From breakthrough skincare formulas to groundbreaking makeup textures, beauty innovation has pushed forth speedily—especially in these times of pandemic, when self-love and self-care are so essential.

IT STARTS WITH REGULAR BREAST YOU KNOW YOUR BOOBS INTIMATELY, AND THOROUGH SCANS LIKE MAMMOGRAMS. SELF-EXAMINATIONS THAT LET THESE TWO CHECKS CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE.

The most work-appropriate looks that go with your mask. Lipstick is optional.

These leaders don’t wear capes but their selfless response to help the sick, the vulnerable and the disadvantaged during the Covid-19 pandemic places them in the league of the heroic.

They’re the frontrunners in local skincare and makeup, coming up with exciting new products and clever ways of doing things.

Soneva founder says hospitality operators need to think of the environmental and social impact of their work beyond Covid-19.

A new multi-purpose concealer touts itself to be The One.

We find out about Wildlife Reserves Singapore’s animal adoption programme, and how to be a part of it.

Luxury watch and jewellery brands are doing their part to give back to society and make ethically responsible decisions.

Create your IRL beauty filter and put your best face forward in those video conference calls

Just as you have a varied makeup stash, so should you have varied makeup looks to draw on. From days when you have little time or energy to when you feel dressier, here’s how you can get by with different numbers of products, from just two for a simple look to a full-on makeup face using 10 products. Now, go look your prettiest.

Your face greases up more easily in hot weather. To maintain a fresh, matte complexion, these products – from primers to moisturisers – keep excess oil and enlarged pores in check without drying skin.

Maximise your beauty budget and get the most bang for your buck with these smart investment choices.

A round-up of the best brightening investments for your beauty wardrobe and regime.

These are not bronzers or highlighters.

A total of 155 new products. More than 180 award categories. A panel of 14 dedicated judges. Weeks of non-stop testing.

It’s time to be-leaf in the au naturel goodness of Mother Nature with crueltyfree products.

Boardroom Makeup | C-Spiked Potions | Spring/Summer Trends

The beauty and glamour of past eras – from the ’20s to the ’60s – are back in the spotlight. From the Downton Abbey movie to the SS ’20 runways of Louis Vuitton and Chloe, old-time looks are fresh again.

From radiant skin and glossy hair to a fresh new makeup look, we share tips for a top-to-toe makeover.

Take centre stage with these stunning beauty looks inspired by your favourite K-drama heroines.

We have 5 hampers to give away.

From tried-and-true favourites to new must-haves, check out this year’s beauty MVPs.

From fresh skin to natural-looking waves and the best colour for your hair and eyes, the most wearable looks for 2020 are pared down and simple.

As party invitations start rolling in, here’s how you can speed up your prep time without breaking a sweat

Sweat, humidity, sebum and even facial expressions don’t play well with foundations and concealers.

Jorja Smith is 2019’s voice and face of music, so #TeamCLEO shines a spotlight on how she became “The One”.

The bar is raised with Fenty Beauty’s newest launches — hear from the brand’s Global Make-Up Artist on the ever-growing empire.

Is the dipping air quality sensitising your skin? Dye-ing for a new colour job without the damage? Here are the picks for you.

High-octane iridescence, decadent jewel tones, exaggerated pouts and out-of-this-world eyes.

What you need, what you want, and what really works.

We break down the best beauty trends of Fall 2019 into wearable, everyday looks.

Thailand’s fertile jungles, wildlife and rich culture make the ideal landscape for a sustainable vacation.

These beauty experts are responsible for helping people look their best. Here, they share the easiest and best makeup tips that anyone can follow

It replaces the ubiquitous but not very effective puff, to give your skin a more natural-looking and even finish.

Makeup artist Daniel Martin caters to Hollywood’s elite—not to mention Meghan Markle (he created her wedding look). We asked him what it takes to look like a modern-day duchess. As told to Jessica Matlin.

You know and love them. Now, they’ve been updated, or added a new family member. Karen Tee singles out the iconic beauty bestsellers that have gotten a refresh in the past six months.

Turn your face into a masterpiece asterpiecce with these makeup and facial tools ls that will help shape, sharpen and pen and contour you to perfection.

Fake a flawless complexion even on days you don’t feel great.

Her star has soared ever since she made her acting debut in 2003, but Felicia Chin’s feet have stayed firmly grounded.

Makeup artist and beauty content creator Sahur tested a bunch of the most extra highlighters. Here are her top tips to achieving every level of glow.

The Liquid Matte Foundation for 10-hour Work Days

Every year, the CLEO Beauty Hall of Fame brings you the very best in beauty. This time, judges Alex T, Mong Chin Yeoh, Sahur Saleim, Sean Ang, Beauty Editor Smita DeSouza and the CLEO crew tried over 200 products to bring you the ones that truly work—plus insider tips to make the most of them. Don’t add to cart without reading this first

Special edition street-inspired collab? There’s one in here.

TRIED, TESTED AND APPROVED BY THE CLEO CREW .

What you need, what you want, and what really works.

When facing a 57-shade range – we’re looking at you, M.A.C – one is bound to feel overwhelmed.

A round-up of our fave beauty finds of the moment.

Emulating the success of its eponymous Armani Jacket, the Italian house adopts the same concept for its newest foundation: long-lasting appeal, flawless coverage and comfortable wear.

Cool new beauty buys to add to your shelfie (and the ones that are actually worth your $$$).

What you need, what you want, and what really works.

Beauty reviews are a dime a dozen all over the Internet.

Our round-up of our fave beauty finds of the moment.

WE TRY, YOU BUY.

Let’s be clear—there’s absolutely no shortcut to clear skin. Any beauty insider will tell you that you have to be meticulous about cleansing and establish a proper skincare routine that works for you. Sounds daunting? We’re here to help.

With the cushion trend still going strong, we’ve rounded up six that lend skin a natural glow.

Take a leaf from the stylebooks of these celebs who continue to wow over the years.

Makeup for men – and genderless makeup – is becoming mainstream.

It’s as South Korean as it gets, but it’s not into trends or gimmicks.

We tested over 600 products from 300 brands to bring you the very best your skin deserves.

Supercharge your skincare and makeup regime with the best beauty picks of 2019.

Start the year afresh by renewing your beauty regime with these insider rules

Foundation is rightly named: It’s the bedrock of a makeup routine, applied every morning to create a flawless starting point for the rest of your products.

These highlighter compacts are pretty – both on your skin and on your dresser.

On Sept 27, Vacheron Constantin launched the Fiftysix collection at The NCO Club.

There has never been a better time to change it up, for the latest makeup is confident, fearless and inclusive.

Nude lipsticks sometimes give lips a grey cast.

We know how timechallenged you are.

These even out skin tone and blur blemishes. Sheer, lightweight and spreadable, they blend away to nothing without looking like makeup. The effect: your skin, but better.

October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we bring you the latest updates on our country’s most common cancer in women, plus inspiring stories from survivors By ELIZABETH LIEW

Breathable and sweat-proof for 24-hour wear, Lancôme’s high-coverage Teint Idole Ultra Wear Foundation allows every woman to say #makeupismypower.

Why should you? Well, your skin isn’t the same all the time.

No matter your preferred style, it’s hard to deny the appeal of fresh, natural-looking skin that you won’t be embarrassed to head out or take a selfie with (see reformed new mum Kylie Jenner).

It’s not the same as skincare with foundation – it’s even better. It provides coverage and takes care of your skin at the same time.

Do you like your foundation radiant or matte? Whichever camp you’re in, here are the foundations you should try out

Breathable and sweat-proof for 24-hour wear, Lancôme’s high-coverage Teint Idole Ultra Wear Foundation allows every woman to say #makeupismypower. Singapore’s top celebrity makeup artists share how.

It’s all about the spa skin.

Meet Benefit’s Hello Happy Soft Blur Foundation. It’s sure to put a smile on your face – and not just because your skin will look so good with it on.

When skincare brands venture into makeup, it’s easy to peg the collections as boring and expected. Not these four. Each offers a different answer to a woman’s everyday makeup needs. And each one is exciting, yet practical.

These brands are a little late to the party with their first cushion foundations. But the rare, hard-to-harvest ingredients in each one makes them winners. What you get: serious skincare benefits, on top of a flawless finish.

It’s an exciting time in beauty.

MAKEUP THAT CLAIMS TO GO ON LIKE IT'S BEEN APPLIED BY A PRO MIGHT SOUND LIKE MARKETING SPIEL, BUT DIOR’S MAGIC MAN PETER PHILIPS MAKES THIS A REALITY WITH HIS LATEST COLLECTION – AND A GOOD DOSE OF COMMON SENSE. MOH SHUYING REPORTS FROM TOKYO.

Inspired by ink stamps, these cushion foundations blur out imperfections and give you radiant, glowing skin BY ARISSA HA

La Prairie’s Essence-in-Foundation is the finishing touch for complexion perfection.

Turning to other women for love advice is great, but to get a deeper understanding of what goes on in his head, we decided to go straight to the source. We grill Allan Wu, Glenn Ong, James Quan, Howard Lo and Paul Foster on love, sex, marriage and divorce.

For both these brands, improving blood circulation = better skin.

Max Factor’s Healthy Skin Harmony Miracle Foundation promises all-day freshness and hydration, so you look radiant from morning to night.

The first cushion compact with caviar water redefines the meaning of toting a designer item wherever you go. Female ties ups with La Prairie to discover the benefits of its new Skin Caviar Essence-In-Foundation.

The barely-there makeup look that’s favoured by Korean pop stars hasn’t gone anywhere. If you still haven’t mastered it by now, here are some tools you’ll need to start glowing like you were born with it. Focal points: Dewy skin (hint: a cushion foundation gets you a natural glow without feeling too heavy), filled-in brows and girlishly long lashes (get one that washes out with warm water to avoid taking a toll on your lashes). Add just a hint of colour with youthful-looking pinks or corals on the cheeks and lips.

One woman’s beauty must-have can be a total fail for her bestie, simply because products should fit our individual lifestyles and beauty goals. Hence, we’ve curated these winners to suit you, whether you’re a fit girl, environment advocate, party-lover or lady boss.

Max Factor’s Healthy Skin Harmony Miracle Foundation promises all-day freshness and hydration, so you look radiant from morning to night.

This water dropshaped puff has two sections: the smaller, pointy part for concealer; the bigger for foundation.

In honour of Earth Day on April 22, we look to the stars using their influence for good by doing their part to help save Mother Nature.

These radiance-enhancing makeup and insider tricks on using them will intensify your glow game.

These winners are not the ones that give the Korean dewy look (sorry!). Why? Because the latter are just not right for our climate. The ones we do love are the semimatte variety. They make us look fresh, radiant, and simply us.

THESE FOUNDATIONS WON’T SLIDE OR MELT OFF DESPITE THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.

These next-generation foundations do more than cover flaws, offering skincare benefits and UV protection

Refining, illuminating, pore-shrinking, tone-evening... The latest primer formulas do a lot more than get your makeup to stay put all day (though they accomplish that beautifully, too).

The people placing Asia on the world map.

Every month since September 2016, we have been curating ideas and experiences for this column that aim to do three things: encourage you to take the less-travelled path (literally and figuratively); inspire you to do better by yourself and others; and live a little more – even a little smarter. For our last issue of 2017, we’ve added a fourth thing: ideas and experiences that also make darn good gifts.

Every month since September 2016, we have been curating ideas and experiences for this column that aim to do three things: encourage you to take the less-travelled path (literally and figuratively); inspire you to do better by yourself and others; and live a little more – even a little smarter. For our last issue of 2017, we’ve added a fourth thing: ideas and experiences that also make darn good gifts.

A bottle of liquid foundation is the beauty equivalent of the little black dress – every woman owns more than one. Especially when the latest formulations promise to stay budge-proof for 24 hours. Estee Lauder’s Double Wear Nude Water Fresh Makeup SPF30/PA++ ($62) has an ultra-fluid texture and boasts specially formulated pigments that are said to adhere to skin for hours of coverage. There’s also YSL Beaute’s All Hours Foundation ($98), which has an ultra-absorbent polymer to absorb moisture, and keep your game face intact in Singapore’s humidity.

From navigating the arid plains in Africa to city-hopping in Shanghai, achieve complexion perfection with foundations for every climate

We love our cushions as much as the Koreans do. But for bases that really last, we turn to liquids. Let us explain why.

This year’s best skincare, makeup and body products for the ultimate in top-to-toe pampering. By Joyce Cheo.

This cult Japanese beauty brand has a holistic approach to skincare by stimulating skin’s innate ability to balance and heal itself.

Create a flawless canvas for your face with these primers, foundations and powders.

YSL Beauty designs one that lets you apply foundation any way you like.

WOULD A FOUNDATION WITH A DEWY, MATTE OR RADIANT FINISH DO THE JOB BEST?

Find out what makes these beauty products champions and how to get the most out of them.

IWC Schaffhausen has unveiled the Da Vinci Chronograph Edition ‘Laureus Sport for Good Foundation’ limited-edition timepiece.

Our annual beauty awards are back! Voted by a panel of industry experts and esteemed judges, this is Singapore’s comprehensive list of beauty must-haves. Don’t go shopping without it!

Whether you’re a powder, cushion or liquid foundation lover, you can give your skin a natural glow with these new lightweight, hydrating foundations.

Powder, cream, cushion or compact? This handy guide will help you decide what type of foundation you need to put your best face forward.

RMK’s primers and foundations deliver a flawless look all day, so you look fresh and glowing, but still like you.

These makeup collections that were discontinued several years ago are making a comeback. Here’s what you should check out from both these brands.

As the late Shu Uemura used to say, “Beautiful makeup starts with beautiful skin.” But skincare takes time—usually an average of four weeks, or one skin cycle—to produce results

We just want our makeup to look like our skin – without the redness, scars, under-eye circles and dark spots – and these base makeup essentials are just right for getting your complexion to look flawless all day long.

The shining stars of social media and television share their secrets to achieving a radiant glow.

The secret to the season’s hottest looks? Makeup that leaves your skin as smooth as a petal.

We have high expectations when it comes to base makeup. Long workdays, hot and humid weather, and unbalanced skin conditions (think oily yet dehydrated) require that products be long-lasting, with impressive blemish-concealing abilities and skincare perks – and many of our winners deliver on these. The past year was also the year that soft matte foundations made small headlines, thanks to more comfortable textures and improved finishes that look fresh and radiant, not heavy and flat.

Revlon® ColorStay™ Makeup for Combination/Oily Skin lasts all day and doesn’t rub off, flake or fade

Bourjois’ revamped Healthy Mix Foundation does more than give you a flawless complexion – it takes care of your skin too.

Going barefaced doesn’t mean zero makeup. We’re talking about a pared-down yet polished look – your skin, only better! However, it takes skilled fingers and product know-how to create this “effortless” beauty.

Cushion foundations have helped us save time by making it easier to touch up on the go, but have you been using your cushion correctly?

Sunscreens that spread easily and don’t ruin makeup. Sign us up please!

After putting over 150 products to the test, here are CLEO's top picks for every skin type.

Make the most of your makeup with these nifty tricks.

May you always have flawlesslooking skin.

You may have the party stamina of an Energizer bunny, but can your makeup last as long? We’ve done the homework and picked out the most durable foundations, lipsticks, blushers, eyeshadows and eyeliners to keep your makeup looking on fleek – #notouchupsrequired.

Teng Ngiek Lian is brimming with energy when we meet for this interview. That buzz is from a sevenday trip to Papua New Guinea to assess a potential project with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), even as he recalls struggling through jungles and battling mosquitoes every night in the little hut he slept in.

Today’s philanthropists are breaking out of their silos and forging partnerships for greater and long lasting impact.

Foundation brushes and sponge blenders are the darlings of makeup pros and beauty junkies because of the seamless finish they create. YSL Beaute’s new Y-brush takes it one step further.

Sheer foundations that help achieve the ‘no make-up’ look

Perfecting skin is easier than you’d think. These quick steps will conceal redness, dark circles, pimples, and dry, flaky skin, says SIMONE WU.

Combat dullness and dark spots, and make your complexion really luminous with these five steps.

Make your night look right “Scouring the aisles for a makeup base that’ll last through an all-nighter?

From everyday time-saving solutions to special occasion-perfection, top industry experts’ tips on the must-have makeup brushes.

Skin can be bathed in the most flattering – soft, diffused – lighting. Cle de Peau Beaute’s latest makeup base, Radiant Cream Foundation, shows how radiance is better with a lighter touch.

Looking beautiful doesn’t have to be a full-time job. Here’s how to simplify your daily regime and look doubly fabulous. BY ANNIE TAN

What you need, what you want, and what really works.

Meet the new breed of stick foundations: They have lightweight, easy-to-blend formulas that last all day without leaving a mask-like finish or settling into pores.

These foundations by COVERMARK make having gorgeous skin effortless.

Blur the lines and look your best at any age with these easy tips.

Cushion foundation compacts hydrate, perfect and protect the skin while promising all-day wear and radiance. JOIE GOH tried eight of the very latest.

Their job is to make others beautiful, but what do the experts do for themselves? JOIE GOH asks makeup artists, hairstylists, GPs with an interest in aesthetics medicine, and other industry pros to share their secrets.

Here’s how to find a foundation that’s the perfect match for your skin tone and type

It’s not just the top sailors who are enjoying the stiffening breeze of sailing’s popularity in the region.

Score an A-grade difference to your beauty routine with these game-changing tips.

Make tricky makeup trends work for you.

Nope, the hype hasn’t died down yet – in fact, Western brands are now launching their own versions of this makeup must-have. CARINA KOH tells you how to choose yours.

Beyoncé’s go-to makeup artist, Sir John, and Khloé Kardashian’s favourite hairstylist, Jen Atkin, share their no-fail styling tips.

The right primer and foundation are the secrets to a fl awless complexion. VDL has a range of them to suit all concerns, and they boast Lumilayer technology for brighter, more even skin.

These BB cushions and cushion foundations take minimum effort for maximum impact.

Say goodbye to “dull” moments with these instant pick-me-ups from Too Faced

For South Korean actress-model Claudia Kim, it involves washing her face with bottled water, as EUGENE QUEK discovers during a candid chat with the new face of Bobbi Brown in Seoul.

Give your complexion a softfocus effect with this matte-finish foundation.

Say goodbye to common skin, hair and makeup dilemmas with these easy fixes

Beauty insiders, influencers and celebrities tip us off on their brightening secrets

Glimmer that’s good for you – why mineral make-up outshines the rest.

Apparently, this smart product syncs with the skin, so it works for both dry and oily complexions – as well as everything in between.

Finding the perfect foundation can be daunting, so we’ve done the hard work for you. You’re welcome.

Beauty editor Simone Wu’s picks for this month.

The artistic director of Shiseido reveals his genius tricks for getting skin to glow, pulling off megawatt colour, and more.

It wouldn’t be a stretch to say hundreds of beauty products pass through our desks every week. To find out which beauty buys are worth investing in for the new year, The Weekly team, along with industry professionals and influencers, rubbed, scrubbed and dabbed our way to determining the best By Elizabeth Lee.

You get full coverage and a radiant finish with this cream-foundation-and-brush combo.

So your gams are riddled with spider veins and blemishes, and your skin looks dull – no worries, our guide will have them looking red-carpet-worthy in no time. By CARINA KOH and JACLYN GUNASILAN

Or more accurately, who doesn’t? In a world where money talks, we speak to three financially successful female entrepreneurs to find out what it takes to bring home the Birkin.

High coverage, mulitple skincare benefits and light on your skin – what’s not to love?

If you’re after a light foundation that hydrates while concealing minor skin flaws, sulwhasoo perfecting cushion does the job.