Dear Grace, you may not think so, but I love watching you doing everyday things and chores, black mold or whatever. It’s just so nice to have your company! But I understand very well how it can be hard to find ways to film.

To completely refresh the bathroom you could try re-sealing around the bath and regrouting the tiles, it’s not as difficult as it sounds, I did it myself and it looks brand new now. Boring job but well worth it! Also for the shower seal you were cleaning you can buy a brand new one from B&Q and cut it to length! I know it’s a lot more work than cleaning but that would give you a completely fresh base and last years. Just something I did to my bathroom and thought I’d share. Love the vlogmas so far! Xx

@marlajacques6947

8 ай бұрын

Yes! Was just going to say that, great tip. Cleaning tub and shower glass is easy with a magic eraser too

You need a dehumidifier for black mold, a couple of hours a day somewhere near any drying clothes and the bathroom will keep it at bay. Blessings 😊

@janecox4173

8 ай бұрын

i agree...they are amazing

@taniabanks265

8 ай бұрын

I agree, I’ve just bought a 16L one & I can’t believe the amount of water it collects everyday 😮

Hey Grace, the sock hanger is well worth it! And Viakal is amazing for shower doors!

The bannister looks lovely. Vinegar will work on lime build up. If it's in the sprayer, fill a bag with vinegar, immerse spray head in it, tie on with string or elastic, leave for couple of hours. Good to see your pal Honor, she's looking well and happy!

After you get all the black mold off, consider resealing your grout. It’ll prevent it from coming back. Also, if any of the caulking has black mold, you can cut/peel it away (with a utility or putty knife) and redo it. Makes it all look fresh and new. Don’t put new caulk over old.

To treat limescale on shower glass - mix equal quantities white vinegar and Fairy liquid (the Fairy helps the vinegar stick to the glass and the vinegar will prevent too much foam when you rinse it off), sponge it on in a good, covering layer and let it sit for at least half an hour (longer if you like) and then rinse ... you can scrub with a stiff brush for more stubborn deposits. Works like a dream and, of course, no nasty chemicals or gasses

It amazes me that you (and women in general,) can put up their hair completely blind, without even looking at it, while carrying on a conversation (or two,) with a complete stranger. How many times do you have to do that before it becomes second nature? I'm 66 and if I don't pay attention whilst tieing my shoes they come loose and I'm in danger of tripping over the laces.

@dallae2153

8 ай бұрын

Bahahahaha, this is the first time I’ve ever heard this. We don’t always get it exactly the way we want it without a mirror. I could do it at about 12, but I have dyspraxia and my movement was delayed as a result

Grack, those sock dryer hangers work so well! We hang ours above the radiator and they don’t block the heat from dispersing but the socks dry so well! (Also good for pants 👍) x

The sock dryer is great for socks and underwear! Saves you so much space on the washline x

Squeegee your glass door after every use so your build up doesn’t get worse. Not sure what they have in the UK for cleaning methods but we use Bar Keepers Friend Scrub and Dawn Power Wash to remove hard water stains from glass shower doors.

My mom uses a scaper (usually meant for ceramic stove tops) to get rid off limescale on our glass shower. Works super well and doesn't damage the glass.

Grace ... get a rechargeable or battery-operated spinning brush to clean the bathroom ... it will take care of it in a flash. We bought a brush that fits into our power drill and it cleaned the worst problems we had with mold & embedded dirt in the shower and the film on the glass shower door.

I loved this vlog!! The roller coaster sequence was especially hilarious 😂

Grace I am like you! I love Christmas, I have tons of bits I am excited for as I bought new stuff this year, but as much as I want it up, I am delaying doing it (like every year), or otherwise it doesn't feel special and festive! It just becomes home decor! And as I am getting old Christmas always feels less special, especially where we never get snow, so I want to do everything I can to keep it special! Even though yeah, it will suck waiting to put the decs up and not getting super long with them!

I used the pink stuff paste on my shower door for limescale build up, bit of elbow grease and worked really well! So do that for a deep clean of it now, and I use the method daily shower spray every time I shower to help prevent build up

I love your videos of you just doing nothing and for example…. Revoming black mold 😂😂 your really down to earth and i love it! 🩷🩷

Toilet bowl cleaner is GREAT for getting off hard water build up on glass. Just squirt it right on the glass and let it sit for a few minutes and then (with gloves) do some good scrubbing. Worked wonders for me at school when we had white-glove checks!

For the mould - mould magic from must have ideas works very well. And you can buy new plastic for the bottom of your shower screen pretty cheap. x

Taste tests with papa booth pleaseeeee❣️❣️❣️❣️

I use a limescale foam cleaner - CLR foam, if it’s available in the UK. A foam so that it stays on the surface for a while. I also do a scouring powder and scrub hard. Once clean, I keep one of these cleaning wands where you put dish soap (fairy liquid) in the handle and it has a sponge pad at the top. I make a mix of half white vinegar and half dish soap - put the soap in first. Shake the mix and use on the glass, chrome and tiles after a shower and rinse. If you use stronger cleaning white vinegar add a bit of water to the mix.

Don’t go crazy buying a lot of Christmas decor before Christmas. Everything will be on sale right after Christmas and this is when you’ll want to buy your stuff. Your family and friends are probably going to gift you Christmas decorations too.

another day another slayyyyyyy !!!! love ur videos so much :)

House cleaner here! White vinegar helps with limescale build up! If you spray and saturate it for a few mins and then brush at it with a toothbrush or something slightly abrasive over a period of time the limescale will disappear, but unfortunately it is a slow process from my experience!

Viakal is great for limescale! Especially on a shower door like that, hope this helps

Those sock hangers are all people use for their socks and undergarments in Japan. For 2 reasons, one the lack of space in most houses/apartments and two because women’s undergarments tend to get stolen if left outside. Definitely get one, you’ll not regret it!

That lush advent calender is such a treat 😍

Your vlogs are really making me feel Christmassy eeee 🎉❤

I use one of those hangers for all my socks and undies ! I just hang it in my room and they dry perfectly xxx

Some advice from a cleaner...DO NOT USE VIAKAL...IT IS VERY DAMAGING OVER TIME! Order some Kilrock Limescale spray. Spray it on the whole of the glass shower screen and leave it for 5-10mins. Take a dish sponge and scrub in circular motions. If it is really bad use a glass scraper (Stanley one is about £2 in most hardware stores). Rinse off completely with water. Then buff up with a dry cloth 🙂 This will bring that glass up a treat xx ETA: Also, you can clip in cloths to the Flash mop. Buy a pack of cloths (4 or so) and keep them just for the floor. Soak them in hot water with floor cleaner and squeeze out then use one cloth per room.

You can buy a airing wrack that hooks on to your radiator, it has approx 5 rows and is great for drying small garments without taking up the whole radiator xx

sock dryer is the best especially when you have little kids and lots of socks lol. my sister had one and i had to copy her and i absolutely love it

Sock dryer works great! We used one for cloth masks during the pandemic, so they work great for all small things!

Same paper towel hack for shower door but with vinegar! Or if in doubt, viakal and scrub it!

I’ve had a metal sock dryer for 8 years. It’s brilliant ..I dry loads of small things on it

Kilrock brush on gel is amazing for black mould! Only thing ive used that fully got rid of it

I have a sock drier thingy (not this exact one tho) and it works just fine and helps free a lot of space! Bonus - my cat looooves to play with it while I put the socks on haha

Hi Gracie, I recommend Viakal for limescale. Just leave it on for a while and then just rinse off

For the limescale get the 40p sponges from tesco or just cheap sponge scourers and pop fairy liquid on the elbow grease and it show come off

Apparently using scrunched up baking paper is good for cleaning limescale off shower doors 🤷🏻‍♀️. Those sock dryers are great also. Love the fairy lights. Maybe you could add some of those paper stars, I think you can get them in places like Dunelm xx

Viakal (not sure if that's how you spell it) is amazing it's in a white bottle blue lid. Spray whipe with wet cloth and then get a squige and use from top to bottom if there is still water use a dry cloth or kitchen towel x for your shower x

I’m glad to see security measures at winter wonderland. I went in 2019 and it was as busy as you were describing with the very very long queues and there were absolutely no security checks. It made me nervous.

Enjoying your Vlogmas! Vinegar with a little Dawn dish soap in a spray bottle gets rid of lime buildup fabulously! It’s my main bathroom cleaner.

@femasoud

8 ай бұрын

I second this!

Wonderful vlog! The panini sandwich I will now try😊

For limescale use Cif -- just kinda squirt it all over the glass and spread it around but DON'T use any water at the beginning. Leave it for atleast 30 mins and wipe away with a tissue or washing up liquid and hot water in the end -- works an absolute treat!! The same also makes taps really shiny!

If some of the grout can't be saved you can scrap the grout out between the tile then re-grout. It sounds harder than it is it's an easy project.

If you can get one, I’d really recommend trying to find a dehumidifier… my partner and I just got one, and honestly it takes litres of water out of the air a day The house is much less damp now . :)

Sock hanger is 100% worth it! I use it for pants and socks, saves so much room! And you can use it outside in the summer and save on pegs AND space on the washing line 😁

For me, the sock hanger works really well outside hung off the line to allow extra space, I don't really have room for it inside 😂

As a cleaner…..the very best way to clean timescale off glass is to make a paste of baking side and dawn dish detergent! Spread the paste on the glass, scrub, leave and then rinse and scrub after an hour. Leave to air dry!

baking soda and white vinegar soaks for limescale work great for me!

to remove the limescale use any ammonia or foamy spray and a big plastic bristle brush (3 inch or wider) to scrub it in all over the glass. then leave for 5 mins and rinse with the shower head. even the the water droplets will drip off ⚔️

You could try making gingerbread houses with your friends and family!

Grace, best black mould remover ever is HG mould remover. And I used to work on Cillit Bang so I know the products quite well 😊. And the Cillit Bang mould remover has nothing on the HG one.

Hey Grace vikal limescale remover is amazing xx

Baking paper for the limescale and a good scrub!

You should go ice skating at hampton court palace! Or they do a light show at Kew or wisley gardens 🩵

Ecover limescale remover is life changing!

I have the sock drier from ikea which works great. Vlogmas ikea would be fun!

I don’t ever comment butttt I must chip in, best way to clean limescale off glass is Cif bathroom “power&shine” spray. It literally removes it all sooo fast. I do a heavy spray on dry glass and use a scrubby side of the sponge, then do a few more distant sprays if I left limescale accumulating for too long. Leave it for 5-10mins while i clean my sink and toilet and quick scurb again(no elbow grease needed just to agitate the leftover stuff) then just rinse glass down with the shower head. It’s all gone! Even after my worst depressive episodes of leaving it too long, that spray is magical imo 😄

Flash with bleach is amazing and a Scourer but watch your clothes the black and dirt literally runs down x

More Grace on rides/roller coasters please! 😂

Rub your shower glass with a cut lemon, then use dawn dish soap and rinse with warm water.

Loved the vlog! Where’s your gorge Xmas jumper with the angel from? Xx

You should defo go real tree, the smell of actual pine just makes it!

Would love some Christmas baking throughout vlogmas! You always find great recipes that I end up trying, even watching you bake old recipes is nice. Loving the vlogs so far, the quality is great and has improved so much after rewatching last year's vlogmas!! :)

omg the doughnut slide made me so nostalgic! when I was 11 years old my fam and I visited Quebec during New years and went to a doughnut slide - park - yes they actually exist, so much un (regardless became extremely ill with the worst cold, no voice for days, fever for days, still worth it from the experience haha) !

try a festive afternoon tea.

Bless her Grace will be getting them slasher horror film calls from Hollywood flying the hook for their new scream queen after this 😆

Do a taste test of all of the turkey and stuffing/christmas flavoured crisps to see which are the best.

Please try Kew gardens at night time. 😊

My partner I trounced me to a soctopus when we first met..... life changing!

please don’t shop from PLT they’re a terrible fast fashion company 😢

Every Vlogmas you do, I am reminded that England does a lot more Christmas-specific product that we never get here in the US, and that makes me slightly sad.

part of the rosy red cheeks/face gang myself 🤣my cheeks, nose, eyes even! go bright red after I've been out in the cold for a while, went to the local christmas market nearest me and only got two go's around on the big ferris wheel.. for £10.. my train ticket to get there was cheaper than that! 😆

@sandraalston7863

8 ай бұрын

Daylight robbery (or maybe it was dark!).

@breakfastattiffanys741

7 ай бұрын

I used to hate my pink face and would Blush at the drop of a hat on top of that but since I've been told by many men that's endearing and they think I'm innocent 😂 girls embrace the rosy cheeks!

Tip for limescale... Mr. Clean Magic Eraser!

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use a magic eraser on the limescale

I love your jacket!!! Where is it from?? :D

The best thing i started saying to myself about my hair is - the back of my hair is none of my business 😂

Two video ideas - trying veggie/vegan Christmas dinner recipes, and trying Christmas recipes from around the world (a pt2 to the one you've done already)!! Would love to see either of these :)

ooh spray the glass with viakal and then cover it with plastic wrap so it's sticking to it and then wait half an hour (maybe longer, i'm not sure) and then wipe/wash it off :D i'm american and we don't have viakal here but i recently bought some online to see what it's like and it's my favorite cleaning smell!!

@Lashes20032004

7 ай бұрын

From a cleaner do not use Viakal it is so damaging. You might not see it straight away but over time it strips the coatings of things and is not good.

Try getting a dehumidifier for the bathroom and turn it on after each shower to dry out the bathroom it will help with not getting more mold, hopefully it will :D

@TulipB89

8 ай бұрын

Or just open the window…

@tiamo543

8 ай бұрын

that wont get the moisture out tho it might add it since its pretty rainy there@@TulipB89

Viakal limescale remover or bleach leave on overnight and rinse off

You could do a video of only Rating Christmas food for 24 hours or Baking Christmas treats vom other countries

Fellow red person here - i go red alllll the time and people think its because im embarrassed and it isnt but then when people point it out i become embarrassed and then i go even more red 😂😂 ongoing battle - i feel your pain!!

Black mold in sealants cannot be "cleaned" but rather disguised. So I agree with the comments suggesting a new sealant! It's very simple and satisfying

@breakfastattiffanys741

7 ай бұрын

It sounds like a creature, it can not be destroyed but altered 😂

@Wra8h

7 ай бұрын

@@breakfastattiffanys741 hahahah

please try to make more cooking videos (like challenges or trying online popular recipes) again!! it would be fun to see in vlogmas

Pink stuff will get rid of the limescale

White vinegar for lime scale 100%

Can you try the wishmas experience? Trying to decide if to take my younger sisters

I've decided... I am just living for your vlogmas vlogs Grace. So warm and cosy. Why can't I like your video's multiple times.. 😍 ... If you are still looking for video ideas, would you consider doing your top 10 Christmas movies, or any Christmas reads you recommend. Also, are you hosting Christmas this year or going to family? I would love to see some of your meal prep.

Thank you much love xx

ScrubDaddy + Power Paste for your entire shower. Little elbow grease will do.

for the bathroom, try a steam cleaner!

:)

Random question from across the pond, do most people in the UK not have clothes dryers? Whenever i watch youtubers from the uk they are always drying their clothes on stands and other contraptions. I also noticed most of the time the washing machine is in the kitchen which is very different from here so is it a space issue? Just curious. So glad to be watching your vlogmas! You are a delight!

@lavenderoh

8 ай бұрын

Dryers aren't very common outside of North America in general. But washer and dryers being in the kitchen is also fairly common in North America too. Especially in apartments and slightly older homes. A lot of times they're in a closet like space with doors, but still in the kitchen. I've rarely had it any other way.

Question out of pure interest: how does one go about it in your church, if they just do not find the right man to marry and the year keep passing by... any cases like that?

@lavenderoh

8 ай бұрын

What a strange question.

Surely it’s not safe to be living in a home with mould and worse showering in a bathroom that has mould?

Maybe you should spend your money on something that gives you better audio quality. Other bloggers use a microphone clipped to their clothes.