| In our last article about makeup, you have learned how to say different types of foundation in Chinese. Let’s continue with more face makeup and start with a couple that both use the character for powder (粉 fěn):  Shimmering powder/glitter – 闪粉 (shǎn fěn), this is pretty straight forward, here 闪 means to “sparkle” or “shine”. Bronzing powder – 古铜粉 (gǔ tóng fěn), 古铜 is the colour bronze. Some other common types of face makeup: Highlighter – 高光 (gāoguāng), this is a literal translation of 高 “high” and 光 “light”. Contour – 修容 (xiū róng) – here 修 means “trim” and 容 means “appearance”, so contour is literally “trim appearance”. This word is only used to refer to contour makeup, the actual word for contour in Chinese is 轮廓 (lúnkuò), but this isn’t used when talking about makeup. Contour pencil – 修容笔 (xiū róng bǐ) simply add 笔 for pen or pencil. Contour palette – 修容盘 (xiū róng pán), 盘 here means “tray” and is used as the word for palette when talking about makeup. This can be added to lots of makeup words. Concealer – 遮瑕膏 (zhēxiá gāo), 遮 means “hide” or “cover”, 瑕 means “flaw” and 膏 means “cream”, literally translating as “hide flaw cream”, makes sense, doesn’t it! Blush – 腮红 (sāihóng), 腮 is another word for “cheek” and 红 is “red”. Anyone who has lived in China may have noticed that it’s very popular to wear blush there. Blush palette – 腮红盘 (sāihóng pán)
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