This is the Stain Remover the Pros Use
Actors are the sloppiest eaters on earth. And to make matters worse, catering is always doing something dumb like serving them spaghetti with red sauce for lunch. Have you ever tried to make a famous person wear a bib when they eat? You’d only attempt it once, I promise—because they’ll get your ass fired ASAP when you stand over them like a mean mommy and insist they put it on. (Or so I hear.)
That’s why every costume designer, stylist, and set costumer worth their salt drags this little piece of chalk encased in plastic around with them:
Janie Dry Spot Cleaner (which I actually thought was called ‘Janie On The Spot’ until just this very second) is a dry stain stick made of absorbent clays that soaks up oily, greasy stains flawlessly. You don’t need any water, and it’s totally solvent-free—so it will never, ever leave a ring or discolor even the most gentle fabric. Just rub on, wait five minutes, and brush the excess residue off with the included brush.
I once sent my Janie stick home with an actress who had a stubborn cat puke stain on an outrageously expensive silk chair. When a giant bouquet of flowers arrived from her the next day, I figured it must have worked. She won a Golden Globe a few years back, and I’m assuming she had my Janie stick in her handbag that night—because as I was watching, I realized that she never did give it back to me.
