Gatineau's tan serum is so hydrating I can use it as my main skincare - and it's so natural on pale skin

Beauty editor Fiona McKim pictured with tanned skin outdoors, beside an image of gatineau gradual tan on a marble worktop.

My brilliant first beauty director, Jo GB, taught me so many important lessons about writing, but one that's stuck with me is that "talking about the weather means you have nothing more interesting to say."

So I'm trying to resist kicking off every piece I write by stating the obvious re: sun. But it's getting harder as this mostly pleasingly (albeit worrying on a deeper level) hot and dry summer marches on.