essano Body Lotion

I saw this in count down ages ago, but decided to get a cheaper (and now I see, far inferior!) body lotion, despite really, really wanting to try this! I'm so glad i finally bought it. I had a wee beauty product splurge the other day and this was one of the things I picked up after reading the BR reviews, and I'm not going to use anything else. It's a big 400 ml bottle so for the price, it's actually really generous. The formula is beautiful! it's super softening (my boyfriend touched my legs and made a comment about how silky and smooth my legs were), but not greasy at all, it just sinks in, and it smells absolutely GORGEOUS! I can't quite pick the smell. It's sweet, but has an almost smokey/spicey kind of quality? I LOVE it! I actually just put it on my hands before writing this and I can smell it right now (also, my hands feel beautifully silky). i honestly love this body lotion. I used to rave about the body shop's lotions, but this is much better. It's more nourishing, yet lighter and it sinks in better, it also smells a lot nicer. Less generic, if that makes sense. I'm a fan. Also, no mucking around with squeezy bottles! This is a nice big pump bottle so there's no mess, and it actually looks very cute in it's brown bottle with pink label. I am a convert! So, to wrap: No greasiness, no irritation (it's not pumped full with mineral oils and other gunk! yay!), no sickly or synthetic smelling scent, no stickiness afterwards, nothing nasty! Just smooth, soft, super hydrated, happy skin with a beautiful, soft fragrance.

I was gifted this after I had a baby. After spending a week in the dry, air conditioned hospital my skin was desperate for moisture. I have been using this since and it is amazing! My skin has never looked or smelt better.

There's no oily residue that you get from some moisturisers and it spreads on nicely.

The best part is there's no yucky stuff in it!

The Essano Rosehip Body Lotion comes in a brown plastic pump action dispenser which will come in very useful for other purposes after the lotion has been used. Unless of course Essano release a ‘refill in a bag’ product too, which would be great for the planet and for the pennies.

There is no doubt that it is very reasonably priced at $11.99 from Countdown Supermarkets during their beauty sale month. Even with the other 25% added back on it is very good value for money for the 400ml bottle.

It has an absolute lack of expensive unnecessary packaging. I would think that Essano designed their bottles to be as they are so we can be reminded of the Essano brand after the product runs out, should we be reusing the bottle for something else. Therefore we may be prompted by that to go and purchase again.

On application it has somewhat of a smooth keratin type of consistency gliding onto the skin and applying very well but after the first application I found I needed more for the skin on the exposed areas, for example my hands required as much as three coats.

It left an uncomfortable ‘tackiness’ factor but that wore off after about five minutes but I’m left with the feeling I still need more. The smell wasn’t so great on application but that also dissipated after five minutes or so. It was a little pungent, put it that way, although not at all offensive after a while.

I’m not sure if I would buy this product again at this stage. Maybe once I’ve used it for a little longer I will add an update.

Generally though it’s good value for money, isn’t too heavily fragranced and I have no doubt it’s a good moisturiser that fulfils the product claims.

I will be trying other natural organic brands in search of the perfect ‘go-to’ body lotion. With all the competition on the 'organic rosehip market' at the moment I think I’ll eventually find one that I’m completely happy with but it is good to bear in mind that these reviews are subjective. If you are at all curious I would say try it. It is well placed price wise and will last at least 8 weeks I would think, if not a little longer, so you won't be spending money on a product that doesn't live up to promises that Essano make. It definitely works well as a body moisturiser.

I used some of my friends' mums lol and wow!! Instantly liked it because it smells good, not a sweet smell just a soft rosey scent and it does hydrate/moisturize the skin. Anything that smells good and does what it says is a winner!!

I have been using this for a little over a month and I'm not that enthused about it. The use of all the oils and being a NZ made product attracted me and I was so excited about using this product. I felt this product wasn't as moisturising on me as I had hoped. I found it quite drying. I've now started to mix this with a couple drops of Argan Oil to really get that moisturised feeling. The scent is heavenly! Since this is a NZ made product, I will continue buying this however, I'll continue to mix this with my essential oils.

I really enjoyed the smell of this product - and I loved how it soaks in so quickly. Feels fantastic and smooth to use without leaving an oily after feel. Definitely moisturises my skin well. Packaging is lovely and great value for money!

Smells great and works as a moisturiser, though I didn't find it to be any kind of miracle. It goes quite far so it lasted ages, 1 pump did most of my body. Would buy again :)

I bought this product by chance at a supermarket and I am so glad I did! It is such great value for money with the amount of product you get. I've been using it for my hands and they were noticeably softer after a weeks use! And the lotion smells amazing, with the push pump its so easy to touch up the moisture on my hands while at my desk. Would definitely purchase this moisturiser again!

This is probably the most girliest Body Lotion ever! Not did it keep my skin soft and moisturized it also made me feel very feminine and sexy.

Like it says in the name it gives you some intensive hydration! This is sucha good body lotion for super dry skin or if you have dry patches, it will smoothen them out to match the rest of your skin.

I wish I could use it every day but it just too intensive and my skin just gets too much of it that it doesn't soak it up!

When it comes to scares etc, I did not notice much difference, never have with rose-hip but i just adore the scent so much so I really don't mind.

Got a bottle of this in a recent beauty box and I think it would easily be one of the best products I have received! This moisturiser immediately became a favourite for me.

The bottle is a elegant brown colour with a lovely pink label. It boasts it's NZ made, cruelty free and contains none of the nasty stuff which is great.

The first thing to stand out was the smell - coconut was the main scent but you also get a hint of frangipani in there as well and it's amazing. Such a tropical summery smell.

It rubs into the skin easily and does not feel greasy or slimy after which I like. I could pretty much carry on with what I was doing without needing to wait for it to dry. And after only a few days using it my skin feels so soft and smooth. This is one I will most likely buy again.