Although Rituals Cosmetics has a “slow down” ethos, the European beauty brand’s second Hong Kong store opening was abuzz with socialites, cameras and clinking champagne flutes. Attendees perused Rituals’ fragrant serums, shower foams and body creams, and rubbed elbows with VIPs, including Eleanor Lam, who was looking radiant after a whirlwind Bali holiday. Sisters Irisa Wong and Kayla Wong cut stylish figures in their Shanghai Tang outfits, and Cara G and her two young daughters charmed guests at the store’s rustic sink, where they cheerfully tried different soaps, filling the room with suds and laughter.