“SWITCH ON” YOUR CELLS
This new essence has four potent ingredients that promise to activate skin’s natural resilience.
With all the makeup and skincare products available these days, it’s easy to fake great skin. You can slather moisturiser on dry, scaly skin, apply a brightening mask to illuminate dull skin, or pat on an oilcontrolling powder to keep skin shinefree. But the one thing that’s hard to fake? Smooth and bouncy skin.
That has to come from within and, thankfully, SK-II has launched Stempower Essence that is said to help skin look smoother and more youthful.
How? By activating or turning on a “master switch” in our skin cells that is responsible for their regeneration and longevity. It reportedly increases the production of proteins such as elastin and collagen in our skin to keep it firm and line-free, as well as ups hydration levels.
The gel-like essence has the Japanese brand’s signature yeast-derived ingredient, pitera, and Siberian ginseng extract. The former helps to make skin smoother and clearer; the latter improves firmness.
The essence also has artichoke extract that is supposedly responsible for triggering that “master switch”, as well as kinren extract to improve density for firmer skin. Use the lightweight Stempower Essence before a moisturiser. For best results, you should follow up with SK-II Stempower. This moisturiser also has pitera and Siberian ginseng extract to target 10 signs of ageing, including dryness, dullness and roughness.