Me and My Money: She faces up to acne by spending 8 years developing skincare products to fight it

Ms Jasmine Kang traces the seeds of her enterprise to 2011, when she was a “trailing spouse” in Jakarta with her husband. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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SINGAPORE - Like many others who suffer from acne, it was a struggle for Ms Jasmine Kang, who grappled with issues like low self-esteem. But unlike them, she made it her business to tackle the condition, spending a total of eight years developing skincare products that work for her.

She turned the products into a business, starting Skinlycious in 2013, which has helped her and others in the same boat since.

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