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INDIA KNIGHT | BEAUTY

India Knight on a miracle hand cream by Avène

It patches up parched hands, works on scars — and costs less than a tenner

The Sunday Times
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I know hand creams aren’t glamorous, but neither are unnecessarily withered hands, frankly, so here we are. Also, in my occasional role as Captain Vigilance, I am here to remind you that just because we are freer than we used to be — or at least that’s the plan at the time of writing — masks and hand sanitiser are still going to be a good idea for the foreseeable. This means that their cousin hand cream is never going to be far behind. By the way my current favourite sanitiser is Steril-eeze+, which is gentle but mighty, and which you can spray on everything from your hands to your mask to suspect surfaces such as supermarket trolleys. Don’t drop your guard: still use this