CHANEL’s newest skincare line targeting younger skin, Beauté Initiale, is now available.

Read our previous entry about Beauté Initiale here.

We have the best intentions where our skincare is concerned, however, sometimes life gets in the way of our perfect regime.

Too few glasses of water and too many scoops of Jamoca Almond Fudge ice-cream leaves us with not-so-happy skin. Add some stress and a few sleepless nights and our skin fights back—leaving us with a dull complexion and bags under our eyes. Lovely.

This fall, CHANEL is launching a new skincare line, unlike any of its others, targeting skin in its 20’s and 30’s (before the serious damage sets in). Beauté Initiale is designed to boost radiance and restore skin’s natural defense system (and pick up where we’re clearly slacking) with key ingredients like blue ginger, a supercharged antioxidant hand-picked in Madagascar, and vitamins C and E.

Five products complete the Beauté Initiale collection:

• CONCENTRÉ ÉNERGISANTE MULTI-PROTECTION Energizing Multi-Protection Concentrate
• CRÈME ÉNERGISANTE MULTI-PROTECTION Energizing Multi-Protection Cream SPF 15
• FLUIDE ÉNERGISANT MULTI-PROTECTION Energizing Multi-Protection Fluid SPF 15
• CRÈME YEUX ÉNERGISANTE MULTI-PROTECTION ANTI-POCHES/ANTI-CERNES Energizing Multi-Protection Eye Cream Anti-Puffiness/Dark Circles SPF 15
• FLUIDE ÉNERGISANT MULTI-PROTECTION HÂLE PROGRESSIF Energizing Multi-Protection Fluid Healthy Glow SPF 15

Beauté Initiale is available beginning October 2007 at department and specialty stores and at chanel.com.

*Update: Find Beaute Initiale here.

The Body Shop Wise Woman skincare collection comes in a great little starter pack with Vitality Serum, Regenerating Day Cream and Regenerating Night Cream.

For just $65 you get this simple 3-step program that encourages collagen production in mature skin while strengthening, firming and hydrating.

And while you’re at The Body Shop, be sure to check out their fall color collection, Fabulous Metallics. The Slate Green Shimmer Smudger is a quick, no-fuss way to brighten eyes with a pop of color.

This month, Estée Lauder introduced a new Idealist Pore Minimizing Skin Refinisher. With more Glucosamine, a sugar derivative that works to naturally shed dead skin cells, this new formula is three times more concentrated than the original Idealist.

Using a non-acid technology, new Idealist Pore Minimizing Skin Refinisher encourages skin cell turnover and makes large pores virtually imperceptible.

Applied daily after cleanser and before moisturizer, this wonder-serum will have our pores looking like Hilary Rhoda’s in no time.

(Okay, with continued use, our pores have a shot at looking like Hilary’s.)