You Beauty! Kiko Divine Tone Moisturizing Serum - review

Autumn is the best time for skin. The mellow summer months have done their righteous work, any tanning has faded to an air of good health, and this combined with a little bite in the air, produces a contented complexion. One needs that support — as the air turns arctic and central heating ramps up — but not too much coverage.

Kiko Divine Tone Moisturizing Serum is the lightest and most fluid kind of tinted moisturiser. Hydrating and protecting, it veils the skin in silk.

I have taken to slapping it on then adding MAC Studio Face and Body Foundation to add coverage muscle down the gnarly old T-zone — that’s the shiny, dodgy bit with the redness around the nose and the strange bumpiness that randomly arises on the chin. Use foundation like concealer — only where you need it. It’s not a base coat. Your face is not a wall that needs painting.

Because what you want to avoid — whether you are 16 or 123 — is the death mask. The flat-faced pancake smeared visage that erases the personality of your face and, however perfect it looks in the bathroom mirror, reads as gauche and even a little bit mad.