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"I think we can all agree that Jennifer Aniston is the poster child for gorgeous, crazy-glowy skin. I mean, homegirl is 43 and she has the face of a high school cheerleader. EXHIBIT A This photo is in the dictionary, next to the definition of &amp;quot;glowy.&amp;quot; But when I read how she got that glow, I decided I&amp;#x27;d stick with my slightly lackluster skin. From Celebitchy: &amp;quot;Back in February, Jennifer Aniston appeared on Conan O&amp;#x27;Brien&amp;#x27;s show to promote Wanderlust. She ended up discussing the one time she did a chemical peel, telling Conan, &amp;#x27;I did this thing called like, a peel. It&amp;#x27;s extremely intense&amp;amp;#8212;you don&amp;amp;#8217;t realize you look like a battered burn victim for a week ... Then it just kind of falls off&amp;amp;#8212;for eight days. It was horrifying.&amp;#x27; The &amp;#x27;it&amp;#x27; being all of the dead skin.&amp;quot; Horrifying, indeed. (If you&amp;#x27;re not sufficiently horrified, Google &amp;quot;cyndi lauper chemical peel.&amp;quot; Do NOT do this 45 minutes before or after you eat your lunch.) So when a beauty company offered to give me a chemical peel &amp;quot;lite,&amp;quot; I was hesitant, to say the least. But they threw around words like &amp;quot;smaller pores,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;improved clarity,&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;softer skin&amp;quot; AND they promised that my face wouldn&amp;#x27;t shed itself for a week post-treatment. In fact, that said I&amp;#x27;d be able to leave the visit makeup-free. Intriguing, right? So yesterday I went in for an Exuviance Performance Peel facial, and forget about burning&amp;amp;#8212;it didn&amp;#x27;t even sting! Not even a little bit! And my skin was pretty glowy post-treatment! (Yes, I kept staring at myself in store windows to double-check!) Exuviance products are available over-the-counter, so they&amp;#x27;re not the crazy-intense chemicals you&amp;#x27;d get in a doctor&amp;#x27;s office peel. Getting results does take a little longer. They recommend starting three months pre-wedding in order to be totally glowy on your wedding day. But I&amp;#x27;d rather follow a gentle three-month regimen than have my entire face fall off over eight days. (Unlike Jennifer Aniston and Cyndi Lauper, I have to leave the house most days! (Note to self: Hire staff to do my out-of-house bidding.)) And a six-week supply of the Exuviance peel will only set you back $72. (A single chemical treatment at a doctor&amp;#x27;s office can cost at least twice that!) Obviously you&amp;#x27;re all gorgeous as-is and no one NEEDS to do a pre-wedding peel, but since you&amp;#x27;re going to spend the entire day being photographed, why not give your skin a little TLC? Would you try a chemical peel before your wedding? Or do chemicals still totally freak you out? I&amp;#x27;m going to keep up my Exuviance for another couple months&amp;amp;#8212;I&amp;#x27;ll let you know how it goes!&amp;amp;#8212;but there&amp;#x27;s no way I&amp;#x27;m getting a hardcore peel&amp;amp;#8212;probably ever! More miscellaneous wedding stuff: * As a Bridesmaid, Would You Rather Wear a Short Dress or a Long One? * Some Non-Ugly Stamps to Jazz Up Your Wedding Invites * A Super-Cute (Super-Cheap!) Way to Package Your Favors Photo: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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