beauty
How to ease yourself back into make-up
Dust off your brushes, 2021’s beauty innovations are the ideal way to reacquaint yourself with your long-abandoned make-up bag
WORDS: SHANNON PETER
Remember make-up? Ah, the hours we’d spend rummaging around in that grubby, misshapen pouch, hunting for the perfect tube, pot, pencil or wand for the job at hand. So habitual that pencilling in sparse eyebrows felt like second nature, the exact stroke required to buff cheeks in powder blusher was practically hard-wired into our psyche, and we could apply liquid lipstick with our eyes shut. But then Covid hit, and alongside our new wardrobe of sweatpants and slippers even just a slick of mascara felt too laborious – and nationwide, once-loved make-up bags were left to gather dust. But 2021…
