With preventative measures in place across the UK to try and curb the COVID:19 pandemic, British TV presenters have been left without the help of their glam squads.
TV stations have sent non-essential staff home, including hair and makeup teams, meaning some of our favourite hosts have been forced to embrace DIY looks.
And it’s come as quite a shock to some viewers, with ITV newsreader Mary Nightingale revealing on Twitter on Tuesday that fans were worried she was unwell after she did her own ‘TV make-up’.
Meanwhile, Alex Jones, who co-hosts the BBC’s The One Show, was among the TV presenters paying tribute to their loyal glam squads after being forced to do their own make-up.
She took to her Instagram stories this week to say: ‘We can’t have any make-up artists any more and it breaks my heart because after nearly a decade, our team of girls are very close friends and this is a game-changer for them financially.
The Welsh presenter, 43, added: ‘Plus I’m terrible at doing make-up but #thistooshallpass, we’ll be reunited soon and my face will be so grateful!’
Here, FEMAIL reveals the TV hosts braving the spotlight with their own make-up skills…
Holly Willoughby
With preventative measures in place across the UK to try and curb the COVID:19 pandemic, British TV presenters, including This Morning’s Holly Willoughby (pictured left, with the help of her make-up team earlier this year, and right, with her own DIY look) have been left without the help of their glam squads
Louise Minchin
TV stations have sent non-essential staff home amid the coronavirus crisis, including hair and makeup teams, meaning some of our favourite hosts have been forced to embrace DIY looks, including Louise Minchin (seen left with a professional make-up look, and right, with her own)
The BBC Breakfast presenter posted a tweet apologising to her viewers about her make-up ‘no longer being what it used to be’
Kate Garraway
While Good Morning Britain’s Kate Garraway (pictured left on March 6 2020) did her own make-up today (pictured right), she admitted that she had concerns over an eye infection and so wore her glasses today
Taking precautions! In accordance with social distancing rules Kate had done her own make up and hair today and posted this picture on her Instagram to prove it
PIERS MORGAN
Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan (pictured left, earlier this year) was forced to apply his own make-up on Wednesday’s show. The 54-year-old slipped on a leopard print robe as he shared a picture of the moment on Instagram ahead of the show (pictured right)
Ranvir Singh
Ranvir Singh (pictured left on March 4, 2020) presented Good Morning Britain yesterday (pictured right) and there were no make-up or hair teams available
Dan Walker
Dan Walker (pictured left, late last year) took to Twitter this week to share his struggle with doing his own make-up, posting a snap of him applying concealer (pictured right)
Phillip Schofield
Phillip Schofield (pictured left with the help of a make-up team and pictured right, this week) took to his Instagram stories on Monday to explain that he had ‘no glam squad now, I’ve just made myself up’
Alex Jones
Alex Jones (pictured left on March 17, 2020, and right, this week), who co-hosts the BBC’s The One Show, was among the TV presenters paying tribute to their loyal glam squads after being forced to do their own make-up
Alex took to her Instagram stories (pictured) this week to say: ‘I’m terrible at doing make-up but #thistooshallpass, we’ll be reunited soon and my face will be so grateful!’
Mary Nightingale
ITV newsreader Mary Nightingale (pictured left, last month, and right, yesterday) revealed on Twitter on Tuesday that fans were worried she was unwell after she did her own ‘TV make-up’
Mary took to Twitter to explain that she was doing her make-up herself to follow the social distancing rules put forward by the UK government
Ben Shephard
Ben Shephard (pictured earlier this year, left) appeared on Good Morning Britain today (pictured right) without the help of his make-up and hair team
Sophie Raworth
BBC newsreader Sophie Raworth (pictured left in February, and right, yesterday) responded to Mary Nightingale’s tweet and said applying her own makeup was also a ‘steep learning curve’ for her