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2007 Sugar Awards: Best Acne Fighter
Well, this "best of" skin care category was a wash. (Get it?) There wasn't a clear winner for Best Acne Fighter, but I'm loving some of the comments you made. DejaVecu has been using the Body Shop's tea tree oil system, and it's been great for her.
2007 Sugar Awards: Best Body Moisturizer
Wowsers! The tallies of this year's best body moisturizer were close. At 12 percent was The Body Shop Body Butter, at 11 percent was Vaseline Cocoa Butter, and at 10 percent was Nivea Body Original Moisture Daily Lotion.
2007 Sugar Awards: Best Mascara
I must say that I'm pretty surprised about this year's mascara winner considering that Mirenesse Secret Weapon is an Australian brand which isn't easily accessible here in the States. Not only did it win, but it blew all of the other choices out of the water.
In second place was Dior Diorshow Black Out, and Lancôme Courbe Virtuose came in third.
2007 Sugar Awards: Best Beauty Tool
You've voted, and once again, the results were very close. Squeezing past Shu Uemura eyelash curlers by a margin of less than 10 votes, Tweezerman tweezers garnered first place. I confess that years ago, I didn't understand the hype, but after you use a good pair of tweezers, you'll never want to go back to the two-dollar version again.
2007 Sugar Awards: Best Beauty Breakthrough
It looks like affordable at-home microdermabrasion kits were the big winners of the beauty breakthrough category for 2007. I am surprised about this one since I thought for sure that Botox and zit-zapping gadgets like Zeno and ThermaClear were far more popular — but the stats don't lie.
I actually just received Nature's Gate Organics Microdermabrasion Skin Refining Kit $38.50 as a gift and you guys have just really pumped me up to try it out.
2007 Sugar Awards: Best Eye Shadow
Wow, MAC certainly swept the Best Eye Shadow category. Its shadows garnered a full third of votes, probably due to its ability to, as Hemlyn puts it, "blend like a dream." I noticed a lot of write-in votes for Urban Decay, too, pointing out its amazing color choices.
2007 Sugar Awards: Best Concealer
This year's best concealer is actually an oldie but goodie. You voted Laura Mercier's Secret Camouflage foundation as your favorite. I couldn't be happier since it's a product that I've really grown to love myself.
2007 Sugar Awards: Best Nail Polish
I can't say that I'm shocked by the results of this year's winner for best nail polish. While one brand in particular didn't win, it looks like black stole the show with total of 19 percent of the votes. Dark purple came in second place, and navy, and other inky blue hues came in at close third.
2007 Sugar Awards: Best Foundation
Drum roll, please! The winner of 2007's best foundation is Bare Escentuals bareMinerals SPF 15 Foundation. A whopping 30 percent of you chose this product, and based on your comments, you like the fact that this natural-looking foundation makes your skin look really even in photos.
2007 Sugar Awards: Best All-in-One Palette
You've voted for your favorite makeup palette of 2007, and the winner is thiiiiis close to being a tie. While the Sephora Blockbuster palette came in first place, it beat the I Love Dior palette by only three points. What's more, 22 percent of you had write-in votes ranging from the Tarte We Wish You Wealth palette to the pricey, but gorgeous, Laura Mercier Beauty Library.
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