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I’ve had so many companies offer me stuff to give away to you lately it’s amazing! I only pick the things I really love and know you will too so I hope you find it exciting!  This newest giveaway is from Perricone M.D., the oft lauded skin care product company that makes lotions, potions creams and even supplements and anti-oxidant loaded snacks (99 Bite Bars) all aimed at helping you look younger.  Since entering my 30′s I have been in search of a great night cream to help replenish my skin while I sleep- I can no longer go to bed with makeup on and no cream and wake up looking refreshed! Perricone’s Cold Plasma cream is a high tech new product that claims to heal what ails me. Dr. Perricone even wrote a book detailing his scientific discovery and findings behind Cold Plasma called Forever Young (if you pre-order it on Amazon you get a free jar of Concentrated Restorative Treatment worth $75!) Why don’t we both try it out? I’m giving a jar of it away (worth $150)- so leave a comment about why you want and need this miracle worker and I’ll announce the winner next Monday! In the meantime, you can get free samples online (you just have to pay $4.95 in shipping)

Here we have the favorite product of the fantastic Paloma Contreras of La Dolce Vita!

When Erin first asked me to participate in her fun, new “Product Junkies” series, my mind was spinning. How would I ever narrow my selection down to just one product? There are so many products that I love and use regularly: skin care products, hair products, and of course, make-up. The more I thought about it, I knew that I wanted to share a product with the readers of Elements of Style that would truly knock your socks off; something with nearly immediate, impressive results. With most products, you might notice a difference over the course of a few weeks, but that definitely is not the case with Mario Badescu’s Drying Lotion.

I am very fortunate in that I have what the skin care people refer to as “normal” skin. It’s neither dry nor oily and my main complaint are the dark circles that I inherited from my mom’s side of the family. Aside from that, my skin situation is pretty copacetic. However, every now and again I’ll get a dreaded pimple, but I no longer stress about them or nurse them for a week until they go away. Anytime I feel a blemish coming on, I turn to my Badescu Drying Lotion. I always apply it at night, after washing and moisturizing my face. It is a solution made up of a dense, pink liquid on the bottom and a clear liquid on the top. The instructions say not to shake it, so you just dip a cotton swab into the bottle, dab it on your blemish, and by morning it’s either gone or much improved!