Life Hacks

I am a sucker for life hacks. Anything to make my day to day easier, to make things more enjoyable, or to help make my life a little less stressful, I will TAKE it. I have teamed up with Jane to bring you a few of my favorite life hacks - and you can catch more on Instagram by looking up the hashtag #JaneLifeHacks to see what other ladies love doing to make their life a little simpler. But let's just get started with my list of life hacks. I tried to seperate them into four categories, so if it doesn't completely make sense... bare with me! It is close enough.

Makeup Hacks:

• Out of oil blotters? Use a toilet seat cover from the public restroom.
• Turn a pencil eyeliner into a gel formula with the help of a match or lighter.

• Cover your eyelid with white liner to make any eyeshadow shade pop.
• Conceal dark circles and puffy eyes the right way by creating a triangle with your cover-up.
• Add saline solution to a dried out mascara to make it last.

• Hit your eyelash curler with a hair dryer to heat it up, so your lashes curl easier.
• Dust baby powder on your lashes in between mascara coats to plump up your lashes.
• Make your own lip plump by adding a drop of peppermint oil to your favorite gloss.

Lifestyle Hacks:

• Put colored tape or ribbon around your suitcase handle so you can spot it easily in a crowd of luggage.
• Clear out unwanted mail quickly by filtering your inbox with the world unsubscribe.

• Need your collar or shirt edges ironed in a hurry? Use a hair straightener.
• When you are looking for your car in a parking lot put the key fob to your chin or throat to increase it's range.

Home Hacks:

• Keep a magnetic white board on an outside freezer. Write what you put in it to remember what you have and erase it when you take it out.
• Rub baby oil or wax paper on faucets and handles to keep them from getting water spots.
• Grab a few dollar store baskets to keep your pantry organized.

• A shoe organizer is perfect to sort out anything from snacks to cleaning supplies.
• Break off the ends of a short clip hanger for a chip clip.

Food Hacks:

• Put a cupcake wrapper on the bottom of your Popsicle to catch the drips.
• Pull of the bottom half of your cupcake and put it on the top to make a cupcake sandwich with frosting in every bite.

• Put pancake mix in a ketchup bottle for cleaner cooking.
• Turn on your seat heater to keep pizzas warm from the store to your house.
• Put paper towels in with your vegetables to absorb moisture and make your veggies last longer.

• Stick a fork through the Oreo cream and dip into milk, hold it until all the air bubbles stop and you have a perfect milk Oreo with no messy fingers.
• When popping microwave popcorn crack the top open a little and shake out all the uncooked kernels.
• Another microwave popcorn trick. Once your bag is popped, lay the bag on it's side and cut off the top for an insta-bowl.

So there is my list of life hacks that I love for my makeup, home, life in general, and food. There are a lot more tips and tricks around my house so I will keep you posted on the ones that I am loving and learning. What are your hacks? I am always on the lookout for a trick to try. Send them my way! Tell me... How do you hack?