More accurately, a product to erase the party from your skin. No matter how much you tell yourself that second - or third - cocktail doesn’t hurt your skin, it just isn’t true. Drinking alcohol can reduce Vitamin A levels in your body. Vitamin A is an antioxidant that helps with cell turnover. Translation? Drinking leaves a gross pile of dead skin on your face. Alcohol can also be dehydrating, leading to flakiness. Too much salt has a similar effect. So, now you know.

Because the Shop Tart does not want to be a total buzz kill, she’s going to tell you all about a product that can help. She does not want you to give up any cocktails. (Well. Maybe she would like you to give up the third. Mos def you should pass up the fourth.) For Christmas, she received the Clarisonic Pro as a gift. It’s available at Pout and is the best thing around for removing dirt, deep-cleaning skin and brushing away those dead party cells.

And…every time she uses it, the Shop Tart finds herself thinking of raps to the beat of Supersonic by J.J. Fad. “The C is for clear and the L is for lovely…the A is for awesome ’cause y’all know I like that bubbly…the R is for real pretty and the I is for ill*…” Love it.

Anyhow. The Clarisonic is great. The Shop Tart uses it in the shower on her face, elbows, upper arms (where those little white bumps show up in winter) and a few other places. Ahem. It comes with a neat little charger - and seems to hold charge for several days, so you could probably skip taking the charger on a short vacation.

Once you use it, you’ll be so into it you won’t want to forgo Clarisonic cleansing on vacation - because you know you won’t be avoiding the cocktails - so you’ll need the mini version, Mia. Same product, smaller package. You could use this one at home, too.

Pout also stocks replacement brush heads and this alternative, the body brush. And, y’all, swimsuit season is almost here, snow or not.

Whichever one you choose, make sure you brush away the results of that really fun weekend, m’kay?

Pout also has a brand new product from Clarisonic and they’re throwing a party for it. The Shop Tart is looking forward to the happy hour tomorrow afternoon. (Actually, it’s two hours, 4 to 6 pm.) Recently, the Shop Tart has noticed tell-tale crow’s feet around her eyes. There’s no nice, happy way to put that, is there? She is not above blurring them out with iPhoto when she can and she has a real obsession with eye cream. The new Clarisonic Opal may be a better solution. According to the Clarisonic website, “The Clarisonic Opal Sonic Infusion System combines our new sonic infusion technology with our Anti-Aging Sea Serum for results as beautiful as they are dramatic. Opal’s soothing sonic action gently infuses the serum into the epidermis to help refresh and renew the appearance of delicate skin around your eye area. In just one minute a day, study participants report an immediately noticeable reduction of fine lines and wrinkles, and firmer, more hydrated skin.” The Shop Tart has totally noticed a reduction in lines from using the Clarisonic Pro, so she tends to believe the hype. (Her dermatologist asked her recently what she was doing and told her her skin looked great!)

Tomorrow from 4 to 6 pm, head to Pout to see the Clarisonic Opal in action. A representative from Clarisonic will be there to demonstrate and answer any questions you have. In somewhat related news, did you know you always get a 10 percent discount at Pout with a same-day receipt from VanJean and vice versa? True story. Need a lip gloss? Snap it up and get 10 percent off that fab bag. Need a new pair of Spanx? Score them at VanJean and get 10 percent off your brand new, life-changing Clarisonic! Speaking of VanJean, they are unpacking loads of new things for spring every single day. (The steamer is always in action as they hang one slice of fabulous after another.) Here are just a few of the new things…

Keep your eye on Pout and VanJean, because there a big changes in the works - changes that will make staying beautiful and dressing well even more convenient for you!

In other news, the Shop Tart recently discovered a cheap treat to get rid of dusty winter skin. Of all people, her baby brother recommended it. On a recent beach trip, she was whining about dry skin. He rolled his eyes and mumbled something like, “You need cocoa butter, man, and shea.” The Shop Tart loves a new product and headed straight to CVS where she found Lubriderm moisturizing lotion with shea and cocoa butter. Finding lotion, however, is rarely the problem. She hates applying it in winter, when it’s too cold to stand around completely nude and put ice cold cream all over her body. But she had a thought. She now keeps the pump bottle in the shower. When she’s finished with her shower, she shuts off the water, dries herself and applies the lotion, right there in the shower, where the steam keeps her warm and the lotion sinks into her skin. (The Clarisonic Pro actually helps products you put on the skin work better, because the products don’t rest on top of the aforementioned dead skin cells.) Bonus: Because the lotion lives in the shower, it warms up a bit.

Happy Moisturizing and Sloughing and don’t forget to tell them you read it on the Shop Tart!

P.S. Please welcome new sponsors, Dianne’s on Devine and DiPrato’s and do check out their listings in the Shop Tart’s Guide to Columbia!

* The good kind of “ill.” Obvi.

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