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moisturize

[mois-chuh-rahyz] / ˈmɔɪs tʃəˌraɪz /


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After 40 minutes of the technician repeatedly dragging a warm and gooey wand across my chest, I had 95 images—and enough gel on my skin to moisturize a lizard for a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

His own routine is pretty basic: cleanse, tone and moisturize along with using the line’s other products including facial scrub, antiperspirant and body washes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026

The two women, who are Black, were discussing a new cream they had been using to style and moisturize their curly hairstyles.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

It’s also useful to regularly moisturize the skin around your toenails.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2023

Be sure to moisturize with an ultra- hydrating serum like The Corporation’s new Skin So Right B14 Complex for Total Cell Renewal, made with essential vitamins, minerals, and concentrated yak’s bladder.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

And cosmetic companies were captivated by its miracle properties: It foams in toothpaste, moisturizes soaps and lathers in shampoo.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2020

It bubbles in shampoo, foams in Colgate toothpaste, moisturizes Dove soap and helps keep lipstick from melting.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2020

“It corrects both the tone and deeply moisturizes the hair so it’s shinier and de-frizzed,” she said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2020

And the “shine oil-in-stick” somehow moisturizes your lips, while leaving a desirable stain as it dries off.

From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2019

Sebaceous glands coat the skin with a waxy, protective substance called vernix caseosa that protects and moisturizes the skin and may provide lubrication during childbirth.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The balm also kept my lips moisturized and prevented any chafing where my legs rub together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024

And the one thing I’m missing in life is a lotion that makes my skin feel super moisturized and attracts Wolf spiders.

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2023

Better known as “RM,” he is the frontman of the supergroup BTS, the face of millennial, moisturized South Korean cool.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

Keeping your nasal passages moisturized is another simple, safe remedy that might help children and adults get some relief from the flu or cold.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2022

When I'm dried and moisturized with lotion, I find an outfit has been left for me at the front of the closet.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

There’s Cardi B using Raising Cane’s moisturizing sauce in her skin care routine.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

It uses “ultrasonic vibration technology,” Xie said, to help the skin absorb the applied moisturizing cream and combat eye puffiness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

The skincare brand’s R&D team developed a moisturizing stick designed specifically for the neck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Clouds of soap bubbles and cascading buckets of water follow, along with a coffee scrub and deeply moisturizing mask before a short sauna session to let everything absorb.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026

I use some moisturizing cream to gather it all up, brush it, and pin it into a neat bun.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi


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