Cold sores, ingrown hairs, bumpy skin and hay fever eyes. Our beauty expert reveals how to tackle summer's unsightly problems no one talks about Expert Hannah Betts reveals her remedies for common beauty complaints READ MORE: Trust me, I'm a beauty expert, you only need these three products. Here's my anti-ageing routine for over 50s.
.. By Hannah Betts For The Daily Mail Published: 20:02, 21 July 2024 | Updated: 20:09, 21 July 2024 e-mail View comments Summer is supposed to feel sexy: all bare skin, tousled hair and sensuous insouciance.
It is an irony that to get to this place can take resolutely unsexy graft. This is the case at any age: witness TikTok ’s obsession with the hashtag #unsexybeauty, in which twentysomethings thrill to the benefits of, say, Vaseline as a cure-all. However, it is never more apparent than in midlife, when a few days without upkeep can mean feet that are hoof-like, or exhausted-looking weepy eyes.
Here’s how to tackle summer’s unsightliest beauty horrors...
Lip lurgies I suffer from angular cheilitis when run-down: those painful, inflamed cracks at the corners of the mouth that are a complete b*gger to get rid of. First off, check that you’re getting enough vitamin B2 and iron. Second, stop licking your lips — it only dries the skin more.
Third, I apply a single, tiny amount of an anti-bacterial substance such as tea tree or lavender oil to the areas, then baste my lips in Blistex MedPlus (£2.69, superdrug.com), deploying lavishly there.