Wortschatz rund ums Schminken und Make-up

What does “sich zurechtmachen” mean in German?

“Ich habe mich gerade ein bisschen zurechtgemacht” — I just got myself done up. Sich zurechtmachen is the all-in-one verb for getting ready to be seen: makeup, hair, jewelry, the whole routine this clip then itemizes. The magic sits in zurecht-, a prefix meaning “into the right state”: machen alone is just “to make”; zurechtmachen is to make yourself right.

The zurecht- family is worth collecting: sich zurechtfinden (to find your way around a new city or app), zurechtkommen (to cope, to manage), sich etwas zurechtlegen (to lay something out ready — including an excuse). The clip supplies the beauty verbs to match: sich schminken, einen Lidstrich ziehen, Wimpern tuschen, Schmuck anlegen.