Rodan + Fields Perfect Pair is a wonderful mid-winter booster that delivers serious skin care benefits.

We adore Rodan + Fields Anti-Age Regimen and The Perfect Pair gives us that little extra something-something to make our winter skin glow.

Included in this set is Reverse Exfoliate: Microdermabrasion Paste, a combination of salt, sugar and vitamins C & E that gently exfoliate while reducing environmental damage, and Essentials Protect SPF 30, a lightweight, oil-free lotion that provides ultra protection from the sun’s harmful rays.

The result is incredibly smooth, radiant skin with an even, bright tone.

Definitely a mid-winter must-have.

Rodan + Fields Perfect Pair, $35

The thing is… we just can’t stop buying exfoliators.

We could exfoliate day and night for the next three years and still have enough product to last us through retirement. But just in case, we thought we would stock up on these Shiseido Bio-Performance Super Exfoliating Discs that gently exfoliate, refine and polish skin to visibly minimize fine lines and pores.

These dual-sided discs are to be used once weekly after cleansing (you’ll be tempted to use them more often, but please don’t. Your skin needs time to rejuvenate and repair itself after this treatment.)

Shiseido suggests that you combine these discs with Bio-Performance Super Refining Essence but so far we haven’t. This unique exfoliant has been working just fine for us on its own.

Now, no more exfoliators for us. This time we mean it.

Shiseido Bio-Performance Super Exfoliating Disc, $64

This Mini Break kit from Origins is the perfect little spa getaway right in our own hotel room.

With mini sizes of Modern Friction (exfoliating scrub), Clear Improvement (charcoal mask) and Checks and Balances (gentle face wash) we can make better use of our time away from home while engaging in our guiltiest pleasure: Court TV.
Origins Mini Break, $19.5

We need help. Professional help.

It is nearly impossible for us to walk by a new exfoliator without our mouth watering, seeing bright flashes of light and not being able to think straight until we have the coveted product safely in our shopping bag, receipt included.

We try to talk ourself out of it, “Hi self! Why do you want another exfoliating cream? There’s 17 different varieties of this stuff at home in the drawer. And the tubes are all full! By the way, great lip gloss.”

We even get stern because flattery is getting us nowhere, “I am not kidding, self. Step. Away. From. The. Exfoliator.”

But it’s really no use. We’re whipped.

Our latest transgression involved a product by Cosmedicine, a division of Klinger Advanced Aesthetics sold exclusively in Sephora since July, which claims to have special powers. Okay, not really special powers, but special “stop-action crystals” which adjust to the needs of your skin, eliminating the chance of overdoing it. How cool is that?

So we tried it this morning, and IT’S TRUE! They ADJUST! As you gently massage this exfoliator into your skin, the “stop-action crystals” slowly dissolve and leave you with smooth, bright, luminous skin. Totally worth the forty bucks.

Cosmedicine Medi-morphosis Self Adjusting Exfoliator 4.2 oz, $42