For the last few weeks, I’ve been noticing my skin look a lot healthier…and I have a pretty good idea of who to thank for it.

Image: April Rain

Nightly drinking (and not of the water kind) got my skin super dehydrated, and I had to find a way of quenching that thirst.

April Rain’s Night Rainew is an ultra-hydrating night repair crème that promises to provide long-lasting moisture.

I’ve been using it every night after cleansing, and as I feel my face right now, it feels supple and smooth - exactly how I want it to feel - and it feels that way until I wake up in the morning.

Skin that is dried out looks aged - and as I am just hitting 30, I don’t want to look any older than I already am! As it’s become healthier, I am looking younger (if not young, sigh. Night Rainew has HydroPeptides in it, which are 100% organic and said to help get rid of fine lines and wrinkles. It also includes antioxidants Buddleja and Echinacea, also age-defying.

Let’s face it, I can use all the help I can get.

Michelle Obama has already proven herself as a fashion and style icon; so it’s no surprise that she is also smart and savvy about choosing the best products for her skin. To keep her skin firm and glowing, she trusts Decelor Skincare because she believes that the results are unparalleled to any other anti-aging treatment.

Between her move from Chicago to Washington, she has made sure to be fully stocked with the best beauty products, including items from her favorite line, Decleor Aromessence Excellence to perfect her skin from day to night. Decleor Excellence is a potent cocktail of the most active extracts of aromatic plants including iris, geranium, sunflower and magnolia that have been sourced from around the world. These extracts are then fused into a 100% pure and natural serum that regenerates and hydrates the skin to recover volume and density and act as the skin’s natural barrier to regain its natural strength.

Decleor Excellence L’Age Sublime Regenerating Cream

To be used in the morning, the Decleor Excellence de L’Age Regenerating Sublime Cream incorporates a “Lipofilling” technology to improve facial tone and density while reducing pigmentation irregularities and helping to minimize lines and wrinkles while firming up the skin’s appearance. It leaves skin soft, supple, and luminous. It also helps prevent dryness and boosts the skin’s regeneration process.

Suggested Retail Price: $110

Decleor Baume Excellence Regenerating Night Balm

Decleor Baume Excellence Regenerating Night Balm – Decleor’s first anti-aging serum is made with essential oils and sol-collagenine complex. This is a pure, natural balm with a luxurious, melt-in texture that nourishes the skin, leaving it soft and supple to touch. With daily use, skin is moisturized and protected against free radicals while dark spots are diminished.

Suggested Retail Price: $90

Images: Decleor

‘ Tis the season for lizard skin.  It is for me anyway.  This time, every year like clockwork, my skin turns pasty white and disgustingly scaly.  Really, its not cute.  So I am always searching out body creams desperately this time of the year.  There are, of course, no shortage of good ones out there, but the one I have been using most recently is the new Vitalization from Bioelements.  Bioelements is one of my all time favorite skin care brands so I always really love to check out what they have out that is new, and Vitalization is, not surprisingly, a great, rich body cream. 

The key features of this multifunction cream are:  “Regulates moisture to banish dryness, smoothes away rough brittle surface cells (hello!), encourages a firmer body (uh huh), restores radiance to skin and surrounds the body with the enticing aroma of pure botanical oils.”  Pretty dreamy stuff.

Along with some groovy peptides and amino acids, Vitalization also contains 10 botanical oils, shea butter, red tea and beta carotene.   The fragrance is good, but light and nothing that clashes with your fragrance at all.  It is thick, but creamy, not REALLY thick like some of the other shea butter products out there. 

For those of you that are concerned about this sort of thing, Bioelements products are not tested on animals, use no artificial colors or fragrances and contain organic botanicals (have you visited Pretty by Nature lately?).  Vitalization is sold in a big 8 oz jar, and can be purchased at DermStore for $49.50.  DermStore also has a deal going on right now, with a $125 purchase, receive a free Pumice Peel (exfoliating cream - $48 value).  That’s a great product too - in fact, I really have never met a Bioelements product I didn’t really love.  Sleepwear - the best night cream going.  So spend a little time at DermStore and try out Bioelements if you haven’t - I am positive you will love it!