Once upon a time, not so very long ago, £8 felt like a not-terrible sum of money: a tasty starter in the pub perhaps, a lovely new book, a pair of good quality tights. Today it’s the price of a sad supermarket sandwich lunch, a decent coffee in W1, or a monthly streaming subscription that - alas - you forgot to cancel. It’s not taken long for inflation to turn what were once small indulgences into little more than loose change.
Which is why you should run, not walk to get at least one of the new, Limited Edition hand creams created by Jo Malone CBE with Zara as part of a one-off Mother’s Day collaboration. Coming in at a very affordable £7.99 (the Pomelo hand cream belonging to Jo’s own brand Jo Loves retails at £30), this lot are well worth grabbing before they go.
Housed in pretty 50ml tubes that will fit merrily into your bag or pocket, and with a silk-soft, nourishing formula guaranteed to save your hands and nails from this week’s cold snap, these cute creams come in three fragrances, Energetically New York, a grown-up blend of cardamom, jasmine and sandalwood that perfectly captures the lively spirit of The City That Never Sleeps; Fashionably London, refined, ladylike, and delicately scented treat with rose and musk; and Elegantly Tokyo, which is a must-own for fans of white florals, generously laced with heady jasmine. Lovely stuff.
