Make-up and chronic illness: it’s not vain to practice self-care

Make-up is, and probably always will be, a contentious topic. It can divide opinion between those who think ‘natural is best’ and so never pick up a lipstick, and those who feel a bit better — whether physically or emotionally — with a little cosmetic help.

The topic of make-up, it appears, is similarly contentious when it is thought about in relation to…