Putting on your face essential under code red rules
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This article was published 21/12/2020 (1896 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Nothing says essential like under-eye concealer, ruby red lipstick and a 12-pan eyeshadow palette.
Cosmetics were added Dec. 12 to the list of essential items allowed to be sold at local retailers, just in time for Christmas. Makeup-bag must-haves are now included with soap and skin-care products, hair-care products, dental-care products, eye-care products, deodorant, feminine-hygiene products, razors and shaving cream, brushes, combs, elastics, hair dye and nail polish.
That’s fantastic news for fans of beauty retailer Sephora, which opened its doors Friday to in-person shoppers at the Polo Park and St. Vital malls. The outlets had been closed to the public for weeks, filling online orders of items deemed essential and non-essential since Nov. 12 when the province moved to critical level (red) on its pandemic response system.
Customers were surprised to receive an invite inside the Polo Park story Monday. Most had either dropped by to pick up an online order or were just strolling by after picking up some essentials at other retailers in the mall.
But one woman carrying out her purchases in Sephora’s trademark black-and-white striped shopping bag admitted she was experiencing a minor crisis of conscience.
“I know I’m here buying things but I think it’s not essential,” said Kristen, who didn’t want her last name used. “There are other things we actually need. I can’t go in and buy sheets for a bed. You can’t buy a coffee maker, a blender. But makeup? Really?”
An email to the province requesting the rationale for listing cosmetics as an essential item was not returned.
Shoppers Drug Mart and Bath and Body Works have also been selling skin products and some cosmetics, however, retailer Lush is closed to in-person shopping, but is filling online orders.
Stores are prohibited from selling perfume, blow dryers, hair straighteners, curling irons and decorative hair accessories.
Charlene, who gave her first name only, dropped by Sephora to pick up an online order and was shocked to find the glass doors open.
“Skin-care products and moisturizers, yes, I think that’s essential. Makeup and stuff, probably not,” she said. “I think it’s all been very confusing for people, what we can and can’t buy. It’s frustrating, especially for people who don’t do a lot of online shopping.”
jason.bell@freepress.mb.ca
Twitter: @WFPJasonBell