Aman Essentials, the lifestyle brand from the revered luxury hospitality company Aman, has launched "Essential Skin", a new skincare range comprising five products developed and produced in Japan.
The range creates a functional and effective daily skincare routine supporting the natural skin barrier, encouraging deep hydration, and protecting from daily environmental stressors. Aman Essential Skin comprises a Clarifying Milk Cleanser, Skin Activating Toner, Replenishing Face Serum, Radiance Face Cream and Illuminating Eye Cream.
Each product is built around two key ingredients featured throughout the range. Ancient purple rice bran extract is known for its antioxidant properties, as well as promoting fibroblast proliferation rate, which supports the production of collagen. Indigo extract, from the indigo plant, has also been proven for its anti-oxidant potential. In addition, Aman Essential Skin uses a unique blend of potent herbs that have long been valued in Japan for their powerful effects, as well as skin actives including Vitamin C, Vitamin E, peptides and hyaluronic acid.
In keeping with Aman’s ethos of celebrating knowledge from ancient heritages, indigo features throughout each product as it has been used as a medicinal herb since the 5th century. Known as Aizome, which is the process of indigo-dyeing, and the properties of the indigo herb were favoured by the Samurais, who would wear Aizome clothing for its antibacterial effect on wounds, which was said to encourage faster healing.
Ranging from US$80 to $270, the Aman Essential Skin comprises:
• Clarifying Milk Cleanser ($80) is a refining milk cleanser and has ingredients that include phytosterols, which is highly moisturising, as well as lecithin, which improves skin’s moisture retention
• Skin Activating Toner ($95) – A toning lotion that conditions the skin, restores pH balance and infuses hydration. Ingredients include lactic acid, alpha-hydroxy acid, hyaluronic acid, a naturally-occurring humectant, which plumps and hydrates the skin.
• Replenishing Face Serum ($170) – A potent serum to rehydrate, reduce dullness and reveal firm and brightened skin. Combining Vitamin C, Vitamin E and squalane, naturally derived from olives, which boosts hydration.
• Radiance Face Cream ($250) – A rich and hydrating face cream, which has camellia oil and phytosterol macadamiate, a butter-like compound of macadamia nut oil, which creates a rich texture and protective layer on the skin.
• Illuminating Eye Cream ($270) – A replenishing eye cream, which uses caffeine to reduce puffiness and improve circulation, and peptides to enhance collagen and hyaluronic acid to prevent premature ageing.
Aman Essential Skin has been developed in partnership with Kosé, a renowned leader and manufacturer of skincare, cosmetics and beauty products in Japan. In addition to the product range, Aman Essential Skin will be used in new facial treatments — the Aman Advanced Facial — at several Aman Spas, including Aman Tokyo, Amanemu, Aman New York, Amangiri and the Aman Spa at The Connaught, London.
Aman Essential Skin is available via shop.aman.com.
