Does Morn Have Makeup Or Is It A Mask

After Kim Se-han, 30, a inquiry scientist at a dairy company, was notified last month to wear a confront mask in the office to prevent spread of the novel coronavirus, she started to feel a sense of freedom from a troublesome routine: wearing makeup every day.

"I used to experience pressure every morning to wear makeup, but now my colleagues and I do not put much makeup on as nosotros started to wear masks at work," Kim said. "This is really comfortable because I practise not have to intendance near how I would look without makeup and it saves time in the morning time."

The COVID-19 outbreak is being taken very seriously in Korea, where, equally of Wednesday afternoon there were 51 confirmed cases. Many people wear masks to go out every twenty-four hour period, and the facial barriers are coming hard to come by, with some online retailers running out of stock.

As the coronavirus outbreak has forced people to wear face masks, many take opted to get makeup-free in the world'due south 6th-largest cosmetics market.
"I used to wear lipstick almost every twenty-four hour period, which I got used to, but I don't have to wear it now because the face mask covers well-nigh of my face up anyway," said Yoo A-mi, a 32-twelvemonth-old robotics researcher in Gwangju.

"Actually it is very comfortable. … I do non have to ready the lipstick throughout the day."

Sales at cosmetic brands have declined around l to seventy percent compared to last month, Cho Young-mi, cosmetics brand RMP's sales managing director, told The Korea Herald.

"Information technology seems the novel coronavirus hit the cosmetics industry, as many people take stopped visiting cosmetics stores," Cho said. "Nosotros canceled makeup services because customers were reluctant to have off their masks for services and even section stores recommend canceling makeup services."

Some doctors practise not recommend wearing a face mask over makeup because it could crusade a chemical reaction.

"People visit clinics for pare troubles later on wearing a mask over makeup. They are allergic to some types of face masks, so it is of import to observe masks that do not cause an allergic reaction," said Joo Ki-yun, a dermatologist at Vitamin Clinic.

Some endeavour something different, bold makeup

Many people, however, nonetheless pursue total makeup, whether for personal satisfaction or feeling it necessary to accept a "finished" look at work, despite the discomfort of wearing makeup under a mask.

A mail on an online community site of mothers in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, asked, "How do you all habiliment makeup these days when you have to? Wearing a mask is suffocating and smears makeup. This is really stressful."

Experts advise applying a sparse layer of foundation, patting it on with a makeup sponge to help the product sink in, and to emphasize the eyes.

"While applying light skin makeup, I would recommend volumizing eyelashes every bit much as possible using mascara and an eyelash curler," Cho at RMP said. For a more dramatic look, apply a color of mascara over a coat of black mascara, she recommended.

Oh Dae-sik, a professor of beauty and health care at Daejeon University and a former chief makeup creative person at Chanel, demonstrates makeup for face masks. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald)

Oh Dae-sik, a professor of dazzler and health care at Daejeon University and a former chief makeup artist at Chanel in Korea, said wearing a face up mask is, ironically, an opportune time to change your makeup style -- peculiarly eye makeup.

"Many people are stuck with the same makeup way, self-witting about how they would await to others. Many Koreans merely focus on skin makeup to look dandy and tend to exist agape of applying colors on their confront," Oh said. "When it comes to makeup, you should dare to alter the style. One time yous make a change, so that style volition exist yours."

"The face mask will hide who you are anyway," Oh said. "So why not try a new style?"