Hygiene expert reveals simple hacks for storing winter clothes that will keep them MOTH-FREE and prevent them from smelling – including a thrifty DOLLAR STORE find to help transform your closet
A hygiene expert has revealed how to prevent your winter clothes from smelling when you put them away during the summer months. He shares a list of cheap and easy tips that will ensure your fashion favorites stay pristine while they’re in storage.
The tips were shared in a video this week by Mary Futher, who goes by the username Mrs. Sweat on social media.
Futher, the founder of the Clean Body Care brand Kaia Naturalsoften uses TikTok to share her hygiene and cleaning tips.
In the video, She also shared her affordable and simple tips for keeping sweaters fresh for months so they don’t stink when you inevitably pull them out of the closet in November.
The expert, who has more than 816,000 followers on the app, revealed her favorite purchase is at the Dollar Store, where she picks up “handy little storage bags.”
Mary Futher, known online as Madame Sweat, revealed her tips for keeping winter clothes smelling fresh in storage – and they included a product from Dollar Tree
Futher, the founder of clean body brand Kaia Naturals, often uses TikTok to share her hygiene and cleaning tips
She showed a photo of the clear plastic bags, brand Essentials and labeled as sturdy storage bags.
âThey’re really cheap and they fit in drawers,â she promised.
Once you have the bags, you’ll also want to purchase some wool dryer balls, which retail for just $5, to keep in the storage containers.
She also offered another hack to keep everything smelling fresh â and avoid bugs.
“To keep the moths away, buy lavender, mint, or thyme essential oil, apply it to the wool ball, put it in the dollar store storage bags, and you won’t have any stinky, old-smelling sweaters or big moth holes,” Furthermore guaranteed.
Her helpful video has been viewed more than 11,000 times since it was posted.
That wasn’t the only winter storage hack she shared with her followers this spring.
In another excerpt, Posted in late April, Futher gave another suggestion for storing winter clothes â and it’s one she says no one tells you.
Once you have the bags, you’ll also want to purchase some wool dryer balls, which retail for just $5, to keep in the storage containers.
âMy favorite purchase is going to the Dollar Store and getting these handy little storage bags,â revealed the expert, who has more than 816,000 followers on TikTok
In another clip on TikTok, Madame Sweat shared a tip for storing wool, cashmere, silk, angora and fur in winter
âThis tip is specific to wool, cashmere, silk, angora or fur,â she began.
He further explained that it is best to clean those materials before storing them because moths “like dirty materials.”
She said moths specifically look for materials that contain various stains from body oil and food.
“Larvae that they’re about to lay like to feed on those ingredients,” she explained.
‘If you store your woolen winter coat dirty, you are simply giving the moths something to eat for their children.’
In the comments section of the post, some users noted that they had already followed the expert’s advice.
‘Thanks for reminding me!! I’m going to wash my sweaters today, and I just put new moth repellents in my wardrobe, all ready for spring!!â one person wrote.
Another said: ‘I was just putting together a cedar chest for all this and laundered everything this morning.’