Going to Superdrug and buying a lipstick ..aibu?non essential ?

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I have to collect a prescription from Superdrug today.
My lipstick has ran out (I know first world problems )
Would I be unreasonable to grab one whilst in Superdrug collecting prescription.
I don't want anyone to think I'm not taking this lockdown seriously and being a idiot buying lipstick when it's not essential.
I have anxiety so worry about stupid things.
What would you do ?

MN becomes more bananas by the minute.

The best thing, by far, is to come off MN and make your own common sense decisions.

Nobody will die if you buy a lipstick while picking up a prescription.

Oh yes, lipstick is up there with paracetemol and hand sanitiser in terms of essentials

There are people still going to work so need the makeup. (In some professions it would be considered unprofessional not to wear any makeup)

The primary goal of the trip is the prescription which is an essential. The lipstick happens to be in the same shop.

Post eleventy-million-and-one on 'essential' shopping. Seriously, why do you bother? This lot are in a permanent state of frothing frenzy. Nothing you can say or do will add to it.

Yes buy it. If you are there anyway.

I would if I was in there anyway.

Just to warn you though, I went to collect an order and they weren’t really letting people in. I had to wait outside for it, along with other people collecting prescriptions / orders. The door was being locked each time they dealt with a request.

I was there the other day and you could walk around the aisle in a sensible fashion. Very helpful staff.

You’re there anyway so no increased risk. It’s like going to Tesco for your food and buying a lippy or a bottle of wine with your shopping.

I need to get prescriptions shortly and had planned on getting touletries at the same time as we are nearly out of some items and the local shops where we are buying food don't have what we want. Fingers crossed

I find it interesting everyone always refers to as bread and milk as the only 'true' essentials, personally I don't / can't eat either. Neither are actually essential. No one thing is. Food is essential and we are not on rations yet, thankfully, so we can still chose what we eat. I'm being very cautious myself (over two weeks since I've left the house now) but really can't get worked up about what people buy as long as they are minimising their trips and going out for good reason in the first place. All these people who seem to desperately need a pint of milk from the corner shop every second day because it's 'essential' are contributing much more to shop traffic than someone buying a lipstick while picking up a prescription.

Hand sanitizer isnt essential for people who arent working in hospitals. Soap and water is.

Just buy it

The best thing, by far, is to come off MN and make your own common sense decisions

Oh, and this lol
I think common sense went out of the window for many people long ago though

Hand sanitizer isnt essential for people who arent working in hospitals. Soap and water is.

How about for people working with no access to soap and water?

In some professions it would be considered unprofessional not to wear any makeup

Unless the profession is circus clown what a great time to challenge that outdated misogynistic view and wear no make up

It comes down to what the shop thinks is appropriate to sell. If they're selling lipsticks, you can buy a lipstick.

In some professions it would be considered unprofessional not to wear any makeup

Is it now? In many workplaces, at least half the people working there, often more, never wear make up and no-one ever thinks it's unprofessional, so that's no reason to consider a lipstick 'essential'.

However, if the OP wants one, I don't see a problem in buying one, if they're for sale in the shop - many places have closed cosmetics aisles/counters due to cross contamination of testers and browsing.

that is one of my favourite accounts of liberation. It illustrates so well the simple ways in which ‘non-essentials’ absolutely are essential to humanity and can be instrumental in holding on to one’s humanity and in affording it to others.

Absolutely!

People are (rightly) worrying about the effect lockdown may have on mental health. To my mind, this is similar.

I'm not a great make-up wearer myself, but I know that there are many for whom their make-up is "them". We aren't all like the TV detective 'Vera' ("I'm not defined by me lipstick") - some people feel vulnerable without it. And whether that makes them shallow or not isn't for us to say. We all have our foibles, and things that act as a "comfort blanket" for us in times of stress - I like a book, or some knitting. I carry that book/knitting with me all day . . . I'm very much like a child with a teddy, really.

OP likes a lipstick. Nothing wrong with that. It's the small, simple pleasures which make life worth living and lift it from the realm of existing.

Our local boots won’t let you in the door, you can only go to the pharmacy hatch, they have a sign saying essentials only - personal hygiene items and prescriptions. So it may depend on the shop whether they’ll let you buy lipstick. No harm in asking though.

Only on Mumsnet could this become any kind of debate about the outdatedness of a profession that requires women to wear make-up.

I have never owned a single item of make-up, but if the OP wants to stick a lipstick in her basket with a prescription, then good for her.

Life is rubbish enough at the moment without unknown people on the internet trying to make it even worse.

Everyone needs to keep a sense of proportion and make their own reasonable decisions.

The thing is, as others have pointed out a lot of pharmacies are now only open to dispense medication. Literally a change in policy today here as I collected medication and purchased pads yesterday without problem. Not allowed today.

By all means the op can ask when they go in but they need to be prepared for the answer being no.

@Zaphodsotherhead Please can you run for Prime Minister? Because your straightforward explanation should repeated multiple times daily everywhere to drill some common sense into people

Can someone point me in the direction of Boots policy? There’s nothing about it on their website

@Becca19962014 are you saying that you can no longer get pads or tampons from some pharmacies now? Surely they are essential.

I need to collect a prescription tomorrow so was going to get some also. If not available I'll have to go to a second shop, which doesn't make sense

Some of you need to look at twitter and the awful way the staff have been treated.

It’s appalling.

OP you seem perfectly sensible.
In these situations I'd do what you think best but not offer yourself up as rage fodder on Mumsnet.