Which sentence is more native ?
There are some sentences as below:
1. I'm doing a facial.
2. I'm using a facial.
3.I'm wearing a facial.
4. I'm dressing a facial.
Could you please tell me which one is more native ,do I have to change the facial to " facial mask " ?
Or is there any other option ?
Thank you so much
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Answers · 5
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Hi there,
There are two ways that this is referred to natively:
1. If someone else is doing it for you (like at a beauty therapy clinic):
"I'm getting a facial"
2. If you are doing it yourself:
"I'm giving myself a facial"
The closest of your options would be #2, "I'm using a facial" however it sounds incomplete. You might say "I'm using a facial mask", but you would more likely say "I'm applying a facial mask" in that scenario.
I hope this helps.
Thanks,
Neil
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I think that none of the options listed sound right in context; I've only ever heard people say "I'm getting a facial" or "I'm going to get a facial", which are more in line with either the present or future tenses respectively. It would be discussing the overall beauty care treatment that the hypothetical facial mask is providing (and so the word "mask" is unnecessary in this sentence).
If you're talking about just the mask itself, then saying either "I'm wearing a facial mask" or "I'm using a facial mask" would be applicable, as in this case the focus is on the action of using or wearing the mask (the sentence about "getting a facial mask" also works here).
Unfortunately, the first and last options that were listed would not make any sense in either scenario.
I hope this helps you.
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If you are going to a salon you might say ' I am having a facial done today ' or ' I am going for a facial '
When I do my own facials, I say ' I am doing a facial ' or ' I am giving myself a facial '
But I am not the language police, so perhaps someone else will give you a different answer
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