Annabel Rivkin on the pre-fake tan scrub she swears by

Next week, I’ll tell you about a new range of fake tan that may well change your life, because it is so clever that it actually makes you not just more tanned, but prettier, too. But next week is next week. This week we are preparing for next week by talking about the sexiness that is... exfoliation. Because your fake tan doesn’t stand a hope in hell of looking smooth and radiant unless the canvas is hospitable. Dry patches and dead skin will result in blotches and splodges and all manner of let-downs.

Now, there are any number of excellent chemical and plant-based exfoliants that reveal what lies beneath through powerfully active ingredients. But there is a time to put those aside and head, instead, for a little old-fashioned light abrasion.