maquillage

Example Sentences

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I’m not advocating the Barbara Cartland school of maquillage here, but there’s no getting away from it: grey hair is a complexion drainer so the face needs more colour.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2019

Although in many respects an unknown quantity, the new head of state would not dream of being so un-French as to ignore the demands of his maquillage.

From The New Yorker • May 9, 2017

It was a private ritual, this morning maquillage, undertaken in public.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2017

Despite their pancake maquillage, matching facelifts, and “budgie smuggler” bathing suits, they somehow manage to convey the pain and complexity of their freaky fur-clad cohabitation.

From Slate • May 23, 2013

I am not a believer in maquillage for the dead.

From Youth and Egolatry by Fassett, Jacob S. (Jacob Sloat)