When it comes to herbs and natural ingredients, Wei Beauty is the go-to Chinese brand. Its cult status tissue masks offer a skin transformation with one single application. Actress Fan Bingbing puts her incredible skin down to her diligent use of facemasks, admitting that she uses two per day, one for whitening and one for moisturising.

For a little extra help when your skin is feeling tired and puffy, try keeping these in the fridge and the cold masks will brighten the skin in an instant.

The hottest products to land on any beauty editor’s desk right now are super smart finds from South Korea. From the ensuing demand for BB creams that went viral in Europe, to the ultimate makeup formulas from Vidi Vici, we just can’t seem to get enough. Actress Jun Ji Hyan and model Ji Hye Park keep to a barely-there makeup look that exemplifies the Korean beauty ideal of flawless dewy skin.

Ensure your base is poreless with a light but thorough use of a brightening concealer.

The ideal consistency for beautiful skin in Japan is considered to be that of an egg shell: pale delicate and impossibly smooth. The prestige classic brands from Shiseido to SK-II harness the powers of science and research like no other to help us in that quest to find perfect skin as luminous as model and actress Tao Okamoto.

With a perfect base made possible with essences and serums, try the endless possibilities with bright, original colour from legendary Shu Uemura.