Review: THANN Body Butter

Hey every one!

So I just came back from Bangkok two days ago on Tuesday night, having been sent there to represent SMU/Singapore at the ASEAN Student Leaders Forum 2013. It was a great trip with the occasional unfortunate events peppered throughout the 5 days but I will talk more about that in another post.

Today I am going to write my first review for Bird&Scarf. I bought lots of cosmetics on the trip, as usual, but the star buy has to be the THANN Body Butter with Cocoa Butter, Licorice and Nano Shiso Extracts. 

The featured ingredient in this godsend of a body butter is the Nano Shiso Extract. Apparently Nano Shiso has a "reviving" quality and anti-oxidant benefits. Whatever the case may be, I am in love with this body butter. To tell you how much I love it, let me relate 3 things I did:

1.  I bought the body butter in 2 sizes- 1 big tub to use at home and 1 squeezy tube to throw into my handbag
2. The night I bought it, I delayed my slumber by an hour because I kept smelling my arms every few seconds
3. When I touched down in Singapore, the first thing I told my boyfriend was "SMELL MY ARM!!!! SMELLS SO GOOD RIGHT?!" (he was more concerned with the pricetag, but we'll get there)

So, moving on to the review. I have decided to break down my review criterion into: i) Packaging; ii) Application; iii) Results, the first two which I will rate out of 5, and the last out of 10.

Packaging (4.5/5)

The THANN body butter comes in 3 sizes: 100g (tube), an intermediate size which I can't seem to find on the website (tube as well) and 350g (tub). I bought the 100g and 350g offerings.

As you can see, the packaging is very sleek and modern, so thumbs up for that! Some of you may know that THANN used to be one half of Harnn & Thann, Thailand's first premier bodycare line. Now, both halves have split and embarked on different concepts in continuing their legacy. According to the SA who assisted me at the Siam Paragon outlet, THANN chose to cater to the "modern" market, while Harnn decided to play on the "heritage" concept, thus explaining the simple and clean lines of THANN's packaging, and the intricate details and shapely bottles of Harnn.

I like clean and simple lines. I like THANN's packaging. But of course it goes beyond the look. I kinda wish the material of the tub's lid wasn't in a matte sort of finishing, because the fingerprints left behind make it look greasy and messy, but I guess give and take...I'd rather it have this finishing than any other.

What I love though, is that none of the butter will go to waste, because it's in a tub and I can dig up every slick of butter left. Similarly, for the tube, it's a squeezy sort so it's like toothpaste, where you can squeeze out all your money's worth. Kudos.

Application (5/5)

It's body butter, so it's really rich and creamy and initially sorta greasy but I guess they all come hand in hand...I mean, if you don't want it to be greasy then get a "souffle" or even "lotion". But what's amazing is that it absorbs really fast. Like much faster than The Body Shop's body butter, or L'Occitane's. I love Origin's Ginger Souffle but the tiebreaker vote has to go to THANN's Body Butter when it comes to absorbency.

Results (9/10)

I smell divine and my boyfriend loves it. Scent is really subjective but you can never go wrong with a light, clean scent such as THANN Body Butter's. It's like a light version of Lancome's Tresor with a distinctly oriental-islandy finish. 

Stickiness-wise, you will experience some greasiness at first, but if your skin really needs the hydration, you will find that your skin cells just lap it all up in a matter of minutes. I say skin cells because the butter really does penetrate the epidermis and doesn't just sit on top like...lotions of some overpriced English brands.

This is only getting a 9/10 because it's my perfect bodycare product but I'm sure it's not everyone's. Though on average I think it'd be a 7.5 at least- you CAN'T hate this product! And of course, the mandatory pose-with-product shot. I have put on lots of weight in Bangkok and I can't be bothered to Photoshop the fats away so you see the real deal haha. 

Face: No makeup. Skincare used is Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate and Kiehl's Rosa Artica Lightweight Cream

Lips: No colour, only Fresh Sugar Advanced Lip Therapy

Will post more about my other buys. In the meantime I gotta catch up on sleep before it's back to my morning exercise grind to burn off all my baby fat!!!

x

Margaux