Cotton swabs have a wide range of uses: 1. Beauty and Personal Care: They are used for precision makeup application, removing mascara smudges, cleaning nail polish mistakes, and applying spot treatments like blemish creams or eye creams. 2. Cleaning: They can clean electronic devices, car interiors, and even blow dryers by removing lint and dust from hard-to-reach areas. 3. Medical and First Aid: Cotton swabs are used for wound cleaning, applying antiseptics, and collecting samples for medical tests. 4. Arts and Crafts: They are useful for creating textures, applying glue or paint, and cleaning up spills. 5. Other Unconventional Uses: They can also be used to light candles, touch up paint jobs, and even as travel-size makeup brushes or perfume applicators.