First Aid for Beauty Dilemmas

by Valerie Gladstone — November 5, 2007

You know when you catch a look of yourself in a mirror and see your eyeliner has traveled down to your cheek or you're all set to go meet a friend for drinks and your feet hurt so much you just want to go home and put them in a bucket of warm water. Here are some solutions:

• Eyeliner Smudges--Sephora Makeup Eraser Pen removes smears without greasiness so you can redraw immediately ($12 at Sephora.com )
• Yellow Teeth--Rembrandt Whitening Touch Up Pen's applicator can reach even where toothbrushes can't ($13 at drugstores)
• Uncomfortable Shoes--Band-Aid Activ-Flex Blister Block Stick reduces friction and painful blisters; Petals cushion the balls of your feet so you can stand for hours in stilettos ($7 at drugstores)
  
  
• Raw Hands--Cortaid Advanced Long-Lasting Anti-Itch Hand Cream contains one percent hydrocortisone that soothes chapped hands and even seals small cuts overnight ($8 at drugstores)
  
  
• Oily Skin--Rodan + Fields Unblemish Oil Absorb are blot papers that get rid of shines and reduce oil production over time (60 sheets for $19 at rodanandfields.com )
  
  
• Wardrobe Malfunction--Doublesided Hollywood Fashion Tape keeps bra straps in place and even hems skirts without a needle and thread ($7 at hollywoodfashiontape.com )
  
  
• Wrecked Cuticles--One swipe of the Sephora Cuticle Care Pen is all you need ($12 at Sephora.com )
  
  
• Frizz--Try a quick rub of a Ted Gibson Hair Sheet to calm it down (10 sheets $25 at Sephora.com )