Who else is trying not to look like they just turned a year older with the new year? As we charge into the Year of the Metal Ox, we need our skincare products to be as strong, powerful and hardworking as this year's Zodiac animal. Here are 8 (so huat!) multi-taskers that will serve you well in 2021.

An eye serum from local skincare brand BSKIN with multiple benefits for the skin around the eyes, including reversing the signs of ageing and skin laxity, banishing fine lines, and getting rid of pigmentation, dryness, puffiness and dark circles. Hardworking or what?

From http://www.bskin.com.

This little vial says it will give you a slimmer V-shaped face and reduce excess facial fats by up to 16.8%, by reducing and breaking apart excess fat cells and volume of fatty tissue. Amazing? That's not all — it will also reduce deep wrinkles by 52.1%, repair damaged skin, improve skin barrier function and increase skin moisture.

From https://www.watsons.com.sg and Watson stores.

Not just a daytime serum to help brighten skin over time, this glowy concoction, touted as a skincare + makeup hybrid, can also be used as a dewy primer before make-up, a highlighter over make-up (dab a drop on areas like cheeks and corners of the eyes) and as a foundation mixer to give skin a healthy glow and get an illuminated complexion. Fun!

From Sephora stores and sephora.sg.

Another skincare and make-up hybrid: The latest eyeliner in K-Palette's 1 Day Tattoo family. Procast The Eyeliner prevents skin ageing around the eyes and banishes skin irritation caused by environmental pollutants, while being a waterproof, sebum-proof and smudge-proof eyeliner.

From Don Don Donki, Watsons, Welcia-BHG and online at www.japalangstore.com, Lazada & Shopee.

Joining Fresh Beauty's iconic Kombucha Facial Treatment Essence is the new Kombucha Cleansing Treatment: a no-rinse 3-in-1multi-tasker that not only cleanses away impurities, make-up, pollution and sunscreen, but also repairs and treats skin’s microbiota with prebiotic inulin, a natural ingredient derived from chicory roots with special skin-balancing properties.

From Fresh boutiques at Ion, Raffles City, JEM Beauty Kitchen and Takashimaya, and Sephora and Sephora.sg.

Innisfree’s new skincare wonder is formulated with the Reset Concentrate derived from Jeju Black Tea, and addresses the five signs of skin fatigue — dryness, dullness, texture, sensitivity, and overall skin health. Perfect for a skin reset after a trying 2020.

From Innisfree stores.

Laneige's Water Sleeping Mask is already an iconic multi-tasker which improves hydration and skin texture as you snooze, and the new and improved Water Sleeping Mask_EX is enhanced with new ingredient squalane, as well as Sleeping Microbiome and probiotics complex to keep the skin’s microbiome healthy, strengthen skin’s defense and restore skin to optimal condition, to look like you've had your eight hours of sleep, even if you haven't.

From Lazada from Jan 14, Laneige boutiques and departmental stores from Jan 15, and Shopee, Zalora and Sephora.sg from Feb 1.

Top Korean aesthetic skincare brand AHC adds a new golden child to their popular Eye Cream For Face Series — the Age Defense Real Eye Cream For Face is a 2-in-1 anti-ageing cream for the eyes and the face, now made more efficacious with gold incorporated in its formula. It's clinically proven to reduce 7 kinds of wrinkles in 7 days, and promises to instantly improve skin hydration levels and skin elasticity.

From Watsons store and online at Watsons and Lazada.