To keep the color from smearing out beyond your lips, dip a cotton swab in translucent powder. Outline your mouth with the ...

How do you conserve 80-year-old murals that have accumulated decades' worth of soot, salt and other deterioration? The walls ...

Lay the swab down as shown. After 3-4 minutes, if it looks like the color is not spreading much, re-dip the cotton swab into the water and put the wet end on the color again. As the water mixes with ...

A cotton swab is ideal for applying precise polka-dot punches of color to your works of art, giving you one more tool for creative expression. They’re also perfect for small home repair paint ...

5. Dip a new cotton swab in the detergent. Then touch different areas of food coloring along the edge of the plate to see if the color will move again. The first time you touch the food coloring with ...

To use these tests, you take a sample of your vaginal discharge with a cotton swab (which does not come with the kit), then apply the swab to one of the color pads on one of the strips.

Cotton swabs may feel the most satisfying, but there are safer and more effective alternatives. Credit...Eric Helgas for The New York Times Supported by By Caroline Hopkins Q: I know I’m not ...