Few things make me feel quite so groomed as when I have a brilliant nude nail polish on. It makes my hands look elegant and long, especially if the shade almost matches my skin-tone. Deborah Lippmann’s ‘Fashion’ is almost an exact match – it’s lighter than it looks in the bottle and has just the right undertones so that my skin around the nails doesn’t look too pale or too ruddy. I need a couple of coats to get a good finish, but I find that it applies and dries really well, so it’s no bother. I have taken to doing my nails when I’m at work on the computer (ie, 22 hours a day!) because I can type flat-handed and let the nails dry nice and slowly! ‘Fashion’ stayed on my fingers for a good week – if you want to try and spot it, I’m wearing it in the June Beauty Round-Up video!

‘Fashion’ by Deborah Lippmann, £14 from House of Fraser here: http://tidd.ly/4828ce5c