Hints from Heloise

Dear Heloise: Another use for the nylon net you can get at fabric stores is for wearers of contact lenses, particularly the gas permeable ones. Just cut a strip about 6 inches square, and when you are traveling, take it with you to place over the drain in the sink when you are cleaning the lenses. Sometimes, even though the drain appears to be closed, a lens can slip through the edge. —Gail Epps, Arlington, Texas

Dear Heloise: I enjoy your column and would like to share my solution to a problem I had. My two favorite lipstick tops came loose. I’d always lose the tops in my purse. One day, I decided to put transparent tape around the part of the tube the top fits over. It worked perfectly. — Fran, Dickinson, Texas