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3 On Your Side: Get Rid Of Clothing Wrinkles
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) — There's nothing more annoying in the morning than getting dressed and finding that your outfit looks like you've slept in it! The folks at the Good Housekeeping Research Institute ran a "Wrinkle-Off" to find the best ways to get clothes looking fresh.

Carolyn Forte coordinated the test for the Institute.

She says, "our goal with this test was to find the best way to do wrinkled clothes to get you out of the house quickly and easily in the morning."

The Institute tested four different methods. They used the steam from a shower, they tumbled them in a dryer, they sprayed them with a wrinkle releaser spray and also used a hand-held steamer.

They then tested each method and rated each method for how well they removed the wrinkles, how little work or how much time you had to invest and how easy they were to do.

According to Carolyn, "For the clothes we hung in the shower, wherever the steam hit, the wrinkles we removed, but, unfortunately, it didn't get all the way down. The clothes we took out of the dryer, it also helped. It removed some of the wrinkles. More from some fabrics than others, but not everything was wrinkle-free."

Good Housekeeping found that the handheld steamer was the most effective, but testers had to spend a half hour using it.

"Our overall winner was the Downy Wrinkle Releaser Spray. It did a good job of removing wrinkles, even from a tough fabric, like a cotton blouse and, while it's drying, you can go take a shower or make breakfast," says Carolyn.

By the way, Good Housekeeping says if you're in a rush to get out the door and you have a stuck zipper, get a pencil. Rub the pencil's lead along the zipper's teeth and move the zipper up and down, the graphite will help the zipper move smoothly.

How to Pack and Travel Light
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by Rita Cook

Nowadays, traveling can be a complete nightmare unless you can manage to take as little as necessary for as long a trip as possible. Small toiletries are now accepted in carry-on bags so there is no excuse not to pack light and get to your final destination with everything intact.

When you begin to pack for your trip lay out everything you plan to take before you pack it in the suitcase. This means everything from books to cameras to snacks that you plan to carry on the plane. Seeing everything out before will give you a good idea of how much stuff you are actually bringing. It might also make you change your mind about a few things. Do you really need three pairs of black boots, no, but you wouldn’t have realized it if you had not seen them in front of you.

While it might not be trendy, if you are really serious about traveling light then pack all-purpose outfits that will take up less space in your suitcase. Some men get away with just packing two shirts; one long sleeved and one short sleeved. This means you need to bring some soap so you can do laundry in the sink everyday.

You might consider buying pants that zip off to make shorts or pants with extra pockets to keep things in as you travel. Remember too, clothes can be interchangeable and yes, you can wear that same skirt with two different shirts and a different necklace and it will look completely different. If clothes get wrinkled you can spray something like Downy Wrinkle Release and chances are there will be an iron and ironing board in your room.

Make the most out of the room that your shoes take up in your suitcase and stuff them with underwear, socks or even toiletries. While you’re at it, it’s a good idea to roll your clothes because it keeps them from wrinkling and it saves room in your suitcase.

You can buy just about any toiletry imaginable in a travel size nowadays. Likewise, think about the items that you can buy when you get to your destination; those extra batteries, another bar of soap, really anything nowadays, except of course, your prescription drugs.

The right luggage is also important because you want to be able to get through security quickly and not have anything in your bag cause the alarm to go off. If you do have security-questionable items put them together and take them out of your bag in the beginning. A bag with wheels is mandatory nowadays too, but find one with outside pockets where you can store your cell phone or computer or reading material, it’s just one more way to make sure you are traveling light and with ease.

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