lipstick
Americannoun
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lipsticks
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of lipstick
Explanation
Lipstick is makeup that makes your lips look darker, redder, or shinier. Your French teacher might be famous in your school for her heart-shaped glasses and bright pink lipstick. Some people like to wear lipstick every day, while others save it for fancy occasions. Most lipstick is a waxy, slightly creamy substance in a stick that's tinted with red pigment that colors your lips. It's a cosmetic that dates back at least to medieval times, and probably even farther back than that. In the 1600s, a fashionable look for upper class European women was a pale white face and bright red lipstick.
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It helps merchant inventory surface when buyers use conversational tools to search for a coat, lipstick or a gift, said Hoffmeister.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
These included PCBs, which he called "some of the worst contaminants known to man", and were widely used in the 20th Century, including for lipstick and white goods.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
My perverse love for lip stuff traces back to when I was 4 and first tried on my grandmother’s Clinique lipstick in Raspberry Glace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Its factories can supply everything from frozen meat and candy to lipstick, medicine capsules and sports hijabs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Georgette opened her bag, made a few passes at her face as she looked in the little mirror, re-defined her lips with the lipstick, and straightened her hat.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Charlotte Tilbury, the celebrity makeup artist and cosmetics entrepreneur, is famous for her Magic Cream, Pillow Talk lipsticks and Golden Goddess eye shadow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
These man-made chemicals can be found in items such as waterproof clothing, non-stick pans, lipsticks and food packaging.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025
It worked out that lipsticks, glosses and balms were usually affordable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024
Mr. Wells took matter into his own hands, blending lipsticks and eye shadows with palettes intended for white skin tones so they would work for his Black clients.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Jewelry lines the glass display case—nothing of value, just cheap-looking costume pieces—along with used lipsticks and half-empty bottles of shaving lotion.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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