Get your clothes looking new with laurel!

This popular spice isn't just indispensable in the kitchen during cooking. Laurel leaves will also be useful in the bathroom when you do your laundry. A few pieces is enough to notice the effect. Put the laurel leaf in the laundry and see what happens. Their action may come as a pleasant surprise to you.

Many times we have written about unusual, home methods that facilitate everyday life. Most of them aren't really new discoveries. These are old patents used by our mothers and grandmothers. Previously forgotten, they now return and become increasingly popular. One such trick is to add laurel leaf. Where to add it you may ask yourself? Well be sure to keep on reading to find out this amazing trick.

You're probably wondering what a laurel leaf can help wash. It's not about the clothes smelling or softening it up. The effect of this leaf on clothing is slightly different, but equally interesting. Many people have no idea that a laurel leaf can help preserve colored clothing and restore its original color.

You can put the laurel leaf directly in the washing machine, but a much better effect will be if you put them in the basin in the water and then soak the painted clothes. Depending on the amount of laundry, take a few or a dozen laurel leaves, put them in the water and go ahead. 

Once that water has cooled a little, after 20-30 minutes, soak the clothes in it and leave to stand for several hours. You can stir them with your hand from time to time for a better effect. Then drain the clothes well and wash them as usual in the washing machine or by hand.

This trick works best with white clothes. Here, if the laurel leaf doesn't work, there are several other ways you can try it. One of them is putting two tablespoons of salt in the washing machine It has long been used to wash curtains and tablecloths, because it effectively removed the stains and returned them to the snow white. It can be used successfully for colored fabrics. Then it will revive the color and prevent it from fading.

It's good to know that laurel leaf isn't the only spice that works well in the bathroom. Pepper also works well before fading and painting clothes in the washing machine. It's an old natural way worth knowing. It is important that it can be used for both white and colored fabrics. But it's not over yet.

If you like wearing black and dark clothing, try adding coffee or tea to your underwear. This simple, eco-friendly trick will allow you to enjoy the intense blackness of your favourite clothes. It is enough to pour a quarter cup of strong tea or coffee into the washing machine (without foundation). This drink has a very intense color and will keep your clothes from fading. It'll look like a natural color. Just make sure you only have black and dark things in your drum.