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The holidays are a good time to pick up something you know the receiver would probably not buy for themselves. I think the NEUTROGENA Microdermabrasion System is good for a, “wow, thanks!” out of the recipient and this one looks pretty impressive and I’m glad the price is too. $19.99 kit + 1 month supply of puffs. $12.99 refill pack 2 month supply of puffs @ drugstore.com.

My 2 year-old niece, Collette, is really into swimming these days and I’m always concerned about the sun when she’s in the pool with her delicate baby skin. Of course this being Memorial Day Weekend, everyone is at the beach or the pool, including us. NEUTROGENA just put out a few new sunblocks for the season and one is made just for kids. Wet Skin Kids Sunblock Spray SPF 70+ ($11.99/6oz @ drugstore.com) and one for us adults, Wet Skin Sunblock Spray SPF 30 ($9.99/6oz @ drugstore.com) and same with SPF 50. New technology allows it to adhere well to skin that’s wet from swimming or sweating and it has their own Helioplex broad spectrum against UVA and UVB rays. As you can imagine, I was all over spraying these on us all!

Disclosure: A sample of this item was provided for review purposes.

The Johnson & Johnson line recently unveiled some new technology that they’re using is some of their products. CYTOMIMIC Technology was created to mimic the body’s own cell-to-cell communication. Think of this process as your skin’s cells on the telephone with each other and over time these telephone wires get weaker and the communication can slow down. With this technology, it mimics this activity to make sure that the telephone lines are staying strong or rather your skin is getting all the nutrients to help fight the aging process.

They’ve harnessed this technology in a few of their products including ones from NEUTROGENA, RoC and AVEENO. The only one I’ve tried so far is RoC’s Day Rejuvenating Moisturizer SPF 20 ($42.99 @ walgreens.com).  It’s a two-step process consisting of an activating serum and a rejuvenating cream and they claim you will see results in just a week but I’d say more like 5 weeks or so. I wouldn’t say it did away with the wrinkles around my eyes but it for sure makes them less noticeable to me. And kudos for the nice high SPF number!

Have you tried any of the Neutrogena, Aveeno or RoC products with this new technology? Do tell in the comments!

Disclosure: A sample of this item was provided to Cybelesays.com for review purposes.

Now I know what it feels like to be a man and shave my face! Well not actually shave, but at least go through the same motions with NEUTROGENA’s Wave Power-Cleanser and Deep Clean Foaming Pads ($11.99 for starter kit w/14 pads, $7.49/10-pack refill pads @ drugstore.com). It’s a waterproof colorful vibrating face cleansing gadget with cleansing pads that cleans and removes dead skin. So really, this should be put in the exfoliation category, as in, I wouldn’t use it everyday. On the other hand, after age 30, the skin’s process of shedding naturally slows down so maybe use this a few times a week and see how your face does with it. They also say it’s really gentle so again, test it and be your own judge of how often to use it. I just know how fun it is to use.

So many self-tanners, so little time. Whenever the topic comes up, the conversation seems to go like this:

• Girl 1: “Ooo, your tan looks good. What brand are you using?”
• Girl 2: “XXX.”
• Girl 1" “I was wondering about that one! I only use XXX or XXX.”
• Girl 2" “I’ve been curious about the one from XXX. I’ll have to try it.”

Like a fragrance, we seem quite loyal to a tanner in that, we search and search and when we find one, we stick to it. The only detail seems to be that it looks real and not on the orange side. Here are two that are our XXX and XXX and don’t make you commit too much up front:

NEUTROGENA Sun Fresh Sunless Lotion ($8.99/4oz @ drugstore.com).

JERGENS Natural Glow Express ($7.99/4oz @ drugstore.com).