The New Year brings new plans to go to far away places. Arm yourself with this brush set to put your best face forward, no matter where you land.

If first impressions are the best, then this cream had us at hello. It’s light, but highly emollient. We’d already been warned that oily skin types would best be served using this as a night cream, so we adjusted accordingly. After 3 days, our skin looked and felt smoother. After a week, a stubborn line that’s been hanging around seemed to be just a little bit less noticeable.

An increasing number of cosmetics companies are doing away with the standard product formulations, and going au naturel. Not too long ago, makeup lovers had to sacrifice pigmentation and performance for the sake of being environmentally conscious. Not anymore. The latest formulas from these companies prove that makeup can be eco-friendly and perform just as well, if not better than their unnatural counterparts.

By the time this article goes live we will have either elected a new President or kept the old one. One of the hot button issues this year was the economy, and the fact we no longer manufacture in the USA the way we used to. Skin Care and cosmetics companies are not exempt from this statistic. Turn over just about any product, in any price point, and you’re likely to find that it was made anywhere but here.

The latest crop of hair goodies to hit the market not only boasts major performance, they feature some of the most interesting names we’ve seen in a long time. Here are some of the more noticeable items currently standing out on store shelves:

With the autumn/winter season fully upon us, it’s time to take a closer look at that skin care routine. Throughout the summer, some of us beat the heat with a cool shower and the lightest mist of moisture (and some of us went totally moisturizer-free . . . you know who you are). Now, it’s time to put that light lotion away with summer wardrobe and break out the body balms.

The autumn/winter season means more than just changing clothes and skin care routines. It may also mean switching up your fragrance choices. Cooler temperatures call for warmer fragrance notes and spicier options. We caught a whiff of some of the scents best suited for the cooler seasons and matched them with what we think is their complementary personality.

Just when you were getting used to the idea of BB Creams, a new product comes along that promises to do even more than moisturize, protect, prevent, and correct.

Who says there’s no such thing as a miracle in a bottle? In our search for a quick fix, to shimmy into that too-tight dress or those jeans that shrunk two sizes in the dryer (yes, it’s ALL the dryer’s fault), we decided to give Sunday Riley’s Liquid Diet a try.

It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of By Terry makeup. But we’re admittedly a little lukewarm on the company’s skin care.