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# While putting on makeup, is in many cases ossur, removing it is permitted. However, it is preferable to be use a disposable tissue, so as to avoid questions of coloring the cloth or towel being used<ref>M.B. 320:59</ref>. One should also avoid using nail polish remover<ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata (vol 3, chap 14, note 79)</ref>. | # While putting on makeup, is in many cases ossur, removing it is permitted. However, it is preferable to be use a disposable tissue, so as to avoid questions of coloring the cloth or towel being used<ref>M.B. 320:59</ref>. One should also avoid using nail polish remover<ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata (vol 3, chap 14, note 79)</ref>. | ||
==Smoothing cremes== | ==Smoothing cremes== | ||
# As stated above there is another concern aside for coloring, when dealing with lotions and that is Memachek (smoothing). Therefore, the use of lipstick or even non colored chap stick are prohibited under this Melacha<ref>Igros Moshe O.C. 1:114</ref>. Skin blemish concealers, hand creams (Nivea, Eucerin),Vaseline, rouge creams, moisturizers, toothpaste, lotions and the like are all prohibited under Memachek as well<ref>Rashi (Shabbos 146b D"h Mishchah), Rambam ([[Shabbat]] 13:11), S"A 314:11, Mishna Brurah 314:45, Rabbi Heshy Kahn (What's Doing, Greater Connecticut, 3/3/11)</ref>. | # As stated above there is another concern aside for coloring, when dealing with lotions and that is [[Memachek]] (smoothing). Therefore, the use of lipstick or even non colored chap stick are prohibited under this Melacha<ref>Igros Moshe O.C. 1:114</ref>. Skin blemish concealers, hand creams (Nivea, Eucerin),Vaseline, rouge creams, moisturizers, toothpaste, lotions and the like are all prohibited under [[Memachek]] as well<ref>Rashi (Shabbos 146b D"h Mishchah), Rambam ([[Shabbat]] 13:11), S"A 314:11, Mishna Brurah 314:45, Rabbi Heshy Kahn (What's Doing, Greater Connecticut, 3/3/11)</ref>. | ||
==Lotions== | ==Lotions== | ||
# As long as the lotion has a thin and pourable consistency like that of oil<ref>Rabbi Heshy Kahn (What's Doing, Greater Connecticut, 3/3/11) quoting R' Nosson Kupshitz Shlita</ref> it would be permitted to use (providing that it is not medicinal, as then one would have to ask a shailo regarding the Refuah aspect). Therefore, one may apply most forms of sunblock lotion on an infant (or himself for that matter) as they are of very loose consistency.<ref>Rabbi Heshy Kahn (What's Doing, Greater Connecticut, 3/3/11) quoting R' Nosson Kupshitz Shlita</ref> | # As long as the lotion has a thin and pourable consistency like that of oil<ref>Rabbi Heshy Kahn (What's Doing, Greater Connecticut, 3/3/11) quoting R' Nosson Kupshitz Shlita</ref> it would be permitted to use (providing that it is not medicinal, as then one would have to ask a shailo regarding the Refuah aspect). Therefore, one may apply most forms of sunblock lotion on an infant (or himself for that matter) as they are of very loose consistency.<ref>Rabbi Heshy Kahn (What's Doing, Greater Connecticut, 3/3/11) quoting R' Nosson Kupshitz Shlita</ref> | ||
