A Ginger's Guide to Summer - Step 3

You're sun safe, you're looking good, so now it's time to get outside! With hundreds of events taking place up and down the country this Summer, you'll be spoilt for choice. Here are just a few highlights.

A Ginger's Guide to Summer - Step 2

Right, your sun protection's sorted so Step 2 is all about lookin' goooood! Redhead beauty is difficult enough at the best of times, but it's nigh on impossible to find pale make-up shades that will withstand Summer temperatures. My May to September beauty palette is constantly changing but here's a round-up of my current favourites.

A Ginger's Guide to Summer - Step 1

'Tis officially the first day of Summer! Rejoice Britain, for the season of hibernation, windswept commutes and damp weekends is over ... for a little while at least. The country is in the midst of a heatwave and though the sunshine is being savoured by the masses, there are some who can't help but crave the shade - we are the gingers of this great land - your melanin-deprived cousins and for us, the sun is a tempting but ultimately dangerous mistress. This year though, I'm determined not to let Summer get the better of me. I will not wilt, I will not complain, I will venture outdoors to soak up the vitamins and up my endorphin levels. Here's how I plan to do it ...