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Exfoliation is the natural process that all skin goes through- the outermost layer of the skin are sloughed off and replaced by the new cells that move to the surface.

Research proving that you should clean the skin gently is now well established. This is the basic first step for all skin types, from normal to oily, dry, blemish-prone, or sun-damaged.

Antioxidants are an essential part of any state-of-the-art moisturizer. An immense body of research continues to show that antioxidants are a potential panacea for skin’s ills, and ignoring their benefit while shopping for moisturizers (or any products with names like anti-aging or antiwrinkle or treatment) means you’ll be shortchanging your skin.

Putting aside the claims, hype, and misleading information you may have heard, the only real difference between a daytime and nighttime moisturizer is that the daytime version should contain a well-formulated sunscreen.

Have you learned to ignore the marketing terms cosmetics companies attribute to their potions for skin under the guise of antiwrinkle?

Clinique Even Better Skin Tone Corrector ($39.50 for 1 ounce) is a product many will be tempted to try, and why wouldn’t they be-this product claims to erase discolorations from sun damage and acne in four to six weeks.

The compact for these eyeshadow quads is gorgeous; too bad color combinations (most of which are pastel-oriented) aren't.

Time Zone Line 8cWrinkle Reducing Moisturizer SPF 15 Dry Creme ($58 for 1.7 ounces). Every time Lauder launches a new line of antiwrinkle moisturizers, the questions come pouring in. Women don’t seem to make the connection that just a couple months before, Iauder was lauding (pun intended) another group of antiwrinkle products with astonishing claims.

Time Zone And-Line Wrinkle Eye Creme ($43.50 for 0.5 ounce) is the eye-area counterpart to Lauder’s overhyped Time Zone moisturizers. Other than being more emollient, there is nothing about it that makes it specially formulated for the eye area. The claims mention that this eye cream is “so powerful” that every woman showed a reduction in the look of lines and wrinkles.

Please tell us that we’re not the only ones who suffer from that most dreadful of afflictions in which one becomes so tired that it’s impossible to sleep at all. Urgh! A hectic fashion month, and flurry of beauty shoots for the upcoming week and the odd party or too had left us in exactly this horrendous situation.