I live in a small apartment with only one bathroom so when I have guests, I need to find a mirror to do my hair and makeup.

Unfortunately, I don’t buy compacts much and threw away very old ones recently. My solution? My MacBook!

I turned on iMovie and it reflected back my image. I put on my makeup in a jiffy.

The other solution is to use my digital camera whose viewfinder has a mirror-like surface when it is turned off. This was a lifesaver in Nepal three years ago when there were no mirrors in the guest houses I stayed in and I cannot put on my contacts without one.

My fiancé held up my digital camera so I could have both hands to navigate the lenses onto my eyes. I feel like laughing every time I think about this.

I sometimes swipe lipstick and lipgloss without a mirror and I think it looks okay. Plus, there are mirrors in almost every subway station in Tokyo. I always catch women (or men) checking their appearance and it’s no wonder this is a city full of spiffy-looking peeps.

What do you when you can’t put on your face in your powder room?

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