loop you created and then you pull on the bottom to tighten it and it is nice and secure compact easy to store away without looking and being a big mess next up are a few little hidden features in the humble tape measure that you may not know so the first one is if you take any tape measure and look at it there's going to be a number on it that tells you how long the tape measure itself is so when you're measuring something you don't have to bend the tape measure or look and see exactly how many inches that is you just pull it out measure and then add that many inches to the total next at the end of your tape measure this little metal piece has a little divot and it hooks onto the end of the nail so you just put the hook on the end and then you can measure to your next Point without having to hold it there and hope it doesn't snap back in your face and then the third feature this is the one that I didn't know and I'm like okay so you know when you're measuring stuff around the house you put the little marks on your wall so you know where things hang where things go right well then you're left with marks on your wall turns out that the tape measure the little rubber bottom of the tape measure you can use to erase your marks you don't have to have your walls all marked up it's built into the tape measure so who would have known that the tape measure had so many hidden features so for all my other coffee and tea lovers you get your nice full piping cup of coffee and you're walking over to your desk all only to spill drippage everywhere right so turns out there is a very easy very simple little trick that makes it so you don't spill your coffee while you're walking and all you have to do is just look straight in front of you don't look at the coffee look in front of you and it's not going to spill like I'm sorry what it doesn't just apply to Coffee obviously applies to any liquid in your cup if you don't want to spill just look straight ahead okay now picture this you're hosting a party people are coming over you're all ready dressed to go but you're still prepping you're still cooking things maybe you need to eat a snack and you don't want to mess up your nice outfit I have three words for you press and seal press and seal just use that put it on yourself like a little bib you can finish cooking eating doing whatever you need to do and not make a mess and bonus hack this also works on and for your children because Capri my two-year-old she refuses to wear a bib so the press and seal is unobtrusive it doesn't have to wrap around her little neck and it works a brilliant hack to make perfect over easy eggs so you crack your eggs in a pan and little bonus hack here that also I saw it went viral you just drop the egg in the pan and it will split open Perfectly so do that get your eggs in the pan and then use the lid fill it with a little bit of water dump that in and put the lid on top and that water creates a nice steam that gives you the perfect over easy eggs every time and actually I'm gonna do a little hidden giveaway for all of you still watching all you need to do is save and or share this video it's a little button down below and leave a comment letting me know which of these tips I'm sharing today is the most useful to you and I'm going to pick one person at random in the comments to send a 300 Amazon gift card now if you're making a salad you have a big head of lettuce smash it onto the counter and that center of the head of lettuce comes right off and then you have your beautiful leaves for your salad in seconds and similar to that actually is for your bell peppers all you do here is you push in the stem of the pepper and then you pull it in half and that seed pod you just Boop throw it away and you don't have to deal with it and it is so easy so if you're ever handling smelly Foods garlic onions fish and your fingers your hands smell you wash it with soap and water and they still smell all you need to do is rub a stainless steel sink or you can even get a spoon wash your hands with a spoon and that will magically remove the odor they even make now stainless steel little soap bars that you can use for that purpose so in summary as Confucius once said if your hands stink rub a sink this one is kind of ridiculous but I think it went viral because it looks cool so if you order takeout you know how they give you those little packets of butter and you open it and they're kind of messy what you can do here is just take a fork stab it with a fork and then push the butter out and it comes out in nice little ribbons on your bread your food whatever it is don't forget to use my link down below stock up on all of your household descent all your snacks all your pantry items and save 30 off your entire order if you haven't sign up for Thrive yet you totally should take advantage of that deal with all of that said I will see you all very soon with a new video byehello and welcome back to my channel so today I'm going to be sharing with you the most viral mind-blowing home hacks that I have come across and these are all designed to make your life easier and solve some of the more annoying problems that you deal with day to day around your home life hacks home hacks are kind of my thing so if you enjoy those as well make sure to subscribe follow me here and watch all the way through to the end because there may or may not be a big giveaway somewhere in the video so we're gonna get started with a little hack to easily find the end of your clear packing tape because nothing is more frustrating more annoying you're going to close a box and you just can't find the end of the tape like where does it end it's invisible I'm convinced it just doesn't exist well it turns out that there is a little hidden feature in your clear packing tape roll that is designed to find the end of the tape for you this little red tab never knew what it was for until today push this tab down firmly and then roll the tape and as you roll it it finds the end of the tape and then you just pull it out and you're good to go this saves so much annoyance so much frustration and it's built right in I never knew this I never noticed this little tab or knew what it was for so this just blew my mind next is the little laundry hack that went totally viral on Tick Tock from a 90 something year old grandma and it is her sworn by method to fluff up your towels and all you have to do is get your towels wash them with no detergent and two cups of distilled white vinegar just right there in the drum do a warm cycle and your towels will be so soft so fluffy like new again no fabric softener needed and nothing else needed your towels do not smell like vinegar and they are totally refreshed and fluffy again the other laundry hack from the same grandma is if anything is wrinkled instead of ironing it or steaming it all you have to do is put it in the dryer with about five or six ice cubes and run it for 10 minutes that ice becomes a steam and it will naturally release all of those wrinkles and you don't have to do anything one of the most annoying things that you have to do periodically is when you have a new pill bottle and you have to open it and it has that seal on it that will break your nails you can't puncture it so then you have to get a knife or some other tool well it turns out that almost all bottles have a built-in seal breaker there's a little plastic tab press that down and it will break the seal without you having to break your nails so that's the first one for your pill bottles the next is for your condiment bottle so let's say your ketchup you get it you're trying to open that little Annoying seal take the cap off and use a little plastic indent on the dispenser and push it right down and it will open the seal no tools required third one along those same lines is your creamer bottles and you can do that same thing just use the indent on the creamer bottle and use that to press and break the seal this is one of those little home hacks that I will use for the rest of my life and it's going to save me such a headache literally so my favorite home hack for saving money I'm talking hundreds of dollars a year is shopping at Thrive Market think of it like Whole Foods but everything's on sale so I have been a long-term partner with Thrive market and I feel like now more than ever this just makes sense with inflation and grocery prices higher than they've ever been like on this order alone you can see there right on the app right on the website how much you're saving I saved 57 versus if I got this at the regular grocery store and I didn't have to go anywhere and if you are a mom the number one snack hack of all time get all of your snacks at Thrive Market because everything they have is vetted healthier for you snack options it's not like the junky stuff and you can even filter so Carter school does not allow for peanuts or nuts so I could just do a little search for nut-free peanut free if you have a gluten allergy or if you're keto you can find things very easily so here's the move this is what I would do I have a 30 off discount code for you and a free 60 gift so this is a great time to stock up on your household essentials they have snacks Pantry items so stock up save 30 like just imagine being at Whole Foods and getting 30 off what I would recommend I would say my top three from Thrive the smart bars if you have kids these are the best bars they have 15 brain supporting nutrients they were developed by a neuroscientist my kids love them and I also now get the brain squeezers applesauce so it's applesauce with added omegas and vitamins one of my all-time favorite things from Thrive Market are the organic chocolate truffles these are phenomenal they're like under ten dollars and you get over 50 little truffles in here as a little treat to yourself so if you've seen people talking about Thrive and you have not yet done it this is the time to do it as grocery prices are getting higher and higher you know you're are getting the best deal and you can save an additional 30 percent and get a free gift if you use my link which again is going to be down in the description box so for all your tools and Home Appliances that have the long cords that are just annoying you try to wrap them up it looks like a mess they come undone they take up a ton of space there is a method so what you do is you take the cord and you make a loop on the top then you start wrapping from the bottom tightly all the way up and then when you get to the end you wrap the plug into that Loop you created and then you pull on the bottom to tighten it and it is nice and secure compact easy to store away without looking and being a big mess next up are a few little hidden features in the humble tape measure that you may not know so the first one is if you take any tape measure and look at it there's going to be a number on it that tells you how long the tape measure itself is so when you're measuring something you don't have to bend the tape measure or look and see exactly how many inches that is you just pull it out measure and then add that many inches to the total next at the end of your tape measure this little metal piece has a little divot and it hooks onto the end of the nail so you just put the hook on the end and then you can measure to your next Point without having to hold it there and hope it doesn't snap back in your face and then the third feature this is the one that I didn't know and I'm like okay so you know when you're measuring stuff around the house you put the little marks on your wall so you know where things hang where things go right well then you're left with marks on your wall turns out that the tape measure the little rubber bottom of the tape measure you can use to erase your marks you don't have to have your walls all marked up it's built into the tape measure so who would have known that the tape measure had so many hidden features so for all my other coffee and tea lovers you get your nice full piping cup of coffee and you're walking over to your desk all only to spill drippage everywhere right so turns out there is a very easy very simple little trick that makes it so you don't spill your coffee while you're walking and all you have to do is just look straight in front of you don't look at the coffee look in front of you and it's not going to spill like I'm sorry what it doesn't just apply to Coffee obviously applies to any liquid in your cup if you don't want to spill just look straight ahead okay now picture this you're hosting a party people are coming over you're all ready dressed to go but you're still prepping you're still cooking things maybe you need to eat a snack and you don't want to mess up your nice outfit I have three words for you press and seal press and seal just use that put it on yourself like a little bib you can finish cooking eating doing whatever you need to do and not make a mess and bonus hack this also works on and for your children because Capri my two-year-old she refuses to wear a bib so the press and seal is unobtrusive it doesn't have to wrap around her little neck and it works a brilliant hack to make perfect over easy eggs so you crack your eggs in a pan and little bonus hack here that also I saw it went viral you just drop the egg in the pan and it will split open Perfectly so do that get your eggs in the pan and then use the lid fill it with a little bit of water dump that in and put the lid on top and that water creates a nice steam that gives you the perfect over easy eggs every time and actually I'm gonna do a little hidden giveaway for all of you still watching all you need to do is save and or share this video it's a little button down below and leave a comment letting me know which of these tips I'm sharing today is the most useful to you and I'm going to pick one person at random in the comments to send a 300 Amazon gift card now if you're making a salad you have a big head of lettuce smash it onto the counter and that center of the head of lettuce comes right off and then you have your beautiful leaves for your salad in seconds and similar to that actually is for your bell peppers all you do here is you push in the stem of the pepper and then you pull it in half and that seed pod you just Boop throw it away and you don't have to deal with it and it is so easy so if you're ever handling smelly Foods garlic onions fish and your fingers your hands smell you wash it with soap and water and they still smell all you need to do is rub a stainless steel sink or you can even get a spoon wash your hands with a spoon and that will magically remove the odor they even make now stainless steel little soap bars that you can use for that purpose so in summary as Confucius once said if your hands stink rub a sink this one is kind of ridiculous but I think it went viral because it looks cool so if you order takeout you know how they give you those little packets of butter and you open it and they're kind of messy what you can do here is just take a fork stab it with a fork and then push the butter out and it comes out in nice little ribbons on your bread your food whatever it is don't forget to use my link down below stock up on all of your household descent all your snacks all your pantry items and save 30 off your entire order if you haven't sign up for Thrive yet you totally should take advantage of that deal with all of that said I will see you all very soon with a new video bye\n"