Baby - faced beauty

Even in your 20s, the signs of ageing are already starting to show. Laneige’s Perfect Renew line keeps them at bay with its new and patented Skin Rebirth™ technology, which is designed to help give you a baby-smooth complexion.

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Even in your 20s, the signs of ageing are already starting to show. Laneige’s Perfect Renew line keeps them at bay with its new and patented Skin Rebirth™ technology, which is designed to help give you a baby-smooth complexion.

“I started my antiageing care in my 20s to keep my skin looking young and sparkling.” – Song Hye Kyo, international actress and Laneige brand ambassador
“I started my antiageing care in my 20s to keep my skin looking young and sparkling.” – Song Hye Kyo, international actress and Laneige brand ambassador

If you believe that signs of ageing don’t appear until your 30s, just contrast your complexion with a baby’s smooth and perfect skin. Infants’ skin cells are replaced by new ones much faster than those of older children or adults. Th is means the skin cell structure remains tight, so the skin appears fine and smooth. Laneige calls these smaller and tighter skin cell structures “baby triangles”.

Chronological age and lifestyle factors like pollution, sun exposure, smoking, poor diet and stress cause our cells to lose energy, and as a result, skin is renewed more slowly. The triangular cell structure therefore becomes bigger and more distorted, making skin look rough, and eventually, wrinkled. The skin also loses its glow and becomes less hydrated. These problems can appear in your early 20s, but you might not notice them till much later, by which time it may be too late to reverse the damage done.

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TIPS
1. APPLY YOUR MOISTURISER GENTLY
Applying moisturiser with an upward motion might counteract sagging, but what truly makes a difference is how much pressure you use. The rule? Gently does it – the more you tug, the more you damage skin.

2. SKINCARE PRODUCTS WORK BEST ON FRESHLY WASHED SKIN To get the most out of your skincare products, apply them just aft er a warm shower. Damp and warm skin is more permeable, so the products will penetrate more deeply.

Laneige’s Perfect Renew line was recently reformulated to target these baby triangles and restore their dense structure so as to enhance your natural beauty. The star product is the total anti-ageing serum, Perfect Renew Regenerator, which aims to go beyond just making skin appear younger – it is designed to make your skin feel like a baby’s. The product targets damage, dullness, dryness, rough texture and wrinkles using two exclusive technologies: Skin Rebirth and Advanced Ceramide Water. Developed as a result of collaborative research between Korea and Singapore, Skin Rebirth contains galangin – an extract of the galangal plant – to restore the skin’s energy by increasing the speed of cell renewal and reducing the size of the baby triangles. Advanced Ceramide Water boosts hydration levels by imitating the skin’s barrier, which prevents evaporation of moisture.

Perfect Renew Regenerator has a light and refreshing texture. Use it after Perfect Renew Skin Refiner and before Perfect Renew Emulsion. According to Laneige’s clinical tests, it can help give you a glowing, hydrated complexion with a refined texture – that sparkling beauty we all once had as babies – as well as protect against future signs of ageing.

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Skin Refiner A gel-type refining product used after cleansing to replenish moisture.

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Emulsion Improved for better absorption, this boosts the skin’s moisture barrier to better resist skin irritants.

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Cream Further enhances your skin’s moisture barrier for a smooth, sleek finish.

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Eye Cream Designed to moisturise and repair damage to the skin in the eye area.

Laneige products are available at the brand’s counters and boutiques. For more information, visit www.laneige.com.sg.