Forget eyeshadows or blushes, candy has become the must-have makeup essential

Candy has become a staple of TikTok users' makeup routines. Photo: AFP

Countless beauty tips have gone viral on the Chinese social network TikTok. But while some of them are as credible as they are effective, others can be more amusing, if not to say completely off the wall.

Such is the case of the "makeup candy hack", which is not exactly new, but which has been making a comeback in recent weeks.