You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.

Lonnie put mortar between the bricks with a spatula instead of a trowel, because the _ was inefficient.
trowel

John squeezed the sweat out of his cloth while standing on the pavement and now the _ is wet.
pavement

The facial won't work on her skin because the _ is too grainy and oily.

facial