[unpaid/ad/samples/affiliate] Despite the fact that I’ve seen some conversations on Twitter about how it feels inappropriate to blog about beauty at the moment, there’s more annoyance that ‘influencers’ aren’t addressing the topic and carrying on as though everything is normal. Nothing right now is normal – nothing at all – it’s a very worrying time for everyone, everywhere. So, my thought is to keep on carrying on to give daily updates on beauty related things while it’s still possible.
Although all industries are sorely affected, the beauty industry will be hit, and is being hit, exceptionally hard and by that I don’t mean we’ll all suffer from no new lipstick. Many of the bigger companies have closed with all office staff working from home and while they can weather it, smaller brands, agencies, freelancers and anyone who relies on social media to make their living is already feeling the immediate budget halts. Personally, I don’t expect to earn anything at all from on-line work for at least six months – or perhaps never – and that’s not something that everyone can manage. Nobody knows what’s on the other side of this crisis but I wanted to keep the routine of things going because routines, at least, have some sort of soothing properties and while we all have other priorities, brief distractions might be welcome.
LVMH has turned its production lines away from face cream and perfume and instead is focussing on producing sanitizers for hospitals and response resources in France. We do have several factories in the UK that could do the same on a somewhat smaller scale than the heft of LVMH – perhaps they will. Things change by the day – buying beauty product has never felt less relevant than right now – but what does feel useful and productive is to keep to a schedule that is familiar and grounding. So that’s where I’m at and I hope it suits everyone else 🙂 .
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Please carry on Jane! When I want to take a break from reading the news, I’ll read about lipglosses, etc! Yes, it’s not relevant to what’s going on, but sometimes, not relevant is what we need! I have just set up a community magazine because people in my community suburb of 450 families are getting really upset at the lack of certainty and are whipping each other up into a frenzy of panic….
Take care
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We definitely need your good cheer at the moment. Everything is so depressing and it’s lovely to read about the joy that is skincare and makeup. Take care, Jane.
I think it is important to carry on. It may feel wrong when you are talking about beauty against what is happening to everyone, but people are going to need to connect with something while they may be self isolating. And something that is their passion, ie beauty has to be a good thing.
I work as a freelancer in live sports media and have lost all of my work, but I still feel it is important for daily live tv to carry on, even if I don’t watch daytime telly normally, as it helps people feel connected and not so isolated.
So please carry on and know that people appreciate it, even if they can’t go out to a shop and buy it.
These are unprecedented times for the whole world. We need to have outlets to think about other things, it is vital for our mental health.
I feel for people so much, we need to help each other as much as we can.
I agree! Please do not stop BBB Jane. A little bit of lipstick etc via BBB goes a long, long way. I love to see what I should look out for after Lent (so far so good.. no new purchases). We will come out of this sooner or later. Best wishes to you Jane and BBB readers xxx
I love this attitude, Jane – we need something other than covid-19 to think about but I also agree that we need to address that this isn’t business as usual, like you have stated. I also am feel British manufacturers who can should be focusing on making surgical masks, sanitiser and whatever else they can for hospitals and medical staff all over Britain.
The rest of us just need to be sensible and hygienic – front line medical staff need those things, we just need to wash our hands and cover our mouths and noses when sneezing and coughing.
Thanks for staying with it, Jane. It’s in the smiling spirit of drawing a straight charcoal line up your legs in the absence of stockings, while the war rages around you. (And god forbid most influencers (no names, etc) will start pontificating about this virus!) Look after yourself, and keep the faith. xx
As Esther Rantzen said on the radio, please, BBC, give us some light amusement, ie PG Wodehouse, at the end of the day, and in the same vein (sort of) we certainly appreciate your continuing BBB!
Please carry on!
The news is all doom and gloom. We need both to have some light hearted relief and to see normal schedules in place. While for sure maybe it’s not the most important and vital do not underestimate the power of a face cream or a lipstick to lift our mood and encourage us to carry on.
Please do carry on! It’s a nice break from all the unpleasant news and events going on. If we’re all at home and have nothing and no one to connect to, we’re all going to lose our minds. Keeping up with your hobbies is a good thing, and especially when it’s online, it’s not harming anyone.
Please carry on, I begin to feel calmer when I’m reading your site. Also history teaches us that you must keep going. In WW II Churchill exempted lipstick from the ration to boost morale. Something fabulous to read about boosts morale.
Don’t worry – I’m on it!
Keep on keeping on – even in the bleakest times we need something light to distract us.
I couldn’t agree more with you and everyone else here Jane! I am sure most of us come here daily to get our fix and it’s indeed grounding and soothing to keep these routines up. In fact, whenever I have to travel overseas for work, your blog is still the last thing I read at night just like I do at home, it’s the soothing properties of having something familiar in a foreign hotel room, except now we are living in slightly foreign circumstances instead! Please keep it up, we appreciate you!
Yes please keep blogging, we all need a bit of distraction from the stress of what’s going on in the world right now, and there’s nothing like a bit of beauty news to make me happy. I did read about what LVMH is doing and love that they’re doing their bit.
Oh yes Jane, a bit of normality will be welcome, my birthday today all cancelled but still looking for a Chanel lipgloss for my 76yr old Mom for Mother’s Day , make up is not just how we appear to others but how it makes us feel to ourselves .
That’s such a shame – and honestly, I can’t think of a better Mother’s Day present than a Chanel gloss!
Please stay safe! Big hugs from Greece!
Thank you – you too 🙂
Please carry on Jane as the distraction from the wholesale changes to life are all the more welcome now. And while we are contained at home, a bit of beauty shopping and pampering will help us through the days and give a financial lifeline to many small businesses. Thank you!
Will do my very best 🙂