Sustaining silky smooth sexy summer skin

USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), July, 2004

It's true what they say: When you look good, you feel good. And when a product makes you feel good, it makes a difference in your day. With summer upon us, we are showing a lot more skin. It would be great if we had the time (and budget) to visit a spa to get exfoliated and hydrated, thus ridding ourselves of our dull, flaky outer layer. Until we're able to work that luxury out, we've found some wonderful products from the Aria Spa, Santa Barbara, Calif., that have made our skin look and feel amazing.

For the body, there's Exfoli-Ava (6.8 oz. $34), a blend of marine extracts, natural ingredients, and botanical oils that gently exfoliates dead skin. Just rub it on, shower off, and feel revitalized by the sea fennel extract and spearmint oil. Follow this up with Viva Quench (6.8 oz., $28), with its silky, nongreasy, macadamia and milk formula, which simply dis appears into your skin and contains multilayer liposomes to provide continuous time-release action. For the face, try Glowing Gommage (1.7 oz., $42), formulated with bamboo powder and oaf bran, to cleanse and exfoliate while gently toning and refining the texture of the skin. To even out any pigmentation problems, enjoy Enlightening Brightener (1 oz., $48), with emblica and date fruit extracts, to normalize and inhibit the production of excess melanin.

Based on the underlying philosophy of balance in all things, the Avia skin care line incorporates an Eastern and Western ingredient into each product to produce synergy in your beauty regime. Whatever the reasoning behind the formulations, they smell and feel wonderful. For more information, visit www.aviaspa.com.