If you’re a skincare and makeup junkie like us, the thought of running out of your favourite moisturiser or lipstick halfway through the Circuit Breaker would probably stress you out.
Thankfully, we have online shops to keep us fully stocked with our holy grails to last us through the month: here are 13 stores that offer products of popular beauty brands such as Hera, Laneige, Tarte, and Avene to keep your daily routine in check!
1. iHerb
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While this site is famous for selling quality healthcare products like skin supplements, and groceries like instant coffee, they also have a site called Love Letter, dedicated to beauty (especially K-beauty) products. Love Letter has an assortment of hard-to-get products like Laura Geller’s highly sought-after highlighters and Nature Republic’s products that you can’t find in Singapore, so be sure to search the site for things you’ve always wanted to test out for yourself!
Nature Republic Argan Essential Deep Care Hair Pack
No need to be envious K-pop idols’ shiny locks any longer: rumoured to be used by Kpop royalty like SNSD’s Taeyeon and BIGBANG’s GDragon, Nature Republic’s Argan Essential line gives you an affordable alternative to expensive hair masks, nourishing and moisturising damaged hair with a high concentration of argan oil.
Retails on Love Letter for SGD16.49.
Laura Geller Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator in Gilded Honey
If you love a bright, blinding highlight, Laura Geller’s popular highlighter may just be the one for you! The unique lightweight illuminator looks and applies like a powder, feels like a cream, and is long lasting due to its baked formula. Plus, its name and the swirly gelato shape makes it all the more irresistible!
Retails on Love Letter for SGD37.34.
Blackhead Remover Mr.RX Kit
Why not make use of the time at home to rid your nose of those dreadful blackheads? If extraction sounds too painful to you, consider this 20-minute blackhead remover kit from Korean brand COSRX that softens your skin first to reduce pain, and then calms your skin after the extraction to reduce redness.
Available on Love Letter for SGD6.
2. Wishtrend
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Love K-beauty or watch Wishtrend’s videos on YouTube? Shop all their vegan, cruelty-free and gentle beauty products on their site!
Supple Preparation Toner
One of Wishtrend’s bestsellers, this toner is perfect if your skin needs deep moisturising and gets irritated easily, as the lightweight and quick-absorbing formula balances skin with Lipadure and Hyaluronic Acid.
Retails on Wishtrend for USD22, or about SGD31.40.
Midnight Blue Calming Cream
Apart from the pleasing blue colour, try this gentle calming cream to soothe red and angry acne as the last step of your skincare regimen, and wake up to less irritated skin the next morning!
Retails on Wishtrend for USD24.50, or SGD34.97.
3. lookfantastic
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If their free shipping policy isn’t enough to convince you, lookfantastic houses brands like Korres, nip+fab, and The Ordinary that you’ll be hard pressed to find locally.
The Ordinary “Buffet” solution
Layering multiple skincare products daily can quickly become time-consuming, so solve all your anti-ageing concerns with this affordable peptide-filled serum. Layer this under your favourite moisturiser and wake up to youthful and nourished skin.
Retails on lookfantastic for SGD24.
Huxley Glow Awakening Cream
In addition to making your vanity look great with its minimal and chic packaging, this moisturiser from Huxley, a Korean brand, uses an unique blend of nourishing botanicals and ninacinamide to curb your most prominent skin problems like uneven skin tone, ageing, dullness, and environmental pollution.
Available on lookfantastic for SGD60.
Tangle Teezer Detangler
Make knotted hair a thing of the past with the Detangler from Tangle Teezer! A unique combination of durable short, medium, and long plastic bristles, the brush gently and smoothly brushes through the thickest head of hair without snapping or snagging, for smooth and shiny locks.
Retails on lookfantastic for SGD21.
4. Care To Beauty
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French skincare is known for their high-tech and refined formula, so if why not give it a try during the Circuit Breaker? Get brands like NUXE, Galénic, Filgora, and Lierac on Care To Beauty, together with a large selection of supplements for hair health and anti-ageing.
Filorga Nutri-Filler Nutri-Replenishing Cream
Give your neck area some extra TLC with Filgora’s luxurious formula with shea butter and argan oil, which helps to contour and shape loosening skin around the face area.
Retails on Care To Beauty for SGD113.
L’Oréal Paris Magic Retouch Precision Concealer Brush
Hate the look of grown out roots? Mask this faux-pas easily with a natural looking hair concealer like this one from L’Oreal Paris so your hair looks flawless even without a salon trip!
Retails for SGD27.12, in five shades.
Clarins Multi-Active Instant Eye Reviving
Target multiple eye area concerns like darkness, puffiness, and wrinkles with this versatile cooling eye cream in a convenient tube. Powerful yet gentle ingredients like horse chestnuts and caffeine reduces darkness and energises your undereyes for a brighter and more youthful look.
Available on Care To Beauty for SGD85.55.
5. Hush.sg
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Another online store with popular K-beauty brands that aren’t readily available in Singapore, go on a shopping spree and restock your stash of Mamonde’s lip tints, or try out Pyungkang Yul’s minimal-style skincare.
Son & Park Beauty Water
Making a splash a few years ago for its versatility in removing makeup on the go and functioning as a toner, the Beauty Water is created by the Korean celebrity makeup artist duo to prep and smooth the skin before makeup.
Give it a shot on Hush.sg for SGD22.90.
Mise En Scene Perfect Repair Serum
One of Korea’s bestselling hair serums, this lightweight oil is made of argan oil to improve damaged and dry hair and restore it to its former state.
Now sold in larger bottles, get the well-loved formula here at SGD9.40.
6. Cult Beauty
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Hone your makeup and blending skills this lockdown period with the selection of eyeshadow palettes available on this website. Plus, the free shipping on orders above £40 doesn’t hurt!
Morphe x Jaclyn Hill Eyeshadow Palette
Choose your weapon of choice with Morphe x Jaclyn Hill’s collaboration. For a bold look, try the green and gold Dark Magic, Bling Boss for an elegant smoky eye, and Ring the Alarm for a selection of everyday shades.
Retails on Cult Beauty for £16, or about SGD22.16.
Monochrome Moment Silky Lip Creme
No better way to brighten up your day than with a lipstick you love! Newly launched and unavailable locally, Cult Beauty brings you makeup artist Patrick Ta’s signature nude lipsticks in four flattering shades, packed with pigment yet remaining comfortable on the lips.
Retails on Cult Beauty for £21, or SGD37.05.
7. Beauty Bay
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In addition to its fun and easy-to-use interface, Beauty Bay provides affordable yet high quality house brand products, as well as other exclusive brands like Jeffree Star Cosmetics, and even health supplements!
Depixym Cosmetic Emulsion
A coveted item in their bestselling list (limited to two per customer!) this gender non-conforming brand is known for its multi-use pigment cream, which is waterproof, vegan, cruelty-free and matte. Use it anywhere on the body – yes, even as a nail polish!
Retails for SGD29.95 on Beauty Bay.
Beauty Bay EYN 42 Colour Palettes
Whether you’re a sucker for colour or a low-key eye type, Beauty Bay’s 42 pan palettes will have all your favourite shades, and more so you never get bored.
Retails at SGD27.75.
8. Nordstrom Beauty
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In the mood for something fancier, or want to spoil your mother (or yourself!) on Mother’s Day? Nordstrom has a wide range of luxury beauty brands for you to pick from.
Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer
Upgrade your old hairdryer to this futuristic one from Dyson! Paired with a diffuser to smooth strands and frizz, this dryer is also much lighter and easier to hold since its motor is in the handle.
Retails for SGD611.97.
Lancome Advanced Génifique Serum
Try one of the world’s bestselling anti-ageing serum: the super lightweight and gel-like consistency delivers a potent dose of microbiomes to strengthen skin, increase elasticity, boost radiance, improve appearance of wrinkles, sagginess, fine lines, and much more.
Retails on Nordstrom from SGD119.63.
9. Beautylish
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Another popular beauty product retailing website that online personalities favour, this is where you can get a number of Wayne Goss’ famed makeup brushes, Jeffree Star’s newest palettes, and even drag queen Miss Fame’s makeup line.
Pai Skincare Camellia and Rose Gentle Hydrating Cleanser
If you have sensitive skin, try clean and natural formulas like this one from Pai! While many cleansers dry out sensitive skin even when you’re being careful, this one is formulated without alcohols and with gentle ingredients like sweet almond oil to cleanse your skin and leaving it feeling more nourished than before.
Retails for USD70, or SGD100.75.
Jeffree Star Cosmetics Mini Controversy Palette
Find out what the hype about this palette is that literally broke the internet! It’s small size and unorthodox colours like blue and purple is great if you’re just experimenting with brighter shades and don’t want to commit to a full-sized 10-shade one yet.
Retails on Beautylish for USD28, or SGD40.06.
10. Sephora
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Of course we couldn’t leave out our favourite beauty mecca. Offering the best in beauty, like Tarte’s much raved about Shape Tape concealer, and Charlotte Tilbury’s newest Pillowtalk collection, this is where you can stock up on all your holy grails.
Sand & Sky Australian Pink Clay
This popular 4.5 star rated clay mask acts as a magnet for toxins, and draws out dirt and impurities, leaving your skin clean, radiant and tightens pores- all in just 10 minutes!
Retails on Sephora for SGD69.90
Fenty Beauty Cheeks Out Freestyle Cream Blush
The fastest way to look refreshed for a sudden Skype call is to add colour: use Fenty Beauty’s newest cream blush that can also be used as a sheer wash of colour on your lips, so you can fake a healthy and awake look in just 10 seconds.
Retails on Sephora for SGD33.
Jill Stuart Airy Tint Watery CC Cream UV Veil
Make sure to shield your skin against harmful UV rays even when you’re at home to maintain youthful, elastic skin! This one from Jill Stuart not only has beautiful packaging, it also contains SPF and has light coverage that brightens and livens up dull skin.
Retails for SGD44.
11. Shopee
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While Shopee provides all your crafting and home needs in a pinch, did you know they sell all sorts of beauty products at low prices as well? From cheap yet chic hair accessories to beauty favourites, here are our best finds.
Laneige Water Sleeping Mask
Try this popular Korean sleeping mask, if you haven’t already, that feels lightweight and comfortable, yet provides long-lasting moisture to skin for a well-rested look.
Retails on Shopee at SGD17.70 for 70ml.
3CE Velvet Lip Tint
If lipstick transfers are your pet peeve yet liquid lipsticks are too drying, 3CE’s Velvet Lip Tints may just be the one for you! Light and airy in texture and on the lips, the selection of elegant colours stays on the lips even after eating and fades evenly throughout the day.
Retails on Shopee for SGD18.
invisibobble SPRUNCHIE
Hop onto the ongoing scrunchie trend with these luxurious velvet ones. Not only do you get to choose from three colours, elegant black, lovely pink, and chic leopard print, these have the original invisibobble hairtie in them, which means your hair will be crease-free even after a long day of having them up!
Retails for SGD10.90.
12. Lazada
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Another popular online shopping site in Singapore, many beauty brands officially sell their products here, so you can be sure you’ll be receiving the authentic thing!
Estee Lauder x Lady Aiko Micro Essence Skin Activating Treatment Lotion
If the cute packaging isn’t already enough to convince you, this oil-in-essence with fermented Sakura is for individuals with dull and dry skin, working to strengthen skin barrier against environmental damage, revealing your skin’s natural glow.
Retails on Lazada for SGD172.
Xlash Eyelash Serum
Use this lash serum to maintain lash health if you’ve been picking at your extensions. The serum uses natural extracts and not harsh chemicals to condition the strands and protect it against damage. The brand says that their testers noticed up to 70% lash growth!
Retails at Lazada for SGD89.90.
13. Althea
Another online store known for its huge offering of K-beauty products, Althea also frequently has discounted items and hold sales so you can get your favourite K-beauty products at more attractive prices.
Etude House Wonder Pore Freshner
This water type toner is a lifesaver for oily skin and large pores: the peppermint extract throughly cleanses the skin and balances the pH level without drying the skin out. Plus, the sanitary pump dispenser means you won’t have to worry about cross-contamination.
Retails at Althea for SGD15.
moonshot Microfit Setting Cushion
With YG’s bests like Blackpink and BIGBANG being the face of the brand and the high quality of these chicly packaged products, it’s not hard to see why this brand is so popular. Try the Microfit Setting Cushion that layers on the skin for a buildable coverage with a cooling feeling- perfect in Singapore’s heat!
Available on Althea for SGD33.20.
Mamonde Creamy Tint Color Balm Intense
Though you can’t get Mamonde products in Singapore any longer, Althea brings Mamonde’s bestsellers to us, like this pigmented lip crayon. Packaged in a convenient twist up tube, the balm provides you with a shot of long-lasting, semi-matte colour anywhere and anytime.
Retails at Althea for SGD9.50.
