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baked blush

baked blush

1 5.2
A long-lasting powder for the cheeks made by baking colored liquid
  • noun
  • /beɪkt blʌʃ/
: rubor horneado
  • She applied the baked blush to her cheeks, achieving a beautiful, long-lasting color.

This is the baked blush in foreplay.

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Examples

  • I'm also loving this Milani Baked blush in the color Lumineso.

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  • I am using the Elf Baked Blush in the shade Pink Tastic.

  • It's still really really good if you want the most natural highlight ever, but God I love their baked blushes so much too.

  • Their baked blushes are superb.

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  • Their baked blushes are gorgeous as well.

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  • I like the baked blushes and bronzers.

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  • Then I'm going to use the Bourgeois Baked blush and supply that as I normally would.

  • Let's go with some vivid baked blush from Makeup Revolution.

  • This is the Just Blushing, a trio of baked blush shades.

  • I've got the Milani baked blush, which I'm yet to try, and a couple more drugstore ones.

Synonyms

blush
vsbaked blush
22 2.8

A pink or red makeup used on the cheeks to make them look healthy

is produced by heating pigments on tiles to create a longer lasting vibrant powder
blusher
vsbaked blush
  • UK
2 3.1

Makeup for the cheeks that adds pink or red color

is made by baking liquid pigments on tiles for longer lasting vivid color
paint
vsbaked blush
  • Informal
1 5.9

A red or pink powder put on cheeks to give them colour

is created by firing pigments on terra cotta tiles producing a durable finish

Surface Forms

baked blush singular
baked blushes plural

Morphology

bake + blush

The phrase is directly compositional: 'baked' describes a blush that has been produced by a baking process, so a learner who knows 'bake' and 'blush' can infer it is a type of blush made by heating pigments. The formation (past-participle adjective + noun) and the literal relation to production make the meaning predictable and accessible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Baked blush gets its name from the way the color is literally baked on clay tiles to make the little powder blush: liquid pigments are heated until they dry into a smooth, marble-like powder. That's why this product is 'long-lasting' and 'vibrant' and is used to 'color the cheeks'.