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title: "beat your face · GenZ Decoded"
description: "beat your face: To apply makeup, often heavily or with great skill, before going out. Example: \"She spent an hour beating her face before the party.\""
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# beat your face

Gen Z[#appearance](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/appearance/)

**Meaning.** To apply makeup, often heavily or with great skill, before going out.

See it in a sentence

She spent an hour beating her face before the party.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    beat your face

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    to apply makeup, often heavily or with great skill, before going out

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## Related slang

- [aesthetic](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/aesthetic/): A pleasing overall look, vibe, or coherent visual style.
- [baddie](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/baddie/): A compliment for someone who looks confident, stylish, and good-looking.
- [Betty](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/betty/): An attractive young woman.
- [butterface](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/butterface/): A hostile term for a person whose body the speaker finds attractive and whose face they do not.

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