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There was an interesting article in the Sunday Times Style Magazine (13th august) about the advancement of semi permanent cosmetics, titled ‘Waking up perfect’. These longer lasting products, which include mascara and a terrifying sounding lip stain called ‘pink injection’ (see. www.beauty-bandits.com) have been billed as the dawn of stress free mornings for us beautiful things who, according to the New Woman survey, spend an average of 52 minutes per day putting on our makeup and then ‘refreshing’ as the day goes on, (81% of women in the UK wear makeup every day). However, the same article at cosmeticsdesign.com stresses that 71% of women actually find the whole making up process ‘mentally therapeutic and stress relieving’. This creates a dilemma; do I maintain my daily scraping and grouting routine for the good of my mental health, or do I give in to progress in an attempt to edge ever closer to the Stepford morning girl I always dreamed of being?

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