Can a simple manicure tool be luxurious? Well, if it can be, this one is. The one I received was bought at Harrod’s in London, but you can get them at high end department stores the word over. So, what’s the big deal? Besides the fact that they come packaged in an understated velvet pouch, the files themselves are really beautiful. The frosted crystal doesn’t look like something you want to push to the back of your cosmetics drawer, it deserves its own spot on its vanity.

But not only are they beautiful, they’re totally practical and basically indestructible. They smooth beautifully and then you just give them a quick rinse off and they’re just like new. It may be too late for me to fill all my girlfriend’s stockings with these, but there’s always next year.

Seriously, this gorgeous little trunk has everything, including a perfect for the holidays red lipstick, and two pots of Bobbi Brown’s famous gel liner. Not to mention a great array of brushes, moisturizers, and shadows, all full-sized, all bestsellers. The sleek black box is a gift itself, with a beautiful red interior and a giant application mirror. This gift set is only available for the 2010 holiday season, so snatch one up quick and check someone special off your Christmas list.

Nicole Vitale, senior director of Equinox spas, says of the new treatment, “While our new gold mask is simply beautiful, its real benefits are a matter of complex chemistry and biology. Gold powder, when combined with the proper level of silk extract, blocks free radicals to help the skin regenerate quicker and fuller. After a single treatment, your face will look and feel firmer, fresher and vibrant.”

The treatment is preceded by their famous traditional European facial, so you get all the pampering plus the gold. Sounds like an amazing way to spend an afternoon after braving the department store holiday sales.

Luckily, it doesn’t actually smell like fish eggs. Balenciaga’s caviar scrub is scented with the line’s signature violet fragrance. Yummy as it is, it smells a little too flowery to eat. The rich black microbeads float in a moisturizing gel. When you rub them on your skin, they burst in an explosion of exfoliation, smoothing away dull flakes and replenishing your skin’s vibrancy at the same time.

While this scrub would make a more than fabulous stocking stuffer, but the fragrance can be a little overwhelming, so make sure that special someone is fond of it before you make this little splurge.

It’s a $14 million dollar makeup set that includes personally formulated lipstick and mascara. The makeup itself, besides being made from the finest ingredients available, is encapsulated  in containers made of 18k gold, diamonds and other precious gems.

The Socialite collection is top of the line, personalized, over-the top makeup – created uniquely to match the taste of the individual placing the order. Does beauty get any better than this?

The BainUltra features Hydro-thermo massage, aromatherapy & chromatherapy as well as forty water jets!  The backrest alone is heated and you will enjoy the arm & neck massagers to no end. 

This bathtub is fully customizable with five basic shaped.  Cost for one of these babies?  Around $3,000. Worth it?  Yep, every penny.  Do I hear Valentine’s Day gift?  I think you do.  Loud & clear. 

Via:  Shiny Shiny

Shower Shock is a caffeinated soap scented with peppermint oil & infused with caffeine anhydrous.  Each 1.5 ounce bar contains about 200 milligrams of caffeine per serving.

No more coffee worries, just soap up & wake up.

Via:  Think Geek 

Their olive oil shower gel can be used both for hair and body. It’s made with Italian olive oil, jojoba oil, and pure essential oils.

As a shower gel, this unique product is great for dry skin and sensitive skin. It’s rich in moisture and very mild. Used as a shampoo, it is cleansing and conditioning, and brings out a great healthy shine.

What else could you want?  Shower on up, maybe add some basil & oregano and you’re ready for the evening!  Cost, $13.

Today I was gallivanting around Forbes and noticed a Most Expensive Cosmetics article.  This one blew me away.  $600 for one ounce of volumizing serum.  It’s like, pay the car payment for the month, or battle the wrinkles.  You decide.

Made with keratinocyte growth factor, this serum is said to turn over dead skin cells eight times faster than normal skin, plumping trouble areas like frown lines and crow’s feet.

Dr. Gregory Brown, RéVive’s founder and president and a plastic surgeon, says he never intended to use his research on epidermal growth factor–published in 1989 in the New England Journal of Medicine–to make a skincare line.

“I started making it for my mother and me, then I started giving it to patients, and then a friend of a friend was head of Neiman Marcus and suggested I started making it for the store,” he says.

Available at Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and http://www.reviveskincare.com/.

His so-called “couture cut” is just what you need.  You will be treated to champagne, hors d’oeuvres (ôr dûrvz’) and all that goes along with having your locks done by one of the best of the best. Cost, $2500.

I hope he doesn’t look at me like that when I’m getting my new do, I think I’d have to run away.