How to extend the LIFE of your BRA and LINGERIE

Just about every woman has her favorite collection of bras, but if you don't take care of them properly, they'll lose their quality and cause you to look less than your best in your clothes.Here are some tips on lingerie care. 

1. Hand-wash

To keep delicate fabrics of lingerie items looking pretty, keep them out of the washing machine. The best way to clean your bras is to fill up your sink with cold to cool water. As the water is running, squeeze some liquid dish washing soap or other liquid soap to create suds. Do not pour the liquid soap onto the bra itself. Once the sink is full of suds and water, immerse your bras completely underwater. You don't need to do a lot of scrubbing and avoid twisting or wringing out the bra. If the bra is made of silk, lace or satin, exercise extra caution when rubbing so as not to pull the threads out. After about 5-10 minutes, remove the bras from the sink and place on a clean and dry towel, face up in a brightly lit area.

2.Bag them

If you'd rather use the washing machine than hand-wash, put them in a lingerie bag or pillow liner, and set your machine on the delicate cycle at a cool temperature. Also, make sure the hooks and eyes are clasped so the bras don't tangle. Even those special containers that are made for washing bras in the washing machine can still cause damage to your special bras so keep your expensive ones away from the washing machine.

3.Line dry

Never, ever put bras in the dryer. Instead, after washing, hang them on a drying rack. Do not hang the bras using a clothes pin because it can mess up the bra or cause indentations from the pin. We have seen most women do not follow this advice and the bras and most lingerie items get dumped in the dryer without even thinking about it. Keep your lingerie away from strong sunlight too to avoid fading. Avoid shrinkage and prolong life by hanging bras to air-dry instead of machine-drying them.

 

4.Storing lingerie

It is good to have a separate lingerie chest. Otherwise, you must make room for lingerie items in separate drawers.  Tossing them on your bed or at the bottom of the closet will only cause wear and tear over time. Depending upon your lingerie collection, you might want to organize them by type (e.g. all bras in one drawer and all panties in another, and so on) or you can put all the matching sets together if you are the type that is a big fan of matching lingerie items.

Source from:  mynippon