CEW Beauty Insider's Choice Awards: Cleanser & Scrubs.

While I have a lot of favorite cleansers & scrubs, it is one category product I never tire of trying. I was thrilled to try some of the best from the CEW Beauty Insider's Choice Awards. These are the finalists in both the mass and prestige categories.

FACIAL SKINCARE: Cleanser & Scrub Mass

• Avon Products, Inc. - Anew Clinical Advanced Dermabrasion System - One of my favorite new products, you dial up the intensity of exfoliation as your skin gets used to it.The formula contains three key active ingredients – Aluminum Oxide Crystals, Polyethylene Polishing Beads and Advanced Polymers – designed to treat dullness, enlarged pores, discoloration, fine lines and wrinkles.
• Clean & Clear - Morning Burst Detoxifying Facial Cleanser -This is a favorite of my daughters. It is a daily facial cleanser formulated with BURSTING BEADS (that she still gets tickled over) and antioxidants that work to rejuvenate skin. The beads gently massage her skin, creating an invigorating sensation as it lathers and cleans.
• Neutrogena - Wave Power Cleanser and Deep Clean Foaming Pads - This easy to hold beauty is another product that my daughter swears by (especially since she saw Vanessa Hudgens in the commercial!). This is a battery-operated, water-resistant cleansing device that works better to clean skin. Pre-dosed, single-use, textured pads (that are included) gently sweep away layers of dead skin cells to reveal noticeably smoother and softer skin after just one use. Once you go through your set of pads that come with The Wave, you can pick up refills.
• Olay - Definity Penetrating Foaming Mousse Cleanser -This is a light but effective, fast-acting foam that expands down to the pores to remove micro-residue for visibly reduced pores after just one use. It penetrates through dirt, oil and make-up to deeply purify skin and even skin tone. It is a gentle aerated formula containing Glucosamine and a micro-polishing complex to protect skin’s moisture and visibly even overall skin tone.
• Yes To Tomatoes - Trouble Free Face Wash - This Face Wash is made with lycopene, found in organic red fruits and vegetables, to help brighten, refine and purify combination to oily skin. It's also made with 26 rich minerals from the Dead Sea that help detoxify and mineralize the skin naturally.

FACIAL SKINCARE: Cleanser & Scrub Prestige

• Clinique - Redness Solutions Soothing Cleanser - This mild but effective formula removes makeup, dirt and oil, leaving skin comfortable and smooth, never flushed or tight. To immediately soothe irritated skin, this formula includes several ingredients including Sea Whip and Oat Extract.
• Fresh - Appleseed Brightening Exfoliant - Mechanical and non-mechanical exfoliators sweep away dead skin cells without irritating the skin to promote a glowing, flawless complexion. As pomegranate seeds and bamboo gently sweep away dry, dull skin, leaving a renewed complexion, the citrus fruit acids, non-mechanical exfoliators, help enhance cellular turnover, revitalizing and softening the skin. Appleseed oil nourishes, protects and is rich in essential fatty acids, offering purely radiant skin.
• Korres Natural Products - Pomegranate Cleansing and Makeup Removing Wipes - Pomegranate Cleansing and Makeup Removing Wipes are formulated to clean and nourish skin with time-tested natural ingredients that instantly clean and remove makeup, leaving skin hydrated and refreshed.
• philosophy - Foaming Purity Made Simple - My favorite Purity Cleanser in it's newest foam form still works as gently as it's original formula, just in a lighter, airy way.
• shu uemura - Brightening Cleansing Oil - This is Shu's latest breakthrough in his famed skincare cleansing oils that blends the best elements of nature, science and art to brighten the face. This one was made to cleanse and help to fade dark spots and correct dull skin and skin inflammation.

CEW Beauty Insider's Choice Awards: Acne Treatment.

I am so thankful that I never really had a big acne problem. Maybe a pimple here or there, but nothing that I ever really stressed over. Watching my teenagers, though, I know how much they stress over the occasional pimple. And both my daughters and sons friends have come to me for advice when it comes to what it best for treating acne. What do I do? I usually have to go to a friends blog and search out for the answer. Not now. As us beauty insiders know best (well, except for me in the acne department), I can turn to this list of finalists to make my recommendations.

Here are this years finalists in the Acne Treatment category in the CEW Beauty Insider's Choice Awards.

FACIAL SKINCARE: Acne Treatment

• Aveda - Outer Peace Cooling Masque - A mask that is infused with high-performance plant extracts to instantly calm and soothe skin, while helping to unclog and reduce the appearance of pores.
• Avon Products, Inc. - Clearskin Professional Acne Treatment System - Not only professional in strength, this is a professional recommended product. With three of the hardest working acne fighting ingredients – Zinc Hexapeptide-11, Salicylic Acid and Glycolic Acid, these products are designed to work together. Included in this set is a Deep Pore Cleansing Scrub, Clarifying Toner Pads, and Daily Correcting Lotion.
• Clean & Clear - Advantage Blackhead Eraser Exfoliating Cleanser - This is a new handy device that comes with single-use pads. These pads are lightly textured and formulated with breakthrough oil-dissolving technology: ACELERA Complex and salicylic acid to banish blackheads. It’s ergonomic shape and slip-free grip make it easy to maneuver over blackhead prone areas.
• Kiehls Since 1851 - Acne Blemish Control Daily Skin-Clearing Treatment - With a trio of Dioic Acid, Salicylic Acid and Lypo Hydroxy Acid, this cream not only clears up acne fast, it also can be used as a daily treatment to help fade acne marks over time. My daughter used this treatment three times and her little pimple all but disappeared.
• Neutrogena - Rapid Clear Fight & Fade Gel - Rapid Clear Fight & Fade Gel has a unique 2-in-1 formula that reduces breakouts in eight hours and fades the look of post-acne marks for clearer, more even-toned skin. Rapid it is!

CEW Beauty Insider's Choice Awards: Men's Grooming.

Yes, the men deserve their own category, and I was happy to see more entries into this Men's Grooming category this year.

Here are the finalists in the CEW Beauty Insider's Choice Awards for Men's Grooming.

MEN'S GROOMING: Men's Grooming

• Aveda Men - Pure-Formance Exfoliating Shampoo - A weekly exfoliating shampoo that promotes a noticeably smoother, healthier looking and feeling scalp.The formula removes dull, dead skin cells, excess oil, product build-up and other surface impurities with 100% naturally derived exfoliants made of walnut shells and jojoba beads.
• AXE Hair - Messy Look Paste -Messy Look Paste is part of a new generation of styling products from AXE Hair that gives guys’ hair a messy, just-out-of-bed look.
• Neutrogena - Men's Invigorating Face Wash - A foaming gel cleanser specifically designed for a man’s face. It is clinically proven to remove excess surface oil and dirt, while improving the overall appearance of a man’s skin. Formulated with cooling ingredients, this refreshing gel cleanser leaves skin feeling fresh and clean for hours without over-drying.
• PUIG USA - Prada Infusion d'Homme After Shave Balm for Men -A lightweight, daily emulsion balm. Lightly scented, with notes of Prada Infusion d'Homme, it soothes, moisturizes and regenerates the skin after shaving.
• ZIRH Holdings LLC - Drenched - A rich face cream that restores moisture balance to firm and plump skin with continuous hydration. Drenched leaves skin feeling toned while protecting against free radicals and environmental toxins. A unique blend of ingredients, specially formulated for men’s skin, Drenched helps to maintain elasticity while stimulating moisture retention.

If you are looking to get your man started on a grooming routine, you know that one of these would make a great first choice.