mud-packn.
/ˈmʌdpak/, U.S. /ˈmədˌpæk/ A face pack containing fuller's earth or a similar material.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > face packs
face mask1754
mud mask1854
face pack1916
mud-pack1922
mask1928
pack1934
1922 B. Hecht 1001 Afternoons in Chicago 173 The hair-tonic Dons and the mud-pack Romeos are giving the girls a heavy play.
1938 L. MacNeice Earth Compels 37 Hot towels for the men, mud packs for the women Will smooth the puckered minutes of your lives.
1971 New Scientist 19 Aug. 401/2 The inamorata..wearing a moss-green mud-pack, with hair in rollers.
1999 J. Lloyd & E. Rees Come Together ii. 42 I lie in the steam with my mud pack on and think about how different I'm going to look in a week.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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