Sali Hughes on beauty: the hero products that kept me cool in the long hot summer of 2026

From face tints and self-tan to summer scents, these lightweight buys saw me through multiple heatwaves You’ll normally find me looking back on my favourite products of the past 12 months at year’s end.

But this summer has been so freakishly hot and sweaty it has required its own toolkit and, by extension, its own list of exceptionally well-performing products that deserve rapturous…