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Fall Beauty Rundown: Skin Care

Saturday Sep 1, 2007 – By Nicole Mitsch

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Fall’s Fastest Way to An Even Skin Tone
(1) Dr. Brandt Laser Lightening Serum ($110, drbrandtskincare.com) Fall’s quickest way to reveal a younger, healthier complexion comes in this 4 piece set. If you don’t believe in a miracle skin care product let this be the set that changes your mind. The Laser Lightning System helps fade freckles, even out skin tone, and minimize dark spots, while reveling a healthy complexion.

(2) Garnier Nutritioniste Nutri-Pure Detoxifying Cream Cleanser ($5.99, Drugstores Nationwide) Scrub away daily impurities with this lush cleansing cream. The Detoxifying Cream deep cleans without dying or irritating the skin. It leaves behind radiant and refreshed skin.

(3) DHC Purifying Charcoal Shower Gel ($12.50, dhccare.com) The fall is the perfect time to start cleaning out the toxins and damage you have done to your skin. This shower gel is a combination of charcoal, sage, and eucalyptus oils which helps purify skin and leaves it feeling invigorated!

(4) Anthelios SX Daily Moisturizing Cream with Mexoryl SX ($29, anthelios.com) This long lasting moisturizer contains an organic sun filter, Mexoryl SX that is highly protective against short wave UVA rays. This sunscreen formula and 24-hour hydrating cream is even FDA approved. Sunscreen is a must in any woman’s skin care arsenal and Anthelios SX is non sticky and moisturizing.

(5) Garnier Nutritioniste Skin Renew Daily Regenerating Serum ($12.99, Drugstores Nationwide) Offers a clear, protective base to freshly cleansed skin. The serum can be used alone or with a moisturizer for advance care.
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Falls Best Daily Moisturizer
(6) Loreal Paris Skin Genesis Daily Moisturizer Oil-Free Lotion ($24.99, Drugstores Nationwide) Featuring a unique, lightweight, silicone formulation, this new moisturizer is an oil-free, non-greasy hydrator that immediately creates an ore flawless complexion by instantly soothing skin’s surface and evening skin’s tone. All skin types. Leaves behind soft powdery finish.

(7) Luzern Force De View Pure Oxygen Crème ($95, www.luzernlabs.com) This certified organic, preservative-free moisturizer nourishes and deeply hydrates the skin for a healthy radiant completion. Force De Vie Crème is rich in vial oxygen, nourishing vitamins and bio-swiss botanicals. I slathered a small portion on my skin every night for a week and my skin was more radiant and my frown lines where less noticeable. This fall you can’t ask for more in a cream.

Falls Best Skin Care Product to Feel Good Inside and Out
(8) Epoch Baobab Body Butter ($29.75, nuskin.com) This rich cream will make your outside feel great because its rich shea butter, macadamia nut oil and carved from the fruit of the African Baobab tree. But you can also feel great knowing that $.25 from each sale of Epoch Baobab Body Butter goes to The Force for Good Foundation’s Malawi Seeds of Hope Project. This initiative focuses on planting and conserving Baobab trees in local villages, which help provide water during the dry season for the communities.

Falls Best Facial Treatment
(9) Joey NY Quick Lunchtime Face Peel ($40, joeynewyork.com) Exfoliates dry dehydrated skin and exhausted surface skin cells leaving behind radiant, glowing skin. This amazing peel provides the same results at home that you would get in a dermatologist s office for a fraction of the price. After using the Lunchtime Face Peel just one time my skin felt much smoother and I had to use less makeup!

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(10) Prescriptive Super Line Preventor Xtreme ($48, prescrptives.com) This super cocktail of targeted antioxidants diminish the appearance of lines and wrinkles up to 54%. With results like that this product is a must have for your fall skincare arsenal. The Super Line Preventor Xtreme also strengthens skin and boosts natural defenses. After one day of usage my skin looked smoother and more radiant. This product really delivers!!!

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4 Comments – Add Yours

  1. Lizzy Lizzy says:

    Yummy! I am going to have to print this up and take it the store with me! Thanks Clutch for keeping us ladies looking lovely.

  2. Joceyln Joceyln says:

    I am gonna try some out too :) Thanks for the rundown.

  3. Sara Sara says:

    I heard DHC was really good! It’s nice to see other brands than just the regulars we are use to seeing in every magazine.

  4. AndILoveIT AndILoveIT says:

    Garnier everything rocks!!! Thats all I use. Trust me ladies pick some up.

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