While Malaysians are spoilt for choice when it comes to beauty products, the savvy ones among us are still always on the lookout for beauty brands that have made a name overseas even if it’s not so readily available in our country.
You remember the hype around The Ordinary and REN Skincare, and there’s another skincare brand that is popular among skincare enthusiasts in Malaysia: Image Skincare.
A look at it and you’d probably guess why it’s so popular in Malaysia. Its understated packaging, fuss-free formulas, and glowing reviews appeal to us.
Because the brand doesn’t have a physical presence in Malaysia currently, it can be a little tricky to find its products here. (They were available briefly through a distributor a few years ago but the distributor is no longer active.)
But before we get to where to buy Image Skincare in Malaysia, lets also learn more about the brand and its bestsellers so you know what you should shop for.
Image Skincare: what’s the brand all about?
Image Skincare is backed by skincare professionals: it’s founded by an esthetician and developed by a plastic surgeon, which tells you pretty much about the scientific formulation you’re going to get in the products.
Known for using high-performance ingredients, Image Skincare products are said to be trusted by skincare professionals all over the world and are often used at professional treatments, as well as for home care.
Image Skincare is also well-loved by those who embrace clean beauty. Its products don’t contain synthetic dyes, artificial fragrances, mineral oil, phthalates, and parabens. It also doesn’t test on animals.
The brand says that all products undergo extensive clinical testing, including comprehensive reviews by a panel of independent skincare professionals, safety assessments for potential sensitisers, and stability evaluations. And this commitment is one of the reasons why it’s so well-loved among those who are serious about skincare.
Image Skincare’s top-selling products
Image Skincare has a wide roster of skincare products for every step of your skincare routine, including sun protection, moisturisers, serums, cleansers, exfoliants, and more. We’re talking about over 100 products and 13 collections – whoa!
If you’re new to the brand, before you even start finding our where to buy Image Skincare in Malaysia, we’d say you should get an orientation to its products.
To give you an idea of what you should get for a start, here are seven of Image Skincare’s top-selling products.
VITAL C Hydrating Anti-Aging Serum
There’s no way you can talk about Image skincare without mentioning this vitamin C serum. This is the first product that the brand produced and is currently its #1 bestselling serum.
This award-winning, high-potency serum softens the appearance of wrinkles while improving skin elasticity. Formulated with multiple forms of vitamin C, it also is able to fight environmental damage, brighten skin, and eliminate visible signs of dullness and fatigue.
You’ll probably also love its fresh, energising scent, thanks to the inclusion of natural orange peel in its formula.
Ormedic Balancing Facial Cleanser
This cleanser is a mild foaming cleanser with a satin-like texture. It removes impurities on the skin without the drying effect many cleansers have. After use, you’ll notice that your skin is clean, well-hydrated, and soft to the touch.
Clear Cell Medicated Acne Lotion
This lotion contains 5% benzoyl peroxide and kills acne-causing bacteria to treat clogged pores and blackheads at the source.
The brightening ingredients included in this lotion also helps with lightening acne marks, dark spots, and redness.
All in all, this is a great treatment product that those with acne-prone skin should arm themselves with in their skincare arsenal.
Vital C Hydrating Intense Moisturiser
This moisturiser is highly emollient, incredibly nourishing, and packed with vitamin C. Promising to replenish hydration and combat dryness, this moisturiser also shields your skin from environmental stressors and moisture loss.
Ormedic Balancing Lip Enhancement Complex
This lip moisturiser improves the volume and appearance of natural lip contours while hydrating your lips. It removes fine lines over time, and also contains an anti-ageing polypeptide complex that supports collagen in the lips, so they look naturally full and firm.
YANA Daily Collagen Shots
This 28-day beauty liquid and collagen supplement works from inside out. It restores elements within your body that are essential for healthy-looking skin.
Formulated with a high concentration of high-potency ingredients such as hyaluronic acid, collagen peptides, antioxidants, and vitamins, the supplement is said to improve hydration, elasticity, and has anti-wrinkle benefit.
Containing organic acai juice, organic pomegranate juice, and natural citrus flavours, it taste good too!
AGELESS Total Overnight Retinol Masque
Transforming your skin’s appearance while you sleep, this masque releases hydrating microspheres of marine collagen so that moisture is locked in and retinol is delivered deeply into the skin. These help to remodel collagen intensively to offer anti-ageing benefits.
This is great for normal skin, ageing skin, and to correct pigmentation.
Where to buy Image Skincare in Malaysia
The Image Skincare official website has e-commerce capabilities, but unfortunately only ship within the USA.
The brand, however, mentioned several authorised retailers, however, very few ship to Malaysia or exclude Image Skincare products in its list of brands that are allowed to be shipped to Malaysia.
The ones only ones that do are SkinStore (US$15 shipping fee) and BeautifiedYou (US$45 shipping fee), but as you can see, shipping can be rather expensive.
Currently there isn’t any single platform that’s distributing the brand here, so it’s not easy to find where to buy Image Skincare in Malaysia.
However, the e-commerce platform that we managed to find the a significant number of Image Skincare products is Shopee. The great thing about buying on Shopee is that shipping is extremely cheap (some offer free shipping). The downside? These are not authorised retailers, so there’s no guarantee on quality. So if you’re buying from these Shopee merchants, remember to research thoroughly and look at the ratings and reviews on the merchants that were left by other customers.
On the site, we found merchants selling some of the bestsellers, such as the Ormedic Balancing Facial Cleanser (RM143.32), Clear Cell Medicated Acne Lotion (RM246), and the Vital C Hydrating Intense Moisturizer (RM440).
