cake makeup

noun

1. face makeup in the form of a cake, usually applied with a damp sponge.

Example Sentences

And so into the oval office one day recently strutted a dapper dandy in brownish-grey toupee, cake makeup, Kings Man cologne, suede-and-'gator shoes, jeweled cuff links in the shape of a Jewish Torah, and a wristwatch with the letters of his name in place of the numerals.

From Time Magazine Archive

His coarse voice trailed off as he peeled a long strip of cake makeup off his satiny green face.

From Project Gutenberg