face paint

noun

: colorful makeup for drawing pictures on children's faces

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Wear neutral clothes underneath, and use face paint or markers to draw a digital mouth or screen for an instant retro robot. Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025 For your face, get creative and use face paint or accessorize with a yellow beanie hat and round glasses. Emma Kershaw, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025 The five-minute mash-up rapidly intercuts scenes of happy domesticity (a loving mother, kids in face paint eating popcorn in front of the tube, teens affectionately goofing around) with gruesome murders committed by a beautiful little boy. David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 Masks should not block vision or breathing; makeup or face paint is a safer alternative, though make sure any products used are nontoxic and labeled for use on skin. Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for face paint

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“Face paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/face%20paint. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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