Making your own skincare

Woo believes in using all-natural ingredients as her beauty arsenal.

ONCE you use baking soda, you never go back!” announces Sumay Woo. Though not much of a baker, this 40-year-old entrepreneur isn’t joking about the indispensability of sodium bicarbonate.

Woo, you see, made an incredible discovery last year after months of trying different shampoos for her scalp. She explains: “My scalp would smell after washing and it was so bad I thought I had fungus. So I began using all kinds of brands, from expensive medicated ones to cheap concoctions. Nothing worked, until my friend who had the same problem introduced me to baking soda.”