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It's not often that the answer to a household problem is 'buy some beer'. And yet, as it turns out, in the case of removing stains from carpets, beer may well be the unsung hero of home cleaning ingredients.

We've all been there. Learning how to clean a carpet isn't difficult, but removing a stain, especially if it's old, is a different story. If you've tried the usual suspects like vinegar and baking soda and aren't getting anywhere, it may be time to turn to less orthodox methods that are actually surprisingly effective.

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And the ingredient in question, folks, is...beer. Yes, it sounds counterintuitive, especially if you're dealing with food or alcohol stains, but you may find that beer is surprisingly good at removing stains you thought were too ingrained to bother trying to remove.

Of course, trying on the best carpet cleaners may do the job, but if you don't have a good tool to hand, a bit of your pint may work just as well.

'A lesser-known life hack for removing stains from rugs is beer!' explains Nick Acaster, Managing Director of Rugs Direct.

'Beer can literally lift the stain out if you pour a small amount of it on top and rub it lightly, the stain should then disappear. As with all these methods, you may need to repeat this process to make sure all traces of the stain have gone.'

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How does it work? Beer is acidic, with larger ranging between pH 4.00 and 5.00, and ale going down as low as pH 3. This is good news if you're trying to tackle organic stains. And, because beer is a liquid, it is likely to penetrate better than a powder agent.

As with all DIY carpet cleaners, it's always a good idea to test the beer on a small inconspicuous area first, especially if your carpet is very light. You should also think carefully about which beer type you'll be using. Pale ale is less likely to leave behind stains of its own, so don't reach for Guinness!

All you need to do is carefully blot the beer into the stain until saturated, leave for a few minutes, then blot out with a clean cloth. And if you still haven't had any luck, try one of the best upholstery cleaner products instead.

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Some products show up everywhere: subway ads, Instagram, celeb endorsements. With this series, we're testing such products to conclude one thing: Does it live up to the hype?

Bissell's Little Green Portable Carpet Cleaner, a portable carpet and upholstery cleaner that uses suction and a cleaning solution to remove set-in stains.

Unlike other carpet cleaners, the Little Green Machine can easily be stowed away in a closet or on a shelf. In NYC, storage space is precious, so having something that's small enough to put in my closet yet strong enough to tackle puppy stains and daily spills is pretty incredible.

Plus, it rings in at under $200, making it pretty affordable for the cleaning power it advertises. Some other full-sized cleaners cost upward of $400, which I wasn't willing to shell out for something I'd only use when I really needed it.

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Some may call me obsessive or extra because of my cleaning habits, but I prefer to call myself tidy and neat. So when I saw Bissell's Little Green Portable Carpet Cleaner blowing up on TikTok, I knew I had to try it for myself.

I watched in awe as this little machine sucked out years-old coffee stains from car seats, dried up pet messes from carpets, and even spruced up dingy looking furniture upholstery like magic. While I don't often spill or stain things, accidents happen, and sometimes a rag and some OxyClean spray just don't cut it although before I got the Little Green into my own hands, I had to make it work when my boyfriend spilled mole sauce on my white rug, but I digress.

As nice as it would be to have a full-size carpet cleaner in my apartment, it just isnt feasible. I dont have the space to store it, and I wouldnt use it often enough to warrant paying the price for it. Ive thought about renting carpet cleaners from hardware stores, but then I have the joy of lugging it home on the subway. It also doesnt help when you need to work on a stain sooner rather than later. Sometimes, it can take days to reserve and bring home one of the larger machines. The Little Green was the perfect solution for my small apartment and (hopefully) small messes, and it costs under $200.

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My original plan was to test this on the interior of my boyfriend's car, which has light upholstery and also has seen the wrath of three dogs worth of grime in the back seats. However, I got so excited that I ended up trying it in my apartment before he could make the drive to Brooklyn.

The Little Green is a little larger than a hand vacuum and weighs about 10 pounds, but it's easy to tote around your house or apartment for smaller stains. It has two reservoirs that connect to the actual machine, one for the clean water and solution mix, and another that collects the dirty water the machine sucks out of whatever you're cleaning.

The machine is like a little wet vac, except it actually sprays liquid and sucks it back up. To spray the liquid, you use the nozzle attachment at the end of the hose. It has a trigger on it that, when pressed, sprays cleaning solution. Then, you run the nozzle over the wet area you sprayed, and it suctions out the dirty liquid and deposits it into the dirty tank.

I decided to try to clean an ottoman I've had with me since my freshman year of college one that's been a side table, step stool, ottoman, plant stand, and more. I'd never properly cleaned it other than vacuuming it, but I figured it would be pretty clean. There weren't any stains on it, but I knew that could be deceiving

Using the hose, I sprayed on the cleaning solution, gave the top of an ottoman a slight scrub with the attached brush on the nozzle, and began vacuuming up the (now soiled) solution. Let me tell you: That ottoman must have seen spills that I had long forgotten. I watched in amazement as brown water flowed into the dirty tank.

I did two passes on the top of the ottoman to ensure I got everything out, and I was shocked by how dirty it really was. I was also surprised by how well the suction worked on the machine; the fabric was slightly damp, but not soaked like it would be with other heavy duty cleaners. It dried quickly, too.

I kept going around my apartment, cleaning my entryway rug, kitchen runner, and even spots on my duvet cover on my bed (sometimes I can't be bothered to put it in the wash if there's only a small puppy paw print on it). The Little Green tackled each stain and smear with ease.

Using it was pretty intuitive, too. Plug the machine in, turn it on, and do your thing. I didn't feel like I had to go hunting for instructions, and the tanks have fill lines on both sides, so there's no guessing when you need to fill up the clean side or empty the dirty side.

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Like I said, I live with a puppy, and she didn't seem bothered by the noise the machine made, either. It's not louder than your average hand vacuum, which is nice when you are cleaning a larger area that takes longer to do.

As much as I love this Little Green machine, it isn't perfect. While using it, I found that little bits of lint and hair would get stuck in the nozzle, which you can't take apart to clean. I can detach the nozzle from the hose to rinse the connection out, but I can't reach the crevices near the nozzle at all. I fear that it'll only continue to gather muck there, which could affect future performance. But, until that actually happens, I'll keep brainstorming about how to clean it out.

The machine comes with a trial-sized bottle of cleaning solution, so you do have to buy another when you use it all up. Depending on what kind of solution you get (there are pet, spot-cleaning, and Oxy formulas), a bottle can cost you about $13). While that's not awful, it can add up if you're using the machine often. I've only used a couple of teaspoons of solution per tank of water, and I still have a good bit of the trial bottle left after two full tank refills.

The affordable price point and compact size of Bissell's Little Green carpet cleaner gives it two thumbs up in my book. I'll definitely continue to use it to clean up spills, puppy accidents, and mysterious stains that pop up around the house. Next up: finally cleaning my boyfriend's auto upholstery.

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The Pink Stuff, an abrasive cleaning paste for hard surfaces, was doing absolutely nothing for 15 years, said Henrik Pade, a managing director at its parent company Star Brands, headquartered in the United Kingdom. In 2017, it gained a little boost from cleaning influencers on Instagram and YouTube. The company, which at the time sold most of its cleaning products through domestic brick-and-mortar grocery stores, started investing in social promotion, but we didnt know enough about it, Mr. Pade said.

Then came TikTok. We cant take any credit for it as a big strategic plan, Mr. Pade said. It happened, and we started to follow. Videos of people cleaning kitchens, bathrooms and off-label items shoes, car wheels with the Pink Stuff have, in little more than a year, accumulated more than 250 million views. Some are effective demos. Plenty are jokes.

Three years ago, Mr. Pade said, sales of the paste totaled around 2 million pounds, or around $2.6 million. Last year, they exceeded 25 million pounds, or $34 million, accounting for half of the companys total sales. In the U.K., it has gone from being a niche product to widely stocked in retailers, including the nations largest supermarket chains, which still account for a large majority of its domestic sales, Mr. Pade said. In the U.S., however, sales are 85 percent online, mostly through Amazon, thanks in large part to TikTok.

Stories like these suggest, with some credibility, that on TikTok, any thing can be the next big thing. The app that always tells you what to watch next and has no problem telling you what to buy next, too. Yet its version of shopping is also conspicuously makeshift, with a heavy dependence on Amazon, where creators prospect for viral gold and users follow. This might feel to an international tech conglomerate like unrealized potential.

Features like storefronts for brands could be understood as attempts by TikTok to catch up to Instagrams own recent attempts at becoming a one-stop shopping destination. A few, however, hinted at desire to turn TikTok into something even more independent and commerce-focused, following the path of TikToks Chinese sister app, Douyin, which has more than 600 million users. Brands and users on Douyin can already sell and buy products without leaving the app, and do so by the million. It has its own payment system and has started to siphon market share from Chinas e-commerce giants, which it has explicitly identified as competitors.

Whether an end-to-end shopping experience, as Mr. Irigoyen described earlier this week, is what people ultimately want from their social spaces remains, as ever, an open question: Maybe the naked consumerism of #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt is only tolerable to the extent that it feels organic. Or perhaps TikTok is different. Its a platform that never pretended to be anything but a machine for producing and monetizing virality, and it has never been shy about telling us what it wants us to do next. What do we stand to lose, anyway, if it becomes a mall? The best of the rest of TikTok feels fleeting even as we enjoy it that was always part of the fun.

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The Andalusia Star-News is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Readers Choice contest.

The contest began in June with a new digital format that greatly increased public involvement. The first phase of the contest provided readers to nominate their favorites in a variety of categories. The top nominees were then entered into a digital ballot where the public voted between the nominees to determine winners in each category. The voting phase began August 2 and concluded on August 21.

The new digital format led to 2,042 nominations and a total of 36,590 votes, which are huge increases from the previous print version of the contest.

All of us at the Star-News are excited about the level of participation in this years Readers Choice Awards. The digital format opened the door to greater involvement and input from the community. There was a learning curve for our staff as we worked through the process and we already have ideas to improve next years contest. We want to thank everyone who participated and congratulate this years winners, said Star-News Publisher Robert Blankenship

This years winners are:

Dining

All Around Restaurant

Winner: Golden Rule BBQ & Grill

Runner-Up: Big Mikes Steakhouse

Bakery

Winner: Cakes by Butta

Runner-Up: Deans Cake House

BBQ

Winner: Golden Rule BBQ & Grill

Runner-Up: Crows Nest

Biscuits

Winner: Hardees

Runner-Up: Harts Country Store

Breakfast

Winner: Huddle House

Runner-Up: Halls Country Store

Buffet

Winner: Tabby Ds

Runner-Up: Happy Kitchen

Burger

Winner: Golden Rule BBQ & Grill

Runner-Up: Big Mikes Steakhouse

Carry Out/Take Out

Winner: Golden Rule BBQ & Grill

Runner-Up: Firehouse Subs

Caterer

Winner: Golden Rule BBQ & Grill

Runner-Up: Wing Queen Palace

Chicken Wings

Winner: Wing Queen Palace

Runner-Up: Golden Rule BBQ & Grill

Coffee

Winner: Bluebird Coffee Co.

Runner-Up: Java Time

Country Cooking

Winner: Tabby Ds

Runner-Up: Golden Rule BBQ & Grill

Dessert

Winner: Golden Rule BBQ & Grill

Runner-Up: Tabby Ds

Ethnic Dining

Winner: Samurai Japanese Steakhouse

Runner-Up: Ophelias Italian Restaurant

Ice Cream

Winner: Dairy Queen Grill & Chill

Runner-Up: Sonic Drive-In

Iced Tea

Winner: Davids Catfish (tie)

Winner: Golden Rule BBQ & Grill (tie)

Runner-Up: Tabby Ds

Mexican Restaurant

Winner: Rancho Grande Grill

Runner-Up: Amor & Tacos

Pizza

Winner: Little Caesars

Runner-Up: Pizza Hut

Ribs

Winner: Golden Rule BBQ & Grill

Runner-Up: Crows Nest

Sandwich Shop

Winner: Steamboat

Runner-Up: Firehouse Subs

Seafood

Winner: Hilltop

Runner-Up: Davids Catfish House

Steaks

Winner: Big Mikes Steakhouse

Runner-Up: Golden Rule BBQ & Grill

Health & Wellness

Audiologist

Winner: Beltone Hearing Care

Runner-Up: Miracle Ear

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