Makeup for children isn’t harmful – but the assumptions adults make about it can be | Sali Hughes

A ‘back to school’ makeup workshop was ill-advised, but cosmetics can be a source of joy and creativity for children
John Lewis and Mac Cosmetics have come under fire for advertising a “back to school” makeup masterclass on Facebook, in which school-age pupils were promised tips on achieving good-looking skin, and eyebrows “on fleek”, at the Mac counter in John Lewis’s Bluewater branch. Both the brand, which asserts that staff were acting independently,