Why paint your lips in hiding, get a manicure after bad news, or buy your favorite cream when the lights are out? For many Ukrainians, taking care of yourself has become not just a habit, but a profound gesture of survival, a way to pull yourself together in a country where a major confrontation with Russia has been going on for three years.

LIGA.Life tells the stories of two artists — singer Igor Tselipa and singer and model Darina Ulyanovskaya — who do not devalue nursing during wartime, but on the contrary: they turn it into support, a ritual of strength and internal hygiene.

Igor Tselip — about manicure as an act of self-love

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