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If even an hour is too long, try a half-hour pampering session at Charles Worthington. The spa’s newly refurbished Covent Garden headquarters are in a lovely five-story Georgian townhouse with original fireplaces, where customers can be forgiven for forgetting they’re in a hair salon.

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If time is short, try Groom at Selfridges or on Beauchamp Place in Knightsbridge. Try the Weekly Groom Hour, where two therapists work in tandem, giving you a manicure, pedicure and brow tidying (waxing or plucking), facial and synchronized massage, all in one hour for $141.

Earle’s organic and highly popular skin-care line will be that much more accessible when her new flagship boutique and spa opens in a shopping enclave off of the King’s Road in July. Check out the Try-Me mini range for overnight and weekend trips.

For a break from shopping, ease your tired feet at Reflexions, a walk-in massage parlor where you can enjoy seriously good reflexology ($54 for 30 minutes, $85 for an hour or $38 for a seated back massage). Open from 12p.m. – 8p.m.

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For a dose of tranquillity after a day of shopping or sightseeing, go for a treatment at the Mandarin Oriental spa in central Knightsbridge. I started to relax the moment I traded in my leather boots for a pair of soft slippers and a cup of rose-hip antistress tea; then I padded to my Early Energiser, a forty-five-minute aromatherapy massage using ESpa oils, which left me feeling like I had bonded with my inner Christy Turlington. Those with more time to spare can book a two-hour Time Ritual treatment rooted in Asian custom, or the Oriental Harmony massage, in which two therapists massage you in synchronization. Tip: get to the spa forty-five minutes before your scheduled time to enjoy the relaxation room. The low-lit space has subtly changing lights to help lighten moods, and the four wooden beds come with headsets tuned to soothing music. For those in need of both spa and retail therapy, the Mandarin offers a £10,000 two-night package that entitles guests to a £5,000 voucher at Harvey Nichols (including a personal shopping appointment after hours) and two Time Ritual treatments.