House Of Clarins Is A Pop-Up On Orchard Road With Instagrammable Rooms, Free Product Samples & Complimentary Heytea

You can't miss the distinctive white pop-up building with red trimming and an awning of dripping greens. It's totally Instagrammable even from the outside.

Everyone will be clamouring for photos at this verdant wall. But it's not just a photo backdrop, okay? Here, you can play an Augmented Reality game, where you 'catch' the plant extract ingredients that go into Clarins' bestselling Double Serum with your phone. Don't worry, it's way easier than Pokemon Go. If you've ever wanted to capture Turmeric, this is your chance.

You need to do this if you want your free Heytea.

Another super-fun room where you get to reach into four different 'washing machines' to touch a variety of textures (caution: one is gooey) to help you decide on your skincare cleansing programme, so you can bring home a free sample. There's also a 'bed' to take a standing up sleeping shot with.

Jaime Teo shows us how it's done.

Just kidding, it's not that scary. Using 'washing machines' with materials hidden within for you to touch and experience, which depict the different textures of their cleansers — so smart!

Next, you hit the Beauty Kitchen, where you can get a skincare analysis and receive your personalised recipe card for delicious skincare success. Grab your free samples here too, and if it's not too crowded, get behind the counter for some great photos.

Depending on your skincare needs, the consultant will recommend products that work for you from Clarins' wide range of products.

Woohoo — it's time to get your free fruit tea! Depending on your choices in the games played earlier, you can get a few different flavours — we got the Strawberry Cheezo, which was delicious, and totally refreshing in this darn haze.

Yummy iced Strawberry Cheezo from Heytea, which usually goes for 8 or 9 bucks. At House Of Clarins, it's totally freeeee!

Take the chance to try Clarins skincare and make-up in a fun new environment. Staff in cute red berets will help.

It's outside Mandarin Gallery. Register here. Have fun playing with skincare and make-up and Instagramming up a storm!


Photos: Alvin Teo