Apparently there's a lot of different terms...

[deird_lj]

Okay. I’m officially intrigued.



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[deird1]

Interestingly, in one of my Agatha Christie books, a woman is saying she wants to "check her hair" as a euphemism - when what she wants is to actually powder her nose!

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Which may be why sometimes bathrooms are called powder rooms, especially if they are rest rooms that don't have baths.