Hand care, reimagined: the ultimate holiday gift set for people with taste
There’s an old Chinese saying that a woman’s hands are her second face. We spend so much time on our faces and so little on our hands, yet they show everything.
So we reimagined hand care. Not one more hand cream, but a complete four-step ritual (sea salt polish, hand oil, emulsifying serum, hand cream) that leaves your hands visibly softer from the very first use. I had never seen anything like it in a box before. We want you to see results, because that’s what keeps you coming back.
How the ritual works
Four steps, under five minutes, start on dry hands:
- 01 · Exfoliate: Sea Salt Polish. Fine sea salt and real jasmine petals, with trehalose and oat beta-glucan to keep skin comfortable. Buff it over your palms, the backs of your hands, between the fingers and around the nails to lift away dullness and rough, dry-feeling skin.
- 02 · Nourish: Hand Oil. Sweet almond, jojoba and grapeseed oils with vitamin E and jasmine flower oil. Pour it over the salt and keep massaging: the oil turns the salt into a silky polish, so you exfoliate and soften at the same time.
- 03 · Transform: Emulsifying Serum. Glycerin and jasmine flower oil with gentle sugar- and amino acid-based cleansers. Massage it in and the oil and salt turn into a milky wash. Rinse, and your hands come out truly clean, never stripped or tight.
- 04 · Seal: Hand Cream. Shea butter, squalane, niacinamide (vitamin B3), jojoba oil, glycerin, vitamin E, beta-glucan and collagen. Leave it on: it sinks in fast and seals in moisture, and niacinamide helps skin look smoother and more even.
It really is transformative: you see and feel the difference the moment you rinse, with softer, smoother-looking hands from the very first ritual.
The 4-Set: your first month of bōdian
Four cartons, four complete rituals. Use one a week and it lasts about a month, long enough to watch your hands change. It’s the easiest way into the world of bōdian, and where I’d start.
The 10-Set: the value size
Ten rituals: about ten weeks at once a week, or five if you get hooked and go twice. It’s the better value per ritual, and the one I’d give as a gift: keep some, share some.
Which one is for you?
- Trying bōdian for the first time: the 4-Set.
- Already in love, using it more often, or giving it away: the 10-Set.
The cartons and sachets are exactly the same in both; only the number of rituals changes.
A gift that comes with a gift
For our first drop, every order over $100 comes with our limited-edition makeup pouch, free while supplies last: ivory, covered in blue and gold flowers, with the bōdian label. Two 10-Sets clear $100, so you can give one, keep one, and the pouch comes too. A spa ritual from a Chinese tradition, in a box that looks beautiful on any vanity, with a pouch to carry it in: the perfect holiday gift for people with taste.
What’s next
We’re working on jar sizes of each step, for those of you who want the ritual every day, and a subscription so you never run out. Because we truly believe that once you enter the world of bōdian, you’ll want to stay.