English-Chinese Vocabulary Builder: Cosmetics

Face- 臉 (liǎn)

Foundation- 粉底 (fěn dǐ). 粉: powder. 底: foundation, bottom, base.

1. Liquid Foundation- 液狀粉底 (yè zhuàng fěn dǐ). 狀: shape, condition. Here it refers to the base of the foundation.
2. Mineral Foundation-礦物粉底 (kuàng wù fěn dǐ), or 礦物狀粉底 (kuàng wù zhuàng fěn dǐ). 礦物: mineral.
3. Cream Foundation- 膏狀粉底 (gāo zhuàng fěn dǐ). 膏: cream, paste, ointment, balm.
4. Powder Foundation- 粉狀粉底 (fěn zhuàng fěn dǐ)
5. Foundation Sponge- 粉底海綿 (fěn dǐ hǎi mián). 海綿: sponge. 海: ocean. 綿: cotton.

Powder-粉(fěn)

1. Loose Powder- 蜜粉(mì fěn). 蜜: honey.
   Used to set the makeup so that the makeup lasts longer/用來定妝以讓妝更持久(yònglái  dìngzhuāng yǐ  ràng zhuāng gèng chíjiǔ)。
2. Pressed Powder-粉餅 (fěn bǐng). 餅: flat cake.
3. To apply powder- 撲粉 (pū fěn). 撲: here it means to pat on.
4. Puff (for powder)- 粉撲 (fěn pū).

Concealer- 遮瑕膏 (zhē xiá gāo). 遮: to hide, to conceal, to cover up (short coming). 瑕: same as 瑕疵 (xiá cī), which means blemish, flaws. 膏: ointment, paste, or cream.

Blush/Rouge- 腮紅 (sāi hóng). 腮: cheek. 紅: red.

Eyes- 眼睛(yǎn jing)

1. Eyeshadow- 眼影 (yǎn yǐng). 眼: 眼睛, eye. 影: 影子, shadow.
2. Eyeliner- 眼線 (yǎnxiàn).
3. Eyeliner pencil- 眼線筆 (yǎnxiànbǐ)
4. Eyeliner, Liquid-  液狀 (yè zhuàng).

Eyelashes- 眼睫毛 (yǎn jié máo)

1. Mascara- 睫毛膏(jiémáogāo).
2. Brush- 刷子 (shuāzi).
3. Eyelash Curler- 睫毛夾 (jié máo jiá).
4. False (eye)lashes, Falsies- 假睫毛 (jiǎ jié máo).

Eyebrows- 眉毛, 眉 (méi mao, méi)

1. Eyebrow Pencil- 眉筆 (méi bǐ).
2. Brow Gel- 眉膏 (眉膏).
3. Tweezers- 鑷子 (niè zi). Used to pluck one’s eyebrows/用來拔眉毛的 (yònglái bá       眉毛 méi mao de). 拔: to pull out.

Lips- 嘴唇, or just 唇.

1. Lip Liner- 唇筆 (chún bǐ). 筆: pencil, pen.
2. Lipstick- 口紅 (kǒu hóng). 口: mouth. 紅: red.
3. Lip Balm/Chapstick- 潤唇膏 (rùn chún gāo). 潤: moisturizing, smoothing. 唇: lips. 膏: balm, ointment, paste.
4. Lip Gloss- 唇蜜 (chún mì) . 蜜: honey.
5. Lip Color- 唇彩 (chún cǎi). Can refer to lip gloss or lipsticks. 彩: colors.