Beauty Tips

Your Beauty Etiquette Dilemmas -- Solved

Check out these beauty tips to learn what's appropriate (and not!) when it comes to grooming, makeup and more

by Audrey Fine

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Quandary: When we're in restaurants, my friend puts on lipstick at the table and blots her lips on the cloth napkin. I love her dearly but, c'mon, this has to be wrong. Right?

Solution: "Truth be told, it's perfectly fine to reapply if you can do it without a mirror," maintains Post, who shudders at the visual of women using their butter knives as mirrors. "Lipstick is the only cosmetic we say is OK at the table."

As for the napkin ... "A napkin's purpose in life is to keep you neat and tidy at the table. If the restaurant doesn't want lipstick on their napkins, they shouldn't put them out." So there! Oh, and all you Martha Stewarts out there, take note -- Post contends that the same goes for your linens when you're entertaining.

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i never realized wearing a hairband around my wrist was considered bad. i've been doing this since i was 8 and it doesn't bother me at all.

by liliofthevalley Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 06:07PM Report as inappropriate

A very fun and interesting article! :)

by powerwoman033 Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 10:27PM Report as inappropriate

Very interesting article!

by patricia89 Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 08:14AM Report as inappropriate

some of these r a little crazy

by shortbutsweet92 Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 09:06AM Report as inappropriate

Haha shaving in public.. nasty. chin hairs.. tell your friend. lol

by eatinglipstick Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 11:57AM Report as inappropriate

use lotion every to mosturize your skin..

by jheleigh Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 02:16AM Report as inappropriate

Shave your legs on the bus???? That would be tacky!

by MissPurple Friday, July 8, 2011 at 03:28PM Report as inappropriate

So true haha:)

by riley_beach Friday, July 8, 2011 at 10:49AM Report as inappropriate

@ JustIris30...just to let you know that your friend is horribly wrong,one of the first and essential things to know about applying any perfume is NEVER to rub the place where the perfume was spritzed on! Never ever because it destroys the molecules of the perfume itself and it will not be the same smell nor intensity it should and could be! That is a complete no-no! Inform yourself and your friend!

by selma Friday, May 20, 2011 at 04:31PM Report as inappropriate

Very helpful!

by LipglossandSpandex Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 10:01PM Report as inappropriate