The Year of the Tiger is just around the corner, so get ready to welcome the new lunar year with a slew of auspicious pampering products. By Sarah Fung.

Easy, Tiger
These Chantecaille “Bengali” face compacts are just too beautiful, and simply perfect for Chinese New Year. Each compact—one an iridescent face powder enriched with moisturizing monoi flower, and one pearlescent bronzer—is imprinted with the image of a beautiful Bengal tiger. What we love most however is that Chantecaille has pledged five percent of all sales of the compacts will go to TRAFFIC, a charity that helps to monitor and protect the 2,500 remaining wild Bengali tigers.
$850 each from Lane Crawford, 3/F, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St., Central, 2118-3388

New Year’s Pampering
Get back to your roots at the Spa at the Four Seasons. In celebration of the Year of the Tiger, it’s offering a “Yin Yang Ritual,” designed to calm and balance the mind—in time for the hectic holiday season. The treatment is tailored to your zodiac sign, and features a body scrub made with lotus and pomelo leaves, a traditional Chinese cleanser, followed by a body massage that places hot poultices of chrysanthemum, cloves, pomelo and lotus leaves on the guest’s meridians. The ritual finishes with a head massage to ease out any residual tension. $2,088, available from Feb 13 to March 31. The Four Seasons Hotel, 8 Finance St., Central, 3196-8900

Body Beautiful
Looking for that extra kick to get that body you always wanted? Here’s your chance. Transform HK is a competition in which two lucky winners, one male and one female, will get a total mind and body overhaul worth $40,000. Outdoor fitness training company Bootcamp will oversee the physical side with an eight-week intensive training program, while Immaginaire Consulting will offer a personalize wardrobe analysis, taking them to Hippfish salon for a new hairstyle. Life coach Ana Scherer from NRG will offer weekly counseling sessions to help the winners work toward achieving their life goals. To enter, log onto www.transformhk.com and download the entry form. The entry deadline is March 1. 

Rice Rice Baby
Did your grandmother ever tell you that you have to finish of every grain of rice in your bowl? Well, you’ll have no trouble polishing off this giant grain of rice-shaped exfoliating soap from newly launched Thai holistic beauty brand THANN. It contains rice bran and other essential oils to leave skin nourished, hydrated and squeaky-clean. THANN, K11 Mall, 18 Hanoi Rd., Tsim Sha Tsui, 3586-9235
 

Goldilocks
The New Year is a time for new beginnings, which in Hong Kong generally means new money-making opportunities. Why not try attracting a little luck with this auspicious, honey-gold colored shampoo? Philip B’s Russian Amber Imperial shampoo is one of the best things you can put in your hair. It nourishes damaged locks and revitalizes all hair types, particularly if it’s been chemically damaged. It’s enriched with amino acids and infused with chamomile, grape seed, rosemary, nettle, burdock and sage. It also uses silk, wheat and soy proteins to strengthen and add shine. It don’t come cheap though; a jar of this wonder elixir costs an astonishing $1,350. But to be fair, it’s probably going to be better for you in the long run than dropping the same amount of cash at the Chinese New Year’s day races. Available at Lane Crawford Times Square, 3485-7432

Get Reddy
It’s tradition to wear red on the first day  of the Chinese New Year, but if that garish red jumper isn’t your thing, then get ferociously festive with this gorgeous matte lip pencil from NARS. “Pop Life” is a true red that’ll stay put no matter how many melon seeds you crack between your teeth.
$210 from NARS, Basement, The Landmark, 15 Queen’s Rd. Central, 2523-3805