Giorgio Armani Beauty introduces its latest foray in skincare – Crema Nera OMC³. Inspired by the black obsidian stone that gives life and strength to the rich soil of the island of Pantelleria, the Cream Nera skin care line regenerates and revitalizes the skin. In search of its powerful vital energy, researches studied the composition of obsidian and created the Obsidian Mineral Complex, a patented blend of four minerals – Iron, Silicon, Sodium and Potassium – naturally present in obsidian. When combined, these three ingredients form a powerful dermal restructuring system – a new-generation anti-aging technology to restore the very …read more

Ooh, la la La Mer. I love La Mer, and feel privileged that I have come to know this fabulous brand.
Right now, Saks is having a great La Mer Beauty Event where you can get this great La Mer Skin Care Collection with your $300 purchase form La Mer at Saks.

In the collection: Crème de la Mer (.24oz), The Lifting Face Serum (.17oz), The Cleansing Foam (.5oz), The Treatment Fluid Foundation – Natural (.12oz). To redeem this offer, enter the code LAMER8 at checkout.
If you need any suggestions on which La Mer products to add to your basket, revisit …read more

Where I live, I am paying $4.29 for a gallon of gas and $5.99 for a gallon of milk. My weekly grocery bill is telling me that life’s necessities have gone up by over 15% since the beginning of the year. One thing that I do notice is the price of life’s luxuries are staying the same. I wonder why.
Could it be that we complain about $4.29 for a gallon of gas but will not complain about a $300 per ounce of our favorite eye cream or our $150 vial of perfume. I still see ladies lining up at the …read more

One of my favorite spa brands that has products worthy of more then just spa-ing is Elemis. If you have not heard of Elemis before, it is a British brand known for it’s luxurious spa treatments and their cult favorite Pro-Collagen Marine Cream.
Elemis is now taking on the at-home anti-aging body care with the Pro-Collagen Radiantly Smooth Body Cream. Collagen is well known for it’s wonderful facial properties, and Elemis now brings it to us for our entire body – head to toe.

This ground-breaking product helps to smooth out crepey skin texture, leaving the body feeling deeply hydrated with …read more

$1375 for three core skin care products. The Radiance Collection from La Prairie Switzerland better make skin appear ten years younger in a month to be worth it.
The Radiance Collection is made to “Lift, firm, resurface, brighten, and de-age the skin”.
Cellular Radiance Concentrate Pure Gold – $550
Cellular Radiance Cream – $550
Cellular Radiance Eye Cream – $275
If you had the money to spend, would you splurge on this?
images from NeimanMarcus

When putting together my Luxury Skin Care posts in August, I remember that one of the most expensive items was from La Mer. La Mer Essence sells for $2,100 for a 1.5 oz. jar. Whoa! Thank goodness La Mer also caters to us real women with real wallets, and their latest addition is a fine example of that.
Based on Dr. Max Huber’s (the founder of La Mer) legacy, La Mer has become an expert at combining both sea ingredients and the magnetic energies of minerals to achieve amazing results. Recently, The Max Huber Research Labs have created this new …read more

In doing my research for the most expensive and luxurious skin creams, I came across an article on Forbes.com all about Ultra-Pricey Cosmetics. Some are ones I have already covered here in my luxury skin care features.
They feature the following products with nice little descriptions and pictures:
La Mer Essence
$2,100 for 1.5 oz
RéVive Peau Magnifique Youth Recruit
$1500 for 0.03 fl oz
La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe Cream
$650 for 3.4 oz
Crème de La Mer Miracle Broth
$1,200 for 16 oz
La Prairie Cellular Radiance Concentrate Pure Gold
$525 for 1 oz
Sisleÿa Elixir
$435 for .7 oz
Sisleÿa Daily Line Reducer
$405 for 1 oz
Elemis Pro-Collagen Wrinkle Smooth
$339 for .5 …read more

Touted as the world’s most expensive skin creams per ounce, Kanebo’s Sensai Premier line is one worth dreaming about.

So luxurious, this cream is featured on the new Fabulous Life: Hollywood Hotness on VH1 this month.
Kanebo Sansai Premier – The Cream is formulated to promote DNA repair in skin by using an extract from a Japanese seaweed called gigartina tenella.
This 1.4 oz. jar will set you back a cool $650 – that is if you can find it!

Amore Pacific Exclusive Time Response Pure Essence 100 Skin Renewal Serum

I have never used anything from Amore Pacific, but in just glancing through the product line-up at Neimans, I noticed very expensive, creams, lotions, serums, and more.
Amore Pacific Exclusive Time Response Pure Essence 100 Skin Renewal Serum comes in a 1 ounce bottle, for $500.00
Time Response Pure Essence 100 Skin Renewal Serum is the very first globally patented age-correcting serum treatment containing the essential oil of the Green Tea Flower and an unprecedented blend of 100 of the world’s most healing botanicals.
Energizes dramatic anti-aging activity locked within the green tea …read more