Culture trivia
Name a makeup or beauty brand
207 answers count for this culture prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Maybelline
- L'Oréal
- MAC
- Revlon
- Estée Lauder
- Clinique
- Rimmel
- Max Factor
- NARS
- Urban Decay
- Benefit
- Fenty Beauty
Below the waterline
These 45 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Covergirl
- Lancôme
- Avon
- Bobbi Brown
- Too Faced
- Tarte
- Anastasia Beverly Hills
- Huda Beauty
- Charlotte Tilbury
- Glossier
- Kylie Cosmetics
- Rare Beauty
- Morphe
- NYX
- e.l.f. Cosmetics
- Wet n Wild
- Almay
- Neutrogena
- Olay
- Garnier
- Nivea
- Dove
- Elizabeth Arden
- Lush
- The Body Shop
- No7
- Barry M
- Sleek
- Makeup Revolution
- Soap & Glory
- bareMinerals
- Laura Mercier
- Smashbox
- Chanel
- Dior
- Bourjois
- Kiehl's
- Clarins
- Guerlain
- Shiseido
- CeraVe
- The Ordinary
- Cetaphil
- La Roche-Posay
- Mary Kay
The iceberg for “Name a makeup or beauty brand”
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsMaybelline · L'Oréal · MAC
- Below the Surface45 answers · 25 ptsCovergirl · Lancôme · Avon …
- The Deep86 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss63 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 86 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W, Y and Z. The Abyss has 63 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 207 answers in total, 96 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “W7”. Longest: “Anastasia Beverly Hills”.
- S, C and M are the most common first letters; together they start 28% of the answers.
- 11 answers can be typed more than one way: “Wet 'n' Wild” counts as Wet n Wild.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (20). Run through it first.
- Skip Maybelline, L'Oréal and MAC; everybody says them.
- Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a makeup or beauty brand”?
- Most people start with Maybelline, L'Oréal, MAC, Revlon and Estée Lauder. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a makeup or beauty brand”?
- 207 in all: 12 on The Tip, 45 Below the Surface, 86 in The Deep, 63 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a makeup or beauty brand”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “W7” and the longest is “Anastasia Beverly Hills”.
- Is “Name a makeup or beauty brand” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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