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To protect your skin, use the right skin-care ingredients, and get on with your life.

WAKE UP YOUR FACE AND BODY
Nourish sun-damaged skin right in the shower with a skin-loving Jojba based scrub. This won't tear the skin and also gives immediate results. Exfoliate to reveal gorgeous skin!

OUT OF THE SHOWER
Tone up your T-zone with a light glycolic product that is all natural. Pack the bags under your eyes with an eye treatment that refreshes and pops the eyes. Essential ingredients- chamomile and eyebright hydrate your face with a Vitamin E based moisturizer that contains no alcohol. This will soothe and nourish your skin. Read more

This home entertainment center in a box is just as much TV and TiVo-like device as PC. Running next generation Microsoft Media Center PC software, the Media Center allows you to connect your cable or satellite dish and watch/record and playback TV on your PC. Read more

For serious graphics pros, color quality and consistency are essential. CRTs still rule when you need these attributes. Sony’s GDM-C520K is not just another monitor, but is a complete integrated display solution designed to deliver accurate, repeatable and superb color for the serious graphics pro or hobbyist. It comes with Sony’s state of the art 22-inch Trinitron flat CRT with a maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 dpi. The hood shields the screen from overhead lighting and helps eliminate glare and reflections. The monitor features a calibrated color sensor you attach once each 30 days to allow the system automatically to calibrate the monitor to your specifications and keep it that way over time. This is the finest CRT monitor we have ever tested. Around $1,800; www.sony.com

Our pick of the best PC system for Photoshop and other graphic-heavy applications is Dell’s new Dimension XPS. The “X” in XPS stands for “extreme,” and extreme this computer is. Read more

Microsoft’s Encarta Reference Library 2004 DVD is the must-have PC learning resource software package for the family. Thanks to larger hard drives and the DVD format, viewing encyclopedias on your computer is no longer a cumbersome multiple -CD process. This single DVD features real time web updates, tons of multimedia with bonus videos from the Discovery Channel plus an easy to navigate kid-friendly user interface. Read more

Kenwood is serious about Sirius Satellite Radio introducing its first dedicated home digital satellite receiver for the audiophile set. Its model DT-7000S has a high tech design that connects to any home audio receiver or pre-amp via its gold-plated RCA jacks or digital optical outputs. It also has a RS-232C port for more advanced systems. Read more

Meridian's highly regarded, high dollar, 500 and 800 series of audio products have won almost every award imaginable. Meridian's new value line adopts much of the industry-leading technology from aforementioned series into a more affordable line of products. Its new "G" series class of products revolves around the G68 multifunction processor at $6,995-$8,995 (depending upon configuration) and the accompanying G91 DVD player at $6,995. As a bonus, in a rare departure for Meridian, the new G series offers two choices of styling. There is a dramatic new silver-faced option, to accompany the traditional black "classic" Meridian look. $7-9K; www.meridian-audio.com

Apple’s super thin, sexy flat panel displays from 17-23-inches all deserve the Best of the Best Award. One look at the image quality of the 17-inch Studio Display and you’ll be hooked. Its Active Matrix TFT display has a resolution of 1280 x 1024 with 16.7 million vibrant and gorgeous colors with fine detail. Read more

At less than three pounds and only 1.7 -inches thick, Panasonic breaks the accessory mold by somehow squeezing an internal DVD ROM/CDRW in to this ruggedized ultra portable laptop. Thanks to the new smaller chip sets, size really doesn’t matter with the new generation ultra portables. The Toughbook CF-W2 is loaded with a 900MHz Pentium M with Centrino integrated wireless, 256MB of RAM, a 40GB Hard Drive and super bright 12 –inch XGA screen. Decent battery life, a SD card and USB 2.0 slot round out this featherweight that can take on most any heavyweight laptop. $2250; www.panasonic.com/toughbook

The 2004 BEST Magazine MobileFocus award winners/finalists are: Read more