Most British summers, even with an SPF50, our complexions will pick up a little incidental colour as we garden and stroll and lunch outdoors. (Because it’s all still happening outside, no?)

Not. This. Year.

So this couldn’t have landed on our desks at a better time. You add a couple of drops of the luscious natural serum to your moisturiser or morning SPF, massage thoroughly into the face and neck (remember to go all the way to the hairline and bra-line), and within four hours or so, you’re subtly gilded. (We recommend starting with a couple of drops, while you gauge the results.) It’s a non-drying, skin-friendly formula infused with green tea and seaweed.

The skin-compatible sugars react with the skin’s own natural amino acids, resulting in a very natural-looking glow (making this ideal for self-tan-o-phobes). A couple of days later, we do it all over again. There. You’d never know we’d had the cloudiest summer in living memory.

And if you brave ‘everything’ to get abroad? Green People Age Defy+ Liquid Gold Tanning Drops are a truly goof-proof way to maintain your sun-kissed glow, over the coming weeks - not just on your face, but this can be added to any body lotion, too, for top-to-toe cheating.

£35 for 30ml – buy here

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