After eight intensive months of auditions and challenges in SK-II Beauty Bound Season Two, one winner has risen above hundreds of hopefuls and has been crowned by Chiara Ferragni, Global Fashion Icon & Global Judge Beauty Bound Season Two as Asia’s next big beauty name to watch out for. Culminating in Okinawa, Japan, the final battle saw nine aspiring beauty creators pit themselves against each other in a series of heart-thumping challenges set in the wild. At the end of two grueling days, Fairuz Nadia Anuar of Malaysia or better known as @innermaverick on her social media channels such as Instagram and Youtube channel eventually won the hearts of fans and judges with her creativity, charisma and conviction.

To be named the winner of Beauty Bound, contestants had to embark on their final challenge—an epic beauty adventure in the depths of the Okinawan jungle in Japan.  Contestants had to complete a variety of beauty social challenges with the brand’s iconic Facial Treatment Essence and create a 60 second  #FaceTheWild video inspired by the films of SK–II’s latest campaign—SK–II Face The Wild | Face the Camera Extreme Expedition series with National Geographic. After 48 hours jam-packed with wild adventures, beauty experiments and hectic editing, the nine finalists presented their final video to the global panel of judges headed by Chiara Ferragni, Global Fashion Icon.

Watch all Beauty Bound Season II Finalist #FaceTheWild final video submissions at this link.

After considerable deliberation, Fairuz Nadia Anuar of Malaysia was unanimously named the winner of Beauty Bound Season 2 for her deep beauty knowledge, creation of great social media content and effortless showmanship. You may watch the winning video below.

For more information and latest Beauty Bound webisodes, visit Beauty Bound Youtube Channel.

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Since Beauty Bound was initiated last year on July 2016, more than 400 aspiring beauty creators from eight countries auditioned and compete to become Asia’s Next Top Beauty Creator. For Beauty Bound Season 2, the game plan has changed. Fans is now able to follow the entire journey of young hopeful 64 contestants in the pursuit of their dreams. A first-of-its-kind beauty web reality series by luxury skin care brand SK-II premieres globally on YouTube on 1st February 2017. The web series will be released in two phases: the first five episodes follow the top eight in each country as they battle it out in their local Beauty Base for a spot in the global finale. The grand finale episodes featuring the finalists from each country will be released in mid-March 2017.

Over the course of six months, the top eight contestants from each country were invited to their local Beauty Base, a two-day intensive boot camp, where their skills, creativity and showmanship were put to the test over a series of challenges under the mentorship of local creators and industry experts. Among the local judges are celebrity makeup artists Jung Saem Mool for Korea and Xiao Kai for Taiwan, beauty creators Mikipon for Japan, Queenie Chan for Hong Kong, Tashy for Malaysia, international singer-songwriter Anggun for Indonesia, award-winning actress Rebecca Lim for Singapore, and supermodel, host and actress Cindy Bishop for Thailand.

Nine finalists will get to win an all-expenses paid trip worth up to USD $5,000 to the grand finale in Okinawa, Japan, and SK-II products worth up to USD $1,000, together with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet and learn from some of the world’s leading beauty creators, social media personalities and industry experts. As for this year’s Beauty Bound winner, she will walk away with a suite of prizes worth a total of USD $60,000 and that includes:

• An all-expenses-paid trip to an SK-II global event
• One year worth of SK-II products and professional video production equipment
• Priceless networking opportunities with top beauty creators and SK-II content collaboration opportunities
• An exclusive one week exchange program in the United States hosted by industry experts
• An invitation to join first Beauty Bound winner Janemakeup and top beauty creators from across the world in the exclusive SK-II Global Beauty Circle.

Chiara Ferragni, global social media and fashion icon will be leading the judging panel for the Grand Finale of Beauty Bound Season Two. She is also widely known for her social media moniker, The Blonde Salad. Chiara is an inspiring lady who inspires millions of aspiring fashion and beauty digital creators across the world to continue to dream bigger and reach higher, following a great success of converting The Blonde Salad from a personal style blog to a thriving fashion empire.

What are you waiting for? Stay connected with all the contestants, top beauty creators and industry experts and root for them on the Beauty Bound Community.

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If you missed SK-II’s Beauty Bound Asia last year, fret not as Beauty Bound returned for Season 2 with a twist. Season 2 will incorporate first of its kind beauty web reality series involving judges and mentors from varied niches beyond the beauty industry while creating a community of beauty creators for beauty creators. All of us would get to follow the journey of aspiring digital creators as they chase their dreams to be the region’s next beauty vlogging sensation through these web series.

The web series, which will be released on YouTube and shared on various platforms in participating countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan in February 2017, will create new opportunities for these aspiring beauty creators to increase their exposure in the region.

Joining the Malaysia’s panel of judge-mentors this year are Beauty Blogger and YouTuber Tashy from Beauty with Tashy, actress and social media influencer Sharifah Sakinah and Digital Illustrator and Ola Bola actress Marianne Tan. I know you are curious to find out who are the global judge panel for this year however that will only be announce later

The winner of this year’s Beauty Bound will receive an invitation into the exclusive SK-II Global Beauty Circle, which includes an all-expenses paid trip to an SK-II global event, networking and collaboration opportunities with international top beauty creators, an exclusive 1 week exchange program in the U.S hosted by industry experts like StyleHaul, the largest global style community of content creators, in addition to professional video production equipment and a year’s worth of SK-II products.

How to participate and what are the requirements?

Eligibility

Age: 18 years or older
Residency: Must be legally residing in the participating countries where Beauty Base is happening
Obligations: Should not have any existing contracts with competing skincare brands
Travel Documents: Must have a valid passport during Finale dates
Audience: No more than 50,000 subscribers/followers on your main social channel

Submission

1. In no longer than 3 minutes, tell us who you are and your dream
2. MUST include following hashtags in your video: #skii #sk2 #changedestiny #beautybound
3. MUST include #changedestiny in the title of your video
4. MUST upload video to your personal YouTube, Facebook or Instagram channel and make it public
5. Fill in entry form at http://www.beautybound.tv/ and include a link to your video

Hurry as entries call for Malaysia will close on 21^st August 2016. For more information, please visit http://www.beautybound.tv/.

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Following months of intense competition which saw nearly 600 contestants and over 1,600 video challenge submissions across 11 cities, the top two beauty creators from each city have just been announced. These are 22 of the region’s finest beauty creators who will be representing their cities and countries in the Grand Finals of Beauty Bound Asia on 7th November 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. Malaysia will be represented by Charis Ow and MayJune Tan.

On November 7th, original beauty YouTuber Michelle Phan as well as seven other of Asia’s top beauty creators – Luv2bfree, Saytiocoartillero, Katerina Beauty Blog, Wengie, So Youngs Beauty Room, Littlemissboo, and Arial Chan – will be in Tokyo to judge and witness the crowning of Asia’s next top beauty creator.

The winner of Beauty Bound Asia walks away with the title of Asia’s Next Top Beauty Creator, as well as over US$10,000 worth of prizes including beauty products, an all-expense paid trip to Tokyo and New York, and priceless opportunities to learn and collaborate with some of the world’s top beauty creators!

SK-II Changes the Destiny of Beauty in Asia-Pacific

In line with SK-II’s #changedestiny philosophy to encourage and empower women to break free from their barriers and pursue their passions, SK-II presents Beauty Bound Asia on YouTube – the region’s first of such competitions to search for and nurture budding beauty creators. By providing this platform, the luxury skincare brand hopes to allow passionate beauty lovers across Asia-Pacific to embrace their dreams and creativity to show off their unique talent.

For more information about Beauty Bound Asia, please visit www.beautyboundasia.com

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