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With less than a couple of weeks to go until the most wonderful time of the year, it’s time for the annual Prestige Christmas Giveaway. From December 13th to 24th, we’re offering Prestige Online readers the chance to win amazing prizes each and every day on Instagram, as we count down the 12 days of Christmas.

Whether you’re stuck on your gift list, sick of shopping, or just in need of a treat, here’s just a little something from us to you, to thank you for being our loyal readers.

Christmas Giveaway Day 6: Aveda x 3.1 Phillip Lim 2021 Holiday Collection

"Nature is the best beauty artist of all," said Aveda, one of the first beauty and haircare companies that endorses greater environmental responsibility. For decades, they have been innovating high-quality products like shampoo, bath, and body care, with a vegan and eco-friendly formula that has never changed.

This year, Aveda has partnered with 3.1 Phillip Lim, a global fashion brand, to bring the botanical world of beauty to life together. Their 2021 Holiday Collection items include stylish hair accessories and gift packaging that is created with sustainability at heart.

Paint with Affections

The Aveda x 3.1 Phillip Lim Holiday Collection showcases handpainted accessories in a blatantly beautiful style. With brushes featuring the curve and shape of leaves, the power and awe of nature are in full bloom. Vivid greens and flamboyant corals are woven peacefully together to form gorgeous wildflowers and plants.

Only someone with profound feelings for nature could have painted this way. The designs are by Sophie Parker, a botanical artist who uses fresh-cut botanicals as a natural canvas to create the magnificent prints in the holiday collection. In her past works, she has a fondness for letting the plant itself guide her brushstrokes and colour choices.

Aveda: Create with Respect

The covetable, limited-edition hair accessories are created with respect for the Earth. They include a hair towel wrap and a carrying bag that are made of 100 percent organic cotton. The plush wrap secures snugly on the head with a convenient button and loop closure to gently remove moisture from the hair after washing and help decrease dry time.

The scrunchie trio, made of recycled PET (from things like plastic water bottles), is easy on hair and make for a fashionable wrist accessory when not in use. Another surprising design is the wide-tooth detangling comb, made from an extremely high percentage of post-consumer recycled polypropylene and fibre carton, embracing the holistic approach to haircare that Aveda's founder championed.

Plant more Beauty

There's more to come next year for Aveda's beautiful and luxurious products, with the aim of giving back to the earth in a beautiful cycle of regenerative gifts. In January, Aveda will be introducing a Nutriplenish Treatment Masques which gives four times more hydration to hair instantly. Another special styling solution is the Nutriplenish Curl Gelée is designed to create shiny and defined waves. Stay tuned for the new launch in 2022!

How to Enter

At Prestige, we're giving away a set of Aveda x 3.1 Phillip Lim 2021 Holiday Collection to five lucky winners. Five winners will get the chance to take home one limited-edition Aveda x 3.1 Phillip Lim Hair Tower with Carrying Bag, one limited edition Aveda x 3.1 Phillip Lim Detangling Comb, one Nutriplenish Leave-in Conditioner (200ml) and one Nutriplenish Curl Gelée (200ml). To enter, head to our Instagram page @PrestigeHK and follow the instructions.

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Gabrielle Chanel’s vision of how a modern woman should live and express herself extended beyond her devotion to fashion, accessories and perfume. The complexion, as it turns out, was on her mind as early as 1927, when she created her very first skincare line to preserve and maintain the skin’s natural beauty, for how would one live freely, if not holistically, healthily and with self-confidence? 

To introduce a holistic beauty vision, Chanel debuted a body oil into its line in 1929, so women could include, in their beauty routines, something that could soothe the skin and soul, bringing the luxury skincare experience to the next level. There was never doubt that Mademoiselle Chanel was a visionary for her time, and her avant-garde approach to timeless style lives on to this day.

The Sublimage line debuted with skincare in 2006, enriched with powerful active ingredients derived from vanilla planifolia. This year, the launch of Sublimage La Crème Corps et Décolleté introduced the premium skincare formulation into its body cream, extending the sensory experience to the body, while the signature Le Crème is also available in a new form, Sublimage Le Baume, that can be used as an intensive anti-ageing skincare treatment or even a mask.

The Sublimage La Crème Corps et Décolleté body cream is formulated so its texture transforms when applied to the skin, going from rich and enveloping on the first touch to a surprising regenerative freshness on further contact. The velvety cream is perfect for massages. Containing a high concentration of natural butters and oils, with micro-pearls that instantly brighten the skin, the formula is rich, yet easily absorbed by the skin, leaving it feeling fresh and deeply nourished at the same time. 

More than just a fleeting buzzword, the need for self-care has revolutionised an entire generation to embrace setting aside invaluable time to recharge and rebalance one’s body and mind.  Looking after your body while giving yourself some time to let go was the goal of the application technique developed by Chanel for Sublimage La Crème Corps et Décolleté. 

The ritual calls for twice-daily application, once in the morning on clean, dry skin to nourish and protect, and once in the evening to fully experience its comforting, regenerating effect. Chanel’s experts recommend the below four tips for visible, lasting results:

One, use your thumb and index finger to perform a series of deep, invigorating pinching movements on any areas of the body lacking firmness, which will help maximise the penetration of the cream’s active ingredients.

Two, warm up the product in your hands and apply the cream to the neck, décolleté and chest.

Three, move to other parts of the body, including the stomach, hips and buttocks, rubbing in a circular motion. Massage the legs and feet using smooth upward strokes then perform the same movements on the arms, paying special attention to the elbows.

Four, prolong the moment of total relaxation by applying light pressure to the driest areas of your body with the palms of your hands, which will help soothe and comfort the skin. 

Those looking to be completely pampered can also book an appointment with Chanel Privé, Chanel’s dedicated space for beauty treatments that allows women a break in their active day.

As Chanel's most luxurious and premium line, Sublimage does wonders for the skin, with the same skincare formulation applied to its newly launched body cream. Sublimage is the quintessence of Chanel Research’s expertise and embodies this holistic view from its founder. The story began in 1995, when Chanel researchers discovered the potent anti-ageing properties of vanilla planifolia, and established the maison’s first open-sky laboratory on the island in Madagascar in 2002 to cultivate and develop this magical ingredient. Every part of the plant is utilised: the fresh flowers, obtained between October and November, protect the skin from oxidative stress. The immature fruit, which forms in May, boosts skin regeneration. The fruit, which matures between June and August, is harvested to make Intense Vanilla Water, which combats free radicals and prevents the degradation of collagen and elastin fibres. The planifolia PFA also stimulates regeneration. 

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The latest ready-to-wear design from The Anthology deepens the brand's burgeoning reputation for sartorial clothing that's elegant yet easy-wearing -- a winning combo even when you're aren't 'working' from home.

Last April, while institutions around the globe were struggling to contain the fear and uncertainty wrought by a now-familiar contagion, huge numbers of clothing brands dealing in what we'd call 'classic menswear' were on the brink of a similarly existential collapse. With offices emptying out at record rates and 'stay home' orders being enforced worldwide (many of them still ongoing today) it seemed that the long-prophesied 'death of the suit', and by association, tailored clothing, had finally arrived.

Multinational menswear outfitters in the mould of J Crew -- known in their heyday for peddling slim, modish suits in malls from Indonesia to Alaska -- disappeared overnight, having failed to recognise (or worse, acknowledge) the sea change that has been taking place in men's fashion these last six years. And that's before we were all locked up, drinking badly-made cocktails over Zoom.

Fortunately, a handful of smaller brands (including an inexplicable number focusing on sartorial clothing, in Hong Kong) have managed to make lemonade out of the current crisis, principally by taking familiar styles of clothing and cranking the comfort factor, both literal and emotional, up high. Those themes were at the forefront of the design process when Hong Kong-based The Anthology released its 'Lazyman' in 2020: a "casual, multifunctional jacket" that's a no-brainer for the 'working from home' brigade, but still smart enough to warrant a place in your wardrobe when the pandemic inevitably ends.

To complement this beloved "blazer alternative", the brand has just released the 'Taskmaster' -- a quasi-outerwear design that rustles many of the same thematic feathers as its predecessor, while expanding The Anthology's casualwear universe. "If the Lazyman is an alternative to the office-appropriate navy sport coat," says co-founder Buzz Tang, "then the Taskmaster is our answer to the classic American work shirt."

It turns out that The Anthology's answer to workwear of the 21st century owes a debt to designers like Ant Franco and Jerry Lorenzo. In an era when fashion's influences are rapidly decamping between art, history, and pop culture, that's certainly no bad thing. Commencing from the reference point of the American workshirt, Tang & co continually tweaked the Taskmaster until they arrived at something suitably "fast-adapting" for a mixture of modern urban situations. It's for working, for loafing, for when you're stuck at home working on your loaves.

Almost by necessity, that makes this different to the scores of workwear designs which have come before: the body is shorter and slimmed for a closer fit, ensuring it wears well even whilst tucked beneath a trouser waistband; whereas the chest pockets have been expanded to handle the tools of modern professionals -- two oversized, postbox-style shapes roomy enough to stash your phone, spectacles, currency or even a palm-sized writing aid.

Intriguing choices in fabric are a signature at The Anthology, and the Taskmaster is no exception in this regard. For the Taskmaster, the brand has chosen to keep its sartorial sensibilities low-key, working closely with its Italian textile partners on a corded glencheck that juxtaposes a sumptuous handle with hardwearing, robust externalities. I say 'low key' since the colour here has enough degrees of separation to isolate it from the exploded plaids we're used to seeing on the high street. According to Tang, this corduroy begins life as a dusty beige cotton that's woven over with cords, shaded in what he likes to call "bleeding fountain pen". Collectively, those colours are redolent of a quill and ink -- an allusion, very nearly imperceptible, to The Anthology's blue feather logo.

The 'Taskmaster' overshirt is now available for HK$3,300. To learn more, visit The Anthology online.

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La Prairie’s quest for longevity resulted in the latest Platinum Rare Haute-Rejuvenation Protocol, an intensive treatment at the apex of Dr Paul Niehan’s pioneering science.

Written into myths and legends, the quest for eternal youth seemed little more than a dream for many. But not for Dr Paul Niehans, who in 1931 was convinced that the science to unlock the secret of rejuvenation already existed. Very quickly, Niehans developed Cellular Therapy, famously proclaiming that it’s “not only about adding years to life, but life to years”, and wrote his findings into a book. At Clinique La Prairie, on the serene shores of Lac Léman, Niehans offered his treatment to a privileged few – Pope Pius XII, Charlie Chaplin and Marlene Dietrich were just some of his esteemed clients.

Today, La Prairie’s Science of Haute-Rejuvenation is inspired by Niehans’ groundbreaking ideas and backed by 21st-century skin biology. At the apex of this pioneering science is the newly launched Platinum Rare Haute-Rejuvenation Protocol, which is the latest innovation in the Platinum Rare Collection. The product is a month-long intensive treatment, to be used intermittently four times a year to allow the skin to rebalance between each use, aimed at rejuvenating skin and compensating for the loss and degradation that comes with age.

The product is housed in three beautiful amethyst-toned vials with a glass pipette and a Platinum Catalyst activator base. Placed on the Platinum Catalyst, the two separate formulas come together in a magical, cloud-like swirl, creating an opalescent formula to be used over the course of 10 days.

The active ingredients include signalling molecules to stimulate the regeneration of skin cells, together with La Prairie’s patent-pending Platinum Multi-Peptide and Exclusive Cellular Complex. After a full month-long course, the skin’s own cellular activities are fully restored, and the skin is left feeling rejuvenated, smooth and tightened.

As intensive as the Platinum Rare Haute-Rejuvenation Protocol is, the steps are actually quite simple and can be integrated into your Platinum Rare Ritual. After cleansing and toning with the Platinum Rare Cellular Life-Lotion, you can use the pipette to deliver a small dose of Haute-Rejuvenation Protocol on to your skin. Apply the Eye Elixir, followed by the premium line’s cream and eye cream to finish.

As important as science is to the core of La Prairie, art also holds a very special place in the brand’s heart. In honour of La Prairie’s launch of the Platinum Rare Haute-Rejuvenation Protocol, the brand chose to prolong the artistic collaboration with Japanese artist Nobuhiro Nakanishi and British composer Max Richter to interpret a new chapter in the story of the Platinum Moment following the artistic encounter last year.

The collaboration led to a second masterpiece titled Eternal Circle. For this work, Nakanishi was inspired by his own experience in the Swiss mountains. Using an ancient artistic technique that consists of drawing countless straight lines on to paper, Nakanishi recreated the mountainous landscape in a 60-piece work. The drawings were then digitalised to create a never-ending loop, which is put to a musical score by Richter with soaring, emotional notes. The art piece was recently debuted on Art Basel Miami’s digital platform, showcased in its Online Viewing Room to its global network of collectors and art enthusiasts.

The launch of the Platinum Rare Haute-Rejuvenation Protocol has brought us one step closer to our dream of eternity. If there ever were a fountain of youth, we might have just found it in the heart of La Prairie.

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We're starting the new year fresh with new skincare routines that help beat the harsh and dry winter, and beauty products to keep our glow on.

Featured beauty products

Drunk Elephant

The Drunk Elephant Trunk 3.0 isn't exactly a new product. It came out in 2019, but the fully functional mini-fridge, which can chill (even warm!) your essential skincare products is still a favourite in our office. The trunk set comes with 10 best-selling, full-sized Drunk Elephant products, including the Sweet Biome Fermented Sake Spray.

La Mer

La Mer's eye treatment combo is a lifesaver during the harsh winter days. The Eye Concentrate is a more advanced treatment that can help reduce dark circles and fine wrinkles even before visible damage begins. A pro tip: you could keep the eye treatment applicators in the fridge for a couple of minutes before you use them to massage the eye area for a quick microcirculation boost.

Dior

The Dior Capture Totale Super Potent Rich Creme targets skin dryness with its heavily-researched science in mother cells and floral expertise. The rich creme combines bio-cellular technology with French peony oil extract.

Benefit

Our eyes and eyebrows are what most people tend to see these days, so it's extremely pertinent that we keep our brows beautifully shaped and well-groomed. Benefit's Brow Microfilling Pen mimics natural brow hair, comes in four versatile shades and is all-around the most essential beauty product you need these days.

Nars

Nars is celebrating Chinese New Year with a new limited-edition collection that is beautifully packaged in a rich red floral design. To bring in good fortune for the Year of the Ox, the eyeshadow palette comes in soft neutral hues with a slight shimmer. There are two new shades of lipstick: Wen Wo (a brownish neutral shade) and China Rose (with a more rosy tint).

Tatcha

Tatcha's Dewy Sin Creme is formulated with Hadasei-3, the brand's proprietary complex of double-fermented Uji green tea, Akita rice and Mozuku algae. The result is super rich, smoothing cream that allows your make-up to glide on without a glitch.

Laura Mercier

Also perfect for Chinese New Year is Laura Mercier's limited-edition beauty set, wrapped up in glorious shades of red and gold. The set comes with the Flawless Lumière Radiance-Perfecting Cushion, the Rouge Essentiel Silky Crème Lipstick, and the Translucent Loose Setting Powder that comes with a puff.

YSL Beauty

"Glass skin" was a term that came from K beauty to mean skin that appears poreless, luminous, clear as glass. YSL Beauty's Soft Polish Double Essence is extremely gentle but comes with an effective peeling effect. Used alongside the Night Reboot serum and the Perfect Plumper Cream, glass skin is at your fingertips.

Aesop

Cold winter weather is not always the culprit — sometimes, it's the unpredictability of it, colder days and milder days, that disrupt our skin. Aesop's latest winter skincare essentials are here to help. The selected products are gentle and nourishing on the skin, while keeping a balance, and comes in a range to suit different skin types.

Oribe

Our focus is so often on skincare and make-up, but we shouldn't forget to care for our hair too. Available at Joyce Beauty, Oribe's Signature Shampoo and Conditional set is a rich daily cleanser that is formulated to silken, detangle and protect.

Estée Lauder

The Re-Nutriv Ultimate Diamond Transformative Eye Serum is part of Estée Lauder's premium line, and comes infused with Black Diamond Truffle Extract that lifts tired eyes instantly.

Augustinus Bader

Founded by Professor Augustinus Bader, globally recognized as one of the leaders in stem cell biology, there's no doubting the potency of the brand's products. Its creams and oils are backed by 30 years of proprietary research, which resulted in its TFC8 complex, said to kickstart the skin's natural abilities to rejuvenate itself. Available at Joyce Beauty.

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From ground-breaking serums to exclusive facials and fragrances, we've rounded up some of our the top beauty products of 2020.

Christian Breton Liftox serum

Christian Breton's eye priority range has been of utmost help this year. Inspired by cryotherapy, Christian Breton uses cold temperatures to reduce under-eye circles and wrinkles to rejuvenate fatigued eye areas. In particular, the Liftox serum, an eye lifting serum which instantly detoxifies and revives the eye area contains a new innovative formula that neutralises pollutants and strengthens the skin barrier throughout the day. It also contains vitamin C which reduces eye bags and the appearance of the signs of ageing from the very first use.

Dior Gold Edition Couture Cushion

Dior Forever Couture Perfect Cushion, the on-the-go long wearing and skin-caring foundation has released a new couture case in a limited edition for the season: the Diormania Gold Edition. With its 24-hour wear, the cushion is an ideal solution to perfect and refresh one’s complexion at any time of day. The skin is weightlessly mattified and glows with natural, lasting radiance all day long. Now who wouldn’t need that?

LifeHub Hydration Boost Facial

LifeHub’s Hydration Boost Facial uses Iontophoresis (IP), an electrotherapy treatment for deep-cleansing and deep-nourishing of your facial skin. Due to its rapid penetration, your skin is infused with the chosen beneficial nutrients effectively, restoring the natural skin with an immediate radiance boost. This non-invasive treatment is based on the microcurrent ion through high frequency vibration, replenishing human biological energy to help the deep penetration of skin care products. Lifehub uses NCTC + X-DNA serum which contains 37 minerals, vitamins and amino acids that are essential for the skin, resulting in a tighter, firmer and more radiant complexion.

La Prairie Platinum Rare Collection

La Prairie’s Platinum Rare collection rejuvenates the skin like no other. Inspired by the pioneering work of Dr Paul Niehans, also known as the Father of Cellular Therapy, the essence of the Platinum Rare Collection is based on the ground-breaking rejuvenating therapies that were developed at the Clinique La Prairie in Montreux, Switzerland, more than 80 years ago. The skin’s natural rejuvenating power is based on a coordinated effort of skin cells within all the layers of the skin, which creates a network of interconnected processes for rejuvenation. While La Prairie’s previous platinum peptide mainly activated collagen production, the new Platinum Multi-Peptide goes beyond mere collagen production activation to strengthen the skin barrier, improve its moisture balance as well as enhance cellular longevity to keep your skin looking young.

Loubiworld Fragrance Collection

Christian Louboutin has collaborated with Hélène Tran, whose ethereal designs echo both the poetry and humour of each universe. As if pulled out of a magician’s scarlet hat, each bottle lacquered with red is crowned with a fantastical cap, and each fragrance is a personal story from the creator. Our favourite is the Loubikiss, which is an ode to eternal love and is a bouquet of jasmine, tuberose and mask. “Loubikiss is addictive, almost narcotic. It makes its presence known, but there’s a lightness. It’s persistent, but without overpowering,” said Christian Louboutin.

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