Lipstick sales expected to rise due to mask requirements being lifted for fully vaccinated
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Updated: 6:03 PM EDT May 14, 2021
Lipstick sales expected to rise due to mask requirements being lifted for fully vaccinated
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Updated: 6:03 PM EDT May 14, 2021
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-- MEREDITH: NEW AT 4:00, PUCKER UP. THE MASKS ARE COMING OFF, AND LIPSTICK IS BACK. STEWART: SINCE THE CDC CHANGED MASK GUIDELINES FOR THOSE FULLY VACCINATED, BEAUTY COMPANIES ARE EXPECTING LIPSTICK SALES TO SKYROCKET. MEREDITH: WESH 2’S MICHELLE MEREDITH SHOWS US HOW SOME WOMEN ARE HOPING TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME. MICHELLE: ONE THING THAT BECAME CLEAR DURING THE PANDEMIC IS WE FIGURED OUT PRETTY QUICKLY WHEN YOU WEAR A MASK YOU DON’T WANT TO OR YOU DON’T HAVE TO WEAR LIPSTICK. BECAUSE THIS IS THE KIND OF GROSSNESS YOU GET WHEN YOU DO. THE SMUDGED FACE MAKEUP IS A BONUS. WELL, NOW THAT THE CDC HAS SAID NO MASKS IN MOST CASES IF YOU ARE VACCINATED, WELL, THERE COULD BE A RUN ON LIPSTICK. WHAT DO FOLKS THINK? IT’S A VARIED AS LIPSTICK SHADES. YOU HAVE TO DIG IT OUT, HUH? >> IT’S SOMEWHERE IN HERE. MICHELLE: MARLOWE MARION HASN’T WORN IT IN SO LONG AT FIRST SHE COULDN’T FIND HER TUBE. AND WITH MISSION ACCOMPISHED DECLARED WITH HER NEW MASK FREE LIFE SHE NEEDS NEW LIPSTICK. YOU HAVE TO GO GET SOME LIPSTICK? >> DEFINITELY. IT’S ON MY LIST TO GO SHOPPING TODAY. MICHELLE? : SERIOUSLY. >> SERIOUSLY. MICHELLE: HER FRIEND ANNE TOOK THE FRESH APPROACH. >> YOU WOULD PUT MAKEUP ON AND IT WOULD BE ON YOUR MASK SO I KIND OF GOT TO THE POINT THAT YOU JUST DIDN’T BOTHER. SHE’S LIKE HOW CAN YOU PUT THAT ON WITHOUT A MIRROR AND I SAID BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE MY LIPS ARE? MICHELLE: ANNE GRADY CONFESSED SHE WORE LIPSTICK UNDER HER MASK, THE WHOLE TIME, EVEN IF IT WAS A MUSS SHE LIKED THE FUSS >> I KNEW I HAVE LUSCIOUS LIPS AND BESIDES AS I HAVE TOLD YOU I LOOK LIKE A CORPSE WITHOUT MY LIPSTICK. MICHELLE: AND FINALLY, SHARON MITCHELL SAYS SHE AND HER LIPS ARE BACK. DURING THIS WHOLE PANDEMIC DID YOU MISS NOT WEARING LIPSTIC >> YES, BECAUSE IT’S ME. I REALLY MISSED WEARING MY LIPSTICK. MICHELLE: SO HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU, KID. >> PUT ON THAT LIPSTICK. WATCH ME WORK. MICHELLE: KISS TO THE CAMERA. YES I’M READY FOR MY CLOSE UP . MICHELLE MEREDITH, WESH TERMS -- WESH 2 NEWS. STEWART: MICHELLE CONFESSES THAT SHE HAD A BUY A NEW TUBE OF LIPSTICK TO DO THIS STORY. MEREDITH: I GET IT. IT FEELS GOOD. IT’S GOOD TO GET SOME PEP IN YOUR STEP. STEWART: IT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I DID NOT THIN