23 Uses For Your 2nd, And Even 3rd Life, Frangi Pangis

So, your Frangi Pangis (FPs) are a little worn. They've gone through 2nd life and now it's "about that time". Wait! Don't say goodbye just yet. Here are 23 uses for them around your house that just might prove to be invaluable.

Ah, those FPs, they just keep giving and giving.....

Secure Trash Bags 

How many times have you opened your kitchen trash can only to discover that the liner has slipped down (and that someone in your house has covered it over with fresh garbage anyway)? You can prevent such “accidents” by firmly securing the garbage bag or liner to your trash can with the elastic waistband from a recycled pair of pantyhose; tie a knot in the band to keep it tight. You can also use this method to keep garbage bags from slipping off the edge of your outdoor garbage bins.

Make a pot or dish scrubber

Clean those stains off your nonstick cookware by making a do-it-yourself scrub pad. Crumple up a pair of clean old pantyhose, moisten it with a bit of warm water, add a couple of drops of liquid dish-washing detergent, and you’re good to go. You can also make terrific scrubbers for dishes — as well as walls and other nonporous surfaces — by cutting off the foot or toe section, fitting it over a sponge, and knotting off the end.

Store flower bulbs in winter

Pantyhose legs make terrific sacks for storing your flower bulbs over winter, since they let air freely circulate around the bulbs to prevent mold and rot. Simply cut a leg off a pair of pantyhose and place your bulbs inside, knot off the end, and place ID tags on each sack using a strip of masking tape. Hang them up in a cool, dry space, and they’ll be ready for planting in the spring.

How Did Frangi Pangi Get Started?

Caroline's Room

Frangi Pangi is rooted in the belief that to do well in life or in business means doing good in your community and beyond. That's why company founder and CEO Jocelyn Maminta spends so much time and energy supporting non-profits in her adopted state of Connecticut and as time and travel allows, elsewhere too. But the organization which owns her heart is Caroline's Room - named for her daughter who died after two months in the neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) of Yale New Haven Children's Hospital.

Caroline's Room builds safe havens in the NICUs of hospitals across the country. These are elegant, professionally and custom-designed rooms for families facing the uncertainties of having a baby born too soon. These rooms can be used for the many consultations and family time needed to deal with a premature baby and to consider the many options and outcomes that come with it. These rooms can also be used for the initial trauma of end of life which happens in about 15% of cases. Caroline's Room also advocates for issues relating to healthy babies and NICU research.

Profits from Frangi Pangi support this work which was begun in 1997. There are currently ten Caroline's Rooms in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Texas and Virgina. This year, we will be adding rooms in Dallas and Columbus, Ohio.

Read more about Caroline's Room HERE.

Nude Hosiery, Designed for Women of Every Colour, By a Woman of Colour

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There are over 30 shades of foundation and face makeup, but generally only three different shades of stockings? If you ask me, there’s nothing more bizarre than seeing somebody with a different shade of skin on their face, arms, and legs. Thanks to the beauty world, there are more than enough options to overwhelm you in picking a shade to match your face, but that still leaves the rest of your body. Stockings are always going to be part of a lady’s wardrobe, so it’s time we step up our game and offer more options, it just makes sense!

Although women of color have always testified that finding pantyhose to match their skin tone has been difficult, they are not alone. No matter what your race is, there’s no way to assign just one color to such a large group of people. Just as women of color can range from very light to very dark, paler skinned women have difficulties as well. Frangi Pangi aims to take this element completely out of the equation when faced with the problem of picking out an outfit.

Besides the fact that skin tone is similar to a fingerprint in uniqueness, we often forget that everybody’s skin tone can change. Again, Frangi Pangi realizes this, so aside from wanting to serve all women of all skin tones, we understand that even one person isn’t necessarily getting the same product all year long.

With 10 different shades, you will find one that works with your skin tone, so you can go out showing a little (or a lot of!) leg while still staying covered.