The Plantbased Brand That’s All About Self-love
When she couldn’t find skincare that was gentle enough for her skin, Amanda Woo started Soul Good Project in her kitchen.
Necessity is the mother of invention, they say. For Amanda Woo, it was sensitive, inflamed skin brought on by eczema, fuelled by her struggle to find products that didn’t worsen it.
The 31-year-old says the options for clean formulas and gentle ingredients were limited in Singapore.
Deciding that she needed to find out more about skincare and its ingredients, she left her job as a public relations manager in the food and lifestyle industry to dive into research, including doing a UK-based Diploma in Organic Skincare Formulation online.
She turned her kitchen into a science lab, searching for the right formula for her first product. Over 30 formulations later, she was ready to launch the Himalayan Wilderness Deodorant Balm ($26.90) in December 2019.
This July, Amanda, who makes all the products by hand, adds two clay masks to her line-up. “They contain superfood ingredients to target sensitive skin and acne,” she says.
Pink Glow, with its combo of French and Australian pink clay, decongests pores and calms acne-prone skin. Green Detox has French clay, matcha and spirulina, to soak up excess oil and exfoliate skin, leaving it cleaner and clearer.
Amanda says she wants to make a difference in how people feel about their skin – the epitome of self-love – which starts with what you put on it (and into your body).
That’s why all Soul Good Project products, from deo and sleep mists to face oils, are vegan, cruelty-free, made with plant-based ingredients, and gentle on all skin types. The deo, for example, is a blend of essential oils – cedarwood, bergamot and citrus sinensis – that offers anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal and hydrating benefits to calm skin, and kill bacteria and odour.
Available at www. soulgoodproject.com
The skin under the eyes is thin and translucent, making the blood vessels easily seen – it’s that purplish or bluish tint. And it’s not just sleep – other factors cause it too.
For example, dark circles tend to stand out against fair skin. And when you lose facial volume through ageing, it can cast dark shadows on the undereye area. If you have little underlying fat supporting the area, dark circles can also stand out. A highsodium diet can cause water retention, making dark circles look worse in the morning.
Undereye fillers can volumise the area so it doesn’t appear so hollow, reducing the look of dark shadows. If the dark circles are due to skin discoloration, your doctor can also combine fillers with lasers and retinoid creams to enhance the treatment results. eyes are caused by temporary swelling due to crying, allergies, or water retention from consuming too much sodium or alcohol. Using an eye cream containing caffeine, applying a cold compress or massaging the eye area can help reduce the puffiness.
On the other hand, eye bags are formed when the muscles around the eyes weaken with age, and the fat that helps support the eyes migrates into the lower eyelids. Radiofrequency treatments like Thermage Eyes or Exilis Elite can induce collagen production to lift and tighten the area; these can also be combined with fillers.
There is minimal pain and downtime involved, and at Prive, ensuring patients’ safety and comfort while delivering results is our priority.
Crow’s feet are due to a loss in collagen and skin elasticity. They can be dynamic (expression lines, such as from smiling) or static (the lines are always there).
For dynamic wrinkles, botulinum toxin injections temporarily paralyse the muscles near the eye area, to prevent expression lines from forming. An energybased treatment like Thermage Eyes can also be added. It heats the collagen-rich layers under the skin and induces collagen remodelling to tighten and lift skin.
Static wrinkles are more severe, but we can pair Skin Boosters or Rejuran I with the above treatments. These injectables help repair and hydrate skin to reduce the look of wrinkles.
For more severe crow’s feet, we can use fillers to replace lost volume and fill in the deeper lines.
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