Frankly speaking, skincare should just be about giving your skin what it needs and not every one needs an 11-step skincare routine. Simplify your routine (and life) with these minimalist skincare brands that feature power-packed products, in a few simple steps so your skin can get what it needs to strengthen and protect itself.
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Created by Nicolas Travis, this local brand started with just three products– a day mask, night mask, and facial mist– forming a really simple routine that boasts great efficacy with the right ingredients. Although Nicolas has increased the repertoire with a series of cleanser-mask hybrids, as well as serums (such as the Promise Keeper Blemish Feature featured here), the range is still relatively pared down and simple.
Japanese skincare brand SOFINA’s here to help with a whittled-down three-step routine that’s equally beneficial in helping to achieve a healthy wedding day glow. First lather up with the iP DODAI Essence that creates a dense carbonated foam, which deeply penetrates and cleanses your skin. Follow it up with EST The Lotion which boasts moisure-retaining and skin-regenerating properties, then the EST The Emulsion to plump up your complexion.
The Japanese skincare brand’s recently reformulated ORBIS U range saw a reduction from four products to three products. This oil-free range focuses on hydration from a cellular level, and it really doesn’t get any simpler than cleanse, tone, and moisture.
Sigi Skin is another local brand that has only launched with three products (we are sensing a pattern here, perhaps Singaporeans just love fuss-free skincare?). With a cleanser, eye cream, and hydrating physical sunscreen, Sigi Skin is all about what’s best for the skin– they’re formulated without parabens, dye, SLS, phthalates, mineral oil, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, triclocarben, and polyunsaturated oils (PUFA).
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Although Huxley offers both skincare, makeup, and body care products, when you break down the routine, it’s really just a few steps – cleansing, essence, serum, moisturiser, and the weekly mask.
The brand breaks down their ranges based on skin concerns like dehydration or pigmentation so it’s pretty clear-cut when it comes to choosing the products you need.
Another local brand, RE:ERTH focuses on using key active ingredients to strengthen skin. The proprietary Japanese white turmeric leaf and root extract has excellent anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties, and inhibits hyaluronic acid degradation, meaning skin stays supple and firm.
Their current lineup features a cleanser, toner, the multi-targeted elixir (their star serum), and a gel moisturiser.
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Using a blend of natual, botanical ingredients, THREE formulates effcacious products that strengthens skin, The essential oils within the products help calm the mind as you apply them as well.
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