Beauty Products Roundup for the Holidays and 2009

Some of Booth's Bootiful Booty

My Clarins obsession (see my Clarins posting) spurred a whole series of discoveries and contemplations of many other wonderful potions, lotions and beauty enhancers that I thought I’d share with you. Best of all many of the goods on my current wish list offer great value and are readily available at totally affordable prices. Most can also be purchased online, so there’s still time for last-minute holiday shopping.

Booth’s skin care products will keep your skin satiny soft and smelling luscious well into the new year. Their Tahitian Monoi Body Soufflé seems good enough to eat and as the label says, you can apply it all over your body in the morning. Or evening. Or morning and evening. Or morning, noon and evening. Well, you get the idea. You’ll likely even want to share it with a loved one!

CARGO'S PlantLove Lipstick

Looking for a gift idea that won’t impact your wallet? How about a tube of lipstick, a small yet always much appreciated mini luxury item? CARGO, the innovative cosmetic line that was launched nearly ten years ago and that also ranks as a favorite among the stars, has come out with PlantLove lipsticks, luscious tubes of color that are exciting both for their environmentally-friendly packaging and the precious cargo inside. No mineral oils or petroleum are contained within the botanical formula of their lipsticks yet they glide on to your lips like soft butter on bread. Made entirely of corn, the tube is also covered with flower paper embedded with real seeds that you supposedly just have to moisten and plant. Not sure how well that works but they do look pretty.

Why not consider a bottle of quality shampoo for you or the last few on your list? Only if it’s one of Paul Mitchell’s Tea Tree blends. Specially infused with Australian Tea Tree Oil, these formulas care for your hair and scalp with the help of many moisturizing and invigorating properties. The Tea Tree Lavender Mint is particularly good for triggering your daily dose of shower-aromatherapy.

Here in the mountains I’ve learned not to mess around with my skin care which is why I’ve started to use Skin Medica TNS Ultimate Daily Moisturizer with an SPF of 20 on a daily basis. I’m sure you’ve all heard that some sunscreens can do more harm than good. You can be ultra safe with this sun protection and all other Skin Medica products since this is a company focused on enhancing skin appearance and reducing the signs of aging.

And here’s the latest update from Bobbi Brown, another of my favorites: You can now buy the Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual at booksellers nationwide. Click here to have a sneak-peek at the video. May we all feel beautiful and good in our skin throughout this new year and forever!