Hello everyone! Welcome to another Fan Mail Fridays post. Let's have a little lecture, shall we? This question was sent by Tina:
Hi Martha!
I just started reading beauty blogs a month ago and I'm still trying to learn your language. Your blog is my favorite. I appreciate your reviews as they're very detailed, but I sometimes get confused and lost when I finally encounter terms that I never knew existed such as EOTD, NOTD, FOTD, Lippie, Tightline, etc. I hope you can educate me so I'll have a better reading experience. Thank you and I love your blog!
Tina
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Hi Tina!
Hello there! Happy to meet a new reader, and welcome to a start of a new (but good) addiction! :D
I've compiled here a list of some of the common Beauty Blog and Beauty Vlog terms that we always use. Have fun! See the list after the cut! :)
EOTN (EYE OF THE NIGHT)
- Describes a Beauty Blogger's eye makeup look for night time
EOTD (EYE OF THE DAY)
- Describes a Beauty Blogger's eye makeup look for daytime or for the rest of the day
FOTD (FACE OF THE DAY)
- Describes a Beauty Blogger's overall makeup look for the day
FOTN (FACE OF THE NIGHT)
- Describes a Beauty Blogger's overall makeup look for the night
HG (HOLY GRAIL)
- A Beauty Blogger's most favorite beauty product
MLBB (MY LIPS BUT BETTER)
- Describes lip products in shades that mimic or enhance the natural color of the lips
NOTD (NAIL OF THE DAY)
- A Beauty Blogger's nail art/nail polish color for the day
LIPPIE
- Shortcut for lipstick
FOUNDIE
- Shortcut for Foundation
MMU
- Mineral Make Up
OUTER V OR OUTER CREASE, ABOVE CREASE, LOWER LID, INNER LID, TEAR DROP, TEARDUCT, BROW BONE
- Parts of an eye. They are used when a Beauty Blogger/Vlogger is reviewing eyeshadow or doing eye makeup tutorials. Click HERE to know where to locate these parts.
Photo Credits: lipstickmasala.wordpress.com
FOILING
- An eyeshadow technique that helps create an intense metallic sheen on the eyes.
Photo Credits: bridge-between.com
LEMMING
- Product/s that a Beauty Blogger wants to buy
TUT
- Shortcut for tutorial
Photo Credits: blog.vidoofy.com
SUB
- Shortcut for Subscribe, a term Youtube Beauty Vloggers normally use
SUBBIES
- Shortcut for Subscribers, a term Youtube Beauty Vloggers normally use
BEAUTY BLOGGER
- General term for bloggers who WRITE about beauty products, tutorials, reviews, and essays
BEAUTY VLOGGER
- General term for bloggers who FILM beauty products, tutorials, reviews, and essays. Visit my channel HERE.
Photo Credits: theeverydaybeauty.blogspot.com
TIGHTLINE
- A way of lining eyes. Tightlining is applying eyeliner right underneath the upper lash line.
Photo Credits: beautifulwithbrains.com
WATERLINE
- The tender part of the eyes located right above the lower lash line.
Fellow Beauty Bloggers and Vloggers, if you know other terms that I might have missed, please feel free to add them in the comments section. Hope you found this useful, Tina! :)
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12 Comments
Wow! I never knew there are tons of words about beauty i didn't know! Haha. Thanks for this post, at least i wouldn't be a laughing stock with my fashion friends. Haha :)
ReplyDeleteSo that's what MLBB stands for! This is very helpful for new blog readers and old timers too. This is the first time that I read about Foiling and it's kinda interesting... :D
ReplyDeleteThank you! I've been reading (and blogging) in the world of beauty for almost two years now, and yet I still learned new things from this list (example: foiling and tightlining). Thanks Martha!
ReplyDeleteHooray for dummies like me! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely bookmarking this page!!! This post is a big help for us newbies in beauty blogging and also for the non-blogging subscribers/readers. Thanks for this! :)
ReplyDeleteWhen I started voraciously reading beauty blogs, I started to learn the different jargons that are being used... except HG. It took me a while to find out what it means. HAHA
ReplyDeleteIve been doing that tightlining during college days but only now I knew what it's called. :) Hahaha. Really cool Ms. M.
ReplyDeleteYun pala ang blogger and vlogger differences. :))
ReplyDeletewoot.. i thought alam ko na lahat
ReplyDeletenew to me: "Foiling"
hee hee thanks Ms M (fave ko MLBB)
Hi girls! Glad you learned something new in this post. :D
ReplyDeletewow, great stuff! thank you for the simple instructions so beginners like me can keep up :p hope you post more stuff 'cuz we tried enrolling in this makeup school in Ortigas, Hi-Definition Make-UP Studio (hdmakeupacademy.com) and our experience was HORRIBLE! Owners did not anything about customer service, we pretty much threw away P7,200! I think we'll stick to self-experimenting for now haha more power to your makeup blog!
ReplyDeleteI learned many things from this post. My favorite term from this is "foiling" sounds a very unique term to me.
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