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Bliss Spa Fabulous Skin-Reviving Rubberizing Mask Gives An Elasticity Boost

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Give your complexion a chance to bounce back from a state of Gollum-ish pallor with the Bliss Spa Fabulous Skin-Reviving Rubberizing Mask ($38 for 6-pack at BlissWorld.com).

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Makeup Bag Musts To Transition From Summer To Fall

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Summer may technically still be in effect, but most of us can hear the proverbial fat lady warming up in the wings, ready to belt out the season’s final aria.

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Summer Skin Savers Part 4 — More Sunblock, SPF Moisturizer, and Shimmer Lotion Picks

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Though it’s been rainy and unseasonably cool this week in New York City, we’re far from bidding summer adieu, with temperatures recoiling and nearing the 90-degree mark later this afternoon and tomorrow.

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Pacifica Island Glow Coconut Crushed Pearl Luminizing Body Butter — A Shining Victory?

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Last week, I mentioned that Pacifica founder Brook Harvey Taylor would be making her QVC debut on August 2nd, introducing Pacifica’s new Island Glow collection, a five-item selection of body butters, scrubs, and lip balms meant to leave skin glistening.

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Summer Skin Savers Part 3 — After-Sun Soothers And Lovely Lip Care

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In the first and second installments of our Summer Skin Saves package, we focused on protection — whether via a round-up of self-tanners that offer a healthy faux glow or through a selection of tinted face moisturizers with SPF protection and beach-ready sunscreen lotions and sprays.

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Summer Skin Savers Part 2 — Tinted Moisturizers, Shimmer Lotions, and Self-Tanners Galore!

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How much time have you actually spent at the beach this summer?

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Estée Lauder Idealist Even Skintone Illuminator — A Skin Awakening

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Patience may be a virtue and, by all accounts, delayed gratification will multiply rewards but, in the days of real-time social media updates, overnight stardom via YouTube, and search-as-you-type Google Instant, the notion of waiting for anything is as outdated as pantaloons and powdered wigs.

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Summer Skin Savers Part 1 — The Sunscreen Edition

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Want to know the secret to younger-looking skin?

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Fresh Sugar Honey Tinted Lip Treatment SPF 15 — Will It Be Your Honeybun?

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As soon as you see the Sephora.com ($22.50 at Sephora.com), which moisturizes and protects lips while coating them with a veil of nude color, you’ll wonder why it took this long for Fresh to deliver this beauty wonder.

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eos Lip Balm Smooth Sphere Summer 2011 Pack — A Smooth Move

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My love affair with eos Lip Balm Smooth Spheres can be traced back to July 2009, when I first held one of these egg-shaped lip balm containers in my cupped hands and, locating an indentation along the equator-like center of the domed case, pressed one thumb against the top half and one thumb against the bottom half, moving my digits in opposite directions so as to twist off the case’s top cap.

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