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makeup

[meyk-uhp] / ˈmeɪkˌʌp /




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After 20 years as a makeup artist for TV and cinema, Noel Jacoboni sees few other options than to leave New York City, where she has been "priced out" by the soaring cost of living.

From Barron's

The teen shared a mirror selfie of her first time trying makeup and expressed concern about the proportions of her 6-foot frame.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company briefly banned effects that “cannot be mimicked by makeup” and then walked the decision back amid fears Instagram would lose market share to less scrupulous actors.

From Los Angeles Times

To dig deeper, astronomers used spectroscopy, a technique that analyzes light to reveal the chemical makeup and physical properties of distant planets.

From Science Daily

Those differences provide insight into how temperature, radiation, and chemical makeup shape the materials that eventually form planets and possibly create conditions suitable for life.

From Science Daily