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Clean Skincare· London, UK · Updated 14 May 2026

Ada Ooi

A Hong Kong–raised facialist and Integrative Chinese Medicine clinician — facialist to Rooney Mara, Ellie Goulding and Lily Allen — who launched 001 Skincare London to bring a working East-meets-West, treatment-derived clean skincare line to the UK prestige market.

"Most skin issues are reflections of systemic imbalance."

Ada Ooi
Background

Ada Ooi grew up in Hong Kong, spending weekends at her grandfather's traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy. She trained as a facialist and Integrative Chinese Medicine clinician and built a celebrity London facial practice with clients including Rooney Mara, Ellie Goulding and Lily Allen.

She founded 001 Skincare London to translate her clinic's results into a take-home product line — formulations that combine plant actives, peptides and cosmeceutical technology with a Chinese-medicine reading of skin as a downstream signal of internal balance.

001 has become a recognised UK clean-prestige brand, sold across UK and international retail with a focus on barrier health, microcirculation and visible glow.

Philosophy

Skin as systemic signal — formulate to support the body's own repair mechanisms, not just suppress symptoms.

Clinic-derived product development — every SKU validated in the treatment room first.

Career timeline
  • Pre-2010s
    Trains as facialist and Integrative Chinese Medicine clinician; builds London celebrity practice
  • 2010s
    Launches 001 Skincare London
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