10 Useful Ways To Use Hair Spray (Doesn't Include Hair)

     Besides being a musical.  Turns out hair spray can be a protective barrier, spot remover and bug killer.  Who knew!  We spray it all around and into the surrounding air we and everybody else in the house breathes.  Maybe we should re-think the way we use this stuff so close to our body.  I'm just saying, think about it.

Anyway...

1. Extend the life of cut flowers to postpone wilting.  Stand about a foot away from the bouquet and give it a quick spray making sure to only spray on the undersides of the petals and leaves.
2. Protect the artwork your child brings home from school.  Before you put the artwork in the place of honor (refrigerator door), spray the artwork entirely with hair spray.  This works especially well on chalk work that seems to smudge easily.
3. Ink marks on clothing or upholstery should come right off after spraying  hair spray directly on the ink spot.
4. Those new drapes for the living room look great.  Keep that new look longer by applying several coats of hair spray.  The trick is to let each coat dry completely before applying the next one.  This will work for the curtains you have just laundered too.
5. A good coating of hair spray will prevent recipe cards from getting all messy when in use in the kitchen.  OK maybe not prevent the messy but they will be easily wiped clean.
6. Lightly spraying your freshly polished shoes with hair spray will keep the polish from easily being wiped off. 
7. A light spray will keep a fresh Christmas wreath's needles in tact by keeping the moisture in them for longer.  Happy Holidays!
8. Lipstick stains on clothing are easily removed with hair spray.  Let the hair spray set a minute on the stain then wipe it off.  Launder the clothing as usual.
9. Reduce the amount of runs in your panty hose by spraying the hair spray on the toes of a new pair of pantie hose.  The toe area is where most runs start.  The hair spray strengthen the threads so they last longer.
10. They will drop like flies because they are flies.  Those pesky house flies won't survive one squirt.  But make sure it's the water soluble hair spray in case you miss the target and have to clean the wall.  Works on wasps and bees too! 

If you can't do without hair spray for your hair why not try a natural, non-toxic approach.  If you will, I will.  I have found a simple and inexpensive recipe for hair spray by the Imperfect Homemaker.

Would love to here about your homemade hairspray in a comment.  And please don't forget to leave a link, please.