Instructables.com has a great list of 6 unusual uses for eggs:
1. Hair care. Gross? Very, but eggs, being high in protein, make good conditioning masks. Take some egg whites, beat them with a whisk till frothy, add a bit of olive oil, put on your hair, leave for 20 minutes, rinse, and voila! Conditioning. And, if you want to smell more fresh than freshly laid, add some scented oils to the concoction. Supposedly this also works for dogs (feeding them scrambled eggs) and skin care (whisk whites or yolks with water and use it as face wash - alternate each night).
2. Arts and Crafts Glue. Egg whites as they dry become very sticky. or for papier-mâché, egg whites + flour + sugar + a little alum.
3. Plant water (from making hard or soft boiled eggs). let it cool first (obviously), then go ahead! Shells are full o' calcium, so besides the water, save the shells for composting.
4. Ghetto band-aid and first aid. From a hard-boiled egg, use the thin membrane between the white and the shell to cover your wound. Also, if you get a bruise, use a freshly hard-boiled egg to rub over the bruised surface. The warm pressure dissipates some of the pooling blood.
5. Leather cleaner. Gentry rub hard-boiled egg whites onto leather (supposedly any leather), and wipe off with a damp cloth. Makes your leather clean and shiny!
6. Jewelry cleaner (not sterling silver). From Instructables: "First boil an egg or two, depending on the size of your jewelry. You only need the hardboiled yolk...Break up the yolks a bit, and place at the bottom of a container that you can easily seal. Set a wire rack over the yolks so you can hold your jewelry above without directly touching the yolks. If you don't have a rack, use some paper towels. Place your jewelry in, and seal the container. Let sit for a day (or longer if you want it darker), and wash silver with a bit of soap. Heads up: the yolks will smell pretty nasty after sitting out, so be sure to open your container in a well-ventilated area." There you go.
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