My skin tends to be combination and a bit blemish prone. Throw in summer heat and humidity and you have one unhappy girl. I love facial masques for this very reason and mud masques tend to be my favorite. My skin has happily indulged in The Body Deli’s Glacial Mineral Mud Masque and has loved the results for my woes of summertime skin.

The Glacial Mineral Mud Masque is a delectable treat for your skin that needs to be refrigerated. Applying cold, thick mud across your face will make you a bit nostalgic of younger days and reminded me of a time when my brother, sister and I would make mud pies in the backyard and I’d somehow convince my sister to eat them (and she did!) The other good thing about applying a mud masque cold is how refreshing it feels when it is really hot out or better yet, after you just finished an intense workout with Turbo Jam.

The mud masque actually has some fragrance to it–slightly perfume-ish in a dirty, gritty way. And this masque does has a slight bit of grit to it, similar to if you scooped up some mineral-rich mud in your backyard. As the minutes pass with the masque on your face, you can feel your skin tighten. Once you rinse it away, you’ll notice that has absorbed the oil from your face.

My skin had been breaking out at the time I started using it and after using it twice in one week, my blemishes have disappeared. If you have dry skin, then you should only use it once a week. It is a pretty small jar for the money (2oz for $24) but well worth it. www.thebodydeli.com

Brown Sugar Smoothie, Treat’s bestselling body scrub, is back with a punch and has a new recipe. This new beauty brew is made with CoffeeBerry a super antioxidant containing caffeine to firm the skin, diminish dimples, fine lines and stretch marks.

Based on Treat Beauty’s mission to use sustainable natural and organic ingredients Brown Sugar Smoothie is made with organic coconut and soybean oils, wildcrafted shea butter and CoffeeBerry extract. Coffeeberry is native to the Oregon Coast Ranges where Treat Beauty is based. Not only does it have the advantage of being naturally derived CoffeeBerry is also one of the most powerful antioxidants known to man. This makes it highly effective in the treatment of fine lines, sunspots and other photoaging symptoms. Brown Sugar Smoothie is the first body scrub on the market containing CoffeeBerry.

CoffeeBerry contains caffeine and antioxidants to perk up the skin. Caffeine works to reduce cellulite by actually reducing the thickness and size of the fat cells beneath the skin. Researchers and scientists feel that the caffeine may temporarily dehydrate the fat cells beneath the skin which in turn will cause them to shrink.

Brown Sugar Smoothie is a 16oz spa in a jar treatment and retails for $32 at www.treatbeauty.com

Volcanoes really only came into my vocabulary when my father moved to Hawaii several years ago. Mainly to calm my 6 year old’s fear that hot lava will not swallow his grandfather up. It was to my delight that I showed Connor MAC’s newest collection Future Earth and explained to him how volcanic ash were what made these products special. With wide eyes he watched as I opened the Volcanic Ash Exfoliator and allowed him to use a small dollop on his arm.

The Volcanic Ash Exfoliator is an amazing product that foams when it comes into contact with water and gently exfoliates with the ash and fine sugar crystals. It will be a little awkward as you feel like you are covering your skin in watery black ink…like your Bic exploded and you feel a little experimental. This exfoliator is very messy as it splashes onto your shower walls as you massage it over your skin. Yet, when you rinse it down the drain, your skin seems to come to life and is amazingly polished.

The Prep+Prime Microfine Lip Refinisher is very similar to tarte cosmetics FRXtion in its duality of a lip exfoliator on one side and a lip conditioner on the other. The difference is obviously that MAC’s exfoliator has microfine bits of volcanic ash. You can simply swipe the exfoliating portion across your lips and then use your finger tip to massage the pieces over your skin. Wipe off with a cotton pad and apply the vanilla-flavored lip conditioner. Your lips will feel amazing (and even look amazing when you apply MAC’s Dazzle Glass in Comet Blue.)

Are you loving these products too? If you haven’t had the chance to try them out yet, swing by your local MAC store and grab them before they’re gone!