Choosing the Best Washing Machine Accessories

Today’s laundry room is filled with many marvels that industry innovators have designed to make your life easier. Your washing machine is an important part of your home, and choosing the right accessories can make it even more valuable. The right accessories can help you save energy and hence the environments, and money, and they can also help your clothes come out cleaner, fresher and fluffier.

Choosing the Right Hoses

The hoses on your washing machine are very important, and it is vital that they are up to the job. While your new washing machine probably came with a plastic or rubber hose, those common materials can have some big disadvantages. Both plastic and rubber can deteriorate over time, and that could cause your washing machine to fail. Replacing those inferior hoses with stainless steel ones can enhance the durability of your washing machine and eliminate many problems. Stainless steel hoses are easy to replace, and in most cases the replacement will only take a couple of minutes. These are available from many hardware shops and also through some washing machine suppliers.

Sock Holders

We all know that socks wait for laundry day to make their great escape, but with a sock holder you can keep those socks right where they belong. Using a sock holder will also keep those errant socks from becoming entangled with the other clothes. This will help to keep them clean – and keep them from escaping. Imagine that, a sock draw full of matching pairs of socks!

Keep Lint at Bay

Lint is a big problem in any dryer, and using a lint remover can keep this common problem from affecting your clothes and your appliances. You would be surprised how often this is overlooked and a repair man is called out instead of a simple two minute clean out of the lint bay.

Use Washing Bags to Make Laundry Day Easier

Some items of clothing – like lingerie, underwear and sweaters – can be very difficult to wash. But by investing in a couple of laundry bags you can make washing those challenging items a lot easier. Laundry bags are inexpensive and easy to use, so there is no reason not to use them. And you thought the lint bag was just for taking your laundry home to your mum!

Keep Your Caps Fresh and Clean

If your wardrobe includes baseball caps you are probably looking for a way to keep them fresh and clean. Unfortunately just throwing your caps into the washer with the other clothes can ruin them, and hand washing can be a real pain. Fortunately there is a solution – in the form of a washing machine accessory designed specifically for baseball caps. You simply open the lid of the cap washer, pop your favorite baseball caps inside, close the cap and pop it in the washer. The cap accessory protects those baseball caps and helps get them clean without ruining the shape. What will the appliance of science come up with next!

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Richo Randelle is an expert advisor on home cleaning appliances including
washing machines
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dishwashers
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How to Dress Kg’s Slimmer

How To Dress Kg’s Slimmer by Sonia

• Choose darker colors as the basis of your wardrobe, such as navy, black, charcoal grey, olive green, chocolate brown.
• Use undergarment foundations, from all-in-one shapers to control-top pantyhose.
• Focus on playing up your best features – for example, showing off shapely legs with a knee-length skirt.
• Choose fabrics that don’t cling, whilst avoiding stiff or bulky textures.
• Use accessories to draw attention to your face, such as scarves, earrings, etc.
• Avoid anything too tight or clingy.
• Make sure you scale your accessories – from your handbag to your earrings – to suit your size.
• Add small subtle shoulder pads to sweaters and other knit tops to make them hang better.
• Design clean-lined clothing without big embellishment or buttons.

Extra fashion tips:

• Prints should be scaled to your body – for example, no large prints if you are a fuller figure. In general, it’s the space between prints that makes them unflattering, so look for prints that have overlapping images.
• Don’t shy away from sleeveless garments, especially with evening wear when you can cover up with a shawl, sheer top or a jacket instead.
• Don’t think that baggy clothes make you look slimmer. Body-conscious clothes that hint at your curves – without being clingy or tight – are the most flattering.

Petite women:

Petite women need to keep clothes in line with slim narrow belts. A slight contrast in colours and fitted lines will flatter you endlessly. Also stay with fabrics that are soft and flowing that fit well. Over-powering prints should be avoided.

Tall women:

Tall women can indulge in wide belts, but avoid tight dresses and skirts that are too short or too long. Beauty expert Stephanie Faber recommends tall women play down their waist by wearing their blouses over their pants and skirts, and avoid tight belts.

Hip-heavy triangle women:

Hip-heavy triangle and round full-figured women can use clothes with vertical lines to create an up-and-down illusion. V-necks and skirts with slits up the sides are also good. Clothes with small padded shoulders should be chosen, whereas too-large shoulder pads will make full-figured women look like football players. Wear long tops that go past your hips. Choose jackets, tailored suits and shirtwaist dresses with straight, classic cuts. Lighter colours on top can be worn, as this brings others’ eyes up and away from the larger parts. Wear dark stockings and avoid patterns. Select vertical, fluid patterns and avoid bulky fabrics. Adopt the just-below-the-knee look in dresses and skirts. Choose accessories close to the same colour clothes you are wearing, including shoes. This gives your body an unbroken slimmer look. Avoid very wide pinafore skirts. Stay with straight or A-line skirts.

Top heavy women:

The top heavy body types need to choose long jackets without shoulder pads. Do not wear blouses with fancy details and ruffles. Do not wear clingy fabrics or light colours on top. Tops with dolman or raglan sleeves that fit loose and slim down to hug the hips and waist are good. Wear pants or skirts that are pleated to bring the eye down. Choose thin materials such as cotton, or cotton jersey. One-color dressing will also be thinning. Flat shoes are best unless you are short, in which case try to wear heels. If your legs are in good shape, shorter hem lengths will draw attention away from your top.

Rectangular type women:

• The rectangular type can accentuate curves by wearing jackets or tops that hug the waist, and feminine thick sweaters over skirts or pants.
• Use patterns in your tops or bottoms to add dimension. Round out the neckline with necklaces, scarves and other accessories, and use subtle shoulder pads.
• High collars shorten necks.
• Tight tops with short sleeves and breast pockets distract from your figure. Shoes with straps shorten your legs. The torso can be shortened or narrowed with seam lines, belts, bows and collars.
• A short necklace can shorten your neck.
• A scarf or belt that hangs down toward the legs will make the legs appear longer. Knitted texture, lace, florals, prints, and plaids can assist in creating an illusion.
• Thicker vertical lines in plaids lengthen and slim.
• Wear a larger print where you want people to look, and a smaller print where you do not want them to look.
• An all over print can camouflage figure problems, but prints here and there can create a fuller you.
• Prints around the neck and over the shoulder can make your shoulders appear wider. Just wear prints near the parts of your figure’s assets, because they are usually more eye catching than a solid color.
• When buying pants be sure they fit well. Defects are emphasized in a pair of pants that may otherwise go unnoticed in a skirt.

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