Sunday, February 7, 2010

What verb is used for lipstick and nail? apply, paint or other?

Hi I'm studying English. I want to learn that what verb is used for lipstick and nail? apply, paint or other?





for example :





1.


She's applying lipstick to her lips... or


She's painting her lips...or


She's putting lipstick on her lips





2.


She's applying nail polish to her nails...or


She's painting her nails...or


She's putting nail polish on to her nailsWhat verb is used for lipstick and nail? apply, paint or other?
Everything you wrote is perfectly correct except that where I come from (London) we would probably say 'She is putting nail polish on her nails' and not 'on to her nails', even though the latter is also possible. If we said 'on to her nails', we would probably spell it 'onto' and not have two separate words.What verb is used for lipstick and nail? apply, paint or other?
For lipstick it's apply. For nail polish it's paint.
i'd say apply for lipstick and paint (your nails) for nail polish would be most typical. so, 'she's painting her nails' and 'she's applying lipstick' probably sound the most natural.
';paint'; for nailpolish





';apply'; either for nailpolish or lipstick
1. The Two answers below are correct.


*She's applying lipstick to her lips


*She's putting lipstick on her lips


The second one is most commonly used though.





2. All are correct but the two most used are:


*She's painting her nails.


*She's putting nail polish on to her nails.





Hope that helps.
For Lipstick, we say applying it or putting it on.


For nail polish, all three work.


Apply and put on mean pretty much the same thing. Painting is sometimes used for putting makeup on, but extremely rarely. When you say ';She's painting her face'; or something along those lines, you sort of imagine a clown because of the fact that paint is usually associated with a brush and some sort of paint.

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