The latest facial that Newby Hands, Global Beauty Director at Net-A-Porter, experienced was an acupuncture treatment in London, with cosmetic acupuncturist Sarah Bradden. With special needles inserted at specific points of her face — temples, cheek, jaw — Hands recalls why the unorthodox pampering session remained particularly memorable for her. “It was a top-to-toe skin, body, mind and spirit treatment,” she says. “Facials today have to provide more than [the usual] cleanse, peel, mask, and massage. We can all do that ourselves at home. It’s something like this one that really gives you so much more.”
More. A concept not the least bit foreign to Hands. This beauty guru — who’s successfully turned her passion into her career — is the power woman who’s obsessed with giving more, and doing more for Net-A-Porter’s customers. Think of it as a favour from one beauty lover to another. She happens to also be the one who built up Net-A-Porter’s beauty repertoire to what it is today — what started off as seven brands in 2013 for the APAC region has rapidly expanded to become an extensive offering of 250, a range that includes cult Western labels (that can be hard to find here) like Victoria Beckham Beauty, Sarah Chapman and Westman Atelier.Her strategy isn’t about simply bombarding the luxury retail site with the onboarding of any and every brand. No, every new inclusion has always been driven by consumer sentiment. “We’ve always curated a very considerate buy for our customers at the core,” Hands notes. “We also take into account with what they engage with. The brands have to add a point of difference and something new to the [current] offerings.”
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة January 2022 من ELLE Singapore.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك ? تسجيل الدخول
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة January 2022 من ELLE Singapore.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
Walking The Walk
MANOLO BLAHNIK remains one of the most covetable names in footwear. Now with more than five decades of history, the brand goes back to its beginnings to celebrate its most timeless silhouettes.
What Dreams May Come
Life as an actress can be an emotional roller coaster. Crazy Rich Asians star CONSTANCE LAU shares the highs, the lows, and everything else in between.
Just A Hint
Conspicuously More Understated Than Their Gem-set Cousins, These Subtle Rainbow-coloured Watches Are No Less Defiant In Their Insistence On Optimism And Style.
A cultural Conversation
With its Made of Makers programme, JAEGER-LECOULTRE has built a community of like-minded creatives who place innovation, craftsmanship and precision at the heart of all they do.
The Inner Lives Of Clothes
Compelling Fashion Doesn't Have To Be Ostentatious Or Overtly Conceptual, But It Does Need A Clear Identity And Character Of Its Own.
Journey to the WEST
Time to slip into some chaps and saddle up. Fashion's biggest brands are taking a turn at the rodeo.
The Mai Effect
Fresh off her cover shoot for ELLE Singapore-draped in head-turning Bvlgari jewels-Davika Hoorne radiates the charm and allure of a woman who's both wildly ambitious and perfectly content in her own skin. Here, the 32-year-old Thai-Belgian star reflects on two decades in the spotlight, and why she's not done dreaming just yet.
in Conversation
Cartier creative director MARIE-LAURE CÉRÈDE delves into the Maison’s haute joaillerie timepieces, while highlighting the importance of creativity and a happy team in her chat with CHARMAINE HO.
SPIRIT OF Samba
ENJOY A RIOTOUS NIGHT OUT WITH YOUR WELL-HEELED FRIENDS AT SUSHISAMBA SINGAPORE. COME FOR THE DRINKS AND STAY FOR THE REVELRYBUT DON'T FORGET TO DRESS THE PART.
OF WOMEN & SINGAPORE
From fashion trends that capture the cultural zeitgeist, to introspective opinion pieces about a life best lived, fashion historian NADYA WANG charts 31 years of ELLE Singapore history through its pages.