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🙂 Of the face 💆 A face treatment
facial

facial

42 3.0
A beauty treatment that cleans, massages, and cares for the face
  • noun
  • /ˈfeɪʃəl/
translation icon : tratamiento facial
  • Many people enjoy a monthly facial to keep their skin healthy and fresh.
  • get a facial
  • massages and facials
  • give a facial

This one says health officials urge vampire facial clients to get HIV tests.

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Examples

  • We are on our way to get facials from Yuko at Moonflower Spa.

    Michelle Choi

  • Probably, but I chose to have a SkinCeuticals facial, and it was sublime.

    Blog text (7)

  • I remember that my first facial was a gift from a friend.

    Blog text (7)

  • And I have my facial tomorrow.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • You know, find somewhere that maybe you could get a facial.

    Men in Black (1997)

  • I have recently discovered the Oxygen Facial and am completely amazed by the results.

    Blog text (33)

  • I've been here once before and the facial was like incredible.

  • I am going to go for an amazing facial at Core Blimey Beauty.

  • My friend Valentina and I, we get a facial once a week.

    God's Country (2012)

  • If you haven't had a facial in the last 6 weeks, book a facial tomorrow and go and enjoy!

    Blog text (7)

Synonyms

beauty treatment
vsfacial
1 3.2

A salon service that makes someone look better

is limited to procedures for the front part of the head rather than general services
skincare treatment
vsfacial
3.6

A way to make the skin healthier and look better

is limited to procedures for the front part of the head

Compounds

facial hair
26 1.0

Hair that grows on the face, like a beard or mustache

facial recognition
  • Specialized
26 4.1

A way for a computer to identify a person by their face

facial expression
24 1.8

A look or movement on the face that shows feelings

facial muscle
  • Specialized
3 3.3

A part of the face that moves skin to make expressions

facial nerve
  • Specialized
2 5.5

A nerve that controls the muscles that move the face and carries feeling from it

facial tissue
1 2.0

A soft paper for wiping the face or nose

facial artery
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A blood vessel that carries blood to the face and neck

facial gesture
1 2.9

A movement of the face to show emotion or send a message without words

facial pain
1 4.4

An unpleasant feeling in the face, often near the jaw or cheek

common facial vein
  • Specialized
5.3

A vein that takes blood from the face and drains into a large vein in the neck

anterior facial vein
  • Specialized
8.2

A vein at the front of the face that carries blood from the cheek toward the neck

facial vein
  • Specialized
6.7

A blood vessel that takes blood away from the face

facial index
  • Specialized
9.2

How wide a face is compared to its height, shown as a percent

facial profiling
  • Specialized
8.3

Identifying people by their faces in photos or videos, often to find criminals

posterior facial vein
  • Specialized
8.4

A blood vessel in front of the ear that carries blood from the face toward the neck

How Invasive

facelift
13 6.6
blepharoplasty
  • Specialized
1 9.9
facial
42 3.0
to cream
4 3.2

Surface Forms

facial singular
facials plural

Morphology

facial = facial (semi-transparent) = face + ial

The noun is a conversion from the adjective 'facial', but the specific meaning 'beauty treatment for the face' is a conventionalized sense rather than a fully predictable one.

Etymology

The beauty meaning of facial also comes from Latin facies 'face' and the English word face, because a facial is a treatment done to the face to clean and care for the skin.