
19 Jul
My relationship with body moisturiser is not like everyone else’s. While I baste myself like a turkey after every shower, I know the majority of regular skinned women actively avoid daily body moisturising. You tell me it’s too much faff to do all that rubbing, that you don’t have time, you want to get dressed straight away, without having to wait for creams to sink in and the grease to subside. I’m told the warm weather makes your skin feel...
14 May
Professional paleface Sali Hughes takes the expressway to a golden complexion, and finds herself seriously impressed It’s a well documented fact that tanning is not really my bag. I have been white-on-the-verge-of-blue for my entire life, and I’m used to it. When it’s time to get bare-legged, I bronze with wash-off tans, but leave the rest of my body mostly untouched because, well, I can’t really be bothered with the faff of scrubs, creams, lotions, gels, stained towels and...
30 Apr
Olay asked me to try their new Skin Advisor app (available on their website here via mobile or tablet), designed to de-jargon skin type diagnosis and simplify your skincare regime. And being a sucker for sexy new technology, I immediately downloaded for a play. Using a makeup free selfie (no cheating) to identify areas of possible ageing concern (discolouration or wrinkles, for example), as well as areas where skin is ageing well, Skin Advisor mimics how the human brain works...