FALLin' IN LOVE with THANN

THANN for a Beautiful Fall

With fall comes many things: the changing color of the leaves, putting away summer clothes, packing up from vacations, heading back to work or school and for many of us, planning new and beautiful ways to spend the fall like prepping and beautifying your skin and body!

To show our love and appreciation to our loyal customers and to welcome our new ones, we are offering a HUGE THANN Fall Welcome discount! A incredible 20% OFF sale is being held today and tomorrow only.

Why not use this sale to stock up on your most beloved items or try new products you’ve been thinking about? This is the perfect time to prepare your body, soul and mind for this season, and THANN is here to help you achieve exactly.

Now, here's some ideas on how to treat yourself (or a loved one) with THANN’s Exclusive 20% off sale:

Try a travel set

THANN has Oriental Essence, Aromatic Wood and Sea Foam travel sets, each containing: shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, rice extract body milk and bath and massage oil. If you’ve been thinking about trying new products, this is an easy way to test new ones. This would also make a great gift for the frequent traveler or gym goer in your life.



Seafoam Exotic Travel Set



Aromatic Wood Exotic Travel Set

Oriental Essence Exotic Travel Set 

Refresh your skin

Many of us are guilty of spending too much time in the sun, neglecting to wear sunscreen or have jobs that keep us outside all day long. Fall is the perfect time to repair your skin and get it ready for winter. The Detoxifying face mask absorbs toxins and helps clean up your pores. The cucumber and rose extracts keep your skin calm, clean and nourished. The Shiso Facial Cleanser will leave your skin feeling refreshed and clean, while also removing excess oil.

Love your body

As you prepare for what fall and winter will bring, treating your body right will help you survive the change in weather. The Sea Foam Bath and Massage Oil is scented with peppermint oil to help relieve stress, while also containing essential fatty acids and vitamins to leave your skin smooth and soft. Combined with thyme, rosemary and eucalyptus components, the Sea Foam Bath and Massage Oil helps contribute to your calm mind and body. As a daily treat for your bath or shower, the Sea Foam Rice Grain Soap Bar detoxifies your skin, leaving it clean and cool, and leaves it gently exfoliated.

                                     

 Try the THANN Skincare Bar

Always wanted to try THANN Skincare products or visit the famous THANN store? Now is a good time than ever to head over (if you're in Ottawa or visiting the Nation's Capital) and try THANN's famous Skincare Bar for the ultimate pampering experience with detoxifying facial or revitalizing hand scrub. Relax in an Asian-inspired environment that will awaken all your senses yet calm your body, mind and spirit.

Don't miss! THANN’s 20% OFF sale ends Friday at midnight. To get your 20% off, present your coupon in store or enter the code ENJOY20 online. And remember – it’s never too early to start your holiday shopping!

Hurry and shop now!



Spotlight: Soft and Smooth Skin

Can you feel that subtle cool change in the air and the temperature starting to drop? We may have to face the sad reality that summer is almost officially over but that doesn't mean it's the end to the never ending quest for beautiful and soft skin.

You've got a few days left to flaunt that tanned bare skin and let the sun kiss you just a few times more! Why not make sure you take advantage of the last dog days of summer and indulge in THANN's world famous body scrubs. Believe me when I say this... you just can't stop touching yourself afterwards!

Why Exfoliate?

Well, why not? Exfoliation is the process of using a gentle abrasive agent on the skin, it is the simplest way to cleaner, softer, smoother body. It is also the perfect way to prepare your body for most other spa treatments and relaxation therapies.

Exfoliation works by removing the dead cells on the surface of the skin. This unblocks the pores, which are then able to absorb creams and oils much more efficiently. Exfoliation is particularly good for cellulite, by boosting the circulation and for removing the hard skin that builds up on the feet, knees and elbows.

 

Formulated with fine sea salts, THANN body scrubs have a coarse but gentle texture that makes it ideal for exfoliation and for stimulating body circulation. Sea salt contains about 97 percent sodium chloride, plus important trace elements, such as calcium, zinc, iron, and magnesium that can be absorbed through the skin and act as catalysts for many vital biochemical reactions.

Round-up of the famous THANN Body Scrub line:
 

   

AROMATIC WOOD Salt Scrub

• Sea Salt, Orange Peel, and Essential Oils are blended to gently exfoliate, cleanse and leave skin with a healthy glow.
• The Vitamin-E rich Rice Bran Oil acts as a natural anti-oxidant and moisturizer.
• Nutmeg, Orange and Tangerine oils relax the mind and harmonize the body and spirit.

 

ORIENTAL ESSENCE Salt Scrub

• Lemongrass oil stimulates circulation and has an antiseptic property.
• Kaffir Lime oil containing natural AHA clarifies and moisturizes the skin.



SEAFOAM Salt Scrub

• Thyme and Peppermint oils clarify the skin and refresh the mind and spirit.
• Rosemary and Eucalyptus oils promote good health and mental well-being.

Why don't you pick up one today? Take the evening off, light up some candles, draw yourself a warm bath, maybe pour yourself a glass of wine (or two), grab your favourite book and scrub yourself away to a gloriously soft and smooth skin!

Did you kow that you can learn more and shop online? Visit http://www.thann.ca/ to get more details!

The Miracle of Shiso

Did you know that same ingredient they serve with the popular Japanese culinary specialty sashimi (freshly prepared raw fish) is the same stuff that contains potent ingredients to beautiful radiant skin?

For over a thousand years, Asian herbalists have noticed that Shiso plants have the ability to survive the most extreme droughts and climatic conditions, as well as helping the surrounding plants to grow. As a result, Shiso has become the jewel of Japanese culinary art, as well as an important ingredient in macro biotic food because of its healing powers. Shiso is used in salads, spaghetti, meat dishes and it is also prepared as a flavorful herb in a variety of dishes, including Japanese pizza (Okonomiyaki) topping.

Shiso provides a strong taste with intensity that might be compared to that of a mint. Shiso is rich in omega-3 fatty acid and alpha-linolenic acid with anti-inflammatory properties and has a prominent anti-oxidant effect. With Shiso’s valuable properties, it is widely used in medical, food, and cosmetic industries worldwide.

With today's increasing environmental hazards and the damaging rays of the sun, Shiso is the miracle ingredient to prevent your skin from pre-mature aging. And for the first time in cosmetic history, THANN's research and development team combines art and science to unlock the miracle of Shiso!!!

THANN have successfully dissolved the Nano Shiso in Rice Bran Oil without using any chemical intervention, which means it has pure and concentrated ingredients to help give you that soft and smooth skin!  THANN Shiso Collection contains Vitamin B1 & B2 to protect and revive skin cells by providing anti-oxidant benefits that are more effective than any artificial anti-oxidant in the market. When massaged on skin, the Nano Shiso particles combined with Rice Bran Oil will easily absorb into skin, providing various benefits as natural anti-oxidant, moisturizer and emollient. 

Take advantage of this week's Thann Special Promo! Go and visit http://www.thann.ca/ for more details!





Thann Thursday: Discover the Rice Collection

  

If there's one thing strikingly noticeable about Asian women is that they have (in general) beautiful, luminous skin. It's not a secret that they have a strict regimen of both skin care and diet that provides that inherent glow but there is also something that have been kept a secret from the West until recently.

Today, let's unravel that secret...

Rice Bran Oil.

What is it you ask? Despite its uncommon use in skincare in the West, this oil has a long and successful history in Japan where women, known as the “Rice Bran Beauties” have been using the oil on their face and body for hundreds of years. Rice Bran Oil is the oil extracted from the germ and inner husk of rice. Rice bran Oil has been shown to reverse the effects of aging by slowing the formation of wrinkles thanks to its concentration of three Vitamin E's.

 

Rice Bran Oil is full of antioxidants, such as Vitamin E, ferulic acid, linoleic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, and oryzanol. The oil acts as both a carrier and emollient. In Japan, Rice Bran Oil is used as a skin and hair beauty enhancer. It is also used throughout the world in a variety of cosmetics, especially for those that treat dry and mature skin. 

Benefits of Rice Bran Oil

* High in antioxidants to fight free radicals and aid in slowing down the effects of aging.

* Considered to be hypoallergenic, making it ideal for clients even with the most sensitive skin.

* Protect collagen and elastin to maintain the suppleness of your skin.

* High in fatty acids, making it very beneficial for mature, delicate and sensitive skin.

* The small molecules enable it to penetrate into the skin without being greasy.

Did you know that Rice Bran Oil is the key ingredient in Thann’s skin care products? Only the highest quality of Rice Bran Oil is used in Thann products to provide all the benefits that it has to offer. Today is the perfect time to try the benefits of this century old Asian beauty secret! From now until August 17th, you get 20% OFF discount on all items in the Rice Collection:

Try Thann’s beautiful range of natural Bath & Massage Oils (containing 95% of rice bran oil), which can also be used as intensive weekly moisturizing treatments. For face care, The Rice Collection also contains a high percentage of Rice Bran Oil. 

Lastly, for lips so soft and smooth, don't forget to pick up the Rice Extract Lip Balm! With Aloe and Rice Bran Extract, the soft and smooth texture of this Thann lip balm enriches your lips with natural plant extracts that moisturizes and nourishes all day and all night long.



The Ultimate Grand Prize



We can't even tell you how excited we are to share this amazing news with you! Just over a week ago, after all the hard work and the unbelievable long hours over the course of a year, we finally got THERE!

Got where you ask?



Well, we finally broke into the United States market via our highly anticipated premiere at ShopNBC!!!

And broke into the US we did! We had an incredibly successful stint that we actually sold out a few of our top best sellers within minutes! Hence, the free flow of champagne, the abundance of delicious mini cupcakes and the endless joyful laughter at Friday night's celebration party!



It was perhaps one of the most adrenaline-pumped hour of our lives!

The amazing and luxurious Thann Body Butter.



We also had a superbly successful Twitter campaign, headed by Twenty York Street, which created the perfect amount of buzz we needed to accompany our long-awaited debut at ShopNBC!



Super delicious mini cupcakes courtesy of: Little Cakes.

We are very, very happy about this and we would like to share this huge success with you - our loyal clients and friends! In honour of Thann's major milestone, we have joined forces with one of our closest partners in the hospitality industry, the famous Arc Hotel, to give you:

The Ultimate Thann + Arc Hotel Grand Prize Give-away!

Ottawa's first luxury hotel, the Arc Hotel is dubbed by Time Magazine as "The Place to stay in the Nation's Capital!" Imagine an urban oasis that welcomes guests to a place of luxury and design, an unmatched sophistication that will give you an experience like no other.

Are you ready to hear the details of the Ultimate Thann + Arc Hotel Grand Prize Give-away?

Your Ultimate Arc Hotel experience is so incredible, we are so excited to share these details with you:

• One night stay in a MAJESTIC KING ROOM
• VIP Valet Parking
• Belgium Chocolates
• Sparkling Wine upon arrival
• Arctinis
• Breakfast for 2 

And if all these are not enough, how about a huge beautiful basket of Thann's best and most coveted products?

Absolutely brilliant, right?!

 

To enter, all you simply have to do is follow THANN Skincare and Arc the Hotel in Twitter and Facebook and submit your entry (in Twitter or Facebook) by filling in the blanks:

My favourite @thannskincare product is ____ and I deserve @arcthehotel stay because ____.

So, what are you waiting for? Go and enter, now!

Good luck!

Photos courtesy of: CL Buchanan Photography.



What Makes Her A Natural Beauty?

Platinum blonde and the fake n’ bake are a thing of the past. This rang true to me during a recent visit to Vancouver Island, where hippie-chic, au-natural beauty is the norm. In a city where most would tell you that a male:female ratio of 1:7 makes for a highly competitive dating market, its reassuring to see that indeed less is more. Less makeup, less product, less pressure to be anything but the natural beauty that they are.

Today’s women are celebrated not just for the natural look but for the embodying beauty holistically. And men, though we certainly do not need their approval, are just as happy as we are to ditch the superficial exterior created by chemical based cleansers and lost hours with straighteners for essential oil extracts and natural-curl comebacks. Even more, for some men, natural beauty lies not in mineral makeup and algae mascara as the natural beauty industry may have us believe, but rather – according to the handsome young man seated next to me in this café - natural beauty is “that which is there when your looks fade away.” The glowing goddess beside him reiterates that natural beauty is the “natural glow that we women exude when we are able to define ourselves and simply be real”.

The city of Victoria, B.C. proudly houses many naturally beautiful faces and spaces. Women wander with Pacific Ocean infused locks and sulfate free skin – shining amidst the gloomy backdrop that is West coast weather. One natural beauty explains

“I moved to Victoria because I felt I could be me here. Everything is more natural. When you bike to work and head to yoga at lunch, you don’t worry so much about uncomfortable shoes and eye liner. You usually get rained on anyway and end up looking worse. We have some of the lowest cancer rates here in B.C. and one of the healthiest populations. Natural beauty just works..."

With endless options for natural clothing stores, natural skincare stores, natural health food stores and even natural jobs, its not surprising to me that the women on Vancouver Island are paving the way for women everywhere to uncover their pores and unearth the beauty within.

*Ashley

Are All Natural Beauty Celebrations The New Tupperware Party?

21st century ladies are spending less time playing with plastic and parabens and more time nurturing their natural beauty. The 1950s marked an era where plastics were proclaimed to empower women as they returned from working in warzones to hosting tupperware parties and earning their own income in the private sphere of the home. Though the traditional Tupperware party – where a host invites over all their friends to see the product, earning profit from any sales made – still has its aficionados, the modern woman is shifting away from plastic and progressing towards purity.

Though acclaimed business-wymn Brownie Wise was the Vice-President of Tupperware and the mastermind of the Tupperware Party, this does not negate the questions raised by some feminist theorists who critique the Tupperware era for restricting women to the private sphere of the home, reinforcing traditional female roles (cooking, cleaning, homemaking) and using women as tools for consumerism and marketing. The Tupperw-era has been declared by some as a way of “preserving domesticity” (Vincent, 2008: 171) or commodifying identity and “reinforce the sexual division of labour in the family” (Banks and Zimmerman, 1987: 85). Thankfully, the modern take on the tupperware party is filled with women liberated not by food storage but by the celebration of all-natural beauty.

Spa pamper parties, natural beauty retreats, natural makeover suarez, organic pamper parties – you name it – are finding their way into women’s lives throughout Canada. Unlike the tupperware party, these gatherings contain no harmful chemicals, preservatives or synthetic additives. Nicole, a natural beauty babe from Victoria, B.C. boasts:

“We host our natural beauty parties to celebrate our respect for ourselves based on the all-natural products we choose to use on our skin. We share products, tricks (have you tried coconut oil in your hair?), tips and ultimately just enjoy the company of like-minded women who are doing something for themselves!”

Many natural beauty parties go beyond consumerism into a realm of healing and creativity. They provide a space for women to share their understandings of natural beauty. Natural beauty parties often integrate the use of natural products in massage, facials and aromatherapy and can even incorporate herbal teas, yoga, chanting and crystal healing rituals as well. What does this say about the wymn of today? Has she ditched the polymers of the past in the pursuit of purity? Judging by the attendance at our first ever Thann Natural Beauty Bash, I would certainly say so.

Until next time,

Ashley McEachern, Thann Canada

References

Vincent, Susan. May 2003. Preserving Domesticity: Reading Tupperware in Women's Changing Domestic, Social and Economic Roles in Canadian Review of Sociology, 40:2, 171-196.

Banks, Jane and Patricia Zimmerman. January 1987. The Mary Kay Way: The Feminization of a Corporate Discourse. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 11:1, 85-99