How often do you wash your make up brushes? Once in several months? Actually, they need to be washed at least once a month, ideally once every two weeks. If you have had skin or eye infection, you need to wash your make up brushes every time after use. (read more)

If you wash lead crystal glasses in the dishwasher, it will soon develop a bloom. The bloom is very difficult to remove, so always wash them by hand. Before starting... (read more)

Never wash your expensive fine china in the dishwasher as the chemicals in the dishwasher detergent can be very hash and often take the glaze off your china. Remember nothing is 100% dishwasher safe and always wash your fine china by hand if you want... (read more)

Sliver reacts to sulphur and forms a yellow film, which then turns brown and goes black eventually. Unfortunately, items used in the daily life like newspaper, wool, rubber, eggs, spinach, onions, mayonnaise all contain sulphur, even the air contains... (read more)

You may heard that freezing silver candlesticks can remove wax, but this is a misconcept. Most of the silver candlesticks are not made of 100% silver. They often contain other metals in addition to silver. Since different metals contract at different... (read more)

Most of us enjoy grilled food, but very few of us like to clean grill pans as they seem take ages to get clean. Ideally, the grill pan should be... (read more)

A self-cleaning oven does not mean the oven can clean itself automatically. You still have to run the self-cleaning cycle. Always read the manufacturer's instructions carefully first. The mechanism of a self-cleaning oven is that the oven heats to a... (read more)

While fridges are one of the best inventions in the Twentieth Century, they are not always the best place to store foods. There are some foods for which refrigeration does more harm than good. (read more)