Beauty brand Orce makes foundation to celebrate diversity of Asian skin

Ms Shih Yu-chen launched Orce in Singapore last month. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
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SINGAPORE - Looking at Ms Shih Yu-chen now, you would never guess she felt ugly growing up.

It was a long time before she came to fully embrace and love her skin tone, the radiant 29-year-old founder of Orce Cosmetics admits. But it was also what nudged her to eventually create her brand.

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