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8 Beauty Trends to Get on Board With, Stat

The best beauty trends from our sixth annual TotalBeauty.com Awards

by Dawn Davis, Allie Flinn | COMMENT

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Look on the Bright Side Raise you hand if you want a more radiant, even skin tone? Yeah, we thought so. Even if you don't have dark spots or hyperpigmentation, a brightening product can work wonders on your skin. Seemingly every other skin care product we received this year boasted brightening effects, but there were a few standout formulations that left our skin absolutely glowing.

For serious dark spots, editors raved about RéVive Perfectif Even Skin Tone Serum, $325, and awarded it an honorable mention. They noticed their brighter skin and diminished dark spots in just a few weeks, thanks to the formula that was inspired by Nobel Prize-winning technology. Our winner, ProActiv Advanced Dark Spot Correcting Serum, $50, took top honors for its ability to even skin tone without being irritating.

Eve Lom's Brightening Cream, $110, impressed us with its light texture and bevy of powerful ingredients -- including a brightening peptide that blocks melanin production in your skin, along with soothing ingredients, like rose otto oil, aloe vera and allantoin. Dolce and Gabbana's newly launched skin care line also included an array of skin-brightening products, like a brightening essence/lotion hybrid, $72, that's light enough to add to your daily and nightly routine without making you feel like you're packing on too many products.

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