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Last year, I invested $90 and eight weeks of my time on Hylexin, the supposed "miracle" dark circle-under-eye treatment. After the tube ran out, my eyes still looked as sunken and bruised as a malnourished Dickensian street urchin. Worse, I'd started to develop thin facial lines that perfectly outlined the bottom of each circle, basically providing the facial equivalent of flashing neon arrows pointing out my purple eye bags. So naturally I was skeptical when I previewed Kiehl's brand spankin' new Line Reducing Eye Brightening Concentrate, from their Dermatologist Solutions series. 

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Product Fiend believes in looking your best through preservation and prevention rather than injections and surgery. Skin ages and loses elasticity--that's life. But when your face is seen on high def in millions of homes across the land, it's as if the world is seeing you under a dermatologist's magnifying lens. So. Not. Fair. Our mission: to help
actresses combat high def scrutiny with care, not needles.

Emily Procter is one of the most beautiful women on television, but don't tell her that you have a 60-inch HDTV, as she just may swoon like a fragile Southern belle. The years, it seems, are catching up with Ms. Procter and while her rack (NSFW!) seems to be natural and--we might caution a statement--exquisite, she seems to have excessive fine lines and crêpe-like skin around the eyes for someone under the age of 40. Blondes often resort to tanning in order to fight feeling washed out and maintain that Malibu aura, and while we haven't been stalking Emily as she heads to the beds, looking at the weird accordion effect of the smile lines near her naso-labial folds and the stacks of horizontal lines above her eyebrows that are impossible to Botox out, we suspect there's a lot of dryness and sun damage happening here. Also, while she owes a great deal of gratitude to her makeup artist, we see some uneven texturing along the sensitive areas of her hairline, as though there were some raised pigmented areas.

Our prescription for Ms. Procter:

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Many acne sufferers believe that whatever they are using on their skin should burn and burn good, myself included. I was curious about the Boscia Clear Complexion Kit because it takes a less harsh approach with botanical ingredients like antioxidant jojoba leaf and soothing willowherb over traditional zit-fighting chemicals such as salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide. The acne kit recipe is always a good way to go for true problem skin: you have to be consistent and use every step, and this one includes Clear Complexion Cleanser, Tonic (toner), Treatment, and an Oil-Free Daily Hydration SPF 15 moisturizer. I have to say, it was nice to take a break from the prescription-strength benzoyl product I've been using. For instance, when I put it on at night, I have to field concerned looks from my boyfriend while I stick my face in front of the fan to cool off the burning red flesh on my face. (Small price to pay for less breakouts, I say.)

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Dr. Hauschka is a controversial figure in the skin care world. He is anti-exfoliation (apparently, he scoffs that people overscrub their faces as if they're scrubbing a floor) and night cream, which he maintains prevents your skin from "breathing" at night. Still, as the man behind the natural cult classic Rose Day Cream, well, he's still the Man. Makeup artists like Richard Dean and Nicki Ledermann swear by it, as do celebs like Kate Moss, Jerry Hall, Helena Christen