How does Joan keep her glow at 85? £3 fake tan

AT 85, she still shows off a sunkissed glow. But Dame Joan Bakewell has revealed her tan comes straight from a bottle.

The veteran broadcaster told how she wears make-up every day because vanity ‘hasn’t vanished with age’. Her secret weapon, however, is a tanning lotion, which can cost as little as £3.8 .

‘When it comes to fake tan, I’m wary of coming out all blotchy, but Dove Summer Glow works for me,’ she told the Sunday Times Style magazine. She said she uses foundation, powder,

‘the very slightest wisp of blusher’, no eyeshadow and mascara on her top lashes only. She also exercises regularly, with pilates a favourite. ‘Women’s self- criticism doesn’t decline with age, so that midriff bulge has to be tackled,’ she said. The...