Tuesday, February 19, 2008

New Use for Peanut Butter

Peanut butter is a quick fix solution to bubble gum stuck in your hair. Who would have guessed! I used to have competitions when I was younger with my friends to see who could blow the biggest bubble. Sometimes when the bubble pops the gum can get in your hair and it is stuck. Or ever fallen asleep with gum in your mouth? Before the scissors come out and it is time for a new shorter style grab a handy jar of peanut butter. Simply coat the area with creamy peanut butter and then the gum will magically slid out. If it is a stickier gum situation coat the area with peanut butter and wrap it up in a napkin for about ten minutes. Then using shampoo work it into the gum/peanut butter hair mess, rinse with warm water, and ta-da! No more gum in the hair. Remember this little magic trick next time an unfortunate mishap occurs.

2 comments:

areis said...

Oh wow! I definitely wish I knew this when I was younger. I got gum stuck in my hair once and had to CUT it out... I was not happy! I wonder why is works so well. Maybe the natural oils in peanuts? ...Also, this must leave your hair smelling like peanut butter for while. I can't decide is that's such a bad thing?

Liz said...

I think it's so cool that peanut butter can do that! Ever leave a sticker or name tag on a shirt, forget about it and throw it in the wash? It comes out a sticky mess and many people think nothing can be done about it. Wrong! This always happened to me when I was younger and all that needs to be done is simply put peanut butter on it, scrub a little, and then throw it back in the wash. I comes out perfectly and the shirt is no longer ruined.. It might smell like peanut butter for a few wears but it's worth it!