Makeup Glossary
Definitions and guides for makeup and beauty terms. Click a term to learn what it means and how to use it.
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B
- Backstage Beauty
- Baking
- Baking
- Banana Powder
- Barely-There Brow
- BB Cream vs CC Cream
- Beauty Blender
- Beauty Sponge
- Blending
- Blotting
- Blotting Paper
- Blurring Primer
- Blush Placement
- Blush Topping
- Bouncy Blush
- Bronzer vs Contour
- Bronzing
- Brow Carving
- Brow Gel
- Brow Lamination
- Brow Mapping
- Brow Pencil
- Brow Stamping
- Brow Tinting
- Brow Wax
- Buffing
- Buildable
- Butter Gloss
C
- Cat Eye
- CC Cream
- Cherry Lips
- Cherry Mocha
- Clean Beauty
- Clean Girl Aesthetic
- Cloud Skin
- Cocktailing Foundation
- Color Blocking (Makeup)
- Color Correcting
- Color Match
- Color Pop (Technique)
- Color Season (Color Analysis)
- Color Theory
- Color Wheel
- Color-Depositing
- Color-Shifting
- Concealer Triangle
- Contour
- Cool Tones
- Coquette Aesthetic
- Cream Blush
- Cream Contour
- Cream Eyeshadow
- Crease
- Cushion Compact
- Cut Crease
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
- Sandbagging
- Satin Finish
- Serum Foundation
- Setting Powder
- Setting Spray
- Setting vs. Finishing
- Shade Range
- Shadow Stick
- Sheer Coverage
- Shimmer vs. Glitter
- Siren Eyes
- Skin Barrier
- Skin Cycling
- Skin Flooding
- Skin Glazing
- Skin Gritting
- Skin Icing
- Skin Minimalism
- Skin Prep
- Skin Streaming
- Skin Taping
- Skin Tint
- Slugging
- Smokey Eye
- Smudge Liner
- Snail Trail
- Snatched
- Soap Brows
- Soft Glam
- Soft Matte
- Soft Sculpting
- Soft-Focus Finish
- SPF Makeup
- Spot Concealing
- Stippling
- Strawberry Makeup
- Strobing
- Sunscreen Primer
- Sunset Blush
- Sunset Eyes