Get your game face on

If you find yourself reaching for the same beauty products again and again, ask yourself, have you forgotten the power of make-up to transform not just how you look, but how you feel?

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Relocating your eyebrows, mismatching your cheekbones – sometimes, we need reminding that make-up is the ultimate creative activity. ‘It can be about more than disguising our flaws or faking features we yearn for,’ says Maxine Leonard, make-up artist and creator of the looks you see here. ‘There is a functionality to make-up, but we rarely consider the benefits or what they represent,’ she explains. ‘Worn like emotional armour, it allows us to connect with people, while protecting our inner selves, as well as demonstrating that we have endless options and can change. The idea that beauty doesn’t matter is a myth.’ So which of the following eight looks fire your imagination to try something new?