maquillage

Example Sentences

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Much has been of Mr. Weir’s Kewpie doll maquillage, his Birkin bags, his jeweled brooches, his furs, his 13 travel trunks, his Louboutin shoes and elaborate bouffant hairdo.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2018

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

My dad was an old-school news journalist at the BBC, back before our lives were overtaken by 24-hour speculative commentary delivered by “folks” with showgirl maquillage and foaming tresses ... and that’s just the men.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2012

I am not a believer in maquillage for the dead.

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