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Cleanser

FARMACY

Green Clean Cleansing Balm

A cult favourite upgraded for a new era, this silky sorbet-textured balm melts away over 99% of make-up – including waterproof mascara and SPF – in a single cleanse, while leaving skin softer and nourished. Powered by a farm-grown super greens blend of moringa, holy basil and arugula, it’s three times gentler on skin than make-up wipes. Consider yourself converted.

Lotion/Essence

FRESH

Kombucha Facial Treatment Essence

Fermentation enthusiasts, meet your new obsession. This liquid gold treatment harnesses double-fermented kombucha – sourced from Golden Buds of Nepal tea, handpicked four times a year in the Himalayas – to penetrate over 20 surface layers, improving texture, clarity and luminosity. An advanced metabiotic, hyaluronic acid and artemisia flower complete a formula that delivers a genuine, lasting glow.

Serum

SULWHASOO

First Care Activating Serum VI

Korea’s no. 1 anti-ageing serum, now in its sixth generation. A proprietary blend of five Korean herbs fortifies the skin barrier and improves hydration, while 500-hour fermented ginseng visibly improves fine lines and wrinkles. Lightweight, fast-absorbing and clinically proven to visibly address five major signs of ageing after four weeks of use.

Day Cream

SK-II

SK-II LXP Cream

Inspired by the Japanese art of kintsugi, this ultra-luxurious cream harnesses the brand’s highest concentration of Pitera alongside Gold Silk Sericin sourced from a special species of silkworm found in only one location in the world. The result: strong, interconnected skin and a complexion that grows visibly firmer, plumper and more radiant over time.

Night Cream

Clarins

Precious La Crème

Grown in France and blooming just one night a year, the rare Moonlight Flower is harvested by hand and cryoextracted at -196°C to preserve its full potency. Enhanced with a trio of peptides, this longevity-boosting formula stimulates collagen production by 279%, visibly reversing five years of ageing – with firmness, smoothness and luminosity restored in as little as seven days.

Face Oil

CHANEL

Sublimage l’Extrait Intensive Repair Oil-Concentrate

The most potent expression yet of the Sublimage collection, this honey-textured oil concentrate marries polyfractioned Vanilla Planifolia – with active molecules 40 times more concentrated than raw plant material – with Swertia, a rare Himalayan botanical handpicked every three years in Bhutan. Together they target all three stages of skin ageing.

Mask

SUQQU

Aqufons Water Tuning Gel

Think of it as a sheet mask in a tube. This watery gel envelops skin upon application in a smooth, transparent veil that requires no wiping off, continuously delivering long-lasting hydration from day to night. The richly moisturising formula absorbs seamlessly into skin, leaving it translucent, refreshed and glowing after every use.

Eye Product

OLE HENRIKSEN

Banana Bright+ Eye Crème

The make-up artist secret of banana powder meets clinical skincare in this multitasking eye cream. Its newly upgraded formula is powered by a triple Vitamin C complex encapsulated in real gold to visibly diminish dark circles and crow’s feet, while light-reflecting mineral pigments instantly colour-correct tired undereyes. Due to popular demand, it’s also now fragrance-free.

Anti-Ageing Product

GUERLAIN

Orchidée Impériale The Longevity Cream

Twenty years of cellular longevity research culminates in this sixth-generation cream, powered by the patented Orchid Longevity technology derived from the Vanda Coerulea – a legendary blue orchid that can live for over a century. The formula is the first to revive youth connections at the heart of nine longevity pathways, promising younger-looking skin every day.irely, this silky serum melts into skin as it lifts, firms and smooths. Not only does it reduce the look of fine lines in the eye area but it also diminishes the look of undereye bags and appears to lift the upper eyelids and brows.

“The La Prairie Skin Caviar Eye Lift is rich but not heavy. I like that it’s easy to spread and a tiny bit goes a long way.” – Victoria Tang-Owen

Acne Treatment

MALIN+GOETZ

Acne Treatment Nighttime

For anyone who has wished a spot treatment could do more, this smart nighttime formula delivers. Ten percent active sulphur combines with salicylic acid to effectively medicate and clear blemishes, while camphor calms inflammation and zinc oxide helps prevent signs of scarring – all in a clean, vegan, cruelty-free formula safe for even sensitive skin types.

Whitening Treatment

CLINIQUE

Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Clearing Serum

Hong kong’s best-selling whitening serum is now more advanced than ever. Clinique’s proprietary UP302 molecule – the result of 10 years of research – works alongside two types of vitamin C, niacinamide and a mushroom-derived bio-ferment to simultaneously target six barriers to brightness: dark spots, post-blemish marks, uneven tone, sallowness, dullness and pores.

Sensitive Skin Product

DRUNK ELEPHANT

Protini Polypeptide Cream

for skin overwhelmed by ingredients it doesn’t need, this breakthrough protein moisturiser offers a much-needed reset. Deliberately free from the six most common skin irritants – including silicones, fragrances and drying alcohols – it combines signal peptides, growth factors, amino acids and pygmy waterlily at a skin-friendly pH 4.0 to strengthen, hydrate and improve tone and texture.

Exfoliant

CETAPHIL

Gentle Exfoliating SA Cleanser

A Rare exfoliant gentle enough for daily use, this foaming gel cleanser harnesses a triple acid blend – salicylic acid, mandelic acid and gluconolactone – to exfoliate, unclog pores and renew the skin’s surface, all while maintaining the moisture barrier. Plus, it’s fragrance-free, paraben-free and safe for sensitive skin.

Peel

PHILOSOPHY

Vitamin C Resurfacing Peel Kit

Spa-level resurfacing without the downtime. In step one, smooth microcrystals gently polish away dead skin cells while infusing the skin with vitamin C and peptides. Add the lactic and salicylic acid activating gel and the mixture warms on contact, foaming as it opens pores and refines texture. The result: smoother, more radiant skin with no recovery time required.

Sunscreen

ALBION

Authentique Day Serum

More than a sunscreen, this elegant day serum delivers broad-spectrum SPF 40, PA+++ protection against UV rays, blue light, dust and airborne micro-particles, while actively repairing environmental damage from within. The fresh, comforting formula spreads into a firming veil that imparts a luminous, lit-from-within glow, sculpts lifted contours and maintains a flawless finish throughout the day.

Men's Product

ANESSA

Multi-Control UV Sunscreen Gel

Redefining what a men’s sunscreen can do, this all-in-one gel combines SPF 50+, PA++++ protection with Shiseido’s first Double Sebum Care formula – controlling oil and shine for 12 hours without stickiness. Formulated with 50% skincare ingredients including wild thyme extract and xylitol, it also reduces visible pores, redness and uneven tone.

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