2011's Best in Beauty

A Fancy Way to Eat a Pantry Staple |  Bookmark Our Favorite Reads |  How to Throw a Party on a Budget   Everywhere | December 29, 2011   Today on DailyCandy.com 89 Dresses Worth Overnighting for Saturday » $75 for $150 Worth of Custom Wall Art » A Pro Shows Us How to Work Off Pie » Make a Statement with Standout Jewels » Pretty Is as Pretty Does DailyCandy's Top Beauty Finds of 2011     | |     You’ve survived another year without the fountain of youth’s GPS coordinates. (We’re working on that.) In the meantime, here are our picks for the best beauty discoveries we actually made in 2011. Best Beauty in a Glass We go way back with cult-followed facialist Joanna Vargas. But we fell for her all over again when she shared not one, but five of her personal, skin-saving juice recipes. Best Creepy-Cool Product We thought we’d sniffed it all until olfactory whizzes Antonio Zuddas and Giovanni Castelli invented Blood Concept perfumes. You read that right: unisex scents blended based on type, from O (leathery with hints of raspberry, cedar, and thyme) to mineral-driven AB. Best Global Beauty Find You no longer need a passport to enjoy Savane Organic Skincare’s line. The whole lot of Sub-Saharan potions, serums, toners, and creams hit the states (and the Web) this past summer. Best Excuse to Get Dirty Chicago editor Emily Fiffer unearthed two brilliant ways to come clean: Buff oneself silly with Dirt’s garden-themed scrubs or pay a licensed spa professional to give you a good old-fashioned bath. Best Alterna-Face-lift Had Sarah Chapman’s visage massager not come with instructions, we would have used it to beat eggs. But after a few days of swishing and circling the tentacled tool from jawline to hairline, we were sold on its promises to reenergize skin. Best for Getting Glowy Bare Escentuals’s Faux Tan’s almond scent and velvety body brush secured our top pick for freckle-challenged sun worshippers and tanorexics alike. Best for Places That Shall Not Be Named Don’t let the pink and purple color scheme fool you: We found Bellabe’s facial hair-remover sticks a realistic DIY alternative to the everyday lip wax. Best for Hands City livin’ is anything but sanitary. Clean’s genius antibacterial hand lotion proved an urban beauty junkie’s dream cream. Best DIY Trick In November, London editor Malika Dalamal brought us a hemp, honey, and beeswax balm recipe that was too good not to bring across the pond. Photo: Nichola Evans / Getty Images   TOOLS SPONSORED BY: Take traditionally slow foods from long and labor intensive to quick and easy with Kelly Ripa and Electrolux. The Electrolux Induction Cooktop uses highly responsive, energy-efficient technology while leaving its surface cool to the touch. Explore America’s favorite comfort foods, and then share your own online at Kelly-Confidential.com; for every visit, Electrolux donates $1 to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund as part of its $1 million commitment and enters you to win an Induction Cooktop. Learn more now.   Bloomingdale’s After Christmas Sale What: Up to 75 percent off in-store and online. Why: You still haven’t found a silver lining to the cowboy boots you received for the holidays. When: Thru Jan. 2. Where: Shop in-store or online at bloomingdales.com. mathewgjohnson1.repostage@blogger.com: | Unsubscribe © 2011 DailyCandy, Inc. All rights reserved. 584 Broadway Suite 201 New York, NY 10012 Editorial Policy | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Artwork by Miss Capricho