I love how interactive and supportive and empathetic and, well, scared you all were after reading my solarium post. Tugs my little heartstrings. Thank you.

Now. A few answers for some enquiring fruits:

1.Definitely use sunscreen every single day. UV rays are in fact exacerbated in winter, as they bounce off reflective surfaces like concrete, water, snow etc on up to  the clouds .. and then straight back down onto us. As I always say, buy only a 30 plus, broad spectrum sunscreen for your face. It goes on top of your skin care, and below your makeup. There are too many to list out there but one I will mention is one that doubles as a tinted moisturiser, and that’s Megan Gale’s invisible zinc, which now comes in a lighter shade as well as the original (more tanned) shade.

2. Why fake tan comes off in the sea is basically the same reason it comes off in the pool and shower:  your cells start to soak up the water, which dilutes the effect of the DHA on your skin, in turn fading it. Also, in a pool or spa situation, the chlorinated water can bleach the tan, so you may need to decline P.Diddy’s jacuzzi-and-Dom invite it if you want your skin to stay all lovely and tanned.

3. Do not use a face cream that has SPF in it at night – the zinc and titanium oxides etc are far too clogging. Night is when the skin needs to regnerate; placing barriers of chemicals will annoy and hinder it. Use a specialised night cream. Worth it.

4. Contrary to popular belief, mosquitoes in fact have 48 teeth, not 47.