Makeup tutorials aim to give cancer patients a boost in pandemic

Bev Francis-Green holds a lamb in Carlisle, Britain in April, 2020. Bev Francis-Green/Handout via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - Surrounded by lipstick and eye-shadow, Aisha Quashie brushes her cheek with foundation as she mirrors makeup artist Laura Hunt thousands of miles away in London.

The 39-year-old, who finished treatment for lymphoma in March, is doing a private online makeup tutorial while shielding at her Mississauga, Ontario home during the COVID-19 pandemic.