I have a confession to make. Now that I'm over 30, I find myself relying more and more on liquid foundation for better coverage. I find that I could not live without it!

But for 2021, I threw my skin a challenge. I told myself that I had to at least maintain how my skin looks currently, and slow down the aging process. 

And Singapore's humid, hot weather isn't helping. My current skincare wasn't showing me too much results. My facial therapist kept hard selling me stuff that she claims can help tighten my pores. 

Just as I was feeling lost, IDS contacted me. (what impeccable timing!) 

Feeling like I have nothing to lose, I visited the IDS Clinic to have my skin checked. They have 2 branches, one at Novena and the other, at Orchard. I chose to visit the Orchard branch, located in International Building. 

As the lift opened, I thought it was going to be just another facial place. But I remember feeling impressed as I steped into the clean, aesthetic blue and silver design of the place. I approached someone at the counter to inform them I was here on appointment to the clinic. They shared that their counter was for the IDS Aesthetics and I had to proceed to the next counter to check-in for the clinic. 

'Pretty well organised, with specific staff in-charge of various sections,' I thought to myself, nodding my head unconsciously, as though I was there as a mystery shopper.

Anyway, I checked-in, and they shared that I'll be meeting with Dr Michelle Wong. But first, registration form. As I was waiting to see the Dr Wong, I took a quick glance around their wall of fame, which displayed the plenty smiling, satisfied customers and the award-laden, best selling products. 

I hope I'll be one of these happy customers soon :)

And their army of skincare products! 

Okay, back to me. So the consultation was a straightforward process, which ended up in me sharing with her my skin concerns, as well as my goal to get off foundation forever. Anyway, she was patient and after hearing me out, she recommended me a recommended skincare routine - one of my concerns was also how I was trying to cut down on the number of products I want to use, as I was worried also about developing skin tags / oil seeds on my face. 

So I was very appreciative when she recommended me a course that would only require 6 products (including sunscreen) at best!

And to deviate again, on a side note: How nice is that brown chair? Love it! 

After I said my goodbyes, she also bid me farewell with a reminder to come back in a month to monitor the results. Also, to keep the results very objective - I will not be modifying my diet over the next 1 month (an excellent excuse to keep to my current diet when I really should be eating more diet foods). The only changes I will make are (1) the use of the skincare products, to test how they really fare if I don't change anything else. (2) No other skincare products will be used. (3) Aim to drink 1 more litre of water a day - an advice my personal trainer gave me. (4) Use the rose quartz roller I purchased to also help with absorption of the IDS skincare products.

I was next ushered to have a short run-through of how the IDS skincare products should be used. I am thankful for the detailed explanation.