KANEBO is a comprehensive cosmetics brand with a skincare line that is based on Chrono beauty, inspired by constantly changing skin needs, completed with a makeup line expressing your life as a masterpiece. Their latest launch is the winter collection, titled I HOPE. So what does I HOPE stand for exactly?
“Is enhancing your appearance only about beauty? No, it goes far beyond that. Wearing cosmetics is an act of empowerment. It’s about channeling emotions, harnessing energy, elevating your life. It offers a tremendous source of strength, providing you with the confidence to rise up and change the world. In this era of constant transition, hope gives you direction, and KANEBO will enrich your journey as you follow your heart.”
The brand have curated core pieces that will enhance your beauty drawer as well as your complexion, your appearance (makeup is such a wonderfully playful tool to use) and also aims to boost your mood too. Empowering you, delivering strength and offering you ways to feel at your very best…as well as looking your very best too. As we all know by now, beauty starts from within. Let’s check out their new products below. I HOPE you like it as much as I do (see what I did there!).
Skincare
The skincare range has 4 items, 2 essences and 2 creams, within a 2-step skincare system that focuses on ON & IN. The first step of ‘ON’ being the skin essence, which works on the outermost layer of skin, providing the barrier function and maintaining hydration, while enhancing the overall look of your skin. The second step is the ‘IN’ with the new advanced creams – day and night – made with a special formulation that provides all-day hydration. The night cream is my personal favourite here, it’s silky, soft, smooth, glides on (but not too heavy or thick) and is quickly absorbed. I wake up with the most beautiful baby-fresh skin, ready to take on the day. Both day and night creams promise 12-hour moisture.
On Skin Essence V – Embracing the skin in a moisture veil that mimics the structure of the stratum corneum, it delivers softness and radiance to the skin.
On Skin Essence F – This essence, inspired by intercellular lipids, contains moisturizing ingredients as well as nano-sized oil, that penetrate into the stratum corneum for hydrated, dewy skin.
Day Cream – This day cream awakens your skin, leaving it vibrant and firm. Designed for morning care, this smooth and enriched cream revitalizes skin, even prolonging makeup finish.
Night Cream – This night cream envelops your skin in moisture throughout the night, leaving it comfortable to the touch with suppleness and moisture. As the final step in your night-time care routine, this delectable, concentrated cream nurtures your skin.
Cosmetics
Yessss to this new range! I love every item. With base and colour provided, you’re left wanting nothing. Whilst I rant and rave about the colours, my personal favourite items here are the FusionFit Wear Foundation (mixed with white Performing Drop) and the Feather-Light Touch Powder. The foundation glides on seamlessly and was a perfect match to my skintone, giving me the desired flawless look I want, minus the heavy cakey obvious foundation look that I do not like. It feels light to wear too. Then to keep me looking matte and smooth, the powder sits lightly on top. A killer combo for filtered looking fresh skin.
FusionFit Wear Foundation – Enhances the beauty on your skin, delivering a clear, dewy finish. It melts onto the skin, enveloping it with a close-fitting, thin layer that gives full coverage. 8 shades to choose from.
Performing Drop – Mixing a few drops of this product with your foundation opens a wide range of possibilities through controlling the overall look of your skin. 3 shades to choose from.
Feather-light Touch Powder – Leaves your skin bright and fine-textured, matte and keeps the foundation’s sheer colour lasting long. Comes in just one tone.
Moisture Rouge Neo – Delivers strong concentrated colour and a glassy luster, while keeping your lips packed with luscious hydration even after removal. 12 shades to choose from.
Drawing Paint – Apply, layer and mix these colours however you like, as if painting on a blank canvas. These cream-type multicoloured paints let you create your own image. For use as an accent or a bold finish. 3 shades to choose from.
Eye Colour Duo – Eyeshadows that express a beautiful inner paradox hidden deep within, through the exquisite nuance of dual contrasting colours. 6 sets with 2 shades per set to choose from.
KANEBO asked me to take on the challenge of creating my own day and night looks using their new cosmetics range, of which I’ve included below!
My Day Look
Above is my personalised Day Look created using the range. I’ll confess I am a bold lips woman day in, day out – particularly red lips. It empowers me and lets my inner strength come out (or so I believe anyway). So I opted for Moisture Rouge Neo in 151 Vermilion Red, which I then paired lightly with 01 Air Beige Drawing Paint as blush, and Eye Colour Duo 14 Bloody Mary. It’s pretty and cute, but still feminine and strong.
My Night Look
As we all know and can see, I am not shy of colour. I live for colour! So when I saw there is a rich plum glittery lipstick…I’m sooooo here for it. Lipstick shade is aptly called EX1 Wicked Queen (LOL!) and is a blackish wine red colour with different sparkles emanating from the darkness, representing an unwavering will deep inside. Erm, that’s so me. You can pair it with plain eyes if you wish, but I decided to add an extra touch or dark smokey eyeshadow, using the Eye Colour Duo shadow palette 15 Midnight Parade.
AW20 launch is now available in Takashimaya, OG Albert and Lazada online! When posting your own masterpieces online, remember to tag #KaneboSG #iHopeKanebo.
