This week's Style List: from time-saving beauty buys to clever homeware hacks

Leave a flat cushion out in the sun – this will dry it out and leave it fluffed up again (£56, kithandkin.org.uk).

The ingenious and multi-tasking Microplane Cube Grater measures while you grate (£19.95, johnlewis.com). 

The Kisha Bluetooth umbrella tells you if it’s going to rain and where it is if you lose it (£49.99, thefowndry.com).

According to the legendary Liz Earle, rub sage on your glands if you’ve got a sore throat (99p, natoora.co.uk).

Sleep on a Gingerlily silk pillow case and save on styling time by reducing hair-ruining friction (from £39, gingerlily.co.uk).

Create bird seed balls from cheese and porridge oats and place in this bird feeder (£18, uniquelyeclectic.co.uk).

Blessed with a fuller bust? Then buy your plain T-shirts from Gap’s men’s section (£8.95, gap.co.uk).

Use a pea-sized amount of Rituals Happy Hands as an emergency hair serum to banish flyaways (£8.50, uk.rituals.com).

Take jeans to Donna Ida and from £15, they’ll distress them or make them maternity wear (£165, donnaida.com).

Speaking in public? Wear Clarins’ Joli Rouge to help the audience lip read you while you talk (£19.50, clarins.co.uk).

To keep flowers looking fresh, add a drop of vodka and a teaspoon of white sugar (£60, wildabout.co.uk). 

Use hair straighteners to keep the collar crisp on this Bob by Dawn O’Porter dress (£190, bobbydop.com).

Let Helmies nail helmets protect your manicure while it dries so you can get on with your day (£8, thisisbeautymart.com).

DHC’s cotton swabs come pre-dipped to quickly fix make-up mistakes (£5.50, feelunique.com).

Avenue 32’s Roberta Benteler suggests using shampoo to wash your Yakshi Malhotra hat (£155, avenue32.com).

Putting up a picture? Hold the nail with a clothes peg to avoid hammering your fingers (£3 for 36, ocado.com).

Use Sous Chef’s extra wide bubble tea straws to core your strawberries in seconds (95p for 20, souschef.co.uk).

Vintage-looking string makes humble brown paper wrapping look chic (£4.50, katieleamon.com).

Remove burning chilli from your hands by rubbing them with oil and salt (Macadamia Oil, £6.99, mokhado.com).

Place a dry towel into a dryer with wet laundry to help it dry quicker (towels by Hay, from £9, amara.com). 

Fix rolled-up sleeves in place with elastic hairbands (Carine Roitfeld X Uniqlo- £89.90, matchesfashion.com).

The Coravin 1000 lets you drink wine by the glass without pulling the cork. Witchcraft! (£269, coravin.co.uk)

Penclic’s mini keyboard changes your posture and reduces the chance of repetitive strain injury (£54.98, posturite.co.uk).

Hold Elf’s genius shadow shield along the lashline for smudge-free mascara (£4.50, eyeslipsface.co.uk).

To avoid crying while chopping onions, place a piece of bread under your tongue (petit pain, 40p, waitrose.com).

This Max Mara coat has detachable sleeves and a foldaway bag for all weather conditions (£530, gb.maxmara.com).

Skip the night cream by cleansing with Sunday Riley’s deeply hydrating Blue Moon balm (£46, uk.spacenk.com).

Fendi’s new standalone strap can be attached to any bag for instant Italian design kudos (£750, fendi.com).

Get your life back with the new Punkt phone that only makes calls and texts (£229, scp.co.uk).

Never lose your keys again with this super-magnetic wooden target board (£40, panik-design.com).