hostile and incredibly uncomfortable environment masks create for your skin, the marks they imprint on a carefully made-up face and the fact that they can quickly dispel all your efforts as soon as you put one on, meant face masks rendered make-up a little pointless for me.
And then, there's also the fact that no one can really see your face.But there was also something else at play. The turbulent climate Covid-19 has thrown us into has made us seek out solace and comfort in whatever we can.
Easing and relaxing my attitude towards make-up gave me a sense of control in a wholly uncontrollable time, and fixating on taking care of the skin sitting beneath my make-up helped me to find a better sense of myself, as well as some much.
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