Thanks to COVID-19, when it comes to getting their regular treatments and beauty fixes, people have found themselves stranded. In a bid to help their customers stay engaged throughout the lockdown, Bleach London is creating at-home hair parties to inspire creative quarantine looks.

Whether it's getting bangs after a breakup or going blonde to debut the 'new you', people have long changed up their hair to help them through trauma. In a similar way, isolated individuals are turning to DIY 'dos as a form of self-expression to cope with COVID-19-related angst and boredom.

Have indie brands killed off the beauty influencer? Are self-cleaning products the future? Has lockdown home-pampering shaped skincare routines for good? In this part of the 2021 Expert Outlook, we speak to three experts about how people are seeking new forms of comfort from their beauty routines.

Non-invasive surgical procedures have become popular due to their perceived lack of risk in comparison to surgery. However, going to unlicensed practitioners can be more dangerous than people think and studies show that many are largely unaware of the risks surrounding fillers.