face powder
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- noun
- /feɪs ˈpaʊdər/
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polvo facial
- She applied a light layer of face powder to reduce shine and improve her complexion.
- face powder or makeup
- smell of face powder
- little face powder
I love their face powder and I love their face wipes.
- I love their face powder and I love their face wipes.
- I'm also going to put my face powder in the concealer as well.
- It's the Invisible blend blended face powder.
- Oh, face powder, I'm assuming, is what it she means when she says powder.
Examples
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Mum daubed some of her face powder on Ginger's cheeks.
Fiction book (1994) -
And then I'm going to highlight with another light face powder by Makeup Forever.
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And if you do too much like me, you can just go with your face powder and blend it out.
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I am not sure yet, but it seems as if applying base or foundation and face powder makes it worse.
Blog text (14) -
As per usual, us makeup artists use the face powder first, so we're going to go straight on to that.
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You don't use face powder, do you?
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The NYC smooth skin loose face powder is really affordable, I think.
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Her face powder clung to my cheek for several minutes.
Fiction book (1994) -
"A black woman sees a hard time," my mother reminds us, applying heavy layers of light brown face powder to the bags beneath her eyes.
Fiction book (1992) -
When I hugged her, I drank in her smells: gardenia perfume, face powder, and hair spray.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
A face powder pressed into a small case that reduces shine and sets makeup
How Precise
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a fine cosmetic powder applied to the face' is directly and compositionally derived from 'face' (the front part of the head) + 'powder' (a fine dry material), i.e. powder for the face. This straightforward noun–noun compound follows common English and cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Face powder comes from the old habit of dusting the face with a fine powder to change or even out the skin. That's why it means 'a fine powder used to improve or set the look of the skin'.