Here, our favorite winter beauty fixes, from au naturel skincare to high-tech toys. Plus makeup for every mood and a perfume that rivals petits fours.
January 2010
Seeing Red
Antioxidant-rich arctic berries and moisturizing white peat are the star
ingredients in Red Flower’s first facial skincare line. The six
products, including Bioactive Berry White Peat Exfoliant and Ionizing
Vita Toning Flower Mist, are also packed with a host of essential oils
that calm complexions and impart a lovely pine-forest scent. $32 to $62;
beautyhabit.com
January 2010
Super Natural
Sonya Dakar has been perfecting complexions in Los Angeles since the
Seventies. In January she’s going organic with an all-natural,
nine-piece antiaging line. In addition to cleansers and creams, there’s
the Organic Omega Booster, a flaxseed oil–based serum suitable for those
with rosacea, eczema or simply extradry winter skin. $42;
sonyadakarskinclinic.com
January 2010
Stay Sweet
Benefit’s stable of blushes, from tawny Hoola to peachy Georgia, have
become bona fide makeup-cabinet stars. The latest in the lineup, due out
in February, is Sugarbomb, a quad of lilac, bubblegum, pale rose and
coral powders that can be mixed together or employed individually for a
fresh, girly flush. $28; at Sephora.
January 2010
Plump You Up
Once upon a time, wrinkles were seen as the only marker of an aging
face. Now it’s understood that a loss of volume due to collagen
depletion also contributes to a less-than-youthful-looking visage.
Dermatologist Fredric Brandt goes after both problems with Dr. Brandt
Collagen Booster. The silky serum instantly smooths lines with fern
extract, prevents collagen breakdown with peptides, and employs amino
acids to encourage the formation of new collagen. $75; at Sephora.
January 2010
Fake Bake
If you have ever had the desire to splash on some vanilla extract while
baking chocolate chip cookies, Ajne’s Vanille, debuting in February, is
for you. The concentrated, natural perfume oil smells good enough to eat
and comes in the cutest gilded flacon necklace. $75; at Bergdorf
Goodman, New York.
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