The New Year is a new beginning and a great time to start a new beauty regimen. Whether you are treating yourself or shopping the beauty devotee on your holiday list, here are some of the coming year’s most exciting beauty products for a fresh new look in 2013.
This is 40?
Whether she’s hit the big four-oh or not, she will appreciate lovely skin just like “This is 40†actress Leslie Mann who uses First Aid Beauty (FAB) as part of her daily skincare routine. The FAB Uplifting Serum is infused with bio marine extracts to protect skin, firming polymers for sculpting, and advanced peptides, hyaluronic acid, antioxidants, humectants and emollients to smooth and firm skin overtime, delivered by a no-touch roller-ball applicator. $46.00. Exclusively at Sephora.
Apply Ginger-ly
Many hair products promise luxurious experience, but the Awapuhi Limited Edition Paul Mitchell Wild Ginger Holiday Gift Collection really means it. This luxe gift set for the style elite, formulated with the highest quality Hawaiian Awapuhi and an exclusive keratin blind that is virtually identical to the keratin found in human hair, repairs hair from the inside out for a dazzling, festive shine. A selection of gift sets carry a variety of Awapuhi products including Moisturizing Lather Shampoo, Keratin Cream Rinse and Keratin Intensive Treatment, Texturizing Sea Spray, Styling Treatment and Oil, Shine Spray, and HydroCream Whip. $35 to $60 for sets. Available exclusively in professional salons and Paul Mitchell schools.
Opa Fekkai Style
For the stylin’ woman whose hot looks come by heated hair tools, the Fekkai Advanced PrX Reparatives collection, fortified with silk proteins and keratin, protects and repairs hair that is porous, dry and damaged due to heat styling or chemical processing. The formula is enriched with a cornucopia of fruity fragrances, and promises up to 98 percent less breakage in one week when the mask and conditioner are used. Shampoo $30. Conditioner $30, Intensive Fortifying Mask $49. Intensive Reparative 3-Day Transformation leave-in treatment $100. Available at Frédéric Fekkai Salons, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Lord &Taylor, Ulta and other select fine beauty retailers.
Always on a Sun Day
On vacation or in extreme environments where skin is exposed to the sun for an extended time, Colorescience Sunforgettable Mineral Powder Brush SPF 50 is ideal to protect skin with natural defenders zinc and titanium dioxide, delivered in a clear, weightless power that is safe for all skin types, resists water and does not rub off on clothes. $60. Available through Visit www.colorescience.com for locations of licensed physicians and luxury spas where products are sold.
Springs Eternal
We all have wishes for the New Year, and Philosophy’s Hope in Jar Original Formula Moisturizer for All Skin Types offers what its name promises. Clinical tests show the light-as-air formula delivered smoother skin in just three days for 98 percent of users. By four weeks, the same percentage say diminished fine lines. Sounds like more than most dare hope for. $105 (8 oz.), $60 (4 oz.), $28 (1 oz.), $15 (0.5 oz.). Available at philosophy.com.
