The Edit
New: The Enzyme Cleansing Powder
Months of late work nights, intense team meetings and nightly correspondence between us and our team in Korea later and we're more than excited (and relieved) to announce that our new Enzyme Cleansing Powder is officially almost here.
"We took our hero product, a product that is known to work and was so loved that it sold out, and we made it better," says founder, Susie Yoon.
How did we make it better? The name has changed just a bit and the design got a whole new facelift thanks to the hardest working people we've had the privilege of working with and we made it more effective. It's still travel-friendly, cruelty-free, vegan and completely clean.
Over the course of when our Enzyme Washing Powder sold out, we received hundreds of inquiries on when it would return. We are proud to have created a product that is in such high-demand.
It is considered our hero product because of the ingredient Papain. Papain is an enzyme from the papaya fruit which provides gentle exfoliation to dissolve and remove dead skin cells without causing irritation and sensitivity.
The Enzyme Cleansing Powder also contains high levels of antioxidants, Vitamin C, E, and Beta-carotene for healthy, bright and glowing skin.
With the Enzyme Cleansing Powder, indulge in a deep, yet gentle exfoliating cleanse with Skinesque's Enzyme Cleansing Powder. This unique 2-in-1 transformative powder features papaya enzymes to remove impurities and gently slough away dead skin cells and sebum, revealing soft, radiant and pH balanced skin. This travel-friendly formulation activates with water, so you can take this luxurious cleansing experience wherever you go.
To use: Pour a nickel-sized amount of the cleansing powder onto palm of hand, add water and bring to a lather. With light circular motions, gently massage face and neck. Rinse thoroughly with warm water and pat dry.
Get your hands on the new Enzyme Cleansing Powder on April 30th.
The Aqua Mask
Behind the Charcoal Mask
Charcoal is having a big moment right now. It is everywhere - finding its way into almost every health product on the market today from cleansers, to toothpastes, and to our very own 3-Step Brightening+ Charcoal Mask. It's hard to believe that something renowned for summer barbecues and late night bonfires could be the answer to all your skin problems. Charcoal isn’t exactly the first thing that pops in our mind when we think of beauty or healthy skin. But here's why oak tree charcoal in our 3-Step Brightening+ Charcoal Mask is the key to brightening, balancing, and hydrating tired, dull skin:
We’ve simplified the process for you and have provided you with everything you need for an on-the-go or at home facial treatment. Our sheet mask is uniquely designed to be easily integrated into your daytime or nighttime routine - as a primer for makeup or a facial before bed.
Step 1:
The gentle foaming cleanser, made with papaya and apple extracts, deeply cleanses and removes impurities for clear and bright skin. It lathers on the face, and so for our guys out there, it also doubles as a shaving cream. The plus side? It smells really good! And, here’s a tip for you: save the packet. It provides enough for at least 2 more uses.
Step 2:
Hydra+ essence, formulated with adenosine and sodium hyaluronate, soaks well into the skin, prepping the skin for the sheet mask. It retains moisture, promotes collagen formation, and reduces the appearance of fine lines.
Step 3:
Our brightening charcoal cellulose sheet mask seamlessly adheres to the face while delivering essential ingredients for brightening and hydrating. The material on the sheet mask clings well on the face. Like our founder always says, "Seriously, I challenge you to try a jumping jack while using it." Productivity does not have to stop with sheet masking. Multitask and mask is how we do things.
Made of oak tree charcoal, the brightening sheet mask is highly absorbent and removes harmful toxins and chemicals from the skin. The charcoal acts as a cleansing agent that deeply absorbs and washes away toxins and impurities from your skin, leaving your skin purified and detoxified. But charcoal isn’t the only ingredient inside our brightening sheet mask that separates ours from others.
Niacinamide prevents synthesis of melanin and reduces dark spots.
Birch tree sap protects and brightens dull skin.
Adenosine reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
If your skin has been especially dull and dry, our 3-Step Brightening+ Charcoal Mask will keep your skin hydrated and glowing at any season of the year. In the long run, regular use will help treat discoloration, hyperpigmentation, and wrinkle repair.
Our Favorites
Spreading the love for the month of February to our favorite female-founded brands.
We've had the chance of meeting or working with these amazing women. Take a peek at our roster and visit their Instagram pages below:
2019 Updates
With a new year in tow, we're so excited to announce that we'll be launching numerous products that will stick true to the products we try to create: clean beauty that's affordable, effective, efficient and travel friendly.
While our full regimen is launching little by little this year, we still wanted to hop on to let you know some other things that you can look forward to from Skinesque.
We're launching a subscription service soon to make sure you're constantly replenishing on products that make your skin happy. Subscribers will save a good percentage on our products and will always be ready to glow.
PHYSICAL GIFT CARDS
As e-tailers, we're constantly looking for ways to connect. Starting this month, you'll be bale to send physical gift cards with personalized notes.
MORE MAKEUP WORKSHOPS
We had so much fun hosting our first makeup class last year that we're excited to throw bigger and better events with more artists. Stay tuned!
A FULL SKINCARE LINE
We've been asked so many times if we're going to make full-sized bottles of our face cleanser and essence featured in our masks. The answer is YES... sort of. We spent all year in 2018 researching the best ingredients and formulas to bring a bigger and better cleanser, toner, sleeping mask, etc. We can't wait to show you!
Stay updated with us via email for the latest and greatest. Email subscribers will get an exclusive preview of our launches and events!
Thanks so much for all your support in 2018. We love you and appreciate you!
Holiday Makeup Class
Skincare in College
It’s Elisa, intern here at Skinesque to share how I've learned about skincare after being with Skinesque for four months! Since being at Skinesque and for the first time in my life, I've finally felt comfortable with the quality of my skin and don’t feel the need to put on a full face of makeup when I’m running out the door.
Don't get me wrong, as a 19-year-old college student, I’m all about getting that 20-30 extra minutes of sleep before class and sacrificing makeup for that day. But I know personally that I am only confident to do this if I have healthy and blemish free skin. I was able to achieve this confidence by paying attention to my skin and catering to its needs.
Before I started at Skinesque, I was only doing the bare minimum. Removed my makeup and washed my face all in one step (cringe). On the worst days, my skin was either too oily and thirsting for moisture or it was flaking from dryness. On its best days, my skin seemed calm from afar but at a closer look, my forehead was covered with these colorless, tiny bumps. These tiny bumps would never go away despite how often I washed my face - the most frustrating thing ever!
There are so many steps and products out there that can be incorporated one’s skincare routine. And after taking some time to educate myself on what my skin needs, I discovered the right steps and the right products for me that finally cleared these tiny bumps once and for all.
Today, I'm preaching to the college students on how to navigate through skincare on a drugstore budget. Here is the simple routine that saves my skin, time and confidence every day.
1. Double cleanse: Double cleansing - not redundant, very effective. There are so many different combos of double cleansing but the combo that does the job for me is
Burt's Bees Makeup Remover Cleansing Towelettes ($5)
Skinesque's Enzyme Washing Powder ($30 for 3-4 months)
2. Tone - Soothe, nourish, and hydrate with only a few swipes of a cotton round.
Simple's Kind Cleansing Water ($5)
3. Moisturize - I was a firm believer that moisturizer would do nothing for oily skin. I didn’t want my skin to look more oily than it already did! But I found out I was so very wrong. Moisturizer was the very thing my oily skin needed.
Kiehl’s Avocado Eye Cream ($29)
Era Organics Tea Tree Oil Face Cream ($20)
Because it feels like I spent every night studying, it's fairly easy to find the time to mask! The material on the 3-Step Charcoal and 3-Step Aqua masks clings to my face, making it easy to study and mask at the same time. In the life college, this is what it means for me to multitask and mask!
Wedding Skin Prep
A Letter From Our Founder
