PRODUCT WATCH: Mood-boosting buys from September’s launches

Beauty should make you look and feel good. Rachel Marie Walsh picks mood-boosting buys from September’s launches

Beauty bits and pieces are uplifting things for a female: vehicles of expression, warmth and self-assertion.

I tried to defend this during an argument recently, how it starts very early — painting hearts on your nails before school to contrast something that’s only you with the uniform — and then evolves into a mix that distinguishes who you feel you are that day and, eventually, who you are most days (a ‘signature’ look).