looking attractive BEAUTIFUL/ATTRACTIVE
- substances that you use to make yourself look more attractive: cosmetics
Have these cosmetics been tested on animals? ◎ the cosmetics industry
- substances that you can put on your face (and body) to make yourself look more attractive or to change your appearance: make-up (noun U)
to wear a lot of make-up ◎ Actors use make-up. ◎ eye make-up ◎ She takes ages to put her make-up on in the morning. ◎ I was so tired that I forgot to take my make-up off last night.
- to have make-up on your face: wear* sth
She wears bright red lipstick.
※ some kinds of make-up| MAKE-UP THAT YOU PUT ※¦ | IS CALLED ※¦ |
| on your lips | lipstick |
| as a line around your eyes | eyeliner |
| around your eyes | eyeshadow |
| on your eyelashes | mascara |
| on your cheeks | blusher |
| on your nails | nail varnish, (especially AmE) nail polish |
words for cosmetics are normally uncountable; if you want to talk about a type of soap, perfume, etc, you can make them countable:
What a bright lipstick! ◎ Are you wearing a different perfume? ◎ a new range of cleansers and moisturizers
- a dry, dusty substance that you can put on your face or body: powder; to put powder on: powder sth
- powder for the face: face powder
- powder for the rest of the body, often used after washing: talcum powder
- a substance that you can rub into your skin: cream
a small jar of face cream ◎ hand cream
- a cream to stop your skin from becoming dry: moisturizer
※ some things used for cleaning
- a substance that you use with water to help to wash yourself or to clean things: soap
- a cream or liquid that cleans your face: cleanser
- a liquid that removes eye make-up or nail varnish: remover
nail varnish remover
※ more on soap and washing WASH
※ to make you smell good
- a substance that men or women use to prevent body smells: deodorant
- a liquid that women put on their bodies to make them smell attractive: perfume, scent
What perfume are you wearing? ◎ a bottle of perfume ◎ an expensive perfume ◎ a scent bottle
- a liquid with a pleasant smell that men put on their faces after shaving: aftershave
a bottle of aftershave
