SKII Spring 2016

New releases coming up from SKII in 2016:

10 Jan

1. Facial Treatment Oil (16,500yen for 50ml): SKII's first facial oil. Pic from Maquia.


21 Feb

1. GenOptics Aura Essence

2. GenOptics Spot Essence


21 Mar

1. Clear Beauty Artisan Brush Foundation (UV/Light) SPF40 PA+++: Formulated with five types of reflective pearl pigments including a new rainbow pearl powder and lavender gold powder for enhancing skin clarity and translucency. Available in 8 shades


Pics above by Osadanna.

SKII Holiday 2015

SK-II will release the following holiday coffrets on 21 October in Japan.

1. Color Festive Coffret with Artisan & Artist case (8400yen)


2. RNA Power Essence Kit Beautiful Red Version (12500yen): RNA Power Radical New Age Essence 30ml, Facial Treatment Clear Lotion 10ml, Facial Treatment Essence 10ml, RNA Power Radical New Age 2.5g


3. RNA Power Kit Beautiful Red Version (11500yen): RNA Power Radical New Age 50g, Facial Treatment Clear Lotion 10ml, Facial Treatment Essence 10ml, RNA Radical New Age Essence 1mlx6 sachets


4. Full Line Trial Kit (9900yen): Facial Treatment Essence 75ml, Facial Treatment Cleansing Gel 15ml, Facial Treatment Cleanser 20g, RNA Power Radical New Age 15g


5. Facial Treatment Essence Happy Blue Limited Edition Coffret (22000yen): FTE Happy Blue 230ml, Facial Treatment Cleansing Gel 15g, Facial Treatment Cleanser 20g, Facial Treatment Clear Lotion 30ml, Artisan & Artist multi-case pouch.


6. Facial Treatment Essence Beautiful Red Limited Edition Coffret (22000yen): FTE Beautiful Red 230ml, Facial Treatment Cleansing Gel 15g, Facial Treatment Cleanser 20g, Facial Treatment Clear Lotion 30ml, Artisan & Artist multi-case pouch.

SKII R.N.A. Power

SKII will revamp its Stem Power range with this new R.N.A. Power line, debuting on 21 August in Japan. R.N.A. stands for Radical New Age. Aside from the R.N.A. Power cream and essence, there will be a new emulsion foundation that is designed to be applied with a brush. SKII is including a deluxe 15g sample of R.N.A. Power in a 35th Anniversary coffret with a 215ml bottle of Facial Treatment Essence (20500yen), to be released on 5 July. Pic below by Tomoichi.

SKII Pink Flower Coffret

On 10 May in Japan, SKII will release this Facial Treatment Essence Pink Flower Limited Edition Coffret (20500yen) which includes the FTE (217ml), 30 cotton pads and a cotton box.

SK-II Auractivator CC Cream

Up next from SK-II is this Auractivator CC Cream, launching on 5 March in Japan. It performs 5 functions of moisturising, concealing, brightening, protecting and nourishing. Formulated with two types of micro pearl to enhance the skin's glow and a "Day Soft Aura White' complex composed of pitera, niacinamide and plum extract, it boasts SK-II's highest ever level of sun protection level at SPF50 PA++++.

SKII Holiday 2014 Coffrets

SKII will release several skincare and makeup coffrets on 5 November in Japan. Their signature product Facial Treatment Essence will be available in two limited edition red and purple floral designs. The FTE set (22140yen) also includes Facial Treatment Clear Lotion 30ml, Facial Treatment Cleansing Gel 15g, Facial Treatment Cleanser 20g and a pouch.


See the other coffrets here and here.

SKII Christmas Coffrets 2013

For this holiday season, SK-II will be offering various coffrets and a limited edition design of its Facial Treatment Essence featuring Swarovski's Xilion cut crystal design.

The Facial Treatment Essence Limited Edition Xmas Coffret includes the FTE 215ml and a mirror with Swarovski accents for 20475yen. There is an alternative version without the mirror that includes the Science Eye Mask (2x7 sets) and Magic Mask (15 uses).

The Pitera Essence Set Festive Edition (8925yen) includes the FTE 75ml, Facial Treatment Mask (2 sheets), Facial Treatment Clear Lotion (30ml), Stem Power 2.5g and cotton pads (30 sheets).

The Stem Power Xmas Coffret includes Stem Power 80g, Facial Treatment Gentle Cleansing Cream 15g, Facial Treatment Gentle Cleanser 20g, Skin Signature 3D Redefining Mask and a holder charm accessory.

With purchase of any two new makeup items, there is a gift that contains the Facial Treatment Gentle Cleansing Cream 2.5g, Facial Treatment Gentle Cleanser 6g, FTE 10ml, Stem Power 2.5g and a pouch

Due out on 5 November in Japan.

SKII Holiday 2012

For the holiday season, SKII will release a limited edition version of their bestselling Facial Treatment Essence (215ml, 20475yen) in a bottle designed by Rochas on 21 November. There will also be a Stem Power Rich Cream Special Coffret (25,200yen) which includes the Stem Power cream (80g) and new Stem Power Rich Cream (50g).

SKII Fall 2012 Makeup Collection

SKII will expand its makeup range in the fall by introducing the following new products on 21 August in Japan:

1. Clear Beauty Moisture Lipstick in 4 shades (5460yen)

2. Clear Beauty Lip Gloss in 4 shades (3780yen)

3. Clear Beauty Lip Liner in 2 shades (3360yen)

4. Clear Beauty Eye Shadow #42, #72 and #92 (6825yen)
Below is a pic tweeted by the More editor.

See more pics on Kuri's Beauty Report.

SKII Holiday Gift Sets

SK-II's festive coffret sets will be launched in Singapore on 15 October. For this holiday season, SK-II has collaborated again with Rochas designer Marco Zanini on a limited edition version of its bestselling Facial Treatment Essence (S$209; 215ml), which will be available only at Tangs Orchard and VivoCity. For every bottle purchased, SKII will provide 100 days' supply of clear drinking water to women in need.

The following four gift sets will be available at all counters.

Pitera Essence Set (S$99): Facial Treatment Essence 75ml, Facial Treatment Clear Lotion 40ml, Facial Treatment Mask

Pitera Aura Set (S$428): Facial Treatment Essence 250ml, Facial Treatment Gentle Cleansing Cream 15g, Cellumination Essence 30ml, Cellumination Mask-in Lotion 30ml, Cellumination Deep Surge 15g, Whitening Source Derm Revival Mask (2 pieces)

Pitera Revival Set (S$448): Facial Treatment Essence 250ml, Facial Treatment Gentle Cleansing Cream 15g, Facial Treatment Clear Lotion 40ml, Facial Treatment Repair C 15ml, Skin Signature 80g, Skin Signature 3D Redefining Mask (2 pieces), Signs Eye Mask

Pitera Inspiration Set (S$1157): Facial Treatment Essence 250ml, Facial Treatment Clear Lotion 150ml, LXP Ultimate Perfecting Cream 50g, LXP Ultimate Perfecting Serum 50g, Skin Signature Eye Cream 15g, Skin Signature 3D Redefining Mask (6 pieces), Signs Eye Mask (2 pieces) and a Muse leather pouch specially designed by Rochas.

SK-II is also offering a special personalized gift set (S$450) including the Facial Treatment Essence 250ml, which allows you to pick three of your favourite SK-II products and receive the following complimentary products: Facial Treatment Essence 30ml, Facial Treatment Clear Lotion 40ml, Facial Treatment Repair C 15ml, Skin Signature Cream 15g, Facial Treatment Mask and Signs Eye Mask.

SKII New Brand Ambassador Haruka Ayase

SKII introduced its newest Brand Ambassador Japanese actress Haruka Ayase to the local and regional media earlier today. At just 25 years of age, Ayase is the youngest SKII Brand Ambassador and the first Japanese Brand Ambassador to visit Southeast Asia.

In Japan, Ayase is known for her roles in hit television dramas such as Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World ("世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ") and Hotaru no Hikari ("ホタルノヒカリ"), for which she was crowned Best Actress at the Nikkan Sports Drama Awards.

Looking incredibly fresh faced and poised, Ayase recounted how she first started using SKII skincare when a makeup artist recommended SKII's sheet mask to perk up her tired skin after an outdoor shoot. Initially, she shared the common impression of many Japanese people that SKII was more suited to mature skintypes, and that over-usage of efficacious skincare could cause skin to become overly reliant on skincare products and lose its natural beauty. Hence, she started using SKII's Facial Treatment Essence, which consists of 90% pitera, only sparingly when she had skin troubles.

Ayase started using the Facial Treatment Essence daily when she felt that her skin had reached a "tipping point" with the emergence of fine lines around the eyes and dark circles. With regular use of the Essence, she saw her skin being transformed with improved clarity and translucency. Her skin felt very supple, like the bouncy surface of a hardboiled egg, or "mochi mochi tamago" as she describes in the ad. ("Tamago" means "egg" in Japanese.)

When asked for her beauty advice, Ayase replied that it was important to follow a regular skincare regime and enjoy those small acts of taking care of one's skin. Like most Japanese, she also believes that a hot soak in the bath tub does wonders for the skin.

Together with SKII General Manager Joanna Crewes, Ayase unveiled her new ad visual before autographing it.




Here's the TV commercial featuring Ayase.

For non-Japanese speakers, here's my own rough (and uncompletely unofficial) translation of the ad script:
"I didn't know...such clear skin!
Surprise...SKII.
Eh... what? Super hydrated!
Wow, "mochi mochi tamago"
Be surprised at your own skin in 14 days
Someone said that I became pretty
Taxi!
Experience SKII's Pitera with the 14-day kit
Because it's now. SKII."

Robinsons Preview Sale

Here are some of the beauty GWPs that will be available at Robinsons' cardmembers' preview sale from 13-23 January. These GWPs are available to all shoppers. The extra gifts for cardmembers are those marked with "CM".

SKII Christmas Tree Light-Up at Tangs

On Friday evening, Tangs Orchard had a special Christmas tree light-up event. Have you noticed anything special about the giant Christmas tree in front of Tangs? It is actually built out of 20,000 bottles of SKII Facial Treatment Essence!

SKII has just started a five week campaign to raise clear, purified water for World Vision before Christmas. The SKII Clear for Life project's target for its inaugural year in Singapore is to raise 3 million litres of clear purified water for communities in need across Asia.

The campaign could not be more apt given that SKII's most popular star product Facial Treatment Essence is popularly known as "miracle water" which helps to improve skin clarity. By now, the story of SKII's origins is very well known. The key ingredient in it is pitera, which was discovered when scientists noticed that the elderly workers at a sake brewery in Japan had extraordinarily soft and youthful-looking hands.

I attended with Mag as usual :-)

Gracing the event was SKII brand ambassador and model Qiqi. Local actress Zoe Tay was also in attendance.

Having grown up watching Zoe Tay's TV dramas, it was a special treat to see her in person for the first time. Her figure is simply amazing for someone who just gave birth to her third son in early October!


The statuesque 1.8m-tall Qiqi recounted her travel experiences to disaster-stricken areas without access to clean drinking water. She also made a personal donation of 100,000 litres of water. Qiqi has been a loyal user of SKII for 13 years.

World Vision (Singapore) will be working with SKII to help provide clean water through the distribution of PUR sachets, a powdered mixture that helps to purify water and make it drinkable in just 30 minutes. These sachets come in helpful especially in remote areas that lack basic sanitation and have no reliable water infrastructure.

For every purchase of the SKII Festive set from Tangs Orchard, SKII will donate 30 litres of water to World Vision (Singapore). For purchases of S$1000 including a Festive set, SKII will donate a whopping 3,000 litres. Between 16 to 25 November, SKII will also be distributing free bottles of water to consumers at Tangs Orchard to raise awareness.


At 7.15pm, the Christmas tree of Facial Treatment Essence bottles was lit up along with the facade of Tangs, to the visible delight of the crowd.


Looking at the bright and cheery decorations, it feels like the holiday season is well and truly upon us!