Category: TRIED & TESTED

Goodbye Foundation. Hello Great Skin

Men love soft, shiny skin. Here’s how to get it. Nothing exudes youth and sex appeal more than the healthy sheen of nude, supple skin. While the cosmetics industry would love to have you believe that more makeup translates to a more attractive appearance, most men we spoke to actually say they prefer their women with LESS, not more makeup. There lies the conundrum, we women face. How can we bare our faces if our skin is anything less than flawless? We spoke to two skin experts, Marisa Tay, a freelance makeup artist and Dr Low Chai Ling from The SW1 Clinic on their take on how we can make it or fake it when it comes to glowing skin.   A LITTLE SCIENCE Skin has three layers: The epidermis is the “raincoat” of our skin, it provides a waterproof barrier and creates our skin The dermis, beneath the epidermis, contains tough connective tissue, hair follicles, and sweat glands. The deeper subcutaneous tissue or “storeroom” is made of fat and connective Continue Reading

A Natural Way To Having Snow White Skin

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? We have the solution for those who are looking to achieve younger, fairer and lighter from within. Try: Crystal Tomato Health Supplement. All About Crystal Tomato This highly effective 100% natural supplement from the USA is bursting with super anti-oxidants and skin whitening benefits. This magic pill contains Crystal Tomato Carotenoids which have been proven to help in attaining fairer and healthier skin from within. Just one-a-day, this is a convenient supplement for the modern working women to attain fairer and younger looking skin with no side effects.  Each pill contains three naturally cultivated crystal tomatoes rich in youth-enhancing colourless carotenoids to deliver complexion whitening goodness from within. How does it work?  Crystal Tomato inhibits melanin synthesis to prevent pigmentation spots from forming while lightening the pigments that has already formed including dark acne marks, age-spots, freckles and dark underarms. This gives you a lighter and brighter complexion. Besides inhibiting melanin synthesis, it also prevent DNA damage and promotes Continue Reading

3D Nose Lift: All You Need to Know

BY LISA WILLIAMS I speak to Dr Low Chai Ling whose brain child SW1 Clinic  is rumoured to be one of the fastest growing aesthetic centre in Singapore. to give us the highlights and lowdowns on non-invasive aesthetic treatments for the nose. Short of going under the knife, Nose fillers and Nose Threadlifts have been making waves on the aesthetic forefront. Achieving a more defined and attractive nose is now not only a possibility but a lunchtime injection away.

I Tried It! – How Fillers Took 10 Years Off My Face In 30 Minutes

BY LISA WILLIAMS   At some point, it’s hard to ignore the vivid signs of ageing I see in the mirror. I always felt that my face could be sharper and more V-shaped, but I’ve noticed my face has become more “bottom heavy” and saggy in the past year. My eyes look so dull and permanently tired, it makes me look listless and older than my actual age despite all the eye serums and facials I’ve tried. Perhaps more than anything else, I’m most affected when people say I look older than my husband. With my birthday coming next month, I’ve finally plucked up enough courage to dip my toes into unchartered waters – FILLERS to lift my face! I know that I don’t want anything invasive but I know I am ready for any sort of non-surgical facelift (if there is such a thing)! I’ve chosen to go to SW1 Clinic at my friend’s recommendation.   More importantly,  one of my close friends have been there before and I’ve heard great things about Continue Reading