Writing my last skincare post, the one where I talk about trying to find an SPF that my Mum will wear, reminded me that I had, in fact, made rather a nice discovery when I was at her house the other weekend. I was rootling about in her bedside drawers, as you do (does anyone else automatically revert to being a child as soon as they set foot in their parents’ house"), and I came across a little pot of moisturiser by Perricone MD. Not just any moisturiser, it turned out, but one with a “face finishing” tint to it.
I had merely been looking for a face cream, because I had accidentally cleansed my face with a heavy duty gardeners’ hand-wash and it was dry as a bone (seriously need to get my eyes tested; I thought it was some sort of funky organic cleanser); but as soon as I started massaging the Perricone MD over my skin, a gorgeous bronzey glow began to spread over my face and I looked suddenly quite healthy. Despite not having had more than a few hours’ sleep for three nights on the trot and living on fish and chips, cake, Coca Cola and cheddar cheese, my face had the look of someone who perhaps juiced, or jogged, or owned their own yoga mat and didn’t use it to insulate the bottom of the dog bed. It was a really pleasant surprise.
Now look; I’m no stranger to these moisturiser/tint hybrids. Estée Lauder’s Sheer Tint, Origins and their Ginzing, both are excellent and give a warm glow on top of some pretty lovely skin-p...