SOOO old school...no one wants to see you admiring yourself!

I think it is a no no. The only time you can get away with a mirror at the table is if you have something painfully stuck in your eye and you can't see your way to the bathroom. Other than that - excuse yourself and go to the restroom.

It is a definite no, no. I can't stand when people sit at a table in a restaurant putting on lipstick etc. Tacky!

i think it depends.. i mean i will put some lip gloss on or something... and i put make-up on in the car!! haha while my boy is driving.. but for everything else i just go to the washroom to fix

You should always go to the restroom to touch up.

You should always excuse yourself and primp in the restroom. I HATE it when people primp at the table.

I'm with Brians girl...I put lip gloss on in public, or touch up make-up in the car...but I would never full out put my make-up on at the table!!!

Hate it.

Just lip gloss in public. I think the best guidance I have is that if you need to get a mirror out or a brush, you should take it elsewhere. It is tacky and rude to those sitting with you.

I agree with JBlondie and Brians girl - I put on chapstick or lip gloss at the table and I have no problem with that, obviously. But anything that involves a mirror - like mascara or powder should be a bathroom-only.

i dont really care what other ppl think- as long as im not being disrespectful to anyone (i.e. makeup at dinner table- i can see why some would find it gross).
sometimes i apply my whole makeup (facecream, powder, eyeliner, eyeshadow, lipgloss) in the bus with everyone staring at me.. not because i love to make a spectacle of myself but i'm always pathologically late for things and the bus is pretty much the only time i sit still.

I used to work with a lady that would put her make-up on once she got there. She would literally set up a mirror on her desk and do her full make-up routine for the first 20 minutes of everyday.

She got fired.

Putting on or re-touching makeup at a table is horrible manners. Candy, I think you can slip by with the bus:). That's different than in a dinner setting or,...hmmm somewhere like work!

If you're discreetly touching up your lipstick it's one thing. Doing the whole powder cake thing [or acting like the girl in the photo] is a total no brainer: just go to the rest room.

Now touching up lipstick checking that you don't have food in you teeth (no matter what miss manners says) should be fine if you are with a group of friends and you just finished eating. now a business, or classy dinner no no no!

now popping zits plucking eyebrows or doing a complete makeup over haul........that's too much quit worrying about your appearance no one cares as much as you do!

Ok so I say,if you most reapply your make-up while out someone,excuse yourself to the restroom for a few moments.But I wouldn't do it right there at the table.

I have a friend who carries a mini brush in her purse and brushes her hair wherever we go- shopping, bar, on the street... its so annoying and tacky. Reapplying gloss is fine by me, otherwise, hit the bathroom to primp.

I've never been one to primp at the table- I always excuse myself and go to the ladies room for such activities. But I have to say, several years ago I was shocked when my aunt whipped out her lipstick at the table and started putting it on, so when I went home I looked it up in some etiquette guides. Turns out putting on lipstick is acceptable at the table...for everything else you have to excuse yourself. I still don't like it though.

I think it depends on what part of the meal it is.

I only reapply chapstick/lipgloss at the table. Anything else belongs in the bathroom.

I think it's very tacky...I don't think that anyone with any amount of class will do it in public, personally.

Personal grooming shouldn't be done in public. Period. I hate it when people do that at restaurants, or those girls who apply their make-up on the train to work. Totally tacky.

Lip gloss is fine; the rest? To the bathroom.

all the girls used to do it in class but i dont think i would do it now even tho it was last year, it is rude in public PUBLIC as in a resturant or work.

I personally think that the bathroom is the place for makeup touchups, but I'd just like to share something interesting. In Adrienne Clarkson's autobiography (the former Governor General of Canada) she mentions that the Queen of England powders her nose at the dinner table. So it can't be THAT bad!

Only chapstick or gloss. If I saw someone brush their hair at a restaurant, I'd probably vomit.

that's just gross to see in public. Always do it in the restroom.

If it's lipgloss or chapstick that's fine. But if it's anything that involves using a mirror: lipstick, liner, eye shadow, mascara, etc I find it totally gross. It's one of my pet peeves when I see people on the bus or bart with their makeup bag on their lap doing all of the makeup!

The Emily Post/etiquette types always say lipstick/gloss is okay at the table, but only if you can apply it without pulling out a mirror.

Certain things should be done in the bathroom and some are acceptable in public like reapplying lipgloss. Hair brushing and styling is for the bathroom.

A big NO for me, you should always excuse yourself. Unless someone at the table points out you have something on your face, your make up it should stay on your bag during dinner.

the only thing ill touch up in public is lip gloss, but apparently as long as the compact is cute you can powder as well, thiough i wouldnt

I've done it myself and people watched me, lol. Whatever...I didn't really care. Well if someone wants to do it, that's cool with me, I'd be polite and not watch.

I did it in a train though, at the dinner table, I say that's vain.

My mom has this awful habit of taking out her comb anywhere and everywhere to fix her hair. Then she fluffs it. Then she takes out a mirror to apply her lip liner and a deep red lipstick. UUUUGH. It really bothers me. Me, I'll do the lip gloss thing wherever but sometimes I even feel self-conscious about applying at the table... I say please, no. This is why they give us nice big mirrors in the restrooms.

I personally don't mind someone briefly fixing their hair or wiping a smudge of mascara from under their eyes... or applying a little lipstick .... as long as it's brief and isn't a full on make-over do it... Personally I don't like putting on make-up in front of people because they tend to stare and that freaks me out... Oh and I make that weird open mouth face when putting on mascara....

a dont my friend used to do it in university cafe teria and i hate it

a dont my friend used to do it in university cafe teria and i hate it

lipgloss and lipstick in my opinion is fine. and i dont use anything else so i cant say anything else