If you try one product this week, make it this 25-year-old exfoliator that still gives unbeatable glow

An image of alpha h liquid gold exfoliator on a shelf next to a shaving brush, beside an image of beauty editor Fiona McKim.

I turn 40 this month, so consider this your warning that I'll be writing about that a lot. In a good way! Truly, I'm happy and grateful to enter this new decade.

And despite a longstanding aversion to being the centre of attention (close friends, lower your eyebrows please), I've decided a proper knees-up is required. So, a few weeks ahead of my birthday bash, I'm paying very close attention to my skincare routine.