Celebrity Life

Evelyn Choi — actress, model and influencer — shares fashion and beauty tips.

Evelyn Choi’s familiar face stares out from numerous advertising campaigns, magazine pages and social media posts. After first coming to prominence 14 years ago in the film Echoes of the Rainbow, alongside Simon Yam and Sandra Ng, she’s appeared in many TV shows and nearly a dozen films.

Her social media posts are peppered with makeup trends and tips, nods to designer brands, accessories, colourful dresses, jeans and frilly tops. She’s also known for mixing up designer gear with street chic, so we had to ask Evelyn Choi about all things fashionable – and the trendy young star obliged by doling out helpful advice, and her notions of fashion dos and don’ts.

Evelyn Choi, Actress-Model and Influencer

How has your fashion journey evolved?

I read a lot of fashion magazines and I check up on runway shows, but the most important part of my fashion journey has been the experience. My advice to others is simple: know yourself well and then you’ll know what kind of style suits your personality and shows the best of you.

Your Instagram feed is studded with tags for brands such as Gucci, Sacai, Miu Miu, Tods, Loewe and Giorgio Armani. Which are your favourites?

I don’t have a favourite brand or designer per se, as I think different brands have distinct features that make them unique. I enjoy and appreciate every individual designer.

Tell us about your accessories journey.

I like to wear the same accessories often, but style them differently each time. How do I choose a bag? Well, it’s quite funny: I use my wallet as a yardstick. Of course, I also see whether the bag goes with my jeans, as well as my little black dress. Quite a lot of people might opt for a signature look of a high-end brand, or a classic design. Somehow, I always end up liking new designs that encapsulate the brand spirit.

Would you be influenced by a model or celeb because they endorse a particular brand?

I usually decide for myself. A particular look or accessory might look good on a particular model, but not on me. That’s why they’re models. I believe different people have their own styles and qualities. Choose a style that matches you, not others.

Knowing you influence young women, does it make you more conscious about what you wear and post on social media?

For sure. That’s why I always share my #ootd (Outfit of the Day), not just because I want to share my fashion but, more importantly, because I want to give girls tips on finding their own style.

Who are your favourite Asian designers and style icons?

Three people spring to mind: designers Jason Wu and Vera Wang, and model and influencer Kiwi Lee.

What’s a fashion oops you had – and what did you learn from it?

I must say, hip-hop style really isn’t my cup of tea. I tried wearing very oversized tops and low-rise wide jeans and ended up looking very short and with no shape. But I wouldn’t say this style is an “oops I made a mistake”, it’s just not for me. I just can’t pull it off like others can.

Are there shows you watch just for the fashion?

I must confess I really like reality shows that help and encourage new and upcoming designers, like Project Runway and Next in Fashion. It’s always good to see how they fight for their dreams – and you as a viewer can also learn how to view fashion from different perspectives. From fabric construction to window dressing, the journey of an outfit from the designer’s first sketch to the end product is fascinating.

If you were to go to the MET Ball, who would you wear?

Wow – I really don’t know what I’d wear. I guess I need to see what the theme was first – it really starts from there, as the theme sets the tone. What I’d wear for Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination would be very different from China: Through the Looking Glass.

How collaborative are you with stylists?

To be honest, I don’t usually work with stylists, as I like to choose outfits myself – though sometimes I’ll work with a stylist on commercials or magazine shoots. I respect all the stylists in Hong Kong – I think they’re very professional.

What do you always have in your makeup bag?

Lip balm.

Beauty trends have been leaning away from glamour and towards skincare and wellness. What are your skincare tips?

My tips for readers are easy: less is always more. Don’t try to put lots of stuff and product on your face if you’re worried about your skin. I always remind myself that my body needs water. Good skin comes from within, not externally, so for glowing and smooth skin, drink water.

What’s your fashion advice for young girls – or boys?

You’re under no obligation to follow a trend. Maybe you can create your own instead.

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What once was taboo is now the recommended skincare cleanser. With that, we take a look at the best facial bars for every type of skin.

There was a time when using the same bar of body soap on your face was a thing. But as we now know, different areas of the skin require very distinctive attention. Consequently, bar soaps were blacklisted from our skincare regime for its harsh detergent constituents and skin drying factors.

Since then, beauty brands have realised that it isn’t the bar itself that is the culprit, but the formulation. Thus began the reintroduction of bar soaps in our routine. Easy to travel with (no spillage), keeping well over time, and environmentally friendly (reduced packaging), more and more are looking to our old ways for new results.

For those looking to switch up their cleansing game, we’ve rounded up the best facial bar soaps for every skin type.

Chanel Sublimage Radiance-Revealing Rich Cleansing Soap

Best for: Mature Skin

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As the name implies, Chanel’s Radiance Revealing Rich Cleansing Soap is a luxuriously indulgent product. The bar is composed of vanilla flower extract with highly potent antioxidant properties and shea butter for intense hydration. The bar lathers up to produce a gorgeous silky foam that cleanses and purifies to reveal illuminated skin. The beautiful carved soap also comes with its very own soap dish.

Drunk Elephant Juju Bar

Best for: Sensitive Skin

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Drunk Elephant has earned a very loyal cult following for its natural products and creative packaging. One of two of the brand’s facial bar soaps is the Juju Bar – a low pH level formula (unlike other soaps with detergent components) which gives you squeaky clean skin without stripping away the hydration. The subtle exfoliation is countered with healing elements to refine the skin’s texture without the feeling of tightness afterwards. Free of fragrance, essential oils, dyes, colourants and irritants, it is suitable for even the most sensitive skin.

Fresh Umbrian Clay Treatment Bar

Best for: Oily Skin

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For when washing your face still isn’t clean enough, it's Fresh’s Umbrian Clay Treatment Bar to the rescue. Offering a very deep and thorough cleanse, the Umbrian clay extracts impurities from within the pores. Great for oily or acne-prone skin in the summer, it ensures that all skin slough is flushed out. To complement the clay, ingredients like cranberry, bamboo and bitter orange work together for a full exfoliation. Once a week, work up a lather, and leave on for 10 minutes as a clarifying mask. Dull skin is now renewed.

Sisley Botanical Soapless Facial Cleansing Bar

Best for: Combination Skin

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Naturally purifying and gentle to skin, Sisley’s Botanical Cleansing Bar leaves skin with a smooth, matte finish and radiant complexion. Enriched with calendula and tropical resins (incense, myrrh and benzoin), it forms a fine-textured creamy lather that washes off for an instant sensation of freshness. A magnet for makeup and dirt, it isolates and removes all impurities from the skin on your face.

Sulwhasoo Herbal Soap

Best for: Normal to Dry Skin

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Extracting the beauty properties of Korean medicinal herbs (like red ginseng for anti-oxidisation, Chinese peony for healing, and Solomon’s seal and anti-inflammation), Sulwhasoo’s Herbal Soap cleanses the skin while nourishing it too. Using a 40-day ageing process to lock in all the goodness of the ingredients, the Herbal Soap is packed nutrients and most importantly supports the skin’s moisture barrier to lock in all the goodness. A special bonus if you enjoy the refreshing zingy scent of ginseng.

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With extra-delicate skin, and problems such as puffiness and the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, eyes need the tender loving care of specially formulated skincare.

The History of Whoo Hwanyu Imperial Youth Eye Cream

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The History of Whoo’s Hwanyu Imperial Youth Eye Cream is a precious concoction containing an impressive 70 ingredients including natural wild ginseng, deer antlers and snow lotus herbs. These enhance qi and blood circulation for younger- looking eyes. Fans of the skincare brand are sure to love the Hwanyu Imperial Youth Eye Cream Gold Sehwa Special Edition Set with a jumbo-sized 50ml jar, which is accompanied by an eight-piece ensemble of deluxe editions from the same collection, as well as the coveted Cheonyuldan Ultimate Rejuvenating Skincare series.

Sulwhasoo Bloomstay Vitalizing Eye Cream

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Featuring plum blossom as a key ingredient, Sulwhasoo’s lightweight and cooling Bloomstay Vitalizing Eye Cream tackles dark circles, puffiness and fine lines for fresher, brighter-looking peepers. The flower boasts potent antioxidant benefits, and an ability to protect skin from oxidative damage and restore vitality. Additionally, a precious Five Fruits and Seeds Complex offers an anti-glycation effect to protect collagen fibres from stiffening, so skin elasticity is maintained.

Tom Ford Eye Repair Concentrate

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Jump-start tired-looking skin in the eye area while helping it to absorb and retain moisture with Tom Ford’s Eye Repair Concentrate. Dermatologist- and ophthalmologist-tested, its key ingredients include white porcelain cacao, caffeine, gyokuro, hyaluronic acid and vitamin C that reinforce skin’s barrier, and deliver immediate and sustained hydration. The luxurious, highly potent serum absorbs instantly into skin and is suitable for all skin types and contact lens wearers.

La Prairie White Caviar Eye Extraordinaire

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Skin’s colour is made up of naturally occurring pigments in various dermis layers. With age, the amount of these pigments increases which reduces the natural luminosity of the complexion, leading to skin that appears older than

it really is. La Prairie’s White Caviar Eye Extraordinaire is enhanced with proprietary Golden Caviar Extract and Exclusive Cellular Complex to target the colour disturbances that dull the skin, while helping it to deal with the

loss of elasticity in the area around peepers. It also comes with a rotating ceramic pearl massager to improve lymphatic drainage and stimulate microcirculation.

Guerlain Abeille Royale Eye Cream

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The relaunched Abeille Royale Eye Cream by Guerlain benefits from the reparative Blackbee Repair Technology that combines honeys from Ouessant Island, Corsica and New Zealand, and a Guerlain-exclusive royal jelly, which targets micro tears and micro lesions to fight and prevent wrinkles, and loss of firmness and elasticity.

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