With the winter months ahead of us, it's time to think about deep moisturizing products. Cold and icy weather can leave your skin, dry, cracked and brittle to say the least. If you are looking for everyday relief, I highly recommend the Skin Authority Collection for your daily regimen.

With their Daily Cleanser, Sunscreen Moisturizer, Dramatic Eye Lift and Ultra Rich Moisturizer you can't go wrong. Starting with the daily cleanser, this lightweight, fragrance free wash gently removes dirt and oil from the face and body, and loosens dead skin cells. Leaving the skin refreshed, soft, and primed for daily regimen. It's active ingredient of glycolic acid really does the trick.

Now if you are an avid skier, then you have to be just as careful - if not more so - about UV protection. Using Skin Authority's UVB & UVA protection at 30 SPF will really add the ultimate protection to your skin this winter.

For night time, add the Ultra Rich Moisturizer and Dramatic Eye Lift for immediate results and nourished skin. The Ultra Rich Moisturizer offers a dual lift, drenching the skin in waves of moisture, while the Bergamot Oil is proven to relieve stress and lessen depression.

Now if you only dream of escaping the winter months, then do so with your at home spa treatments! Crabtree & Evelyn's gorgeously decadent Pomegranate, Argan and Grapeseed Body collection is an inner winter warmer.

Inspired by the succulent fruits and nourishing oils of Morocco, this body and hand care collection features rich, replenishing botanical ingredients and natural antioxidants that will leave skin feeling velvety soft and radiantly supple.

Each product has been formulated with ingredients that are specially selected for their skin-conditioning properties including pomegranate (long associated with hope, fertility and prosperity), fair trade argan oil, grapeseed oil, pistachio oil and ginger extract.

Our favorite is the Skin Smoothing Body Scrub. Achieve a more beautiful skin with this total body smoothing treatment. Which includes extracts of sunflower wax beads that gently exfoliate. While pomegranate, sunflower, jojoba, pumpkin and sesame oils work to replenish and soften the skin.

This line is a pure delight to the senses, with the distinctive fragrance of tart pomegranate. And then bursting with a blend of zesty citrus, clementine blossom and fresh fig leaf, will leave your skin beautifully scented.

Learn more about these products at skinauthority.com and crabtree-evelyn.com.

Jacqueline Luxe is proud to announce the very first winner of our Gold Beauty Product of 2011. This most prestigious announcement goes to none other then a beauty line that is as through as they are brilliant.

Apriori Beauty Skin Care from Laguna Hills, Californa USA has been chosen for many good reasons to receive this honorable title.

The categories for winning Gold Product of the Year are as follows;

• Excellence in Branding and Presentation: This includes the initial presentation of the beauty brand, within it's design of packaging, logo, and product development.
• Excellence in Methodology: This includes what the beauty brand offers - within it's ingredients, science and design of formulas and products offered to the public.
• General Inspriration of Design: Combining both the science of the product, as well as the inspiration of design to complete the final beauty brand.

Apriori Beauty passed with flying colors in all of these areas. We were very excited to review this line, and were amply impressed with all deliveries. We reviewed the Lifeoxylin® and Celloxylin® products from the line. Which is the best combination for an internal and external approach to beauty and overall health.

Lifeoxylin® Cellular Defense Elixir

This product is really what pushed the envelope onto the winning mark. There are not many beauty brands that offer an both an internal and external line. And when they do, we hope that they live up to the hype. Well Apriori Beauty Lifeoxylin® certainly does that.

It is a proven fact that a great beauty regimen starts from within, especially with diet. And most of all with super boosters such as your daily fruits and vegetables. Lifeoxylin® delivers in all the right areas of internal health within it's formulated design. With an amazing blend of super-antioxidant vegetables, essential fruits, and exotic plant blend.

The Lifeoxylin® Cellular Defense Elixir nutritional supplement delivers internally as a cellular nutritional supplement. Giving your body what it needs. The unique combination of ingredients that support the four core influences of aging within the Apriori Beauty line includes;

• Super antioxidants to protect against oxidative stress.
• Endocrine system modulators to protect against system imbalances as we age.
• Energy activators supporting mitochondrial efficiency.
• Longevity gene support to help prolong the life of healthy cells.

We tried this for 30 days - the bench mark for trying any brand product and absolutely loved it. Within just a few days it was clearly noticeable that energy and mood levels had been elevated. Seriously, I have never had more energy.

But this is not like a regular juice drink, and should not be taken as such. But as a supplement - only two table spoons a day (1 oz daily) should be taken to see great results.

The taste is also quite good as well, I enjoyed adding this to my daily juice drink in the morning. The results - more energy and vitality as well better looking skin.

The Lifeoxylin® Cellular Defense Elixir has an unprecedented ORAC value, zero artificial flavors, colors or sweeteners.

Lifeoxylin’s ® proprietary fruit, vegetable and exotic plant blend: Concord grape, Yellow carrot juice, Pear juice, Apple juice, Organic pineapple juice, Rhubarb, aloe vera gel, Goji juice, Organic purple carrot juice, Mango juice, CoQ-10, Quebracho, Polypodium, Resveratrol, Organic broccoli juice, Organic beet juice, Organic spinach juice, Organic Raspberry juice, Organic cranberry juice, Olive leaf, ATP, Blueberry, Cranberry, Noni, Acai, Mangosteen, Pomegranate, Grape seed, Blackberry, Strawberry, Escobillo (Barbados cherry), Purple grape, Quercetin, Wild blueberry, Wild bilberry, Tart cherry, Prune, Raspberry seed.

Celloxylin 30-DAY Celloxylin Celluar Age Advantage Set

The Celloxylin 30 day kit includes all the complete Celloxylin® Cellular Age Advantage™ system for face in a convenient boxed set. It's perfect for trying the complete set of the Apriori line alongside the elixir drink. Easy, simple and great for travel. (Each product in the 30 day boxed Celloxylin set is TSA-approved for carry-on luggage). The Celloxylin kit includes six products from the line's five step system for the face;

Step 1. Crème Cleanse

This gentle crème transforms into an ultra-light, foaming purifier that thoroughly cleanses while protecting the hydrolipid layer of the skin and delivering the benefits of the Nutrient Reservoir®. Rinses clean, leaving skin visibly smooth.

Usage: Morning and night. Wet skin with warm water. Using fingertips, gently massage a quarter-sized amount onto entire face for 30-60 seconds. Rinse thoroughly; pat dry.

Step 2. Activating Tonic

This ultra-cooling splash visibly transforms skin and prepares surface cells to receive and optimize the benefits from the Nutrient Reservoir®. Usage: Morning and night after cleansing. Splash tonic generously on a fresh cotton ball or pad, then apply evenly to face. Do not rinse off. Avoid eye area.

Step 3. Firming Complex

A burst of age advantage nutrients, protected in an advanced, natural delivery system, send a surge of protection to cells. This nutrient-rich pool also provides collagen and elastin support, visibly improves lines and wrinkles and refines pores.

Usage: Morning and night after Activating Tonic. Apply evenly to face, neck and décolleté. Allow this luminous serum to absorb and dry before applying moisturizer.

Step 4. Eye+Lip Age Eraser

This firming, nutrient-rich moisturizer is formulated specifically for the delicate skin around eyes and lips, where age shows first. Lines and wrinkles are visibly reduced and cells protected by the Nutrient Reservoir®.

Usage: Morning and night. Gently apply to outer eye and lips.

Step 5. Day Defense Plus

Protection is a given with this ultra-light moisturizer that helps defend against daily exposure. The Nutrient Reservoir® delivers and wraps each cell with ingredients that nourish and protect throughout the day.

Usage: Daily. Apply generously to entire face, neck and décolleté. Reapply every 2-3 hours when exposed to sun, water or sweating.

Night Repair 3Deep

To awaken refreshed is one thing, to look refreshed and youthful is another. Night Repair goes beyond surface protection from transdermal water loss to deliver deep what your skin needs from the Nutrient Reservoir® while cells are renewing during sleep.

Usage: Every night. Apply generously over entire face (avoiding eye area), neck and décolleté.

Overall using the Apriori Beauty line certainly makes for effective and excellence in skin care and body care. The combination of both Lifeoxylin® and Celloxylin® is as brilliant and exciting to use everyday - and truly gives amazing results.

And with a line that offers not only simplicity of usage, but within that such diversity of ingredients and application. We could not be happier to end our year with Apriori Beauty being crowned our Gold Beauty Product of 2011. Bravo!