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Wouldn’t it be great if you could stop time on that one day your skin looks perfect—don’t worry, we’ve all been there. You wake up, look in the mirror and you can swear your skin is glowing and you haven’t even had your daily dose of organically-grown, pesticide-free java to wake up yet. Now you won’t need it, as long as you add the newest addition to the Juice Beauty skin care line to your regime. The Green Apple Hydration Mask uses organic apple, lemon and grape juices to brighten and replenish skin’s tone and texture, immediately boosting the skin’s resilience for an ageless, timeless complexion.

The antioxidant rich blend of 26 organic juices packs a mighty punch and feeds your skin the vitamins and nutrients it needs to clear, tighten and firm.

An apple a day sure takes on a whole new meaning now doesn’t it?

Juice Beauty
www.juicebeauty.com
Available at Sephora throughout North America and London Drugs in Canada

You are special and should be treated like a queen. In fact, you should treat yourself to a royal pampering. And what better collection of beauty products for this, than the new Korres Kings & Queens.

Prepared with the finest herbs and spices, these majestic blends are packed full of vitamins and minerals but free from mineral oils and parabens, to keep your skin looking its absolute best. Included in the royal family are shower gels, body milks (with or without shimmer) and body butters.

What we find fascinating are the fragrances. Each scent tells the tale of a past aristocrat and is created with the “Royal Mix,” a blend of pomegranate, blue Egyptian lotus and malachite extracts. They are used for their anti-oxidant, detoxifying and healing abilities. Choose from Aztec King (Vanilla Pear), Chinese Princess (Jasmine), Queen Isabella (Cinnamon Orange), Caspar (Myrrh) and Emperor Akbar (Mango).

Be a queen for a day!

Kings & Queens
www.forkingsandqueens.com
Available at Nordstrom in the U.S. and Shoppers Drug Mart in Canada

Our staff writer Faisal shares his thoughts on the best men’s grooming products on the market…

Kiehl’s has been around since 1851, a year in which a lot of events occurred including the founding of the New York Times and the death of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. I think Frankenstein’s monster would have been the perfect model for beauty products. He would’ve wanted that dead skin (actual dead skin) scrubbed away and relief would have been welcome for those stitches. For the past several weeks I have had the pleasure of trying the Kiehl’s Men’s line and I have to say that I liked it. It looked good and it felt good – all with five easy steps.

“Ultimate Man” Body Scrub
Hit the showers and start off your Kiehl’s routine by applying this body scrub. The bran and oatmeal bar sloughs off dead surface cells while acting as a pumice stone to get those tough areas like heels and elbows. Don’t use it on the face though. That’s the next product.

Facial Fuel Energizer Face Wash
Now you can wash your face either in the shower or at the sink with this caffeine, menthol and vitamin E infused skin refresher. It removes dirt while preventing over-drying and tightening. This product takes dull looking skin and brightens it up and preps you for shaving.

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A tan can make you look thinner, feel more confident and inspire envy from your friends. But sun damage is a real risk that will leave you looking less-than-youthful if you ignore it.

The perfect solution – TanGlo from Isomers – is a light daily moisturizer with DHA that builds a subtle sun kissed glow over time. There is no risk of pesky zebra stripes, the dreaded orange hue and it won’t leave you sparkling like a 14-year-old party girl. Colour builds naturally and leaves you looking gorgeous!

There is a hint of scent when the lotion is first applied but it is not that stinky chemical smell associated with most other self-tanners.

Tip: wash hands well after each application.

Isomers
www.isomers.ca
Available online at shopnbc.com, amazon.com and isomers.ca

The sun is shining, the days are hot and spending time outside is all we want to do. Soaking up the rays all day calls for some serious sunscreen application, but sometimes, no matter how much we apply and re-apply, burns have a way of sneaking up on us. They turn our skin into a shade more likened to a lobster than that beautiful sun kissed glow we were going for!

More than just calming down our burning skin, we need to repair it and that’s where Vichy Laboratories comes in. Taking into consideration the process of the sun’s rays penetrating through different layers of our skin, ruining our protective cells and making sunburns visible, they created the Vichy Capital Soleil After Sun Cellular SOS Repair Balm.

This specially designed formula works to repair damage by restoring the skin’s cellular defense capital. What’s also unique is the epilobe extract ingredient which sooths over-exposed, painful and red skin by penetrating deeply and relieving you from pain.

Be generous in your application over the affected areas for about four or five days and before you know it you’ll turn your accidental lobster glow into a beautiful bronzed tan.

Vichy
www.vichy.ca www.vichyusa.com
Available at Shoppers Drug Mart in Canada and CVS in the U.S.