But I never estimated it would become this cult thing. It took two hours of makeup to make me seem like that. It ran for two huge seasons, then CBS quarreled with the creators about reruns as we got canceled. Boy, was I ugly. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Forgot your password? Retrieve it. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate image within your search results please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. Term » Definition. Word in Definition. Princeton's WordNet 2. Wiktionary 0. To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup. She is wearing a lot of makeup. Matched Categories Event. How to pronounce makeup? Alex US English. David US English.
Mark US English. Daniel British. Libby British. Mia British. Karen Australian. She applied her makeup lightly. She's too young to wear makeup. Verb the book is made up of 20 chapters she keeps making up excuses as to why she hasn't yet finished the project. First Known Use of makeup Noun , in the meaning defined at sense 1a Verb 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a. Learn More About makeup.
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Love words? Need even more definitions? Each week, I fall upon Sali Hughes's column in Weekend magazine : I envy her expertise, the way she apparently so easily achieves what is, to my mind, the essential function of makeup: to present the best possible version of ourselves to the world. I offer this point before I'm prematurely harangued by my fellow feminists for my fascination with what some of you undoubtedly, and understandably, view as an example of women's oppression by the patriarchal system — the age-old desire to paint our faces as a means of becoming more appealing to men.
I don't believe that most women apply makeup for that reason. I think we apply it for ourselves — or, perhaps, at most, for our female friends.
I have, for instance, recently become quite obsessed with red lipstick, that scarlet-streaked evocation of glamour. My boyfriend does not seem entirely convinced by the look; several of my girlfriends, on the other hand, have told me it's a good one, and so my obsession continues apace.
None of this is to say that women who choose not to wear makeup always look impossibly dreary: a fresh, unmade-up face will always be more appealing than one caked in unflattering layers of foundation. But go on — indulge my curiosity. How much makeup, if any, do you wear?
Have you ever mastered what is, for me at least, that impossible, magazine-generated mirage, the smoky eye?
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