So in order to offset those days when we just don’t quite fuel our bodies with enough free radical-fighting and antioxidant-rich foods there is Pure Inventions. Pure Inventions is kind of like giving your body that B12 shot it so desperately needs.

Started by two women who are clinical nutritionists, Pure Inventions combines health and beauty research into six product lines that deliver nutrition in a tiny dropper. All you do is combine with water or top on your oatmeal and let Pure Inventions do the rest of the work.

Ranging from cocoa extracts (think Hershey’s chocolate syrup with no calories and a hint of vanilla) to tranquility extracts that combine passionflower with the calming effects of magnesium, Pure Inventions has a beauty-starts-from-within product for you.

The company sent DietsInReview two samples: A Fruit Extract and the Fit & Slender. The extracts are a bit more dense and gritty than you might suspect. Since they are concentrated forms of berry extracts like acai, pomegranate, grape and elderberry, the taste by itself is strong so I recommend diluting it with water or even mix in a thick yogurt like a low-fat Greek yogurt.

I definitely felt healthy taking the extracts, but I can’t tell if it was the placebo effect working or the extermination of all the disease-causing free radicals that had suddenly left my body, or perhaps a mysterious combination of the two.

All of the Pure Inventions elixirs are calorie-free and don’t contain any artificial sweeteners, alcohol, stimulants or preservatives. Each 2-ounce bottle ranges in cost from $25 to $40.

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Pure Inventions: An Elixir of Antioxidants

If you have never seen Dr. Oz in action, you must catch an episode of Oprah, where his charming demeanor, frank candor and encyclopedic medical brain tackles the common and not-so common health issues.

This latest book takes a tough look at what we believe beauty to be. It debunks some popular myths about beauty and calls into question many of the supposed beautifying lotions and potions that we have eaten up, slathered on our bodies or shelled over some serious cash for and instead points out why these products actually do more harm to our health than good.

The bottom line from You: Being Beautiful is that beauty is not the lipstick you wear or the dress size you wear, but rather beauty is a combo of these two factors: health and happiness.

If in fact beauty is not in the eye of the beholder, instead by you the beholden who cultivates happiness and health, you will have no choice but to exude this inner and outer beauty and therefore be deemed beautiful in the eyes of those who see and know you.

Drs. Oz and Roizen don’t promise you that by drinking acai juice and practicing yoga everyday that you’ll turn into Heidi Klum, but they suggest that doing a few things to your everyday routine will enhance your health and how you feel about yourself. No lifestyle factor is left out of their equation to help along your beauty journey. From finances to spirituality to eating brain-boosting foods, You: Being Beautiful encompasses the totality of what it is to be alive and beautiful.

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Feel Alive and Gorgeous with You: Being Beautiful

Created by fashion and beauty journalist Karen Robinovitz, the goal was to allow you to attend a soiree feeling and looking sexy, and completely able to avoid the temptation of appetizers. Huge Lips Skinny Hips’ Website, under its manufacturing name Purple Lab, makes you feel like you’ve walked into a seductive burlesque show, inviting you to use the hoodia lip gloss as much for weight loss as you would to feel sexy and beautiful.

The site offers a statistic that women ingest nine pounds of lipstick in their lifetime. Karen figured that everytime you lick your lips, wearing her Huge Lips Skinny Hips gloss, you might as well be getting something out of it. The texture is described as thin and silky, not tacky or too sticky. It includes Meadowfoam, a moisturizer with Vitamin E to keep your lips soft. Lemon peel oil is included to reverse any stinging sensation when applied. The lip-plumping action comes from Vitamin B6, which stimulates blood flow in the lips, giving you a steamy pout. It also includes orange peel extract, to boost metabolism, and hoodia, the long-celebrated South African cactus that has helped tribesman naturally fight hunger via appetite suppression for centuries. Hoodia, as found in Huge Lips Skinny Hips, contains a molecule called P57, which triggers signals in the brain that let your body know you’re full (even if you’re really not).

Staying true to its provocative brand image, Huge Lips Skinny Hips comes in six pink- and red-toned colors, with suggestive names like Kitty Poledancer, Red Sole, Lychee Martini, and Love Your Thighs. You can purchase the hoodia lip gloss in person at the luxury beauty counter Space.NK in Bloomingdale’s in limited locations (NY, CA, Chicago and Miami).

Here’s the hot introductory video from the Purple Lab site:

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