有些女生涂上厚厚的化妆品为了掩饰自己面部缺陷，有些则认为浓妆才漂亮。如果你觉得某人太过浓妆艳抹，英文可以说：She’s wearing too much make-up.（她化了大浓妆）。印第安人在出战前会在脸上涂上一层颜料(war paint)，所以She’s got her war paint on. （她把颜料涂上），也可用来比喻她涂上浓妆，也可说：She’s a painted lady.（她涂脂抹粉）。化妆当然少不了粉底霜(foundation)、眼影(eye shadow)、睫毛液(mascara)、胭脂(rouge/blusher)、唇膏(lipstick)，还有卸妆液(make-up remover)。
对 话
Candy: What do you think of Rita? I think you two would be perfect together.
Brian: Yes, she's really nice. But look at her. As usual, she's wearing too much make-up.
Candy: That's exactly why I think you'd be a great couple.
Brian: I don't get it. You know I prefer girls with the natural look. Why would I want to go out with her?
Candy: Because she spends so long putting it on and then taking it off every day, you'll have time to do whatever you want and she won't be bugging you.
Brian: You're right.
坎蒂: 你觉得莉达怎样？ 我认为你俩很登对。
布莱恩: 对呀，她很好，但看看她，一如以往，她太过浓妆艳抹。
坎蒂: 这正是我认为你们很般配的原因。
布莱恩: 我不明白，你知我较喜欢不造作的女生，为什么我会想和她一起？
坎蒂: 因为她每天花太多时间化妆和卸妆，所以你便有很多私人时间，她不会空烦扰你。
布莱恩: 你说得对。
莉达浓妆艳抹，布莱恩认为是过份了：She's wearing too much make-up。化妆品英文叫cosmetic，但一般会用复数形式cosmetics，意思和不可数名词(uncountable noun) make-up没有什么分别。你可以说:She wears / has used / has put on / has applied too much make-up / cosmetics（她涂了太多脂粉），也可以说：She is taking off / removing her make-up / cosmetics（她在卸妆）。
说脸上的化妆品，make-up一字较cosmetics常用，‘浓妆’是heavy/thick make-up，‘淡抹’则是light make-up，例如：That evening she wore only light make-up, and looked very natural.（那天晚上她只是淡妆，看来十分自然）。
化妆品俗语还称为war paint和slap。War paint本来是指野蛮人战争前涂在脸上的颜料，引申解作化妆品，有戏谑意味；slap原意是‘拍打’，用来说化妆品，往往有‘拙劣或厚厚的拍在脸上’含义，例如：(1) She went to the party with a face thick with slap.（她去参加派对，脸上涂了厚厚一层脂粉）。(2) Except for a little red lipstick, she wore no war paint.（除了擦了一点口红外，她没有化什么妆）。
留意lipstick除了指一支的唇膏，还可指已涂上的唇膏。She carefully touched up / renewed her lipstick in the mirror.即‘她对着镜子补上一点唇膏’。
女人随身携带的梳妆盒，叫vanity bag / case。I have a compact in my vanity case.即‘我的梳妆盒里有个小粉盒’。
