Best Beauty Buys is The Singapore Women’s Weekly’s annual round up of the very best and most effective products currently on the shelves. This year, we put the spotlight on the skincare and makeup needs of busy mums who juggle multiple children and demanding jobs who still want to look and feel good doing it. This year’s products were road-tested by a group of such multi-tasking women, and these are their picks.
When we talk about how beauty can make us feel better about ourselves, it would be wrong not to include hair and body products. After all, no reason not to give the rest of our bodies a treat. Good hair, good skin are all part of the package, as are the extra supplements we take to help it along.
These award-winning products listed here work hard to make you look and feel better from the inside out. Read on to see how they could fit into your busy lifestyle as well.
With notes of grapefruit, celery and musk, the Diane body wash contains over 90 percent naturally-derived ingredients including botanical ceramides, organic shea butter, oat milk and organic kale extract.
As the name suggests, the relaxing Spa Esprit body wash was specifically created with a scent blend of bergamot, grapefruit and orange essential oils to calm an anxious, stressed mind as you shower.
Dispensed through an aerosol spray, Curél makes it easy to take care of your skin while on the go with its ceramide-infused formula. It can be used on the face, body, over makeup and on children.
As organic olive oil moisturises skin, a combination of lavender and vetiver essential oils lull you into a state of relaxation by calming your mind to help you sleep faster and better.
Essential uses a combination of hyaluronic acid and Moisture Lock technology to hydrate, smooth and lock in moisture while deeply cleansing both the hair and scalp. The Japan Cuticle Care technology also repairs each strand.
A cocktail of nourishing ingredients including panthenol, biotin, caffeine and ginger root extract went into Verdure’s scalp-cleansing shampoo. Pollushield has also been added to provide antioxidative protection against environmental damage.
Phytopecia+ employs salicylic acid, dexpanthenol, niacinamide, biotin, growth factors and botanical extracts to ensure that the scalp is healthy and clear as hair growth is supported and the strands are nourished.
Coulisse Heir’s cleanser contains a laundry list of plant extracts that work in conjunction with biotin, bio-peptides and growth factors to rejuvenate hair follicle stem cells to stimulate hair growth and prevent hair fall.
The main ingredient powering this conditioner from Korean haircare label Ryo is the proprietary Ginsen9EX ingredient that targets various scalp and hair concerns including oil-moisture balance, root strength and dryness-induced itch.
Jung Beauty’s rine-off hair and scalp treatment work in seven seconds to treat concerns such as dry, frizzy hair and flaky, oily and sensitive scalp with ingredients such as salicylic acid, panthenol and menthol.
Coulisse Heir’s hair growth serum uses transdermal technology to stimulate dormant stage hair follicles to grow. It also prolongs the anagen phase of the hair growth cycle to boost density.
Verdure’s set contains a combination of shampoo, scalp serum and LED light therapy. The LED light therapy employs sonic vibration to help the serum penetrate deeper while having red and blue light phototherapy to improve blood flow and metabolism or normalise sebum production and target scalp acne.
The key ingredients powering IDS’ oral sunscreen are white tomato extract, curcumin and black pepper to fight free radicals and protect skin from the damage of the sun’s ultraviolet rays.