{"id":340174,"date":"2015-08-13T19:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T23:15:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T15:15:49","slug":"beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html","title":{"rendered":"Beauty Dictionary: All the latest beauty terms you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

The times have changed and makeup is way more than just mascara, foundation and what used to be called, 'rouge'.\u00a0With all the technology we have, there's nothing quite out there that hasn't been done - remember\u00a0those oscillating mascaras by Lanc\u00f4me and even airbrushed foundation?<\/p>

The beauty industry is always on the lookout for new ways to use makeup products, and how to market them in a way that seems revolutionary and new. Beauty slangs\u00a0are no exception, so with all the quirky beauty terms and slangs popping up from the likes of social media<\/a> platforms, new-age makeup artists and the obsession over who does makeup for the Kardashians and Jenners, we thought it was appropriate to round up a beauty dictionary<\/a>\u00a0to get you in the know.<\/p>

Scroll through our slideshow above for the explanations of beauty terms such as strobing<\/a>, cut crease, baking and more - all of which has set our heads in a whirl.<\/p>

Nur Syazana H.<\/em><\/p>

READ MORE:<\/strong><\/p>

Baking: The latest contouring and highlighting trend to try<\/a><\/p>

Pro Tips: How to master the art of contouring?<\/a><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You no longer have to raise an eyebrow every time someone brings up strobing, baking and clown contouring at your next conversation. Here's the guide you need on decoding all these unique beauty terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":118689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"With all the new techniques such as strobing, baking and clown contouring on the rise, who can keep up? We get you in the know with all the terms explained.","_is_translated":false,"_source_post_url":"","is_displayed_in_hp":false,"displayed_in_hp_after_update":false,"is_thumb_featured":false,"template_without_diapo":"","enable_bloc_resume":false,"bloc_resume_post":[],"ctc_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16333,16864,9791],"tags":[424,10308,9106,9105,9104,1634255,1831,38,8221],"class_list":["post-340174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beauty-news-hk","category-galerie-hk","category-galerie","tag-baking","tag-beauty","tag-beauty-slang","tag-beauty-terms","tag-clown-contouring","tag-has_diapo","tag-highlighting","tag-makeup","tag-strobing"],"yoast_head":"\nBeauty Dictionary: 5 Beauty slangs explained - Hong Kong<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With all the new techniques such as strobing, baking and clown contouring on the rise, who can keep up? We get you in the know with all the terms explained.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beauty Dictionary: 5 Beauty slangs explained\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With all the new techniques such as strobing, baking and clown contouring on the rise, who can keep up? We get you in the know with all the terms explained.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marie France Asia, women's magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-08-13T11:00:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-05-03T15:15:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/08\/Clown-Contouring-e1439452357887.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"393\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nur Syazana H.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mariefranceasia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mariefranceasia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nur Syazana H.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nur Syazana H.\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5493ea1b6e2d5c2e519832598dc1cce0\"},\"headline\":\"Beauty Dictionary: All the latest beauty terms you need to know\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-13T11:00:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-05-03T15:15:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/08\/Clown-Contouring-e1439452357887.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"baking\",\"Beauty\",\"beauty slang\",\"beauty terms\",\"clown contouring\",\"has_diapo\",\"highlighting\",\"makeup\",\"strobing\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Beauty news\",\"Galerie\",\"Galerie\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-HK\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html\",\"name\":\"Beauty Dictionary: 5 Beauty slangs explained\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/08\/Clown-Contouring-e1439452357887.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-13T11:00:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-05-03T15:15:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5493ea1b6e2d5c2e519832598dc1cce0\"},\"description\":\"With all the new techniques such as strobing, baking and clown contouring on the rise, who can keep up? We get you in the know with all the terms explained.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-HK\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-HK\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/08\/Clown-Contouring-e1439452357887.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/08\/Clown-Contouring-e1439452357887.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":393,\"caption\":\"From geometric lines to a seamlessly blended face of makeup, clown contouring is one of the latest beauty trends to arise from the Internet. Essentially, it's the strategic placement of your contour, highlight and blush on your face and mapped in the way a clown does their makeup. Everything is then blended out with a damp sponge or stippling brush. Others have even begun to do the same by drawing on the faces of skulls, cats and other quirky characters on their face in good fun before blending it all out. Photo credit: BellaDeLune\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Beauty Dictionary: All the latest beauty terms you need to know\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/\",\"name\":\"Marie France Asia, women's magazine\",\"description\":\"Marie France Asia: fashion, health, beauty, love & travel\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-HK\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5493ea1b6e2d5c2e519832598dc1cce0\",\"name\":\"Nur Syazana H.\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-HK\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/404572e0fa2a9b4529bb678ddf9d67abb7e25235cc3317c9eceb49e93452a3fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/404572e0fa2a9b4529bb678ddf9d67abb7e25235cc3317c9eceb49e93452a3fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Nur Syazana H.\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/n.syz\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/author\/nursyazana\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Beauty Dictionary: 5 Beauty slangs explained - Hong Kong","description":"With all the new techniques such as strobing, baking and clown contouring on the rise, who can keep up? We get you in the know with all the terms explained.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Beauty Dictionary: 5 Beauty slangs explained","og_description":"With all the new techniques such as strobing, baking and clown contouring on the rise, who can keep up? We get you in the know with all the terms explained.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html","og_site_name":"Marie France Asia, women's magazine","article_published_time":"2015-08-13T11:00:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-05-03T15:15:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":393,"url":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/08\/Clown-Contouring-e1439452357887.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nur Syazana H.","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mariefranceasia","twitter_site":"@mariefranceasia","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nur Syazana H.","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html"},"author":{"name":"Nur Syazana H.","@id":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5493ea1b6e2d5c2e519832598dc1cce0"},"headline":"Beauty Dictionary: All the latest beauty terms you need to know","datePublished":"2015-08-13T11:00:53+00:00","dateModified":"2019-05-03T15:15:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html"},"wordCount":198,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/08\/Clown-Contouring-e1439452357887.jpg","keywords":["baking","Beauty","beauty slang","beauty terms","clown contouring","has_diapo","highlighting","makeup","strobing"],"articleSection":["Beauty news","Galerie","Galerie"],"inLanguage":"en-HK","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html","url":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html","name":"Beauty Dictionary: 5 Beauty slangs explained","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/08\/Clown-Contouring-e1439452357887.jpg","datePublished":"2015-08-13T11:00:53+00:00","dateModified":"2019-05-03T15:15:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5493ea1b6e2d5c2e519832598dc1cce0"},"description":"With all the new techniques such as strobing, baking and clown contouring on the rise, who can keep up? We get you in the know with all the terms explained.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-HK","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-HK","@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/08\/Clown-Contouring-e1439452357887.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/08\/Clown-Contouring-e1439452357887.jpg","width":600,"height":393,"caption":"From geometric lines to a seamlessly blended face of makeup, clown contouring is one of the latest beauty trends to arise from the Internet. Essentially, it's the strategic placement of your contour, highlight and blush on your face and mapped in the way a clown does their makeup. Everything is then blended out with a damp sponge or stippling brush. Others have even begun to do the same by drawing on the faces of skulls, cats and other quirky characters on their face in good fun before blending it all out. Photo credit: BellaDeLune"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/beauty-dictionary-guide-beauty-terms-explained-340174.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Beauty Dictionary: All the latest beauty terms you need to know"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/","name":"Marie France Asia, women's magazine","description":"Marie France Asia: fashion, health, beauty, love & travel","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-HK"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5493ea1b6e2d5c2e519832598dc1cce0","name":"Nur Syazana H.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-HK","@id":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/404572e0fa2a9b4529bb678ddf9d67abb7e25235cc3317c9eceb49e93452a3fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/404572e0fa2a9b4529bb678ddf9d67abb7e25235cc3317c9eceb49e93452a3fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Nur Syazana H."},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/n.syz"],"url":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/author\/nursyazana"}]}},"categories_slugs":[{"16333":"beauty-news-hk"},{"16864":"galerie-hk"},{"9791":"galerie"}],"author_name":"Nur Syazana H.","featured_image":{"id":118689,"name":"Clown Contouring","copyright":"","media":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/08\/Clown-Contouring-e1439452357887.jpg","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"},"medias":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?include[]=3&api_key=9c92c20e89ceb8db03faec66a2c47685","info_bloc_resume_post":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/477"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}