visagisten.
A cosmetic artist.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > [noun] > one who beautifies > professionally
woman surgeon1629
beauty doctor1888
beauty culturist1889
beauty specialist1890
beautician1924
cosmetician1926
cosmetologist1926
visagiste1958
beauty therapist1962
aesthetician1965
1958 Observer 14 Sept. 11/3 Elizabeth Arden..has brought over to Bond-street from Paris her visagist.
1965 Harper's Bazaar Aug. 48/2 Guy Nicolet, visagiste supreme from Revlon, designed for her the Leprechaun Look.
1979 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 16 Apr. 16 (advt.) Our visiting visagists are: [etc.].
1981 Times 10 Nov. 9/1 In our pictures, visagiste Christina Saunders used Estee Lauder's shimmering bronze face powder.
1984 Listener 12 Jan. 26/2 The latest..has for heroine a just-post-punk visagiste.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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