Cosmetic
adjective
Related to making someone or something look more attractive.
She uses cosmetic products to enhance her natural beauty.
Often appears as...
- cosmetic product
- cosmetic procedure
noun
A product used to improve the look of the face or body, like lipstick or skin cream.
She has a large collection of cosmetics.
Often appears as...
- apply a cosmetic
- buy cosmetics
adjective
Making something look better, without changing anything important or solving any problems.
The company made several cosmetic changes to the design, but the functionality remained the same.
Often appears as...
- cosmetic changes
- cosmetic improvements
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Technical
adjective
Related to making someone or something look more attractive.
She uses cosmetic products to enhance her natural beauty.
Often appears as...
- cosmetic product
- cosmetic procedure
noun
A product used to improve the look of the face or body, like lipstick or skin cream.
She has a large collection of cosmetics.
Often appears as...
- apply a cosmetic
- buy cosmetics
adjective
Making something look better, without changing anything important or solving any problems.
The company made several cosmetic changes to the design, but the functionality remained the same.
Often appears as...
- cosmetic changes
- cosmetic improvements
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Attractiveness Focus
Used when referring to things that enhance or adorn physical appearance, often with a positive connotation.
That foundation is a cosmetic addition to her skincare routine.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Female
While often associated with women, the adjective can refer to products or procedures for any gender.
He looked into cosmetic treatments to improve his skin.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Domain
Commonly used in medical or beauty industries to describe professional services like surgery or makeovers.
She consulted a doctor for cosmetic advice.
Pro Tip 1/3Attractiveness Focus
Used when referring to things that enhance or adorn physical appearance, often with a positive connotation.
That foundation is a cosmetic addition to her skincare routine.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Female
While often associated with women, the adjective can refer to products or procedures for any gender.
He looked into cosmetic treatments to improve his skin.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Domain
Commonly used in medical or beauty industries to describe professional services like surgery or makeovers.
She consulted a doctor for cosmetic advice.
Pro Tip 1/3Attractiveness Focus
Used when referring to things that enhance or adorn physical appearance, often with a positive connotation.
That foundation is a cosmetic addition to her skincare routine.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Female
While often associated with women, the adjective can refer to products or procedures for any gender.
He looked into cosmetic treatments to improve his skin.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Domain
Commonly used in medical or beauty industries to describe professional services like surgery or makeovers.
She consulted a doctor for cosmetic advice.
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Video examples
Alone Across the Outback...
she was working at this hospital, she heard these terrible cries coming from the basement. And she went downstairs and found out they were basically taking strays and doing experiments on these animals. You know testing them for cosmetics, if it burned their eyes and stuff. She said it was just absolutely horrible
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The sound of things not...
center of a large cosmetic cosmetics company and a new product was being introduced she was being told about it her manager said he was hypoallergenic never tested on animals all those great things she knew there were standards and certificates for this sort of thing so she started to ask about them look it's
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Jonathan Trent: Energy...
and cosmetics and fertilizer and animal feed, and of course you'd have to make a large area of this, so you'd have to worry about other stakeholders like fishermen and ships and such things, but hey, we're talking about biofuels, and we know the importance of potentially getting an alternative liquid fuel.
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Tristram Stuart: The...
by depositing food in bins here in Britain and elsewhere in the world. We take food off the market shelves that hungry people depend on. Go one step up, and you get to farmers, who throw away sometimes a third or even more of their harvest because of cosmetic standards.
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What's in Hand...
conditioners that's actually the easy part because kapralos glycol glycerin isopropyl myristate and tocopherol acetate which by the way is chemically very similar to vitamin E are all pretty widely used in cosmetics as lubricants or thickeners or humectants which help
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Don't insist on English!...
well as their uses medicine new uses cosmetics cooking herbal how did those students get all that knowledge of course from their grandparents and even their great-grandparents it's not it's not necessary to tell you how important
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Patricia Ryan: Don't...
medicinal uses, cosmetics, cooking, herbal. How did those students get all that knowledge? Of course, from their grandparents and even their great-grandparents. It's not necessary to tell you how important it is
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Why "biofabrication" is...
to function like the bark of a tree. But not as a cosmetic green layer. They're designing architectural barks as hosts for evolving ecologies. These surface structures are designed to invite life in.
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:...
She is the founder of Body Shop, the natural cosmetics king. It's kind of a passion that comes from doing the best and having flow while you're working.
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Film Star Animals PIPE Vets...
actually replaced it tooth in cosmetic in the cosmetic in this situation yeah yeah yeah um work you know oh good wide wide wide
Video examples
Alone Across the Outback...
she was working at this hospital, she heard these terrible cries coming from the basement. And she went downstairs and found out they were basically taking strays and doing experiments on these animals. You know testing them for cosmetics, if it burned their eyes and stuff. She said it was just absolutely horrible
Video examples
The sound of things not...
center of a large cosmetic cosmetics company and a new product was being introduced she was being told about it her manager said he was hypoallergenic never tested on animals all those great things she knew there were standards and certificates for this sort of thing so she started to ask about them look it's
Video examples
Jonathan Trent: Energy...
and cosmetics and fertilizer and animal feed, and of course you'd have to make a large area of this, so you'd have to worry about other stakeholders like fishermen and ships and such things, but hey, we're talking about biofuels, and we know the importance of potentially getting an alternative liquid fuel.
Video examples
Tristram Stuart: The...
by depositing food in bins here in Britain and elsewhere in the world. We take food off the market shelves that hungry people depend on. Go one step up, and you get to farmers, who throw away sometimes a third or even more of their harvest because of cosmetic standards.
Video examples
What's in Hand...
conditioners that's actually the easy part because kapralos glycol glycerin isopropyl myristate and tocopherol acetate which by the way is chemically very similar to vitamin E are all pretty widely used in cosmetics as lubricants or thickeners or humectants which help
Video examples
Don't insist on English!...
well as their uses medicine new uses cosmetics cooking herbal how did those students get all that knowledge of course from their grandparents and even their great-grandparents it's not it's not necessary to tell you how important
Video examples
Patricia Ryan: Don't...
medicinal uses, cosmetics, cooking, herbal. How did those students get all that knowledge? Of course, from their grandparents and even their great-grandparents. It's not necessary to tell you how important it is
Video examples
Why "biofabrication" is...
to function like the bark of a tree. But not as a cosmetic green layer. They're designing architectural barks as hosts for evolving ecologies. These surface structures are designed to invite life in.
Video examples
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:...
She is the founder of Body Shop, the natural cosmetics king. It's kind of a passion that comes from doing the best and having flow while you're working.
Video examples
Film Star Animals PIPE Vets...
actually replaced it tooth in cosmetic in the cosmetic in this situation yeah yeah yeah um work you know oh good wide wide wide
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Quote examples
Kimora Lee Simmons
American Businesswoman
I can't stand when girls come to me and say they want to be a model, but they can't tell me who the top three photographers are in the world. They can't tell me who the top five biggest models are or name three cosmetics companies. They can't even name the top fashion magazines! You have to get it together and know your stuff.
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Richard Simmons
American Celebrity
I think it is very important that you like yourself for who you are and not want to look like anyone else. You also have to understand, many people have had cosmetic surgeries in order to look the way they look. So why look like them when you can just look like you? And there is nothing wrong with looking like you.
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Francois Nars
French Businessman
I'm always scared of trends. The runways are always so trend-oriented, but I always feel for the women. The real women that buy cosmetics want to see the trends, but they don't necessarily go for them. And I always encourage women to find what looks best on them.
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Jenna Morasca
American Model
One year, my good deed started with deciding to give all my friends makeup from a cruelty-free cosmetics line that I love. I did this with the hope that they would love it as much as I do and end up switching their makeup over to that cruelty-free line forever.
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Huda Kattan
Iraqi Entertainer
This is how I feel about cosmetic procedures and plastic surgery. If people want to do it for themselves - it's fine. If people want to do it for the outside world, that's when it's not necessarily a healthy thing.
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Erin O'Connor
English Model
I worry about how accessible cosmetic surgery has become. Of course, if it has genuinely helped people, and their confidence has grown as a result; who am I to form an opinion?
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Jeffree Star
American Celebrity
It takes a lot of guts to put on a face full of makeup, being a male in the world where a lot of people still think that cosmetics are only for women.
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Yulia Tymoshenko
Ukrainian Politician
Everything that I have is natural - braid, nails - I practically never use cosmetics. They often ask me in the provinces about my braid.
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Sandra Brown
American Author
I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.
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Jocelyn Wildenstein
Swiss Celebrity
I may one day be the oldest person in the world to have cosmetic surgery.
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Kimora Lee Simmons
American Businesswoman
I can't stand when girls come to me and say they want to be a model, but they can't tell me who the top three photographers are in the world. They can't tell me who the top five biggest models are or name three cosmetics companies. They can't even name the top fashion magazines! You have to get it together and know your stuff.
Quote examples
Richard Simmons
American Celebrity
I think it is very important that you like yourself for who you are and not want to look like anyone else. You also have to understand, many people have had cosmetic surgeries in order to look the way they look. So why look like them when you can just look like you? And there is nothing wrong with looking like you.
Quote examples
Francois Nars
French Businessman
I'm always scared of trends. The runways are always so trend-oriented, but I always feel for the women. The real women that buy cosmetics want to see the trends, but they don't necessarily go for them. And I always encourage women to find what looks best on them.
Quote examples
Jenna Morasca
American Model
One year, my good deed started with deciding to give all my friends makeup from a cruelty-free cosmetics line that I love. I did this with the hope that they would love it as much as I do and end up switching their makeup over to that cruelty-free line forever.
Quote examples
Huda Kattan
Iraqi Entertainer
This is how I feel about cosmetic procedures and plastic surgery. If people want to do it for themselves - it's fine. If people want to do it for the outside world, that's when it's not necessarily a healthy thing.
Quote examples
Erin O'Connor
English Model
I worry about how accessible cosmetic surgery has become. Of course, if it has genuinely helped people, and their confidence has grown as a result; who am I to form an opinion?
Quote examples
Jeffree Star
American Celebrity
It takes a lot of guts to put on a face full of makeup, being a male in the world where a lot of people still think that cosmetics are only for women.
Quote examples
Yulia Tymoshenko
Ukrainian Politician
Everything that I have is natural - braid, nails - I practically never use cosmetics. They often ask me in the provinces about my braid.
Quote examples
Sandra Brown
American Author
I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.
Quote examples
Jocelyn Wildenstein
Swiss Celebrity
I may one day be the oldest person in the world to have cosmetic surgery.
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