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Etude House’s Mini Two Match is a range of mini lip products – Lip Color (21 shades), Lip Balm (two shades), Color Mix (a lip colourchanger with five shades) and Concealer – that click together via magnets to form personalised two-in-ones. This is how the Transformer-like concept works:

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Etude House’s Mini Two Match is a range of mini lip products – Lip Color (21 shades), Lip Balm (two shades), Color Mix (a lip colourchanger with five shades) and Concealer – that click together via magnets to form personalised two-in-ones. This is how the Transformer-like concept works: 

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The Refa Clear brush has traditional Japanese brush manufacturer Kumanofude’s superfine bristles for a sponge-like look and feel.

Refa Clear: 3-D Cleansing

Most cleansing brushes either vibrate or rotate to deep-clean. This Japanese brand, which is practically synonymous with face rollers, has a different take: its rotating brush alternates between circular and back-and-forth movements (think cupping) to “draw out impurities”. The slim, battery-powered device is also said to emit negative ions to enhance the cleansing process. It’s $360 from www.mtg-sg.com and Sephora. – SW 

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Step 1
It starts with a $3.90 Magnetic Holder – a plastic, um, holder, with a magnet on each end for you to stick attachments to.
 
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Step 2

Add any two items from the Mini range ($9.90 each) to the holder.

2 Lip Colors
Two fave shades in one handy package.
 
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Lip Color + Color Mix 
The latter turns the former shade into another.
 
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Lip Color + Lip 
Balm Makeup and moisture.
 
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Lip Color + Concealer
The latter neutralises your lip tone so the lip colour you apply after looks truer.
 
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Who is good at layering? Popstar Cosmetics’ Screen Concealer ($25) and Cle de Peau Beaute’s Concealer SPF25 ($105).

Concealer Layering
Where you wear it (under or over foundation, and for touch-ups) is not the issue . What matters: the concealer’s texture. It should be light, regardless of how much you pile on. This means it layers so well that you never get light patches on your face. – SW