Keeping up with household chores can be daunting. In all the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it's easy to feel like you just don't have the time, so it's often the simplest and most overlooked cleaning tasks that pile up over time, like cleaning out the crumbs from the bottom of your toaster. Luckily, a cleaning guru on social media has shared a 'brilliant' tip for getting rid of those pesky toast crumbs in seconds, leaving people stunned they hadn't thought of it before.
British TikTok creator and lifestyle influencer anna_louisa_at_home has amassed an impressive 753.9k views and counting for a recent video focusing on cleaning tasks that can take five minutes or less. Her toaster hack in particular has been grabbing a lot of people's attention.
The trick, which commenters have praised as 'brilliant' and 'more effective' than just emptying the tray, involves using a simple beauty tool to clear out crumbs in your toaster. Anna showed that you simply need to blow air from a hairdryer into the holes, dislodging crumbs into the tray at the bottom. After emptying and washing the tray, it's as good as new.
The internet went wild over this tip, with comments flooding in like: "Omg why have I never thought of the hair dryer," and "Hair drying the crumbs off the toaster is genius! ! ". Confusion arose with one user asking: "Why are you blowdrying your toaster? ", which was met with the explanation: "To knock all the crumbs down onto the trays that catch them. More effective than .