Scrubs

Speaking of scrubs, we're a bit frightened of Freeze 24.7 Anti-Aging Prep and Polish for our faces, but have found that it works wonders on our decolletage (yes we slathered on the sunscreen- it just didn't seem to help!) and upper arms.

That said there are times when we prefer something more gentle. Beauty vixen Oona B. suggests refreshing summer skin by blending the juice of one lemon along with some lemon rind,
a tablespoon of brown sugar,
a pinch of salt
and one vitamin E capsule (pierce the capsule and squeeze out the contents).

Mix together in the palm of your hand and slather on damp skin. Rinse with lukewarm water for an instantly refreshed, flake and blackhead free face!

Freeze 24.7 scrub is $65.00 at Nordstrom. Oona's scrub can be found in your kitchen.

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Scrub-A-Dub Dub

We know, we know. Your grandma gave you her famous recipe for homemade Latvian facial scrub made of crushed walnut shells and pine nuts and you've tried to use it faithfully. Only while her skin always glowed, yours looks as dewy as Keith Richards. So what do you do with the leftover batch?

Seriously, we constantly get e-mail from people wondering what to do with pricey cosmetics that don't suit their skin. First off contrary to popular online wisdom - don't swap!!! (did we include enough exclamation points there?). It's unhygienic, you have no idea who or what has used these products first and it's really, really grody.

Try to figure out a different use for what you already have. For instance when we buy a facial scrub that's too intense for our delicate complexions we use it on our bodies, or love this new trick we've picked up. Rub some scrub on the top of dry, unwashed hands. Massage in and then wash hands to reveal softer, smoother younger looking hands...

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Gonna Make You Sweat

Some women glow during sultry summer months. We, on the other hand sweat so much that we've been mistaken for contestants in a wet t-shirt contest and wildlife frequently cozy up to us for a salt lick.

To keep us from looking entirely washed up this season, we've become slaves to Welcome Matte Skin Enhancer from Laura Geller. We're not sure about the claims to minimize pores, but man does this gel soak up shiny spots leaving our faces looking as poised and polished as Donald Trump's personal dating pool- uh, the Miss Universe pageant of course. $22.50 at Sephora.

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Hello Gorgeous! It's Mad Men

Some of us have always been fiends for Mid-Century style and design, while others have recently discovered that particular brand of ooh la la courtesy of Mad Men.

For those of you who are still wondering what the hype is all about, you can watch the first episode of AMC's cult series here . If you're looking for a primer on the ads created by the real Mad Men during that era, you might want to track down a copy of Hello Gorgeous! Beauty Products in America '40s-'60s by our own style siren Rachel Weingarten.

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Ice, Ice Baby

Skyn Iceland is such a cool brand. We're not entirely sure if it's because they've figured out an interesting spelling for skin/skyn that doesn't reek of 'kewl,' whether it's because they have Iceland in the brand name so it conjures up all kinds of frozen goodness, or because the packaging is so incredibly clever-- probably though it's because their tagline is "Solutions for Stressed Skin."

New in the line up is the Arctic Brightening Serum which is described as "a time machine for your skin." It's got all kinds of funky ingredients that will make us look younger though not necessarily hotter and all this without a flux capacitor. Yes, we did in fact just date ourselves with that 'Back to the Future' reference.

$65.00 at Sephora

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A Rave For Cerave

Yeah, we know. That *was* an extremely lame header, but we're so happy we could cry - in a good way of course.

Summer can be tough on skin, between the strong rays of the sun, the intense heat that has us sweating like a socialite queuing up for a limited edition Birkin and the drying air of the a/c, our skin can sometimes act erratic. Cerave hydrating cleanser does all kinds of scientific things like protecting our skin's barrier, and not interacting badly with acne or other skin treatments to leave us looking un-oily, un-dry and just right.

Cerave hydrating cleanser costs about $11.99 here.

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