CLEO Clear Skin Awards 2019

We are super stoked to have 6 of our products winning 7 different awards from the CLEO Magazine's Clear Skin Awards 2019! Our Japanese brands have proven themselves worthy to the beauty gurus of Singapore and came up on top of the hundreds and thousands of skincare and cosmetic products available in the market. This is is proof that a quality product needs no gimmicks!

Read on to find out more about those 7 award-winning products!

Category: Normal Skin
Title Won: Best Peel
Product: ASTY Gabaiyoka Horse Oil Charcoal Removing Pack

If you have normal skin, you're already winning with this low-maintenance skin type. But that's no reason to slack off which it comes to a solid skincare routine! Keep your skin healthy with our ASTY Gabaiyoka Horse Oil Charcoal Removing Pack (retails in Don Don Donki, Tokyu Hands, Welcia-BHG, Sasa and major Watsons stores for $24.90)!

The ASTY Gabaiyoka Horse Oil Charcoal Removing Pack is an extremely effective and yet very gentle way to remove blackheads, old keratin, dirt and fine hair from your skin pores. Ingredients like Charcoal, Clay and Mannan vacuums these unwanted dirt from your skin, while Hamamelis and Grape Leaf extracts helps to tighten your pores after the deed is done, leaving your skin clean, smooth and refreshed.

What about the Horse Oil ingredient you ask? By its name, it's easy to guess that this wonder beauty ingredient is derived from horses, specifically the fat of the horse which is ultra-rich in collagen and filled with the super moisturising Hyaluronic Acid. Horse Oil has been highly regarded as the holy grail skincare ingredient in Japan and the locals has been using it in their skincare for over 30 decades - something that perhaps no other skincare ingredient can lay a claim to!

Category: Dry Skin
Title Won: Best "Thirsty No More" Moisture Mask
Product: Lululun Precious Daily Facial Mask, Age-Defying Moisture Red

​The tell-tale signs of dryness are rough, flaking and tight skin. Quench your skin's thirst and keep it supple and smooth with our moisture replenishing, daily facial masks by Lululun! The winner here is our Lululun Age-Defying Moisture Red Masks (retails in Don Don Donki, Tokyu Hands, Welcia-BHG, Sasa and major Watsons stores for $29.90 a pack of 32 sheet masks). 

Lululun is probably Japan's most popular daily toner mask and it's also one of the first skincare brands to launch the daily mask concept. Each sheet of the Age-Defying Moisture Mask is 0.6mm thick and comes with a 3-layer structure which is designed to allow easy and effective penetration of moisture, vitamins and skin-restorative essences into the skin. It has been tested and proven that your lotions, moisturisers or serums (basically the other skincare products that you use post mask) will absorb into your skin much better – we are talking about 65% BETTER! 

Dermatologists have long recommended both women and men in their mid 20s to 30s to start using anti-aging skincare no matter what skin type you have, so get on it!

Category: Dry Skin
Title Won: Best Fluid Foundation
Product: Excel Milky Fit Fluid Foundation

A lot of people with dry, flaky skin struggle with makeup, but here we have have got just the right product for you. Introducing EXCEL's highly-acclaimed foundation and probably the makeup saviour for dry skin: the Milky Fit Fluid Foundation (retails in Don Don Donki, Tokyu Hands, Welcia-BHG and major Watsons stores for $33.90). 

This moist and silky smooth foundation comes in 4 shades and has a lotion-y texture that would glide across your skin upon application, no matter how dry your skin texture is. The Milky Fit Fluid Foundation is also not just a normal makeup, it doubles up as a moisturiser! The formula is heavily boosted with Ceramide, a powerful anti-aging ingredient that helps skin retain moisture, fortify its protective barrier, rejuvenate skin's appearance and keep its appearance firm and plump. Other equally powerful ingredients you will find are Lipidure, an ingredient with a moisture retention rate much higher than Hyaluronic Acid; and Vitamin C, a superstar ascorbic acid that is a clinically proven skin antioxidant.

Here's what Cosme Japan had to say about the Milky Fit Fluid Foundation: "It's a tinted beauty essence with SPF28 PA++. It's extremely smooth and moist like a soufflé! The formula is very fine-grained and it offers a semi-matte finish, this will keep your skin looking fresh all day!"

Category: Sensitive Skin
Title Won: Most Soothing Mask
Product: Quality 1st All in One Sheet Mask

Easily agitated and often itchy and red, sensitive skin best responds to a minimalist approach. Boost your skin barrier health with our antioxidant-rich and inflammation-soothing All in One Sheet Mask from Quality 1st (retails in Don Don Donki, Tokyu Hands, Welcia-BHG and Sasa for $9.90 a pack of 7 sheet masks)!

Quality 1st's sheet masks are no stranger to awards - just recently, they took home the crown of being the Best Facial Sheet Mask in all of Japan! Formulated with 35 kinds of beauty serums such as Collagen, Hyaludronic Acid, Lecithin and more, Quality 1st is an all-in-one facial sheet mask that replaces your daily toner, moisturiser, emulsion, serums and other beauty potions.

​What makes Quality 1st's sheet masks perfect for sensitive skin is that they are made of 100% natural cotton from the cotton fields of Ehime, Japan, making each sheet super soft and gentle, and the fact that the masks are colour dye-free, mineral oil-free, alcohol-free and fragrance-free.

Category: Oily Skin
Title Won: Best Melt-away Blackhead Treatment
Product: ASTY Gabaiyoka Horse Oil Charcoal Removing Pack

Our ASTY Gabaiyoka Horse Oil Charcoal Removing Pack has done it again!!! Two awards in one row is an amazing accomplishment and we are extremely proud to be carrying something that really, truly and completely WORKS.

Now, easy does it when it comes to oily skin types! It's always advised that a gentle approach will yield far better results than an aggressive routine and that you got to ensure that you opt for skincare that can keep those excess sebum away and your pores clear. And what's the winning product that we'd recommend for this particular job? None other than the ASTY Gabaiyoka Horse Oil Charcoal Removing Pack (retails in Don Don Donki, Tokyu Hands, Welcia-BHG, Sasa and major Watsons stores for $24.90)!

The ASTY Gabaiyoka Horse Oil Charcoal Removing Pack is works wonders for all skin types but it emerge on top in the oily skin category because oily skin produces way more sebum than other skin types and ASTY's job will be to vacuum them dirt, oil and blackheads up and keep them away. 

Category: Acne-prone Skin
Title Won: Best Cleanser
Product: Rosette Acne Clear Face Cleanser

The number-one rule when it comes to acne-prone skin is to resist the urge to pick. Instead, tackle blemishes with potent spot treatments and re-balance the skin with purifying cleansers that can even help prevent further breakouts. The product that we are talking about is none other than our Rosette Acne Clear Face Cleanser (retails in Don Don Donki, Tokyu Hands, Welcia-BHG, and major Watsons stores for $24.90)!

Rosette is a Japanese beauty pioneer founded in 1929 and has some of the longest selling skincare products in the world. Rosette uses all-natural, mineral-rich, gentle-to-skin but yet highly effective acne-fighting ingredients (such as sulfur) in their formulas.

Featured in the Acne-prone Skin category, as the winner of the Best Cleanser, is the Sea Clay Smooth Pasta! This is a face wash made with mineral-rich sea clay and botanical extracts. The springy, elastic foam formula is made with fine sea clay powder which trap excess skin cells and impurities and rinses them away. Frequent usage will make your skin feel richly hydrated and as smooth as porcelain - we ain't exaggerating! 

Category: Acne-prone Skin
Title Won: Best "Bye bye Imperfections" Concealer
Product: Excel Silent Cover Concealer

For those who are acne-prone, choosing makeup products that work with your skin is key. Acne-prone skin types should avoid heavy or occlusive makeups that are oil-based, as they are more likely to block pores and trigger breakouts. These types of makeup are what we call non-comedogenic, indicating that they are unlikely to clog pores and has passed laboratory testing to prove it. 

And one such stunning product is the Excel Silent Cover Concealer (retails in Don Don Donki, Tokyu Hands, Welcia-BHG and major Watsons stores for $26.90), which works best to disguise pimples without creating new ones!

The Excel Silent Cover Concealer may be a very recent release but it quickly snatched the title of the No. 1 Concealer on Cosme Japan last year. This concealer is infused with 3 natural, moisturising and nourishing oils (Macadamia Seed Oil, Olive Oil and Jojoba Seed Oil) and is unique in a way that is designed like a makeup palette! This concealer palette has 3 shades and it's recommended for you to use the 3 shades accordingly to target different problem areas such as acne, dullness, dark eye circles and redness. There will be a quick guide in each palette explaining the different shade's usages and even comes with a dual tip brush for your convenience.

​Alright! We have come to the end of our blog post. Thank you for reading! We hoped that you have learnt a little more about our winning products and if you have purchased or used them in your daily beauty routine, we hope they have brought you a step closer to flawless skin!

Lastly, on behalf of our brands, we would also like to give a huge THANK YOU to CLEO Magazine for the awards! It was a super pleasant surprise and we are extremely honored and proud to have won so many of your titles this year! :D