Newly minted S'pore entrepreneurs: Ex-model finds winning formula in sustainable beauty products

Ms Sherry Lim sources ingredients from small farms and produces her products in small quantities for better quality control. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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SINGAPORE - Former model Sherry Lim reckoned plenty of people needed a feel-good boost amid the pandemic miseries last year so what better time to launch her new cosmetics business.

Ms Lim, 45, had spent two years and $20,000 researching skincare ingredients and coming up with various formulations before hitting on her first eco-friendly beauty product - Luchaskin Green Clean Macha Facial Powder.

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