Cosmetic make-up to look older

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In a film, younger cast with old character do cosmetic make-up to look older say from 20 to 60 age or so.

Please correct my sentence. Here, "cosmetic make-up" doesn't look fitting as we do make-up to look better and younger, not to look older so how to say that. Please help me out.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

In a film, younger cast with old character do cosmetic make-up to look older say from 20 to 60 age or so.

Please correct my sentence. Here, "cosmetic make-up" doesn't look fitting as we do make-up to look better and younger, not to look older so how to say that. Please help me out.

Some comments.

You don't idiomatically do make-up. You put it on or apply it or use it.

We speak of 'cosmetics' or 'make-up', but not both together.

If speaking of actors, only the term 'make-up' is used. Make-up is not just used to make an actor look young. eg It can make him look older, or look like a monster, or look ill. It changes his appearance.

Your whole sentence really needs to be revised. eg

In a film, younger cast members who play older characters usually use make-up to add, for example, from 20 to 60 years.

Clive

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