Makeup glossary

Plain-language terms used in the library.

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A

• Airbrush
• Almond eye
• Airbrush body
• Ashy
• Analogous colours

B

• Blush
• Bronzer
• Baking
• Buffing
• Band lash
• Brow mapping
• Beauty sponge
• Bake
• Bridal trial
• Brow gel
• Brow soap
• Balm
• Brief
• Beauty dish
• Body foundation
• Bounce
• Blotting paper
• Brush soap
• Background talent
• Book
• Broken skin
• Bathroom steam

C

• Concealer
• Contour
• Continuity
• Call sheet
• Cut crease
• Coverage
• Color corrector
• Cupid's bow
• Cape
• Cream product
• Cleansing balm
• Cut crease concealer
• Close-set eyes
• Commercial
• Colour temperature
• Close-up
• Camouflage cream
• Cruelty-free
• Combination skin
• Creasing
• Cakey
• Chroma
• Complementary colour
• Cool
• Casting
• Comp card
• Consent

D

• Depth
• Dewy
• Dense brush
• Disposable wand
• Deep-set eye
• Digitals
• Dark circles
• Deep
• Drying rack
• Decant

E

• Editorial
• Ear blend
• Encore
• Evening wear
• Educational use

F

• Foundation
• Flashback
• Full coverage
• False lashes
• Feathering
• Fluffy brush
• Full glam
• Fallout
• Fox eye
• Face chart
• Fill light
• Face paint
• Fragrance-free
• Finish
• Fair
• Finishing powder

G

• Green corrector
• Grip primer
• Glass skin
• Gel liner
• Gloss
• Graphic liner
• Go-see
• Gel

H

• Highlight
• HD makeup
• Halo eye
• Hooded eye
• House lights
• Hypoallergenic
• Hyperpigmentation
• Hue
• Hairline blend
• Hero talent
• Headset mic
• Hot car

I

• Illuminator
• INCI
• Inclusive range
• Interval
• Interview round

J

• Jar product
• Jurisdiction

K

• Kajal
• Kohl
• Key light
• Kit

L

• Last looks
• Long-wear
• Liquid liner
• Lash curler
• Lip liner
• Lip primer
• Light
• Loose powder

M

• MUA
• Matte
• Mixing palette
• Mascara
• Micellar water
• Monolid
• Mood board
• Monitor
• Mature skin
• Muted
• Monochromatic
• Medium
• Mixing
• Melting spray
• Mood
• Mascara hygiene
• Minis
• Manufacturer directions

N

• No-makeup makeup
• Non-comedogenic
• Neutral undertone
• Neck match

O

• Olive undertone
• Oxidation
• Orange corrector
• Overlining
• Orange cast

P

• Primer
• PAO
• Pilling
• Peach corrector
• Patch test
• PAO symbol
• Powder product
• Pencil liner
• Prosthetic
• PA+++
• Practical light
• Pores
• Powder puff
• Pressed powder
• Places
• Pageant
• Photo round
• Pump bottle

Q

• Quick change

R

• Radiant
• Round eye
• Ring light
• Redness
• Runway
• Reference
• Reaction

S

• Setting powder
• Setting spray
• SPF
• Stippling
• Satin
• Sheer
• Spoolie
• Stain
• Spatula
• Soft glam
• Second cleanse
• Sponge bounce
• Smoky eye
• Story day
• Stipple sponge
• Spirit gum
• Sealer
• Shade range
• Softbox
• Speedlight
• Setting
• Sanitizer
• Station
• Spotlight
• Sportswear round
• Sensitivity
• Shelf life
• Smell test

T

• Tightline
• Transition shade
• Transfer
• Tide line
• Touch-up kit
• Tubing mascara
• T-zone
• Texture
• Temperature
• Tan
• Trailer
• Texture change

U

• Undertone
• Undertone mismatch
• Undertone test
• Understudy

V

• Vegan makeup
• Value
• Very deep

W

• Waterline
• Waterproof
• Wide-set eyes
• White balance
• Warm
• Waterline hygiene