Examples of maquillage in a Sentence
the aging actress's thick maquillage made her look like a parody of her younger self
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Men were equally flamboyant, blurring the boundaries of gender with their crucifixes, nail polish, and ghoulish maquillage, worn incongruously with combat boots and distressed leather jackets.
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Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2024
To emulate era-defining faces such as model Linda Evangelista and R&B star Brandy—both particularly partial to mocha-hue lips—women embraced earthy maquillage en masse.
—Jayme Cyk, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
It’s straightforward yet lovely, with energy, focus and subtlety, a modern chardonnay made with care and precision, without any of what the French call maquillage, unnecessary makeup to hide its true face.
—New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
Smith’s maquillage doesn’t fall into the gender-bending glam-rock mold nor the ’80s pretty-boy one.
—Vogue, 29 Mar. 2019
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.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
That look called for a striking new hairdo (by Lauren Philippon) and a daub of high-glamour maquillage (by Naoko Scintu and Nelly Ferreira).
—Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2018
Now there is an attempt to curb such contamination with the launch of a luxurious refillable lipstick line called La Bouche Rouge, a new Paris maison maquillage that is supported by LVMH and available to purchase online and at Colette.
—Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2017
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.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 9 May 2017
Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2024
To emulate era-defining faces such as model Linda Evangelista and R&B star Brandy—both particularly partial to mocha-hue lips—women embraced earthy maquillage en masse.
—Jayme Cyk, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
It’s straightforward yet lovely, with energy, focus and subtlety, a modern chardonnay made with care and precision, without any of what the French call maquillage, unnecessary makeup to hide its true face.
—New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
Smith’s maquillage doesn’t fall into the gender-bending glam-rock mold nor the ’80s pretty-boy one.
—Vogue, 29 Mar. 2019
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.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
That look called for a striking new hairdo (by Lauren Philippon) and a daub of high-glamour maquillage (by Naoko Scintu and Nelly Ferreira).
—Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2018
Now there is an attempt to curb such contamination with the launch of a luxurious refillable lipstick line called La Bouche Rouge, a new Paris maison maquillage that is supported by LVMH and available to purchase online and at Colette.
—Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2017
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.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 9 May 2017
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“Maquillage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maquillage. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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