eye shadow
or eyeshadow
a cosmetic coloring material applied to the eyelids.
Origin of eye shadow
1Words Nearby eye shadow
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How to use eye shadow in a sentence
Stefani, meanwhile, is all saucer-size hoop earrings and glitter eye shadow, a trailer-park siren who swears that everything she does is for her baby, an infant who may or may not exist.
Zola Is a Wild Road Trip Movie That Works Against All Odds | Stephanie Zacharek | June 25, 2021 | TimeTraining included lessons in grooming — how to select the most flattering shade of eye shadow, for example — as well as instruction in aviation history and emergency procedures.
Excitement, glamour and occasional gunfire: The life of a Pan Am stewardess | Mythili Rao | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostSo not only telling you, okay, so you choose a lipstick and this is what it looks like, but saying, because you chose this lipstick and because your, you know, you have blue eyes, we believe this eye shadow might match it the best.
Podcast: Attention, shoppers–you’re being tracked | Tate Ryan-Mosley | December 21, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewWith Perl in particular, a former makeup artist, there is a sultriness to her metallic eye shadow and her painted lips.
The Sisterhood of Bulletproof Stockings: It’s Ladies’ Night for Hasidic Rockers | Emily Shire | September 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe hot-pink gift bags held tubes of shimmery eye shadow and sparkly necklaces.
Jeremy Hilton: U.S. Military’s First Male Spouse of the Year | Jesse Ellison | May 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
But they look like little girls playing dress up, with their bright purple eye shadow, tinted hair, and glossy red lips.
For the first time, she wore dramatic makeup: smoky eye shadow, exaggerated black eyeliner, and pink lips.
Gone were any girlish slip-ups, gone were sequins and glitter eye shadow.
British Dictionary definitions for eye shadow
a coloured cosmetic put around the eyes so as to enhance their colour or shape
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