Back in March, when Boris Johnson revealed the roadmap out of lockdown, John Lewis reported an immediate uplift in sales of make-up . Then, when high street stores reopened on 17 May, the retailer reported another uplift in sales of lipgloss which were up 145 per cent and sales of lip liner up 129 per cent versus this time last year.
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