Life Hacks That Actually Work

Carabiner's For the One-Trip-Grocery-Shoppers

Use a carabiner to carry in all your groceries at once, because two trips are for weaklings. If you're the type of person who lives by the one-trip lifestyle, then you absolutely need a carabiner. Maybe two, if you can carry bags in both hands. The best part of the carabiner hack is to get a giant one. That means way more bags. Just make sure they're all secure and not ripping!

The More You Know

Drain away any excess fat while baking by placing meatballs on a baking rack. The extra fat drips away, you’ll retain that browned, caramelized exterior you know and love.
If you know you'll need to bake with brown sugar soon and it's too hard to use, stick a piece of bread in with the sugar overnight and leave the two in a sealed plastic bag.
Instead of hanging unsightly fly paper, take a cup, fill it with an inch of red wine vinegar, seal the top with plastic wrap, and poke a few small holes in it with a pen. The flies will be attracted to the scent of the vinegar, but won't be able to get out.
While using a clothes iron to straighten hair is an old trick, using a hair straightener on collars and that space between buttons also works

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.