Surrey Homes | SH33 | July 2017 | Interiors supplement inside

UVB but firms and moisturises,
boosted by botanicals including
green tea and avocado.
StEP four: reach for an
SPF lip balm. You may notice
here that I’ve fast-forwarded
without talking about body
suncare. That’s because I think
it’s a matter of personal choice
whether you want to fry yourself
dark bronze (with all the sun
damage that goes along with that) – or do as I do and slowly
build a lovely golden glow from the shade of my umbrella. And
I’ve a hunch you’re going to go ahead and either buy an SPF10
or something way up in the SPF stratosphere – and not much
any expert is going to say will change your strategy. What I will
say is that there are some terrific sunscreens out there, in textures
that are more skin-compatible and pleasurable to use than ever;
ranges I like include Clarins, Clinique, Lancaster and (at the
affordable end) the Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration range.
But what you do need to pack (which you might not have
thought about) is that SPF lip tint – because the lips are supervulnerable
(it’s the way they’re angled to the sun), and through
a combo of sea breezes and salt can become incredibly dry.
I’m a massive fan of Lanolips Tinted Balm SPF30, £7.99 for
12.5g (the SPF30 version, as opposed to the widely available
SPF15, is at feelunique.com); it slicks lips with a sheen of sheer
colour – and my favourite shade is Rhubarb, which would
frankly flatter any complexion. Protection and glamour, in one.
StEP fiVE: stow your favourite, richest hair mask
or conditioner in your beach basket. Make a ritual of
slathering generously onto wet hair straight after a dip;
you can shower it out later, but the sooner you put back
what seawater and chlorine take out of hair, the better.
And honestly, this is all you need to think about. Anything
else you choose to do will be because it’s actually part of your
psychological preparation towards switching off. Yes, you’ll
want to get waxed, or at least shave your legs, depending on
how sprout-y your body hair is. By all means book yourself
a manicure and a pedicure: there’s something wonderfully
satisfying about lounging with a book and catching an
occasional glimpse of glossy red or mermaid-sparkly toenails.
But summer is short. Holidays
even shorter. So my advice
is to not to spend one more
minute than you really,
really have to on holiday
‘prepping’ – but to get out
there and make hay/whoopee/
cocktails, while (everything
crossed) the sun shines.
Check out Jo Fairley’s
website beautybible.com –
for all things healthy and
beautiful.
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