Bare Beauty, Series 1, Ep 5

White tea – is this the latest fashion trend in today’s beauty products? Anita explores the past and present of this special ingredient and uncovers its unique powers. Bare Beauty catches up with TV personality, Nadya Hutagalung, who shares with us her beauty secrets for youthful skin. Anita prepares a homemade white tea face scrub and toner that will leave your face glowing!

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Latina women use the child support checks to pay for their nails.

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They say age shows first in the hands and feet so this week, Bare Beauty goes on an age-defying rampage as it uncovers the essential secret of gorgeous extremities – and the acupressure techniques that keep hands and feet not only feeling and looking good, but working overtime to boost the body! As working girls (and guys) face the stresses of repetitive stress injuries and carpal tunnel syndrome, nature comes to the rescue with holistic approaches to good health – from the feet and fingertips up.

The eyes have it when it’s time for a masquerade party! Anita discovers what the perfect look is for the eyes as she prepares for her masquerade party. She explores the tricks and traditions people have used over the centuries for that “come hither” glance of beauty. Bare Beauty takes a glimpse into the life and trade secrets of Clarence Lee, a make up artist for famous celebrities like Tom Cruise and Zhang Zhiyi.

This episode sees Anita visiting the Peranakans to see what she can find out about their traditions and beauty secrets. She discovers that these beauty practices are the result of a blending of several cultures from Malay to Chinese to Dutch and Portuguese. This is the result of inter-marriages that happened during the times of the Straits Settlements leading to the emergence of the rich culture known as Peranakans. Characterized by ornate Chinese beadwork on shoes, the wearing of the Malay sarong-kebaya by the nyonyas (Peranakan ladies) and the use of delicately designed crockery with Dutch/Portuguese/Chinese influences, the Peranakans offer Anita a window into a new world of Asian tradition. Anita meets a Peranakan lady who shares her secrets to natural beauty using ingredients commonly found in Peranakan cooking. Fascinated, she asks for more remedies and the lady gives her a list of ingredients that Anita can pick up for her own homemade Peranakan beauty treatments including the use of lemongrass, bitter gourd and others. A kebaya seamstress reveals the secret behind the figure-hugging kebaya and the meaning of the intricate outfit that Peranakan ladies have traditionally been identified with. Anita's homemade Peranakan remedies include the nyonya-baba home-potpourri, winter melon eye-cooler and a torch ginger Peranakan tonic.

Anita goes in search of the secrets and traditions of the Eurasian community. She begins her journey at the Eurasian Association where she is introduced to the role the Eurasians played in the building of Singapore. She comes across authentic Eurasian artifacts and costumes and 'meets' some famous members of the Eurasian community. Anita then catches up with Francesca Eber, a graceful lady renowned for her authentic Eurasian tea parties, a tradition that she has passionately preserved over the years. She gives us an insight into the lives and times of the Eurasians of the past. Next Anitha catches up with culinary consultant Nazli Anwari to find out more about the benefits of natural ingredients in homemade therapies and remedies. Anitha pops by the Integrative Therapy Centre to see how a natural healing process begins from the inside. Next she meets Eurasian jazz sensation Claressa Monteiro whose glamour and beauty continues to impress and enthrall her fans. She also reveals her homemade hand lotion made with natural ingredients to keep skin soft and supple. For her homemade experiments, Anita whips up a deliciously healthy fresh fruit juice using common Eurasian ingredients such as fruits and nuts and at the end of a long day, she tries her hand at making another Eurasian party favorite, mead (also known as the Drink of the Gods).

Nature gets serious in this week’s Bare Beauty as Anita goes on a cleanse-purge regime that turns out far more glamorous than it sounds. The new It-girl’s millennium mantra – DETOX! Rather than a painful, torturous routine, the new Detox is all about enjoying yourself and feeling good, with a little help from natural herbs and spices. Can detox be the new pampering? Bare beauty reveals how you can relieve indigestion, boost your immune system and get treated like a Javanese princess – the natural way!