The Queen of Clean’s Beauty Tips

Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day is a line of eco-friendly cleaning products that you’re likely to be familiar with if you’re a regular at Whole Foods, Home Depot, Walbaum’s, Target or any number of other outlets that prominently stock the line (which by the way has pretty much the cutest packaging as far as cleaning products go!). I never realized that Mrs. Meyer is actually a real person though, but in fact she is! Mrs. Thelma Meyer is an Iowa mother of nine, and her daughter named the company after her to honor her old fashioned values and useful cleaning tips – gotta love the mommy-love:) Now in addition to the line of products, she’s wrote a book, that launched just this month called Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Home: No-Nonsense Advice That Will Inspire You to Clean Like the Dickens. As you can imagine the book is super-fun, quirky, and full of little anecdotes! Best of all the book has some great beauty-related tips some of which you can check-out after the jump!

• To get hairspray off of mirrors: Pour rubbing alcohol on a cloth and clean in small circles. You can also use a baby wipe if you have them handy. Then grab club-soda that you’ve put in a spray bottle and give the mirror a spritz, wiping it clean with bunched-up newspaper

• Cleaning up broken glass: If your makeup mirror falls on the floor, you’ll want to remove all those little pieces from the floor. Dab a piece of bread on top of them, vacuum, then wipe down the floor with a water-dampened cloth

• Removing Mascara from clothing: Mix a tablespoon of dishwashing liquid with two cups cold water, apply the solution to the stain, and then blot until it’s gone

• Makeup Expiration Dates: If you have trouble keeping track of how old things are, start writing the dates on them with a permanent marker when they’re new. Mascara lasts only three months, and it’s important that you remember when you opened it, because that wand gets a buildup of bacteria that you don’t want in your eyes. Sunscreen lasts one year and lipstick up to three.

• Keeping the Bathroom Smelling Fresh: Fill a spray bottle with water, three drops of lemon oil, and two drops of eucalyptus oil. Shake this really well before using.