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08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
6 Homegrown Singaporean Beauty Brands That Are Seriously Game-Changers
Singapore's beauty scene is flourishing with innovative homegrown brands that are making a significant impact with their unique approaches and high-quality products. These brands often prioritise natural ingredients, sustainable practices, and formulations tailored to the humid climate, setting them apart as true game-changers. 1. Allies of Skin Founded by Nicolas Travis, the brand has gained international recognition for its clean, multi-functional skincare. Known for highly concentrated, effective formulas, Allies of Skin empowers users with simplified yet potent routines, catering to busy individuals seeking visible results. Their focus on biocompatible ingredients and advanced science has solidified their position as a global leader in skincare. 2. Sigi Skin Sigi Skin champions vegan and superfood-based skincare, free from harsh chemicals like parabens and SLS. Their philosophy revolves around nurturing happy, healthy skin with superfood-infused formulas, backed by Korean technology. Sigi Skin's commitment to clean beauty resonates with consumers looking for gentle yet powerful solutions. 3. Handmade Heroes Handmade Heroes has quickly become a household name, celebrated for its natural, vegan, and cruelty-free skincare. This Singaporean brand emphasizes transparency and ethical sourcing, offering a range of products that are both effective and kind to the environment. Their rise to popularity underscores the growing demand for conscious beauty choices. 4. Rooki Beauty Rooki Beauty stands out with its superfood-packed formulations, harnessing the power of nature for radiant skin. Their products, often featuring innovative textures and instant results, have garnered a loyal following. Rooki Beauty's playful yet effective approach makes skincare an enjoyable and beneficial experience. 5. Kew Organics Kew Organics, the brainchild of beautician Lily Kew, draws inspiration from nature to deliver organic skincare solutions. With a belief in skin-loving rather than skin-covering, Kew Organics aims to transform complexions naturally, offering products that are a testament to the power of pure, plant-based ingredients. 6. BSkin This beauty brand incorporates bee-based ingredients like honey, royal jelly, and propolis across its product range. This unique focus on natural, beneficial ingredients derived from bees provides nourishing and restorative properties, making BSkin a distinctive player in the Singaporean beauty market. These brands exemplify the innovation and dedication within Singapore's beauty industry, offering effective, ethically conscious, and locally relevant options that are truly changing the game. Thumbnail credit: Sigi Skin via Amazon / Handmade Heroes via Amazon
Telegraph
17-02-2025
- Health
- Telegraph
Is this £99 serum really Botox in a bottle?
For as long as there has been Botox, there have been creams and serums designed to imitate the smoothing results of anti-wrinkle injections. Except, of course, you cannot get a like-for-like effect with a toxin that freezes the muscles for a few months (often longer) from a cream that you slap on your skin before you go to sleep. The beauty industry is getting significantly closer, though. And that's thanks to big advances in the science of peptides. It seems to be a word used across a lot of 'anti-ageing' skincare, but what are peptides? They are short chains of amino acids, which can signal skin cells to perform a whole manner of functions, such as produce more collagen, repair damaged cells and reduce inflammation. In theory, with the right peptides, you can trigger the skin to improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. I've never had Botox myself, so over the past six months I have been keenly testing a couple of peptide serums to see if they are all they're cracked to be. There's one standout from the Swiss brand Meder called Myo-Fix (£99). The packaging is functional with no bells and whistles, but this serum, described as a 'toxin-free alternative to wrinkle treatments', gives impressive results. It is a targeted treatment you use twice a day on the areas of the face where you have wrinkles, such as the forehead, upper lip and around the eyes (crow's feet). Myo-Fix, £99, Meder 'Peptides are the future of skincare,' Dr Tiina Meder, the founder of the brand, confidently tells me over a coffee. She has been using peptides in her bestselling range since 2009 (she has never had Botox herself, and has an incredible youthful complexion in her 50s). While it remains true that no cream or serum can freeze your muscles like a neurotoxin can, clinical trials have shown a reduction in deep lines with continued use of Myo-Fix. One of the brands I always look to for its advanced skincare tech is SkinCeuticals, which sparked the trend for these super-peptide serums last summer with the launch of P-Tiox, its answer to 'glass skin' (i.e. a radiant, dewy, smooth complexion) in a bottle. This £130 serum is the one I've used the longest, sandwiching it in between my vitamin C serum, which goes on first, and my day cream. P-Tiox, £130, SkinCeuticals I loathe layering on too many serums for the sake of it, but I really noticed a difference using P-Tiox. I can't say it actively stopped any fine lines in their tracks, despite it being called a 'wrinkle-modulating peptide serum', but it has definitely given me unusually smooth skin that has a sheeny quality to it. I've almost finished the bottle to the last drop, which as far as beauty editor metrics go, is a five-star rating. I also really rate anything, quite frankly, by the luxury skincare brand Allies of Skin. Nicolas Travis, the brand founder and formulator, is a bit of a genius: he has an army of serums all designed to tackle almost any skincare concern. Advanced Lifting Serum, £176, Allies of Skin His Multi Peptides & GF (growth factor) Advanced Lifting Serum (£176) is definitely at the top end of the serum price range, but if your budget stretches to this, I would highly recommend it. This serum is like an anti-ageing powerhouse, plumping the skin beautifully with a smoothing effect. Used alone it's fantastic, but if money is no object I suggest layering it at night under the brand's Retinal 0.1 per cent & Peptides Advanced Repair Night Cream (£123) for a winning duo. With skincare this good, I won't be booking in for any injectables any time soon. If you do have injectables yourself, however, these peptide serums can help your skin to look as fresh as it can in between those appointments. A great option all round.
