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skinfluencer

skinfluencer noun: a social media celebrity whose account focuses on skincare products.

Noun

skinfluencer (plural skinfluencers)

  1. (informal) A social media celebrity whose account focuses on skincare products.
    • There's a growing breed of male skincare influencers – or ‘skinfluencers’ – who promote skincare regimens for men to have flawless visages. […] Regardless of why they come to skincare, retailers are taking notice, capitalising on the work from male skinfluencers and bringing in more of these...2019 August 17, Sarah Manavis, “Male ‘skinfluencers’ are making bank recommending you moisturisers”, in GQ
    • I scrolled through the Reddit SkincareAddiction forum (what an apt name) for hours, and used my “emergency” credit card to buy products I couldn’t actually afford. I watched YouTube videos of dewy, glowing “skinfluencers” to learn the molecular differences between an essence and a toner.2020 September 4, André-Naquian Wheeler, “I Have Clear Skin, Now What? Confessions From the Other Side of Adult Acne”, in Vogue

Examples of skinfluencer in a sentence

  • mr. yarbro’s ascent to skinfluencer fame began right when people started to quarantine.2020 September 8, Rachel Strugatz, “The Content Creator Who Can Make or Break Your Skin Care Brand”, in The New York Times:
  • We've had skinfluencers (dermatologists) and gymfluencers (PTs) but now there is a new breed of social-media savvy experts to follow.2023 August 6, Verity Clark, “Would you wear a cauliflower-based perfume?”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Forms of skinfluencer

pluralskinfluencers

Origin of skinfluencer

Blend of skin + influencer, equivalent to skin + -fluencer.

Questions about skinfluencer

What does skinfluencer mean?
Skinfluencer means a social media celebrity whose account focuses on skincare products.
How do you use skinfluencer in a sentence?
mr. yarbro’s ascent to skinfluencer fame began right when people started to quarantine.
What part of speech is skinfluencer?
Skinfluencer is a noun.
What is the plural of skinfluencer?
The plural of skinfluencer is skinfluencers.

Words near skinfluencer in the dictionary

  1. skinflick
  2. skinflicks
  3. skinflint
  4. skinflintiness
  5. skinflints
  6. skinfluencer
  7. skinfluencers
  8. skinflute
  9. skinflutes
  10. skinfold
  11. skinfolds

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