If you have been following a lot of beauty blogs and videos on Youtube, you must have come across a lot of beauty terms and abbreviations which may have left you all confused and boggled. Well, anyone who has been in the makeup and beauty world for long usually resorts to using abbreviation for certain terms. Also, many makeup brands name their products based on those abbreviations seeing the popularity of it in among bloggers and also the customers. Here are some terms that any beauty junkie should know!
So here are a few beauty terms and abbreviations which will make it easier for you to understand tutorials better as well as help you pick up products wisely.
BA - Beauty Advisor
BB cream - Beauty/ Blemish Balm
BO: Body Odour
CC Cream - Colour Corrector Cream
CTM - Cleanse, Tone, Moisturize
DD Cream - Dynamic Do-All Cream
DS products - Drug Store products
DC: Discontinued
DUPE: Lower-cost product that is almost identical to a high-price product
EOTD - Eye of the Day
EOTN - Eye of the Night
ELF: Eyes Lips Face
HD Makup - High Definition Make up
LIPPIE/LIPPY: Lipstick
LOTW: Look of the Week
MUAH - Make up and Hair
MUA: Makeup artist
P+P: Prep and prime
PRO: Professional
TM: Tinted moisturizer
SPF - Sun Protection Factor
Disclaimer: Many of these beauty acronyms have alternate definitions, these are just some new ways they’re being used around the beauty industry. Let us know if me missed out on any by dropping a comment below.
- Shreiya for @TeamGuiltyBytes