Packed with caffeine, argan oil, vitamin E and pure Arabica coffee, this face mask may control oil, cleanse pores, remove tan and nourish your skin. It may even moisturise, hydrate and exfoliate ...

Not quite. It was more than a century ago during the Manchurian plague, when masks were taking their place as the most visible tool of epidemic control. Then as now, geopolitics and distrust of ...