Is Erin O'Connor Hard up for Cash? Beaut.ie Wonders as She Launches Fairy Clean & Care with a touch of Olay

You'll never convince me that hands that do dishes can be soft as your face, unless that face belongs to Peig Sayers, and then yes, yes indeed I'll believe you.

So a straggly brow was raised in Beaut.ie HQ yesterday when we received an email trumpeting the sudsy launch of Fairy Clean & Care with a touch of Olay softness. Launched by er, Erin O'Connor.  According to 100% factual source Wikipedia, in 2007 The Sunday Times considered her to be the 39th richest person under 30 in the UK, with an estimated wealth of £12 million quid. And now she's doing washing up promos.

Oh well, I guess times are hard for us all, eh?

So, the Fairy shenanigans: they've whipped a bit of Olay active PQ10 into the grease-bustin' mix to help leave hands smoother post-pan scrubbing.  It's also used in other Olay products like cleansers and its body and face washes, and you'll now find it included in the Aloe & Cucumber, Silk and Orchid, Almond and Peach and Mandarin Fairy flavours.

Now, I would be of the opinion that if you wash up regularly and care about your paws you'll be a firm fan of the wonderous invention that is the rubber glove - I know I am - so it really doesn't matter to me what's in washing up liquid cos that stuff's not touching my skin.

What do you lot reckon, though: Will Olay's touch of softness be enough to compensate for the surfactant-packed potion that Fairy needs to be in order to clean dirty dishes effectively? Or do you perhaps you think this is a fab idea altogether and the PQ10 will help cancel out the skin-drying that Fairy causes precisely because it's so good at getting rid of grease?  Let us know in the comments.