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20 live it! THURSDAY JULY 26, 2018 • THEEDGE FINANCIAL DAILY

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THIS month, Oasis Village hosts the Kalei-
doscope of Light group exhibition, featur-
ing works by both local and international
talents. Here, you can expect to see a bril-
liant and vibrant display of colours that 13
the artists have used to depict various as-
pects of their lives in Kuala Lumpur — the 7
good, the bad, and the bizzare. Drop by the
exhibition — on until Sunday — between 5
11am and 6pm at The Gallery@Oasis Vil-
lage, Jalan PJU 1A/7A, Oasis Damansara,
Petaling Jaya. Go to the event’s Facebook

page for more information. 1. Chateau Krigler 12, 3.5oz (100gm), US$35 (RM142). 2. Claus Porto spiced citrus soap on a rope, 6.7oz, US$28. 3. Red Flower Icelandic moonflower set, five
2oz bars, US$35. 4. Santa Maria Novella Melograno, 7oz, US$32. 5. Malin+Goetz lime bar soap, 5oz, US$16. 6. Creed Virgin Island Water soap, 5.2oz, US$45.
7. Diptyque Do Son soap, 5.2oz, US$30. 8. Seem Soap Patience No 6, 7oz, US$34. 9. Jabonería Marianella Moroccan fig and bergamot, 6oz, US$16. 10. Claus

Porto Musgo Real glycerin oil soap, 5.8oz, US$12. 11. Santa Maria Novella Tabacco Toscano, 5.2oz, US$35. 12. Lush Sexy Peel, 3.5oz, US$6.95. 13. Le Labo
Santal 33 bar soap, 8oz, US$48. Photos by Bloomberg

WANT MORE LUXURY IN YOUR LIFE?

TREAT yourself to a night of respite from a
hard day’s work and make your way to No TRY SOAP
Black Tie from 9pm to 11pm today to enjoy
a performance by Michael Veerapen and
Friends. Veerapen is an established jazz pia-
nist and producer, popular in the Malaysian

jazz field. Accompanying him on the stage
are Daniel Foong on bass, Rizal Tony on gui- Fancy bars are the easiest
tar and Ong Chong Han on drums. Admis-
sion fee is RM50, with RM10 off for students way to class up your day

who present a valid student ID at the door.

You’ll find No Black Tie at 17 Jalan Mesui,

Off Jalan Nagasari, Kuala Lumpur. Log on BY JUSTIN OCEAN
to noblacktie.com.my for more information
and to purchase tickets. he humble bar of soap has
had “a remarkable resurgence”,
says Maria João Nogueira
Mendes, spokesman for Por-
tugal’s 131-year-old luxury
Tbrand Claus Porto, famous
for its eye-catching packaging. Customers
now consider everything from how it feels
in the hand to how it looks on the vanity,
from the lusciousness of its lather to its rich
scent. Bar soap sales have doubled in the
past five years at England’s eco-conscious
Lush Cosmetics Ltd, outpacing growth
across the rest of the company.
THIS duo exhibition by artists Joy Ng and Nostalgia for simpler, iconic products
Wong Ming Hao, entitled Distant Emotion, partly drives the trend, Mendes said, but
features creative works upon which the tal- consumers are also gravitating to more
ents have expressed the notion of identity minimal grooming regimens with prod-
in spellbinding ways. Ng uses the process ucts that last longer and don’t use plastic Seem Soap’s colourful, hand-cut line uses natural pigments and fragrance. ‘We wanted to focus on
of painting as a form of self-exploration packaging. As a response to ubiquitous an object that is present in everyone’s life,’ says co-founder Valentine Seé, ‘and about which we could
as well as an accounting of her own life, liquid soap pumps from brands such as imagine new approaches of conception and production.’

whereas Hao uses camouflaging layers to Aesop appearing in aspirational bathrooms
metaphorise the submersion of our emo- everywhere, Karen Kim founded Binu Binu,
tions and true identities in the real world. which makes a barley-tea-infused line of and UFO shapes have all-natural pigments Alkalay, who layers exotic moonfl ower and
The exhibition takes place at HOM Art Trans, bars inspired by Korean bathhouses. She and subtle, unisex scents. “We fell in love clove bud oils in bars with gently exfoliating
6A Jalan Cempaka 16, Taman Cempaka, Am- said the appeal of a bar is its design po- with soap because it is an ephemeral object”, mica, sees it as a daily reset: “Something as
pang Jaya, Selangor. It runs until Saturday tential — to have “a sculptural object to one that evolves through use, said co-found- simple as washing your hands becomes an
from 11am to 6pm. Visit homarttrans.com cleanse your body” . er Mathilde Lehmann, a visual artist. opportunity to reconnect with your sens-
for more information. Paris’ Seem Soap Studio takes a similar As far as luxuries go, fancy soap is a rel- es. Not only do you get clean, but you feel
approach: Its products in ergonomic jewel atively attainable one. Red Flower’s Yael better.” — Bloomberg