Unlock Your Body Glow

As autumn air dries out and central heating clicks on, that last hint of a summer glow tends to flake off with it. Time to up your body game. Sure, we love a luxury treatment as much as the next beauty snob, but there’s a line we keep coming back to at Hood HQ for skin that stays silky, hydrated and healthy-looking all year round. Naturium’s quietly brilliant formulas slot into your routine for less than the price of a round of cocktails, and they’ve seen us through from the blazing July sun to the first crisp September breeze.

Ask any backstage make-up artist and they’ll murmur the same hero: Glow Getter (£22). The Whipped Multi-Oil Body Butter might look unassuming but behaves like a luxury treatment mask for everything below the neck. Shea butter, squalane and ten botanical oils melt on contact, sink in fast and leave behind a subtle, believable sheen that stands up to both humidity and air-con. Even Hailey Bieber claims to have gone through fifteen pots, a confession that promptly caused a sell-out stampede.

The true insider move? Pairing the butter with Urea 5% Body Serum (£24). Urea might sound clinical, but here it acts more like a gentle resurfacer. This featherlight lotion dissolves rough patches (goodbye, chicken skin on arms and thighs) while glycerin and panthenol drown thirsty zones in moisture. Use it at night, follow with Glow Getter the next morning, and you’ll glide into autumn with skin that behaves itself.

Even the body washes are quietly genius. The Booster Body Wash (£18) transforms into a milky lather packed with barrier-building lipids so post-summer skin feels cleansed but never stripped.

Prefer a subtle wake-up call? The Energizer (£19) version adds a faint citrus zing and a clever enzyme blend to cut through sweat and build-up. Both rinse quickly, ideal for gym showers and rushed weekday mornings.

Prices are refreshingly sensible (and correct at time of publication!), the bottles last for ages and nothing carries a heavy scent that’ll clash with your fragrance wardrobe. Add one product now. Thank yourself when sleeves get longer and legs vanish under tights.

Available at naturium.com, Space NK or Amazon