Extraterrestrial hugging extraterrestrial to make-up? (8)
I believe the answer is:
cosmetic
'to make-up?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'extraterrestrial hugging extraterrestrial' is the wordplay.
'extraterrestrial' becomes 'et' (I've seen this in other clues).
'hugging' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are hugged).
'extraterrestrial' becomes 'cosmic' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'et' placed within 'cosmic' is 'COSMETIC'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cosmetic that I've seen before include "Facial preparation" , "Superficial - lipstick, say" , "Facial application" , "Used to beautify face etc." , "Beauty preparation" .)