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7 New July Products We're Fighting Over

New July buys that will fix your frizz, hide fine lines
by Dawn Davis
It was just a matter of time before the CC cream craze branched out to yet another category. (We told you about CC cream for your hair.) But CC for eyes makes so much more sense. Most of us are far more interested in hiding (oh, excuse me, "color correcting") those dark, punched-in-the-eye circles hanging out below our eyes.

This creamy formula covers up those haven't-slept-in-days circles, and makes my eyes look infinitely brighter -- like I slept for 10 hours on a pillow made of rainbows. I'll take this over a basic concealer any day.

Oribe pretty much invented the dry spray category with Oribe Dry Texture Spray, a dry shampoo-beach spray hybrid with the line's signature divine scent. It was a runaway success, which is why Oribe added two new sprays in the dry spray family. My favorite is this thickening spray. Mist it on your hair, and I kid you not, you'll see your hair double in volume. You really have to see it to believe it.

My skin drives me batty in the summer. My freckles are magnified, I'm constantly blotting my shiny forehead, and my pores feel like soup bowls when the mercury rises. But Nanoblur is easing a lot of my summer beauty angst. It's like a primer, except you can also use it over makeup, and it hides imperfections -- blurring them, if you will. Fine lines, freckles, pores, shine -- buh-bye.

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Nioxin Definition Creme, $17

Nioxin Definition Creme, $17
When it's 99 degrees with 99-percent humidity, there's generally only one hair solution: an updo. Most serums weigh down my fine and frizz-prone hair. Nioxin just launched a new line of styling products for us wispy hair types, and it happens to include this great cream. You can use it as a leave-in before you style, and I also touch up my mid-afternoon frizzies with it.

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DDF Revolve 500, $139

DDF Revolve 500, $139
If you love the DDF Revolve, you're going to freak out over this new, souped-up version. And if you've never tried it before, this is your moment. It's an incredible exfoliator -- similar to microdermabrasion, but much more gentle and easy to do at home. As the name suggests, it rotates 500 times per minute. If that can't get your face clean, nothing will.

July is the month of extremes in beauty reality. On the one hand, we're inundated with images of perfectly tanned, toned, flawless women cavorting on beaches. On the other hand, there's ... the rest of us. We sweat. Our makeup melts. Don't even get me started on the hair. And I shudder to think of the actual amount of time I spend slathering myself in SPF.

The only thing keeping me from turning into an unbearable summer whiner is this handful of fun, new products. From a skin care serum that hides fine lines and minimizes shine to a cream that smoothes the surliest, humidity-frizzed hair, these seven July beauty buys make me happy about the fact that its summertime again. Truckloads of summer-related products roll into the office, but these are the very best of the bunch -- the ones we're playing rock-paper-scissors for to see who gets to take 'em home.
BY DAWN DAVIS | JUL 2, 2013 | SHARES
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