Why we sell refills

The jar is the heaviest part of the Daily Cream. It is thick milky glass with a matte stone lid, and it is made to last for years on a bathroom shelf. Throwing it away every two months never made sense to us, so from the first batch we have sold the cream on its own, in a soft pouch that fills the jar again.

What the refill is

The same 50 ml of the same cream, in a flat pouch with a screw spout. It costs $40, which is $8 less than a new jar, and it weighs a fraction of one, so it travels in a smaller box. It is not a subscription: you order it when your jar is nearly empty, and not before.

How to refill your jar

It takes about a minute. The one thing that matters is a clean, completely dry jar.

1. Wash the empty jar and lid in warm, soapy water and rinse well.
2. Let both dry completely, overnight if you can.
3. Unscrew the spout of the pouch.
4. Squeeze the cream into the jar from the bottom of the pouch up, like a tube of paint.
5. Cut the pouch open and use a clean spoon or spatula for the last of it.

What happens to the pouch

We will be honest: the pouch is soft plastic, and most curbside bins in the US do not take it. Rinse it, let it dry and drop it at a store that collects soft plastics. It is still far less material than a new jar and lid every two months.

The 100 ml jar takes two pouches. And if you have a jar from another cream you love, it will work too; just make sure it is clean and dry. More about why we make so few things is in our story.