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A good cleaning hack can make housekeeping a breeze. So, to help lighten your housework load, we scoured our archives and compiled a list of the very best cleaning hacks we could find. From chopstick crevice cleaners to cooking spray tricks and more, the following 33 bathroom cleaning hacks are truly the G.O.A.T.
1. Remove makeup stains with shaving cream.
A little shaving cream goes a long way in getting out stubborn makeup stains. Leanne Stapf of The Cleaning Authority says shaving cream dissolves through the oil and helps take a makeup stain right out of any garment when followed by a quick washing machine cycle. Just apply a squirt or two of shaving cream to the stain and let it sit for about 10 minutes before carefully blotting up as much as you can with a clean cloth. Rinse the spot with cool water, and then throw it in the washing machine, and voilà: Your stuff is makeup-free.
2. Soak shower heads and faucets in a bag of vinegar.
Looking for a hands-free hack for deep-cleaning your shower head and all the faucets around your home? Simply fill up a zippered plastic baggie with diluted white vinegar and twist tie it around your shower head, or bathroom or kitchen faucet, and leave it overnight to naturally break down and remove all the grimy buildup.
3. Keep a Magic Eraser in the shower to clean.
Magic Erasers are a many-splendored thing. Composed of abrasive melamine foam, they can deep clean everything from tile grout to sneakers in seconds. And since they’re activated by water, if you keep one handy in your shower, you can use it to quickly clean the tub and shower walls before washing yourself off, just like Apartment Therapy writer Olivia Muenter does.
4. Mark old sponges to avoid cross-contamination.
Kitchen sponges are breeding grounds for gross bacteria. If you like to repurpose your worn-out dish sponges to deep clean dirtier areas of your home—like floors or the bathroom—before tossing them out, then we have the hack for you. The next time you decide your kitchen sponge is too dirty to clean dishes or countertops, cut a corner off of it. This way, it will forever be “marked” as a utility sponge, and you won’t accidentally use it on something sanitary.
5. Use Command Hooks to keep your trash can liner in place.
For as awesome and affordable as simple plastic trash cans are, it’s hard to keep trash bag liners (and old grocery-turned-trash-bags) from sliding down them. Good news: If you affix a Command Hook upside-down on the two skinnier sides of your trash can—about ¼ or ⅓ of the way down from the top—you can loop the drawstring or handles of the trash bag around it, so your trash bag will stay in place as you fill it up.
