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New Kiehl's Dry Skin Cream Powered By Hardy "Resurrection Flower"

Can a tough little plant that blooms in harsh and arid conditions impart its wondrous properties to your skin? Kiehl's has announced a new skin cream that uses Rosa Artica (Haberlea rhodopensis) also called the "resurrection flower" to moisturize aging skin. The new Rosa Artica anti-aging cream was created to "wake up" skin cells triggering a chain reaction that will lead to visibly healthier, regenerated and more youthful skin. Results include the reduction of the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and improvement of overall skin firmness.

Haberlea rhodopensis is indigenous to the rugged Rhodopes Mountain Range in Bulgaria and it can dry out completely and survive periods of dryness for up to 31 months. With only a few drops of moisture, the plant resumes normal growth within hours and is restored in one to two days. This amazing feat is due to its ability to protect water content within the cell, allowing the capacity to restart the cellular energy process. Our friends at Racked recently tried the product and fell in love.

The cream also contains Vitamin E, cocoa butter, shea butter and essential fatty acids and sells for $60 for 1.7 fl. Oz. and is available March 2011 in select stores.

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Sensai's New Hydrachange Series Fights Dry Skin Year Round

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Finding the right balance between moisturized skin and greasy skin is a constant struggle, especially during the winter months. With most cremes, you have to pile it on in the morning at the risk of getting dry flaky skin, and then risk getting greasy skin come afternoon. Each winter season I find myself experimenting with a new routine of moisturizers to keep my face soft and yet not oily. It's an ebb and flow between dry and greasy that makes me long for springtime skin with every cold city day.

Thankfully the kind folks at Kanebo Sensai recently sent me a preview sample from their brand new line the Sensai Hydrachange Series. Finally, I've nailed down my winter routine with two amazing products that create a balance of moisturizing and plumping. Through their breakthrough "Anti-Aging Hydration," it's a powerful combo to help improve your skin all year round.

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Epione Skin Care Line

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If you live in Southern California and have channel surfed on a weekend morning, you've probably run across the infomericals for the Epione Clinic in Beverly Hills. Dr. Ourian's Epione Medical Center uses lasers and injectables such as Botox and Restylane to create the before and after transformations shown on the informerical. Now Dr. Ourian has created a skin care line. The most expensive item in the line is the Restoration Firm and Fade. It is a skin brightener and lightener that contains an active blend of 2% Hydroquinone, Kojic Acid, Azelaic Acid and High Potency Vitamin C. It promises to improve uneven skin tone, lighten age spots and tighten and firm. The cream, which is meant to be applied nightly, sells for $350.

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Chantecaille Nano Gold Energizing Cream

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Silk microfibers coated in gold, no it's not some sort of garment, it's the Chantecaille Nano Gold Energizing Cream, a new cream which promises to stimulate cell regeneration and collagen production as well as repair sun damage. The end result is an increase in vitality and a subtle glow. The cream costs $420.

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Giorgio Armani's Crema Nera

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Giorgio Armani's new skin care product Crema Nera was inspired by his summer holidays on the volcanic island of Pantelleria which is located between Sicily and Africa. The mineral rich skin cream was inspired by Pantelleria's formations of obsidian. The glossy black stone, which has been used by many cultures to make arrowheads and knives, also contributes minerals to the soil which makes it more fertile. Crema Nera is enriched with the same minerals found in the obsidian and is said to stimulate cell metabolism to function at peak energy levels for optimal cell regeneration, resulting in plumper and firmer skin.The cream is designed to be suitable for all ages and skin types. The cream sells for $225.

[via The Times]

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La Prairie Special Edition Skin Cream

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When it seems that the ingredients for pricey skin creams can't get anymore expensive, there is only one thing to do, fancy up the outside. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of La Prairie, they are packaging their Skin Caviar Luxe Cream in special Swarovski-encrusted jars. There are 645 50 ml jars available for an astronomical $2,000 each (the plain version can generally be found for around $345). The jar will be available at cosmetic counters in November.

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De-Age Your Face At The New Guerlain Spa Set To Open This Fall

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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In 2005, I mentioned Guerlain's line of orchid-based skin creams, designed to pamper and plump your skin. You will soon be able to get an entire orchid-themed treatment at the Guerlain Spa at the Regent Bal Harbor, a new resort opening this fall. The 124-room resort will have a 10,000 square foot Guerlain Spa with 14 treatment rooms each with a private bathroom. Threr will also be a foot therapy lounge, hydrotherapy facilities, a wet therapy suite for specialized hydrotherapy and Vichy body treatments, a beachfront treatment cabana, sauna and steam rooms and pre- and post-treatment relaxation lounges.

The Exceptional Orchidée Impériale Treatment consists of a two anti-aging masks on the face, neck and décolleté, followed by a gentle face massage. The treatment will cost $390 (a jar of the crea on its own generally sells for around $350). The spa will also offer massages, body polishes and anti-aging programs.

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Amatokin, The Latest Option For Spendy Skin Care

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A new pricey skin cream, Amatokin, is coming to the U.S. and making those who are always on the prowl for the next great anti-aging treatment reach for their wallets. The product is on sale at Bloomingdales for $173 for a one month supply. That's far from the kits we have seen that sell for several thousand dollars but certainly expensive enough to make me wonder what it is made of. So what's the secret? The product uses stem-cell technology harnessing the regenerative potential of your own facial stem cells. The product is being marketed by the same people who marketed StriVectin which explains the rather basic packaging. A recent article in the Daily Mail reports that a woman tested it out for French Elle and was quite pleased with the results.

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Zelens Day Cream

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Whenever I hear of a new face cream I always get a bit thrilled, what new expensiveness can I slather on my face to ease the ravages of time? The ultra-pricey creams tend to often include ultramodern packaging and rare extracts I have never heard of but the Zelens cream comes in a simple green glass jar and has an active ingredient Fullerene C-60, an anti-oxidant for which a team of scientists received a Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1997. The company claims that Fullerene C-60 is 100 times more effective than Vitamin E in the same concentration for neutralizing free radicals, which are the big boogeymen of aging skin. The creams promise to "prevent environmental damage to the skin's DNA" as well as stimulate the action of cells that produce natural collagen. The day cream sells for $200.

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ReVive Peau Magnifique

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We already knew that ReVive products were expensive but their new Peau Magnifique steps it up to a whole new level. This four-week system promised and increased glow, reduction of redness and firmer skin with less wrinkles. It contains something called telomerase which activates dormant adult stem cells and repairs DNA fragmentation. You use one vial a week and then switch over to their Inténsite Volumizing Serum (a $600 product). The Peau Magnifique sells for $1,500 through Neiman Marcus and they will thrown in a $235 body repair cream.

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Lanc�me Secret de Vie

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Lancôme has discovered the secret of life, as far as you skin is concerned. Secret de Vie is the ultimate in luxury skin creams, said to provide your skin with instantaneous softness and radiance. It contains a formula that the company calls the Extrait de Vie, a blend of six proprietary ingredients that allow your skin to be reborn, turning back the clock on the fine lines of aging, if not on the actual aging process itself. The 1.7-oz of cream is contained in a small, sleek sphere. Price: $225.