Using good food for gorgeous skin

IMAGINE having wholesome fruits and vegetables as part of your beauty therapy. Doesn't it sound like a lot of natural, fruity goodness?

Skin Food, one of the most popular Korean skincare and makeup brands, established in 1957, has made its way to Brunei Darussalam. With the opening of its store, last year, exciting range of products which contain natural ingredients such as sugar, rice, honey, vegetables and fruits and nuts (and more) are now available to Bruneians.

Skin Food is derived from herbs, plant extracts and essential oils with no colourings, additives or preservatives, to lovingly care for you, from top to toe!

Some of the latest ranges from Skin Food include: Black Raspberry, a time-reversing red food.

A rejuvenating range of skin care, the Black Raspberry range is said to provide powerful antioxidant benefits. The secret is its abundant Vitamin C content, which is 2.5 times higher than that of tangerines. Not only does it make your skin healthier, Vitamin C also prevents your skin from ageing.

The Skin Food Black Raspberry line delivers all the nutrients and benefits of the fruit to your skin, preventing freckles and dark spots from developing and keeping your skin clean and silky-smooth.

The Black Raspberry line is a full-range skincare line including toner, serum, and facial pack, helping you to keep your skin moist and healthy in the dry spring season.

This line is especially suitable for people with sensitive skin, as it does not cause irritation. In particular, the Black Raspberry eye cream containing adenosine, an anti-wrinkle substance, will keep your eye area wrinkle free.

Recommended skincare regimen:

Black Raspberry Toner -> Lettuce & Cucumber Toning Mist -> Black Raspberry Eye Cream -> Black Raspberry Water Serum -> Black Raspberry Emulsion -> Black Raspberry Water Cream -> Tomato Whitening Sun Cream

Fresh Juice and Vitamin C to revitalise you

The Fresh Juice line is popular for its high concentration of vitamin C. It is ideal to soothe and revitalise skin complexion, making it more hydrated and smoother. The range of products offer customised therapy for everyday use.

Recommended skincare regimen:

Fresh Juice Toner -> Fresh Juice C Serum (a skin-brightening serum that hydrates skin)/Fresh Juice E Serum (an anti-wrinkle serum that makes skin hydrated and resilient, through its complex extracts of vegetables) -> Fresh Juice Emulsion -> Fresh Juice C Cream (a lightweight gel cream that revitalizes) /Fresh Juice E Cream (a moist, high-nutrition anti-wrinkle cream that increases the resilience of skin)

Trendy Make-up Colours

Other than skincare, Skin Food also has a range of make-up products which you can mix and match to create new looks. The key feature of the make-up trend in 2009 is "hypersense", that goes beyond the mix-and-match stage. For example, it draws from the past and the future, incorporating organic, natural elements and cutting-edge technology spanning many generations.

Skin Food's colour trends will be cool pastel colours, reminiscent of a snow-covered scenery. To create a naturally radiant skin complexion, it is very important to select a base makeup with a subtle luminescence.

Point colours will be purplish or brownish pink. In addition, brown and black, embodying the fall season, will continue to be trendy colours.

For eye makeup, colours with luxurious, mysterious pearl will be in style and will have a more powdery and matte texture than last season. Subtle coluors can be added to the lips and cheeks, but should not break up the overall tone of the makeup.

Makeup recommendations:

Base (Skin)

Lime Secret Shine Base (#85 Lime Pearl Peach) -> Sweet Potato Liquid (#21 Skin Liquid) -> Fruit Air Fit Loose Powder (#10 Bright Rice + #30 Moist Watermelon)

Point (Eye)

Chocolate Powder Brow Pencil (#3 Grey - Brown) -> Chocolate Powder Brow Powder Cake (#2 Grey - Brown) -> Sugar Cookie Shadow (#20 Moist Pearl White) + Sugar Bloom Shadow Box (#2) + Creamy Smoky Crayon (#3 Smoky Brown) -> Chocolate Eye Line Jam (#2 Chocolate Dip Mocha) -> Almond Volume King Mascara (#2 Almond Black)

Point (Lip)

Candy Moist Rouge (#682 Golden Beige) -> Choco Melt Lip Tube (#5)

Point (Cheek)

Sugar Cookie Blush (#2 Bebe Peach)

Finish

Allover Muffin Cake Finish (#3 Gold Banana Muffin)

The Brunei Times