How to Use blotting paper in a Sentence

blotting paper

noun

• Use a piece of blotting paper and press it to a spot on your face.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
• Sweat and oil can cause makeup to slip off, so stash blotting papers in your prom-night clutch for touch-ups.
  — Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 19 Dec. 2018
• There's a lip balm, lip scrub, blotting paper, and setting spray all available now—but the mogul isn't stopping there.
  — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Mar. 2020
• Blot, Then Set First, sop up excess oil with blotting papers.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 12 July 2018
• Some blotting paper or powder takes that right away, though.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 25 Aug. 2018
• One quick way to identify your skin type is with blotting paper.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
• Lanoux recommends keeping blotting papers in your beach bag to control the shine.
  — Maya Allen, Marie Claire, 19 June 2019
• If blotting papers came in liquid form, this foundation would be it.
  — Kara Wahlgren, Seventeen, 21 Feb. 2018
• Miss Green handed the blotting paper and directory to the police and gave them a name: George Macdonnell.
  — Paul Brown, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• Last week, The Live with Kelly and Ryan star was seen using blotting paper on her face during the show after thinking her face looked too shiny on camera.
  — Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping, 19 Jan. 2022
• Each morning, give skin a fresh start with an antiacne cleanser (like Glytone's), and keep blotting papers on hand for midday greasies.
  — Gina Way, Cosmopolitan, 15 Mar. 2015
• The blotting papers roll out like aluminum foil from a tube that could be mistaken for a lipstick…purposefully.
  — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Sep. 2017
• The more water that soaked through the mattress protector and into the absorbent blotting paper below, the less waterproof the protector proved to be.
  — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 24 June 2022
• After pulling the box out, conservators sawed open three sides of the top and slid a blotting paper inside to absorb any condensation within.
  — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2021
• Commenters are also getting creative with on-theme products, like blotting papers or an eyeliner shaped like a vape pen.
  — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 18 June 2018
• Each bit of plant material should be spread out carefully and sandwiched between layers of nonglossy blotting paper and sheets of cardboard.
  — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2020
• Our Lab pros lined a tray with absorbent blotting paper, weighed the tray for later comparison, and then covered the tray with material from a mattress protector.
  — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 24 June 2022
• The formula includes flaxseed oil, which allegedly absorbs sebum with the strength of a thousand oil blotting papers, while tea tree oil supposedly tightens pores.
  — Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 24 May 2018
• In fact, being 420-friendly is so on brand for Rihanna that some intrepid fans have been speculating whether or not her new Fenty Beauty blotting papers could serve a dual purpose.
  — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 8 Sep. 2017
• That's right, IGK combined two of your favorite oil-absorbing beauty products into one genius treatment: dry shampoo and blotting papers.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 9 Jan. 2018
• To eliminate unsightly shine in seconds, nothing beats blotting papers.
  — Sam Escobar, Good Housekeeping, 26 May 2016

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024