NEW from Dial: NutriSkin Body Wash Cherry Seed Oil & Mint and NutriSkin Body Wash Grapeseed Oil & Lemongrass. How delicious these two scents sound? Can’t wait to try. I’m a true body wash lover. Probably one of my biggest beauty obsessions.

Dial NutriSkin Body Wash features a clean-rinsing formula that’s heavy on moisture and light on skin. It’s packed with nutritious fruit oils that leave skin soft and revitalized, not greasy or grimy.

Visit dialsoap.com for more details

Last Minute Valentines Day Gifts…That Last Longer than Roses: REN Skincare ROSE Range.

Moroccan Rose Otto Body Wash, $27. And, Damask Rose Ramnose Biosaccharide Body Cream, $44.

Moroccan Rose Otto Sugar Body Polish, $60, available exclusively at Space NK.

Moroccan Rose Otto Ultra‐Nourishing Body Oil, $65

Moroccan Rose Otto Bath Oil, $48, available exclusively at Space NK.

REN products are available at Space NK, Sephora, Blue Mercury, Barneys, Fred Segal, www.renskincare.com

Valentine’s Day is upon us, and the Kiehl’s Since 1851 stores and Kiehls.com offer a varied selection of sweet, soothing, and sensual gift sets for one’s loved ones.

Overnight Lavender Renewal – $72.00 

• Midnight Recovery Concentrate NEW FROM KIEHL’S, FEB. ’10
• Lavender Foaming-Relaxing Bath with Sea Salts and Aloe, 16.9oz
• Ultra Facial Cream (deluxe)
• Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate (packette)

Creme de Corps – $35.50

• Creme de Corps, 4.2oz
• Creme de Corps Nurturing Body Washing Cream, 6.8oz
• Ultra Facial Cream (deluxe)
• Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate (packette)

Superbly Restorative Set – $65.00

• Superbly Restorative Argan Body Lotion, 6.8oz
• Superbly Restorative Argan Dry Oil, 4.2oz
• Ultra Facial Cream (deluxe)
• Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate (packette)

Grapefruit Set – $36.00

• Grapefruit Liquid Body Cleanser, 8.4oz
• Grapefruit Hand & Body Lotion, 8.4oz
• Ultra Facial Cream (deluxe)
• Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate (packette)

V Day Men’s Set – $42.00

 • Ultimate Man Scrub Soap
• Facial Fuel, 2.5oz
• Facial Fuel Energizing Face Wash, 2.5oz
• Ultra Facial Cream (deluxe)
• Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate (packette)

Visit www.kiehls.com for additional details.

Best Body Wash: Tried and loved NIVEA Touch of Sparkle Cream Oil body wash, $6.49. The calla scent is amazing and the diamond powder leaves skin soft and shimmering (and you know how much Marta loves shimmer!). I also love NIVEA Touch of Radiance  Cream Oil  body wash for days I like to exfoliate my body. This one has a light lime blossom scent which is super fresh. Men also love it this body wash!

Visit www.nivea.com  for addtional details.

The following are Marta’s picks of her favorite skincare products for face and body & also perfume 2009 ! Please note that the numbers don’t go in order of importance.

Hey guys, I don’t look a day over 25 thanks to my top skincare products LOL (see images below).

Marta Walsh Founder & Editor of Talking Makeup

Face Cleanser

1. Philosophy purity made simple one-step facial cleanser
2. CHANEL PRECISION Gel Purete: Purity + Anti Pollution Foaming Gel Cleanser
3. Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser
4. Mission Skincare Active Daily Facial Cleanser Sweet Citrus By Serena Williams5. Purpose Gentle Cleansing Wash 
5. Mario Badescu Enzyme Cleansing Gel

Makeup Removers & Eye Makeup Removers

1. Boscia MakeUp BreakUp Cool Cleansing Oil
2. La Roche-Posay Rosaliac Micellar Make-Up Removal gel Cleanses and Soothes Face & Eyes
3. Lumene Eye Makeup Remover Senstive Touch
4. Almay Oil-Free Eye Makeup Remover Pads
5. Talika lash conditioning cleanser oil free mascara & waterproof mascara
6. Physicians Formula Organic Wear Facial Makeup Remover Lotion
7. Pampers Sensitives Fragrance Free Baby Wipes

Face Scrub

1. St. Ives Apricot Scrub Blemish & Blackhead Control
2. St. Ives Moisturizing Olive Scrub
3. DDF Advanced Micro-Exfoliation Cleanser
4. Philosophy The Microdelivery Exfoliating Wash and The Microdelivery Mini Peel Pads5. CHANEL PRÉCISION Mousse Exfoliante Pureté
5. Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash Redness Soothing Gentle Scrub
6. Aveeno CLEAR COMPLEXION Cream Cleanser
7. Clean & Clear Scrub Soft Purifying Cleanser
8. Biore Even Smoother Microderm Exfoliator
9. Roc Multi Correxion Daily Perfecting cleanser
10. Kiehl’s Rare Earth Deep Pore Daily Cleanser
11. Dr. Denese New York skincare Advanced Firming Facial Pads

Organic, Natural, and Probiotic Face Scrubs

1. Nude Skincare Face Scrub
2. RAW Essentials by Carol Alt Raw-finish Rigorous Face Scrub

Face Mist

1. AmorePacific Moisture Bound Skin Energy Hydration Delivery System
2. Sampar Skin Quenching Mist rose & geranium
3. Nude Skincare Hydrating Water

Toner

1. Kiehl’s Rare Earth Pore Refining Tonic
2. Mario Badescu Seaweed Cleansing Lotion
3. Arcona Los Angeles Cranberry Toner

Face Mask

1. June Jacobs Perfect Pumpkin Peeling Enzyme Masque
2. June Jacobs Cranberry Pomegranate Moisture Masque
3. Kiehl’s Rare Earth Deep Pore Cleansing Masque
4. Borghese Fango Active Mud for Face and Body
5. Mario Badescu Enzyme Revitalizing Mask
6. MAC Volcanic Ash Exfoliator
7. Orlane Absolute Radiance Lightbox or Orlane éclat absolu Light Box in French
8. Talika Eye Therapy Patch

Body Wash

1. Philosophy shampoo, shower gel, & bubble bath in Vanilla Birthday Cake, Crème Brulée, and I Love Candy Corn
2. St. Ives Oatmeal & Shea Butter Moisturizing Body Wash
3. Aveeno Skin Relief Body Wash Fragrance Free
4. REN Moroccan Rose Otto Body Wash
5. Patyka Organic Wash Mandarine
6. Dove Sensitive Skin Unscented Beauty Bar

Body Scrub & Exfoliating Wash

1. Caress Evenly Gorgeous Exfoliating Body Wash
2. St. Ives Body Polish Oatmeal & Shea Butter
3. Philosophy when hope is not enough omega 3-6-9 body scrub
4. Nivea Touch Of Radiance Cream Oil Body Wash Massaging Beads & Lime Blossom Scent exfoliating and refining

Body Grooming

Shave Cream

1. Aveeno Ultra Calming Shave Gel
2. Skintimate Moisturizing Cream Shave Extra Gentle Soothing Petals

Razor

1. Schick Quattro for Women Razor
2. Gillette Venus Embrace

Tweezers & Brow Grooming

1. Tweezerman Slant Tweezers Assorted Colors
2. Anastasia Beverly Hills All About Brows Kit
3. Christi Harris Brow Planning System

Face & Body Wax

GiGi All Purpose Honee (THE best!!)

Deodorant for Women

1. Mitchum Power Gel Unscented
2.Degree Fine Fragrance Collection Sexy Intrigue
3. Dove Ultimate Visibly Smooth

Body Cream & Body Lotion

1. Olay Body quench Body Lotion advanced healing fragrance free with vitamin E & vita-niacin
2. Curel Itch Defence skin balancing moisture lotion for dry itchy skin
3. Aveeno Active Naturals Overnight Itch Relief Cream (Secret: I use this also in the morning! Works just fine.)
4. Nude Skincare smoothing body refiner
5. Dolce & Gabbana the one Golden Satin Lotion
6. Philosohoy when hope is not enough omega 3-6-9 replenishing body lotion
7. June Jacobs Spa Collection Vanda Orchid Body Lotion
8. C.O. Bigelow Lemon Body Lotion
9. Lubriderm Sensitive Skin Therapy Moisturizing Lotion For Sensitive Dry Skin
10. Jergens Sensitive Skin Relief Fragrance Free Daily Moisturizer

Sunscreen: Body

1. La Roche-Posay Anthelios 60 Melt-In Sunscreen Milk
2. Neutrogena pure & free baby sunblock lotion
3. Mission Skincare Fast Drying Sunscreen
4. Kiehl’s Vital Sun Protection SPF 30 Sunscreen

Hand Cream

1. Aveda hand relief
2. Lubridrem Advanced Therapy Hand Cream
3. Curel Targeted Therapy fast-absorbing hand and cuticle cream
4. Clinique deep comfort hand and cuticle cream

Foot Cream & Pedicure

1. Miss Oops Pedicure In A Bottle
2. Payot Paris cooling relaxing light legs gel
3. Tweezerman Pink Travel Pedro Callus Stone
4. Earth To Skin Care at-home pedicure kit

Body Shimmer

1. Victoria’s Secret Beauty Sexy Little Things Noir Shimmer Powder
2. Victoria’s Secret Beauty Give Me The Shimmers Shimmering Body Powder
3. Borghese All Over Shimmer Powder

Perfume & Fragrance

1. Dolce & Gabbana the one
2. Dolce & Gabbana rose the one
3. Dior Miss Dior Cherie Eau de Parfum
4. Pretty by Elizabeth Arden
5. Victoria’s Secret Sexy Little Things Noir Eau de Parfum
6. Ormonde Jayne London Perfumery Ormonde Woman, Frangipani, Champaca, TA’If, Tulu.
7. IDOLE d’Armani Eau de Parfum by Giorgio Armani Beauty
8. Estee Lauder Sensuous
9. Life Threads Gold Silver and Paltinum by la prairie9. Very Hollywood Michael Kors
10. CHANEL Allure 

Nail

Nail Treatment

Talika Nail Regenerator Serum

Serum

1. Mario Badescu Cellufirm Drops
2. la prairie Anti-Aging Longevity Serum
3. Olay Professional PRO X deep wrinkle treatment
4. Nude Skincare Advanced Smoothing Complex
5. Dior Capture Totale Multi-Perfection Concentrate
6. Dior Capture Totale ONE Essential Skin Boosting Serum
7. Mario Badescu Vitamin C serum
8. Lancôme GÉNIFIQUE Youth Activating Concentrate
9. LUMENE Excellent Future Deep Repairing Serum
10. Philosophy when hope is not enough facial firming and lifting serum
11. Elizabeth Arden INTERVENE Timefighting Radiance Serum
12. ANEW Reversalist Renewal Serum by Avon
13. Dr. Denese New York Skincare HydroShield Ultra Moisturizing Face Serum

Day Cream or Daily Moisturizer

1. Olay Regenerist DNA supersrudture UV cream SPF 25
2. Olay PRO X age repair lotion with SPF 30
3. Olay PRO X wrinkle smoothing cream
4. Olay regenerist micro-sculpting cream
5. Mario Badescu Hyaluronic Moisturizer SPF 15
6. VICHY Ultra Mattifying Oil-Free Lotin SPF 15 Sunscreen
7. VICHY Liftactiv CxP UV Bio0Lifting Daily Care Anti-Wrinkle & Firming SPF 20
8. LIERAC Paris Creme Mesolift Anti-Age Eclat
9. Clinique even better skin tone correcting moisturizer SPF 20
10. ARCONA Desert Mist Protect AM and ARCONA Magic White Ice  Hydrate am/pm
11. L’Oreal Paris Collagen Moisture Filler Day/Night
12. ORLANE Paris Absolute Skin Recovery Care Day/Night
13. Creme De La Mer Moisturizing Cream
14. DDF Advanced Firming Cream
15. Philosophy hope in a jar and Philosophy when hope is not enough spf
16. SAMPAR Ultra Hydrating Fluid mint & white lupin
17. LUMENE Excellent Future Deep Repairing Cream and LUMENE Sensitive Touch Daily Moisture Cream
18. RAW Essentials  by Carol Alt RAW-ACTIVATE Daily Revitalizng Face Moiturizer
19. ROC Multi-Correxion Daily Perfecting Creme SPF 30

Eye Cream

1. SAMPAR Eye Rule peptide & adenosine
2. Olay Regenerist anti-aging eye roller
3. LIERAC Paris Diopti Creme Intensive-Action wrinkle repair eye cream
4. Lancôme GÉNIFIQUE Eye Youth Activating Eye Concentrate
5. RAW Essentials by Carol Alt RAW-JUVENATE Eye-Recoup
6. ORLANE Paris hypnotherapy Anti-Age Care Eye Contour
7. Olay PRO X eye restoration complex
8. L’Oreal Paris Advanced REVITA LIFT Deep -Set Wrinkle Repair 24 HR Eye Repair Duo
9. Philosophy eye hope advanced anti-aging eye cream
10. Peter Thomas Roth Eye Overhaul Duo
11. DDF Advanced Eye Firming Concentrate
12. Talika Eye Detox Contour Gel and Talika Eye Dream

Lip Balm & Lip Therapy

1. fresh SUGAR and fresh SUGAR Rose
2. ChapStick True Shimmer Botanical Berry
3. Philosophy kiss me tonight intense lip therapy
4. MAC Suntints SPF 20 Liquid Lip Balm
5. Kiehl’s Lip Balm #1 SPF 4
5. KORRES Jasmine Lip Butter
6. Burt’s Bees Beeswax Lip Balm
7. Blistex Deep Renewal Coenzyme Q10 Foemula
8. DARPHIN Paris Age-Defying Lip Balm
9. Liz Earle Superbalm

Lip Plumping

1. L’Oreal Paris Collagen Filler Lip
2. Erno Laszlo TranspHuse Lip pHixative Surgiceutical for fuller, plumper lips

Night Cream

1. Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Complex
2. Dr. Denese New York Firming Facial Age Corrector Cream
3. SAMPAR Nocturnal Line-Up Mask iopeptide & adenosine
4. la prairie Cellular Radiance Night Cream
5. ANEW Ultimate Gold Emulsion Night by Avon
6. Mario Badescu Seaweed Night Cream
7. ARCONA Gentle Solution Repair PM
8. Elizabeth Arden INTERVENE Stress Recovry Night Cream
9. ANEW Reversalist Night Renewal Cream by Avon
10. RAW Essentials by Carol Alt RAW-SCUE Night Restore Cream
11. LUMENE Sensitive Touch Comforting Night Cream
12. ROC Multi-Correxion Intensive Night Concentrate For Face and Eyes

At Home Teeth Whitening

1. Go Smile 7 Day System
2. Crest Whitestrips Advanced Seal

Help celebrate the new year and 1 year anniversary of The Plaza Beauty with these great products to start the year off looking and feeling fresh!

Reversital: Rejuvenate your skin in the new year with a simple twist of the Reversital MicrodermaStick ($90.00). A multi-purpose stick for your face, throat and décolleté, the MicrodermaStick cleanses, exfoliates and moisturizes to create a flawless finish.

Comfort Zone: Get a fresh start with the Comfort Zone Pearl Cream ($75.00 – 30ml), a multi-benefit moisturizer that balances pigmentation and reduces and aids in the prevention of spots, leaving your skin radiant. Using effective ingredients such as pearl powder, licorice and mulberry, this is one product you definitely want to have to ring in the new year.

Kai Body Butter: A silky whipped soufflé with a moisturizing shea butter base blended with rich ingredients such as safflower seed oil, aloe leaf extract, and apricot kernel oil, this fragrant body butter will leave your skin soft and smooth. Perfect for the colder months, Kai Body Butter ($60.00) seeps into the skin making you feel refreshed and leaving you with skin worthy enough to show off.

Korres Natural Products: A green spice of dazzling freshness with a vibrant lemon zest touch, Korres Basil Lemon Shower Gel ($13.00) revives your skin with every lather. Wheat proteins form a protective film on the skin, maintaining its natural moisture level and Active Aloe, rich in vitamin C, vitamin E, zinc and antioxidant enzymes, enhances the skin’s immune system of the skin.

WHERE TO FIND: The Plaza Beauty by Warren-Tricomi, One West 58th Street at The Plaza Hotel’s Grand

Concourse Level. 212.223.4694.

I can’t get over how cute is the NEW Limited Edition philosophy Classic Cookbook. It is THE perfect holiday gift for your beauty obsessed loved ones. They would be very impressed, and of course, love you dearly!:)

philosophy Classic Cookbook ($35) is a set of six delicious, high-foaming, multipurpose cleansers. This decadent ensemble of three-in-one Shampoo, Shower Gel & Bubble Bath formulas will make you swoon with scents of the decadent treats that come from the crinkled pages of well-loved holiday baking recipe books. This set contains: 6 x 2.0 oz Shampoo, Shower Gel & Bubble Baths in Pumpkin Spice Muffin, Red Velvet Cake, Double Rich Hot Cocoa, Warm Pear Cobbler, Gingerbread, Cinnamon Buns.

This season, give your loved ones the gift of soft, moisturized skin (Marta is all about it:) with St. Ives.

St. Ives Moisturizing Oatmeal & Shea Body Wash offers superb non-drying cleansing for visibly healthy skin. By incorporating two of nature’s BEST ingredients, this body wash wraps skin in natural Oatmeal and Shea Butter extracts for the ultimate skin nourishment. ($2.99 for 13.5 fl. oz. bottle)

St. Ives Oatmeal & Shea Butter In-Shower Exfoliating Body Polish helps renew, moisturize and smooth skin. Made with the mixture of 100% natural Oatmeal extract, moisturizing Shea Butter and Sugar Crystals, this body polish helps remove dead skin cells creating healthier, brighter, and moisturized skin. ($6.99 for 8 oz. jar)

St. Ives Fresh Skin Warming Scrub is a one-step cleansing scrub to help reduce the appearance of pores. The gentle all-natural exfoliants remove dead, dry skin cells, while the mild cleanser lathers into a creamy foam to whisk away pore-clogging oil and dirt. A truly fulfilling sensory experience, the formula subtly warms when in contact with water to relax pores for a deeper clean. ($4.99 for 4 fl oz. tube)

Billy Jealousy launches an exclusive kit for ULTA and ulta.com for $24 (value $36).

Just in time for the Holidays, Mr. Billy Jealousy has launched a little something special with his friends over at ULTA. Now you can finally give your man that subtle hint of what to use before date night or a day at the gym.

 2oz White Knight Facial Cleanser: White Knight contains essential moisturizing agents to provide necessary hydration while cleansing skin. The white, foaming formula cleanses without stripping the skin of essential oils. SLS-free, Paraben free, no fragrance added.

2oz LiquidSand Facial Exfoliator: Less penetrating than a scrub and more powerful than a face wash, this gentle cleanser removes dead skin cells, dirt and all round grime. Colorant –free, SLS-free

2oz Hydroplane Shave Cream: A rich, technologically advanced cream that keeps you looking sharp and feeling cool. This shaving cream cools, heals and conditions the skin with its micro-silicon beads, while natural citrus oils condition, moisturize and purify skin.

2oz Fuzzy Logic Shampoo: This shampoo contains two DHT blockers (DHT causes hair loss) Menthyl Lactate and Peppermint Oil creating strong, healthy and thick hair. The powerful shampoo also contains Cocamide MEA, which is a coconut-derived cleanser and moisturizer as well as Panthenol, a provitamin conditioner.

2oz Cashmere Coat Conditioner: This hair strengthening conditioner is infused with peppermint as well as DHT blockers to restore strength, volume and hydration to keep your hair lookin’ healthy

2oz Illicit Body Wash: Created after the huge success of the ILLICIT Eau de Parfum, this body wash is infused with citrus bergamot, tea, ivy, ginger and sandalwood. The hemp seed oil softens and sooths the skin while Cocamide MEA, a natural derivative of coconut oil cleans and moisturizes and Vitamin E conditions.

I like to get in the Halloween and fall mood with my beauty products as well. I blogged earlier about my favorite food and holiday inspired body wash by Philosophy I Love Candy Corn and I also love the June Jacobs Perfect Pumpkin Peeling Enzyme Masque. Can you get more Halloween inspired beauty products with a name like Pumpkin:) This my version of a Halloween masque (pun intended).

June Jacobs Perfect Pumpkin Peeling Enzyme Masque the official description:  This detoxifying spicy enzyme masque is designed to target and digest dead surface cells while stimulating cellular turnover. Combining the exfoliating benefits of Vitamin A and the repairing benefits of Pumpkin enzymes this wonderful masque acts as a home “peel” treatment. Exposing soft, supple, naturally hydrated skin.

Ingredients: 
Pumpkin Enzyme
Vitamin A
Sodium Hyaluronate

How To Use: After cleansing and toning, apply a spatula full of masque to clean skin. Leave masque on for 7-10 minutes, remove with tepid water. Follow with eye cream, serum, moisturizer and SPF.

Price: $78.00, 5.0 oz

Available at www.junejacobs.com  and prestige spas nationwide.