B E A U T Y
living
Newfangled Devices
Lots of big-tagtools claim to zap your beauty
troubles away. They’re meant as alternatives
to pricey treatments. But do they work? Three
of our staff members road-tested the latest
gadgets to determine what’s worth the splurge.
CLARISONIC SKIN CARE SYSTEM
They say:
T h e first so n ic o s c illa tin g face b ru s h
to u n c lo g p o re s a n d p ro v id e a d e e p c le a n in g
w ith o u t s trip p in g th e sk in . U se daily.
We say:
W o rk s w e ll in th e s h o w e r a n d b e e p s
a t re g u la r in c re m e n ts as a re m in d e r to m o v e
to a d iffe re n t p a r t o f th e face. O v e r th e m o n th
th a t it w a s te s te d , th e re w a s a n o tic e a b le
re d u c tio n in b la c k h e a d s a n d c lo g g e d p o re s.
W o u ld w e d is h o u t th e $195? D e p e n d s o n
h o w flu s h w e ’re feelin g , b u t it d e fin ite ly to p s
o u r C h ris tm a s w is h list.
a t o u r b e a u t v
,TORtS CRAV'NG
THS MONTH
GET THE GLOW
I n te r n a tio n a l m a k e u p a r tis t
Laura
Mercier
r e v o lu tio n iz e d th e m a k e u p
in d u s tr y 12 y e a rs a g o w h e n sh e
la u n c h e d o n e o f th e firs t tin te d
m o is tu r iz e r s —a lig h t a n d s h e e r
a lte rn a tiv e to h e a v y fo u n d a tio n s . N o w
s h e u p s th e a n te w ith a n illu m in a tin g
v e rs io n o f t h e c u lt c la s s ic th a t I s im p ly
c a n ’t g e t e n o u g h of. I t ’s in fu s e d w ith
a n S P F 2 0 a n d fin e ly m ille d p e a rl to
a d d b r ig h tn e s s . S h in e o n ; $ 4 2 .
GOOD HAIR DAYS
M y d r e a m h a ir c a re p r o d u c t
w o u ld m a g ic a lly w e a th e r p r o o f
m y h a ir, p r o te c tin g it fro m th e
e le m e n ts . W e a th e r W o rk s
s h a m p o o , c o n d itio n e r, a n d s ty le
s e a la n t c re a m fro m fr iz z e x p e r t
John Frieda
is t h e c lo s e s t I ’ve
c o m e to a h a ir m ira c le . S n o w ,
ra in , w in d , a n d h u m id ity p a c k a
m u c h le ss n o tic e a b le p u n c h
w h e n I u s e th is trio ; $ 6 e a c h .
NO!NO! HAIR REMOVER
They say:
A g e n tle w a v e o f h e a t p a in le ssly
d e stro y s th e h a ir fo llicle w ith o u t h u rtin g
th e s u rro u n d in g sk in . S lo w s h a ir
re g ro w th by 6 4 p e rc e n t. U se 2 - 3 tim e s
p e r w e ek .
We say:
T h is is n ’t a ra z o r, a n d y o u ’ll b e
d is a p p o in te d if y o u e x p e c t s ilty s m o o th
sk in a fte r o n e u se. A lth o u g h w e w e re
p le a se d w ith th e re s u lts s e e n d u rin g th e
m o n th w e te s te d it, lo n g e r-te rm u se is n e e d e d
to see a s u b sta n tia l re d u c tio n in h a ir. B u t as a
p e rm a n e n t so lu tio n , it’s m u c h m o re c o st-e ffe c tiv e
th a n th e th o u s a n d s o f d o lla rs y o u ’d s p e n d o n
p ric e y la s e r h a ir re m o v a l sessio n s; $ 2 5 0 .
ZENO ACNE CLEARING DEVICE
They say:
A n F D A -a p p ro v e d d e v ice to z ap
in d iv id u a l p im p le s w ith a lo w -le v e l d o se o f h e a t.
U se 2 - 3 tim e s a d a y a t th e firs t sig n o f a p im p le .
We say:
B est fo r m ild to m o d e ra te a c n e ; it’s n o t
re c o m m e n d e d fo r w h ite h e a d s , b la c k h e a d s, o r
s e v e re a cn e . O u r te s te r th o u g h t th e h e a t s tu n g a b it,
b u t th e s e n s a tio n q u ic k ly d is s ip a te d a n d th e p im p le
d id lo o k fla tte r a fte r tre a tm e n t. O v erall it w o rk e d
w e ll o n s o m e p im p le s, n o t as w e ll o n o th e rs . T h is
d e v ic e is p ro b a b ly b e s t fo r th o s e w ith o c c a s io n a l
b o u ts , n o t c h ro n ic a c n e su ffe re rs; fro m $150.
DON’T SWEAT IT
W o rrie d a b o u t u n lad y lik e te ll-
ta le s w e a t stains?
Dove
C lin ic a l
P ro te c tio n , a p re s c rip tio n -
s tre n g th d e o d o ra n t w ith o u t th e
a lu m in u m c h lo rid e o r alco h o ls
fo u n d in o th e r p h a rm a c y
fo rm u latio n s, p u ts y o u r m in d at
ease. It also c o n ta in s m o is tu riz -
e rs to tre a t d elic ate u n d e ra rm
skin. I p a rtic u la rly like th e
d e lic ate ly s c e n te d C ool
E ssen tials (c u c u m b e r a n d g re e n
te a) v e rsio n o f th is
su p e r-c h a rg e d s w e a t sto p p e r; $8.
D o w .
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