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3	Tropes about cosmetics, such as lipstick, mascara, blush, face powder, and perfume.
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5	Compare CostumeTropes, TattooTropes.
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8	* AnticipatoryBreathSpray: Using breath spray in anticipation of being kissed.
9	* AnticipatoryLipstick: Using lipstick in anticipation of kissing someone.
10	* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Makeup and natural beauty in fiction is used for signifying roles as good guys.
11	* BeautyInversion: Makeup is used to make an actor look uglier for a role.
12	* CosmeticCatastrophe: A girl experiments with makeup for the first time, with negative consequences.
13	* CosmeticHorror: Horrifying things done for beauty.
14	* CoveredInKisses: A ton of lipstick marks, to indicate being the target for a lot of affection.
15	* CucumberFacial: A high-class spa treatment involving cucumbers and facials.
16	* DruggedLipstick: A character, usually a woman, wears lipstick with some sort of drug or poison in it.
17	* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Villains or other evil characters wearing excessive, dark-colored makeup on and around their eyes.
18	* {{Guyliner}}: Guy wearing eyeliner.
19	* ImprobableSelfMaintenance: Characters remain bizarrely well-groomed and good-looking despite living in circumstances that should make it difficult or impossible to maintain their appearance.
20	* JerksUseBodySpray: Use (and especially overuse) of body spray marks a male character as a {{Jerkass}}.
21	* LipstickAndLoadMontage: The heroine puts on her clothes and makeup while preparing for some big event.
22	* LipstickMark: Lipstick on your cheek or collarbone reveals adultery.
23	* MakeoverFail: A makeover has the opposite of its intended effect.
24	* MakeupIsEvil: Make-up in fiction as a sign of being evil.
25	* MakeupWeapon: Weaponized cosmetics.
26	* {{Perfumigation}}: A character creating or wearing perfume, cologne, or other kind of scent which they think is great, but it actually draws reactions of revulsion from others.
27	* PrimpOfContempt: A character fixes their makeup, nails, or hair to signify apathy.
28	* SkintoneDisguise: A non-human needs to make their skin look less conspicous.
29	* TattooSharpie: When a permanent marker is permanent, even on skin.
30	* ThisMeansWarpaint: Just before a conflict, a character will take some sort of paint — or improvise with something closer to hand like mud or ashes — and apply it just below the eyes.
31	* TribalFacePaint: HollywoodNatives with exotic face paint patterns.
32	* UncannyValleyMakeup: Excessive or extra makeup giving someone an unsettling appearance.
33	* WakeupMakeup: When characters get out of bed in the morning perfectly groomed.
34	* WeWillNotUseStageMakeUpInTheFuture: Using surgery to pass oneself off as an alien or something similar.
35	* YourMakeupIsRunning: Mascara, or makeup in general, starts bleeding when you cry.

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