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25th May, 930pm
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Episode 8 Face cooling powder, BedakSejuk
Before expensive organic products came along, there were inexpensive organic home cures. One of the foundations of Southeast-Asian cosmetics is the BedakSejuk - roughly translated from Malay to mean cooling powder.
In a world filled with complex chemicals, the old ways have been pushed aside, waiting for extinction or to be rediscovered by a new generation. Glenda Han runs a beauty care business in Singapore that promotes natural products. Yang Jing Ming is the acknowledged master of bedaksejuk in Penang. He has been in the trade for the last 30 years having learnt the art from his mother. Glenda travels to Penang to discover if she may be able to turn the bedaksejuk into a line of product she may sell.
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