Beat The Heat With Our 10 Summer Secrets

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    Binders & Bottles: use a binder clip to stack bottles efficiently in your fridge! (Photo / Complex.com)
    1/11 Binders & Bottles: use a binder clip to stack bottles efficiently in your fridge! (Photo / Complex.com)
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    Doritos' on fire: if you're going camping, Doritos work well as kindling! (Photo / Complex.com)
    2/11 Doritos' on fire: if you're going camping, Doritos work well as kindling! (Photo / Complex.com)
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    Straw your berries: use a straw to remove the yucky stem from your strawberries!
    3/11 Straw your berries: use a straw to remove the yucky stem from your strawberries!
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    Toothpaste is more versatile than you think: toothpaste often contains eucalyptus, so it will sooth bites and burns. (Photo / Getty Images)
    4/11 Toothpaste is more versatile than you think: toothpaste often contains eucalyptus, so it will sooth bites and burns. (Photo / Getty Images)
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    Hate Freezer-Burned Ice Cream? So does this guy! Put your ice cream tubs in a ziplock bag to keep it soft.
    5/11 Hate Freezer-Burned Ice Cream? So does this guy! Put your ice cream tubs in a ziplock bag to keep it soft.
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    Chill beers in minutes: There's nothing worse than a lukewarm beverage on a scorching hot day. Save yourself from such travesties by wrapping the bottle or can in a paper towel or rag, dousing it in water, and placing it in the freezer for roughly 15 minutes. (Photo / Getty Images)
    6/11 Chill beers in minutes: There's nothing worse than a lukewarm beverage on a scorching hot day. Save yourself from such travesties by wrapping the bottle or can in a paper towel or rag, dousing it in water, and placing it in the freezer for roughly 15 minutes. (Photo / Getty Images)
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    Freeze your pillowcases and sheets: So you can pass out on those particularly humid nights, stash a few pillowcases in a sealed bag in the freezer and slip them on before you go to bed! (Photo / Getty Images)
    7/11 Freeze your pillowcases and sheets: So you can pass out on those particularly humid nights, stash a few pillowcases in a sealed bag in the freezer and slip them on before you go to bed! (Photo / Getty Images)
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    Make Aloe ice cubes: Odds are you'll be sun burnt at least once this summer (fingers crossed this doesn't happen!) Just in case it does, pick up a bottle of aloe vera gel and fill an ice cube tray. You can then use them to cool off your skin! (Photo / Getty Images)
    8/11 Make Aloe ice cubes: Odds are you'll be sun burnt at least once this summer (fingers crossed this doesn't happen!) Just in case it does, pick up a bottle of aloe vera gel and fill an ice cube tray. You can then use them to cool off your skin! (Photo / Getty Images)
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    Turn your fan into air-conditioning (kinda): For those days when you're A/C-less and a sole fan simply won't do, place a frozen water bottle or bowl of ice cubes in front of the blades - you should feel chilled air whipping across your body. (Photo / Apartment Therapy)
    9/11 Turn your fan into air-conditioning (kinda): For those days when you're A/C-less and a sole fan simply won't do, place a frozen water bottle or bowl of ice cubes in front of the blades - you should feel chilled air whipping across your body. (Photo / Apartment Therapy)
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    Pocket Shower: You can get these from most outdoor stores. All you need to do is fill it with water, hang it above your head, and you have a shower! (Photo / bivouac.co.nz)
    10/11 Pocket Shower: You can get these from most outdoor stores. All you need to do is fill it with water, hang it above your head, and you have a shower! (Photo / bivouac.co.nz)
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    Make your own pool: you can do this a couple of ways! Either follow Marley Manase's lead (seen in the viral NZ photo), or find a ute, clear out the cab, line it with a comforter or thick blanket, then cover that with a tarp large enough that its edges fall over the sides. Fill it with enough water to reach three to four inches from the top, and hop in! (Photo / Facebook: Marley Manase)
    11/11 Make your own pool: you can do this a couple of ways! Either follow Marley Manase's lead (seen in the viral NZ photo), or find a ute, clear out the cab, line it with a comforter or thick blanket, then cover that with a tarp large enough that its edges fall over the sides. Fill it with enough water to reach three to four inches from the top, and hop in! (Photo / Facebook: Marley Manase)

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Right now, the heat and humidity right across the country is almost debilitating! So we've had a hunt around for some ideas on how to stay cool this summer and make the most of our summery weather.

Hopefully these help!