If only we could spend every afternoon in Primrose Hill's quirky beauty destination Lost in Beauty (owned by make-up artist and beauty addict Georgie Hamed), surrounded by cult global beauty brands and deciding which treatment to have next... Back to the job in hand, our mission was to discover Shu Uemura art of hair's new launch; Shusu Sleek (named after the shusu silk used in the emperor's kimono), a new range of shampoo and conditioner for unruly hair.

The name is a mouthful, but after a few days of using L’Oréal’s new Sublime Bronze ProPerfect Salon Airbrush Self-Tanning Mist, you’ll be hanging on every word.

I must admit that self-tanner is one beauty arena I’ve been hesitant to explore, let alone fully embrace. Despite its obvious health merits, my few experiments with it have always left a bad taste in my mouth. The stickiness and stinkiness have simply never seemed worth the fleeting results. And let’s not even get into the panic that sets in while trying to achieve an even application.

So, during a Vogue accessories shoot, I was pleasantly surprised to hear from none other than L’Oréal ambassador Doutzen Kroes that she swears by their Sublime Bronze range. Fast-forward to a CVS store later that weekend, and Doutzen’s sun-kissed likeness staring at me from an in-store billboard. How could I resist that kind of endorsement? The blow-horn-like nozzle of the ProPerfect Airbrush bottle seemed terrifyingly intense, but convincingly innovative.