During the last few months, many new and exciting skin care products have come on the market. Sometimes it can be overwhelming to shop the beauty aisles, so in this article, we review the best of the best, and offer you some tips on how to best spend your beauty dollars by purchasing products that really work.



1. At-home mini peels: These products strip away the outermost layer of skin to achieve younger looking skin. Even though it sounds like it would hurt, it doesn't. Most people find that at home mini peels are gentle to the skin, yet very effective. However, these at home mini peels should only be used about once a month or so. Doing at home mini peels more often than this could damage and irritate the skin.

2. The Aveda skin care line: this new line of products is really exciting. Focusing on natural botanicals and pure oils like olive, shea, and cocoa, these Aveda products are sure to please. We particularly liked the delicious scents of the Aveda products, which are created using all-natural botanical, fruit, vegetable, and herb extracts. You won't find any fake, perfumy scents here.

3. Skin tightening creams: these new products are a good buy. Due to some recent clinical trials that demonstrated its success, collagen compounds are used in order to tighten and tone your skin gently and effectively. These products really do what they say they'll do - the collagen molecules bind to and provide gentle pressure to your skin, creating skin tightening and reducing wrinkles.

4. Meaningful Beauty product line: new serum and moisturizer formulations developed by dermatologists are a good bargain this month. The Meaningful Beauty products eliminate harmful free radicals as well as blocking their reemergence. Free radicals are molecules that can cause your skin age and wrinkle earlier than normal. The Meaningful Beauty product line has been proven to be safe to use and is gentle to skin of all types.

5. Sugar scrubs: This is a recent product that is an awesome and all-natural solution for rough, uneven or bumpy skin. Amazingly, the main ingredient is simple table sugar. The sugar can be mixed with yummy smelling botanicals and will simply rub away the bumps and the top layer of skin. It is easy to apply with a buffer, washcloth or a shower pouf and should be applied in a rubbing motion.