British Slang For Beauty Products

What's This Beauty Term Called in the UK?

April 19, 2010

'Ello guvnah. As you know, our Brit buddies across the pond speak a different kind of English. FabSugar UK says jumper instead of sweater, for instance. But WWBSUKS? (What would BellaSugar UK say?) Take this quiz to find out what you know, and be sure to share your own regional lingo, too.

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vanityx0kills 2 years 46 weeks

3/5, not so familiar with the British slang.

Smashboxchick 3 years 4 weeks

Fringe was easy, heard Brits say it millions of times in magazines, and tv. Other than that, I sucked with the other questions.

Allytta 3 years 4 weeks

advah, come on, go in to the salon and tell them to give you a nice bang, they will say 'say that again'. fringe is the only word here in the UK. also cotton buds is the only way to go :) bobby pins - no one will understand you if you ask for such thing in superdrug or boots.

cherrypop 3 years 4 weeks

4/5. I didn't know bobby pins were called kirby grips, but the rest I've heard of because I'm from Singapore and it used to be a British colony so even our language is modeled after UK.

jessie3000 3 years 4 weeks

I use all those words, then again I was born and bred in London. But I can honestly say the only time I've ever heard an 'Evenin' Guvna' is when I watched Mary Poppins ;)

Rouge14 3 years 4 weeks

5/5 I lived for 2 years in the UK and got learn all of them :)

3 years 5 weeks

In New Zealand we use fringe instead of bangs, cotton buds instead of q-tips, and plait instead of braid. others are the same as the us. and for pumps (shoes), we always say heels.

3 years 5 weeks

I'm from New Zealand, and I say "nail polish" and "bobby pins" but apart from that I use all the British names.

GummiBears 3 years 5 weeks

Well most of them I knew since my parents are from a former colony of BE. One I just guessed.

sparkleluvr 3 years 5 weeks

Only one wrong, wahoo! :-)

sparkleluvr 3 years 5 weeks

Only one wrong, wahoo! :-)

Blix 3 years 5 weeks

good quiz.

Blix 3 years 5 weeks

good quiz.

doogirl 3 years 5 weeks

5/5, good guessing!

doogirl 3 years 5 weeks

5/5, good guessing!

ticamorena 3 years 5 weeks

even though english isn't my first language, after growing up being exposed to hourse of BBC world-service and then living in the UK, plus Commonwealth countries, I knew them all without guessing. I always think of Q-Tip as the rapper and 'bangs' as something that's done to you

Sundaydrive 3 years 5 weeks

5/5. Most of them were common sense when thinking of a different name, and some I had heard of before.

risqueredhead 3 years 5 weeks

5/5 :)

neonbee 3 years 5 weeks

5/5. I went to a British school for some time. I agree with Advah! I think fringe was the most commonly used term for us then. Nail polish was nail polish.

HoneyBrown1976 3 years 5 weeks

5/5

HoneyBrown1976 3 years 5 weeks

5/5

Advah 3 years 5 weeks

5/5! Funny, I live in the UK and had heard of the British terms, but I don't know anyone who actually uses them.

postmodernsleaze 3 years 5 weeks

5/5... a couple of lucky guesses in there for me! I love language differences, I think it's so interesting. Here's a few dialectical differences around the United States: pail vs bucket, skillet vs frying pan, and hotcake vs pancake vs flapjack. Oh, and if you live any farther east than Colorado, you're probably pronouncing "Nevada" wrong ;)

postmodernsleaze 3 years 5 weeks

5/5... a couple of lucky guesses in there for me!I love language differences, I think it's so interesting. Here's a few dialectical differences around the United States: pail vs bucket, skillet vs frying pan, and hotcake vs pancake vs flapjack. Oh, and if you live any farther east than Colorado, you're probably pronouncing "Nevada" wrong ;)

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