A smooth gold sphere hangs from a slim squared hoop and lands right at jaw level, where the camera finds it on a video call. Put them in before the nine o'clock meeting and the whole face looks pulled together before you have said a word.

Ana Luisa gives the sphere a mirror-bright polish, so it picks up the light in the room around you. The slim hoop keeps the lines clean and leaves the glossy ball to do the talking, from the first agenda item to the last. A small huggie placed higher on the same ear turns the pair into an easy ear stack, with the sphere as the star.

• 14K gold on brass, hypoallergenic and tarnish-free
• Hoop earrings with sphere detail and a shiny polished finish
• Length 0.83", width 0.45"
• Weight 7.80g