Makeup Lingo - the language of makeup love!

[indahlovesmakeup]

What does OA stands for?

[Alicatt]

This is very helpful. Thanks so much!

[amerettasour82]

Never realized there was so much lingo! wow!

[Kiwigal]

wow, this is so helpful.....all this time i was just guessing what those abreviated letters means....
some i guessed correctly and some soo way off! LOL

i have been wondering what that LOTD means....i always thought it means Lord Of The Dance LMAO
sorry im a fresh newbie obviously hehehe

[Iris L]

It would be cool if there was a list of all of these on one of the tabs... just like the forum and store tabs. I've been on here less than 3 months and still have questions on some acronyms

[Blue-Eyes]

This isn't an abbreviation but the metal part of your makeup brush is called a ferrule. I always wanted to know what is was so I looked it up.

[drodriguez1]

b2m?? back to mac? is that what that is? where u take in ur plastic containers for a lipstick?

[civicbabe627]

b2m?? back to mac? is that what that is? where u take in ur plastic containers for a lipstick?

Yes ma'am.

[Prettylady89]

Wow all these are helpful , I am new at all of this
thanks girlies

[aashep]

I have an idea - maybe one of the moderators could compile this posting into a glossary that could be posted on the home page, or as a link on the front page this forum. I think that would rock.

[bubblebee]

I am not a moderator but I made a "glossary" for myself.

b2m = back to mac
BE = Bare Escentuals
beat a face/your face is beat! = It just means, your whole face is flawless. Or your makeup is
done really nicely
BFTE = Beauty from the Earth (website that sells makeup)
BM = Bare minerals
BN = Ben Nye
BNIB = Brand New In Box
BNNB = Brand New No Box
BNWOB = Brand New WithOut Box
BOGO = Buy one get one (usually half off or free)
BTFL = Black track fluid line.
Bump = Just means that they are posting "bump", to move (bump) the topic to the top of the
list.
CC = Constructive Criticism
CCB = Cream Color Base
CCO = Cosmetic Company Outlet
CCS = Cosmetic Company Store
CP = Custom Purchase (You give your $$ to someone, you trust 100%, to help you buy stuff that you want from shops and counters from overseas or something) It must also include postage unless the Purchasee waives it.
CS = Costal Scents (website that sells makeup and brushes)
DC = Discontinued
Ditto = When somebody said what you were going to say
Dupe = Duplicate. Which means that an eyeshadow (or any other product, for that matter) can look quite similar to another one, so you don´t need both.
EDM = Everyday Minerals
e/l = Eye Liner
Elf = Eyes Lips Face
EOTD = Eye of the day
EOTN `= Eye of the night
e/s = Eye Shadow
FOTD = Face of the day
FOTN = Face of the night
Haul = This isn´t an abbreviation. It´s what you call it when you´ve done some shopping, and want to show what you got. So it´s stuff you´ve just bought
HG = Holy Grail. If someone says they´ve found their HG foundation, it means that it´s the best foundation they´ve ever had.
High-end brands = Pricey brands
HTF = Hard To Find
HTH = HOPE THAT HELPS
IMO = In my opinion
ISO = In search of
LE = Limited Edition
l/g = lipgloss
LOTD = Look of the day
LOTN = Look of the night
Low-end brands = Drugstore brands, cheaper stuff
l/s = Lipstick
MA = Makeup Artist
MAC = Makeup Artist Cosmetics
MES = Mineralize Eye Shadow
MIA = Missing in Action
MMU = Mineral Make Up
MSF = Mineralize Skin Finish
MUA = Make Up Alley or Make Up Artist
MUFE = Make Up For Ever
MUG = Make Up Geek
NIB = New In Box
PIC HEAVY = Means that a page has a lot a pictures. It´s basically a warning that it that *could* take a while to download the page
PL = Pure Luxe (cosmetic brand sell online)
pm = private message
P/M = Pigment
PP = Paintpot
P&P = Prep and Prime
p/p = Paintpot
PRO = Refers to MAC Pro products
REG = Regular
RIS = Received In Swap
ROP = Read On Please
SS = Shade stick
TAT = Turn Around Time (the time it takes a company to send your order out)
TFSI = Too Faced Shadow Insurance
TM = Tinted Moisturizer
UD = Urban Decay
UDPP = Urban Decay Primer Potion
YLBB = Your lips but better

The lay-out of the list in this post is not that excellent, but I don't know how to change it.
I made my own list in a word document.

[Wolkje]

@bubblebee: WOW!! I was planning on doing this, but you beat me to it. Thank you! You saved me a lot of work. This list is awesome!

[kewlhat]

This list helped me out a lot, thanks!! Also, what does NOT stand for? I see it a lot, and I have absolutely no idea what it means.

[makeupmoxiegal]

I think you got them just about all covered

[SassyGal]

Thank you so much this is GREAT. THanks a million.