"I woke up late and ALL of my clothes are wrinkled because I didn't have time to iron them!"

Have you ever found yourself waking up late realizing that you have absolutely no time to iron your clothes?

You may find yourself in this position, especially if you didn't have time to iron them right after you did your laundry.

Have no fear!

There is a way to prepare for such situations in the future AND cut your total ironing time in half!

Here's what you need:

• An iron (obviously)
• Ironing board
• Aluminum foil

Optional additional materials:

• An ice cube
• 1 small cloth

1. Take a sheet of aluminum paper and slide it under the fitted ironing board cover, shiny side up. The shinier side will reflect heat better. The foil will reflect heat back through the clothing as you iron, smoothing out wrinkles more efficiently.

2. Wrap an ice cube in a small cloth and dab it onto really tough wrinkles before passing your iron over them.

Why does this work?

Ironing boards suck up an iron's heat, causing you to make several passes over your clothes to get rid of wrinkles. Slipping a sheet of foil under the fitted ironing board cover will help redirect the heat back through the clothing like a two-sided iron "sandwiching" your wrinkled garments. The ice cube wrapped in cloth will moisten those tougher wrinkles giving you the power of steam!!