Not to scare you or anything—but here are before and after shots of our skin with the new Elizabeth Arden Intervene Makeup SPF 15, a liquid foundation that “helps put a pause on aging signs.”

To show you just how well it covers, we didn’t use any concealer or face powder—just a little Elizabeth Arden Color Intrigue Bronzing Powder and some powder blush. We added a touch of mascara and lipgloss, but wanted to keep the focus on the skin.

In our (scary) before photo, our 37-year-old skin looks uneven and sallow with visible blemishes. In the after photo, our skin is clearly brighter and more even. We used Elizabeth Arden Intervene Makeup SPF 15 in Soft Sand—a near-perfect match for our skin tone.

Intervene Makeup SPF 15 offers medium/full coverage, is 100% oil-free and contains SPF 15. It comes in 12 natural-looking shades:

• Soft Shell
• Soft Sunbeige
• Soft Cream
• Soft Sand (the shade we’re wearing)
• Soft Beige
• Soft Cameo
• Soft Bisque
• Soft Cognac
• Soft Toast
• Soft Tan
• Soft Toffee
• Soft Cocoa

Elizabeth Arden Intervene Makeup SPF 15 is available at Elizabeth Arden counters nationwide, or online at elizabetharden.com.

We’ve been cheating on our favorite hand cream and it’s been kind of… FUN.

Our feelings remain un-wavered in that no product out there beats our beloved L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream, however—due to our infidelity—we’ve found a few products that are at least worthy of a close second.

Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Intensive Moisturizing Hand Treatment

This gel-cream is fast absorbing and leaves our hands moisturized for hours. The creamy texture and rich formula more than make up for the so-so scent.

Vaseline Intensive Rescue Healing Hand Cream

This is hypo-allergenic and fragrance-free (no, really—there’s no scent) and protects from moisture loss while keeping hands silky soft. We also love the chubby little tube—it’s small, yet holds a nice amount of product.

CLINIQUE Stop Signs Hand Repair

Not only is this super moisturizing, but it contains botanical extracts to help fade the appearance of age spots. Gotta love the two for ones.

While we really are committed to the hand cream of our dreams, there is plenty of room in our life (and on our desk, in the car, on the kitchen counter, in our bag…) for other options.  A girl needs some variety in her life, after all.

Everything Glows Color Collection is Elizabeth Arden’s glimmering, shimmering Holiday collection set to hit counters next month.

With glamorous cheek, lip, and eye shades housed in elegant compacts—your holiday looks will be nothing less than luminous.

Here’s what Everything Glows has to offer:

• Everything Glows Compact for Eyes  With five shimmery eye shadow shades
• Everything Glows Lip Gloss Duo  Sheer sparkling shimmer and glistening rosy shine
• Shimmer Powder  Sheer, shimmering powder to give skin a luminous glow
• Mediterranean Fragrance  Sensual florals combined with creamy woods

Find Elizabeth Arden Holiday 2007 Everything Glows at your local Elizabeth Arden counter beginning October 2007.