By Taragh Loughrey-Grant
As anyone who loves their handcreams knows, L'Occitane are up there with the best crème mains. Their shea butter hand cream, with its soft soothing effect has been a best-seller for years now. Apparently a tube is sold every ten seconds across the globe. Their new Limited Editions is just pure hand heaven – using four African flowers L'Occitane have created four new editions of their best-seller.
Each of the new perfumed creams in the collection, are packaged in a small colourful tube, catering for all possible hand dilemmas and situations. Plus each cream has 20% shea butter as standard, in addition to their individual extras, which nourishes and protects the exposed skin.
I tried out two of the five, the Rosebud and Frangipani, the latter of which has become one of my handbag staples. The delicious, subtle scent of the Madagascar frangipani flower stays on your hands long after application.
Not a big rose scent fan, the smell of this Moroccan rose is surprisingly fresh and fruity without being overpowering. All of the non-greasy creams are absorbed quickly; leaving the skin smooth, moisturised and protected. This limited Edition collection is the perfect handbag-friendly anti-dote to all the liquid sanitizers and the on-set of winter.
Acacia Hand Cream €9.95 30ml
Frangipani Hand Cream €9.95 30ml
Rosebud Hand Cream €9.95 30ml
Ylang Ylang Hand Cream €9.95 30ml
Shea Butter Hand Cream €9.95 30ml
L'Occitane's new Limited Edition hand creams are available in stores nationwide.
