“I’ve always had dry skin – I mean, a lot of us have dry skin – and I remember when I was in high school, I would use Vaseline,” says Ross. “I would cover my hands in Vaseline and sometimes when I felt like my legs were really dry, I would take a shower and cover my body in [it] and put on some sweatpants.”

“I don’t use Vaseline anymore but I use a salve. I use Bag Balm and I also have used Egyptian Magic.” To replenish dry hands, Ross covers her hands in Bag Balm and then covers them in a pair of white socks. Laughing, she adds, “C’mon old high school tricks, come back to help us.”

Unfortunately, Bag Balm, a multipurpose and intensely moisturising skin solution, is currently sold out – however, Ross’s alternative, Egyptian Magic (a cult skin balm), is still available, and it’s a product that senior beauty writer Hanna Ibraheem swears by, too.

Tracee Ellis Ross shares her old-school remedy for rehydrating dry, over-washed hands