Pick of the Day - Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser.

From the Liz Earle Naturally Active Skincare line is her most popular item, the Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser.

This cleanser, with a refreshing smell of Eucalyptus, is gentle to skin, but tough on dirt and makeup. You simply rub the cleanser over your face and smooth out with the natural muslin cloth after you rinse it in very warm water. The heat activates the natural ingredients to melt all the impurities away.

Cleanse & Polish is available in a variety of sizes and kits from $21.50 - $58.50, which you can check out and purchase online.

Give the Gift of Luxury from Elemis.

The gifts from Elemis are extraordinary and definitely luxurious. The receiver will feel pampered in her own home with any of their gift sets.

My favorite set this year from Elemis is this set. Called Revealing Beauty, the products in this kit will leave your skin incredibly smooth, radiant and younger looking. Who wouldn't want to bring back the beauty that they were born with and lavish in these amazing skin treatments?

Included in this luxurious beauty:

Tri-Enzyme Resurfacing Facial Wash
Liquid Layer SPF 30
Pro-Collagen Marine Cream
Tri-Enzyme Resurfacing Serum
Tri-Enzyme Resurfacing Night Cream

Another favorite from Elemis are their candles. They make your bathroom feel like one of their spa rooms.

Elemis candles come in the original Spa formula, as well as formulas such as Calm, Purity and Vitality. These make great gifts on their own or coupled with a great Spa kit.

Elemis products can be purchased through Elemis spas, Nordstrom or TimetoSpa.

La Mer - the Miracle.

Remembering what La Mer Crème de la Mer was formulated for originally, I put it to the test when I got a pretty nasty burn trying to curl my daughters hair with a flat iron. My finger felt the heat and a blister appeared within the hour.

I went to my medicine cabinet to find something to help ease the pain and could not find what I was looking for. In fact, I really thought that I needed to search for something beyond my standard generic burn ointment, so onto google I went. As I was about to type in burn cream, I noticed my sample of Crème de la Mer sitting on my desk. I opened the jar and applied.

My burn was almost immediately soothed, the redness started to fade to pink and the swelling went down. Really - like right before my eyes. The next morning, my burn was barely visible. Two days out now, I can not see it, only feel a very tiny dryness, like a scab just fell off, but one never even formed.

Now, I am not telling you what this will and will not do to your face. I have not tested it enough on my face to see if I get a miracle happening around my fine lines and wrinkles. But this cream obviously contains some pretty miraculous properties to treat a burn like this, in such a fast and furious way. I also heed you not to take this as medical advice, only as a cream that worked a pretty thought provoking remedy on me.

I did remember that Crème de la Mer was originally formulated to heal scars, so I decided to check out the story again:

"Crème de la Mer was conceived under extraordinary circumstances. Years ago, Dr. Max Huber, an aerospace physicist, suffered a horrific accident — a routine experiment exploded in his face — covering him with severe chemical burns. Neither science nor medicine offered sufficient promise of help, so Huber decided to help himself. Twelve years and 6,000 experiments later, he perfected the Crème that would help give skin a dramatically smoother appearance."

Now, it worked for Dr. Huber, and it worked on my burn. Just saying, folks. There is something to this cream. I plan to really give my Crème de la Mer sample a thorough test out and will promise to report back how I feel it works on my face.