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14 Beauty Slang Terms We Learned Watching RuPaul's Drag Race

The first time I heard the term "on fleek" was from my teenage sister. I was so confused. Where did this term come from, and how did it become so important in the beauty world? Now everyone is using it to describe precisely arched brows and equally etched eyeliner.

Fleek was only the beginning. Now there are a host of beauty terms becoming mainstream like "beat" (to praise amazing makeup application) and "laid" (for sleek, straightened hair). We've broken down all these slang words into a dictionary so that you can use them before they fall out of favor. It took many hours of research watching RuPaul's Drag Race and reading Urban Dictionary to come up with this list — so you're welcome.

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