Holiday 2010: Kiehl's Creme de Corps Holiday Collection.

For their holiday collection this year, Kiehl’s has once again partnered with one of the art world’s most extraordinary talents for a Limited Edition collection.  This year, it's with artist Jeff Koons for a Limited Edition Creme de Corps Holiday Collection, from which 100% of Kiehl’s Worldwide Net Profits (up to $200,000) will benefit The Koons Family Institute.  Each product in the collection features the artwork of TULIPS (1995-98 Oil on Canvas) from the iconic Celebration Series on its label. Not only are the labels beautiful, but the entire collection makes for a beautiful gift for the beauty lover.

The Creme de Corps Holiday Collection includes the sizes:

• Creme de Corps 8.4 oz. - $27.00
• Creme de Corps 16.9 oz. - $45.00
• Creme de Corps 1 Liter - $70.00

This Limited Edition collection also helps introduce my favorite new product so far this season, the Creme de Corps Soy Milk & Honey Whipped Body Butter.

This newest addition to Kiehl’s iconic Creme de Corps family is divine. It is an ultra creamy, but whipped in a way that the cream is light and sinks into skin almost immediately, while leaving behind the nice luxurious, yet refreshing scent. The ultra-light formula Shea Butter and Squalane to help restore skin, along with antioxidant-enriched Jojoba Butter and Beta Carotene to protect and soften skin. The jar sells for $35.00, and as a little seems to go a long way to moisturizing my skin, it should last a long time.

The Kiehl's Creme de Corps Holiday Collection is available now on kiehls.com, in Kiehl's stores, and select department stores that carry the brand.

The Koons Family Institute is an initiative of the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC). More information on this initiative and the centre, can be found here.

mark. Clean Up Time Conditioning Bath Soaps and Scent Boosters.

Knowing that women make up the majority of the workforce in the hired labor sectors of tea and flowers, mark. knew they needed to enable the use of the Fair Trade system and eveloped this limited edition collection. If you did not know, Fair Trade is a market-based system for sustainable development. Importers and retailers pay fair prices and wages to farmers and farm workers who grow products in accordance with rigorous standards that guarantee worker rights, commmunity empowerment and environmental sustainability.

mark. Clean Up Time Conditioning Bath Soaps is one of the latest additions to their Fair Trade Body Collection. This is a beautifully scented trio of creamy lathering soaps that condition the skin while it cleanses. They are formulated with Fair Trade Certified Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter and White Tea Extract to nourish the skin as it washes.

I appreciate that my skin does not feel dry or stripped when using, as many soaps do. My skin feels almost comforted when using, so it is as soft as it is clean. The scent is very fresh with notes of ginger and lemongrass - yum. Perfect for using in the morning for a boost in the shower.

Also new to the collection are the Great Energy & Feeling Calm Multi-Wear Scent Boosters. The Scent Boosters is a collection of two aromatherapy oil bases. Each unique scent is great worn as a fragrance on the body's pulse points or added to other scents. They are olive oil based, paraben and preservative free. Great Energy is a fragrance that jump-starts the senses with ginger and lemongrass. It is actually what the Bath Soaps are scented with. Feeling Clam is a soothing fragrance, that created calm with notes of lavender and chamomile.

The Fair Trade Body Collection is avilable right now through a mark. representative or online at meetmark.com.  The Bath Soaps sell for $10.00 (for the trio) and the Scent Boosters sell for $8.00 each.

Secret's NEW Body Splashes and Sprays.

I honestly do not understand what was going on yesterday, but it seems all of the talk on the daytime talk shows was about body odor. I mean, really! Is it so hard to make sure you smell clean? With an abundance of deodorant and antiperspirant on the market, there is no need to have body odor.

My favorite line of antiperspirant/deodorant is from Secret. I am so thrilled about their latest product offerings which include new body splashes and body mists. What I really enjoy about these new products is that not only can they match your deodorant, but they can complement it it by turning up or adding in another scent. Fun!

The body mists are part of the Fresh Effects line of deodorants, while the body splashes are made for the Scent Expressions line.

Fresh Effects Body Mist

The Fresh Effects deodorants are specially designed to provide women all-day noticeable freshness without compromising the wetness and odor protection they count on.  The new Secret Fresh Effects Body Mists are specially designed to provide an extra touch of scent anytime, anywhere; making your light scent and freshness last all day. The body mists come in the same scents as the deodorants - Fresh Water Orchid and Cucumber Aloe. Each Fresh Effects Body Mist comes in a travel friendly 3 oz. bottle with spray pump. It reatils for about $4.29.

Scent Expressions Body Splashes

The Scent Expressions line of deodorants is a larger line that also provide both  wetness and odor protection, but comes in a variety of 11 fun scents. The new Secret Scent Expressions Body Splashes are designed to provide women with an extra splash of that scent that lasts all  throughout the day. Scent Expressions feature three scents that all blend well with the full line of deodorant scents. They include  So Very Summerberry, Cocoa Butter Kiss, and Ooh la la Lavender. The body splash also comes in a travel friendly 3 oz size and applies via a spray pump as well. This also retails for about $4.29.

Now, I have made no bones about my lack of love for strong or heavy fragrances. In fact, when I do feel like wearing any type of scent, it is almost always with a body mist, so these are my new favorites.

Look for the new Secret Fresh Effects Body Mist and Scent Expressions Body Splashes in the deodorant aisle of major drugstores and mass retailers. To find the scent that best matches your personality, log onto Secret's Facebook page.