Can you keep a secret?

Admit it. You spent most of Benjamin Button wondering how anyone could possibly have skin so luminous, so inhumanly perfect. When she graced the cover of Vanity Fair, you lusted after her complexion, rather than that fabulous Ralph Lauren dress. And when you learned that Cate Blanchett, she of the flawless ivory skin and equally flawless, incredibly nuanced performances, credited her outer beauty to SK-II, you happily forked over more money than you thought possible for that timelessly elegant glass bottle.

I know. Because I did too.

Like Button, SK-II was born under unusual circumstances. Although it sounds more geek than chic, the line traces its roots not to a laboratory but to a humble sake factory in Japan. After noticing the youthful appearance of the workers’ hands, scientists spent years identifying the ingredients that would produce the same effect. Pitera – the resulting combination of vitamins, amino acids, minerals and organic acids that is the company’s Secret Key to Beautiful Skin – is the proprietary complex included in all SKI-II products, including the cornerstone of this line: Facial Treatment Essence.

The colorless, clear liquid more than keeps its promises. Absorbing almost instantly into skin, it moisturizes, smoothes and brightens, helping to “restore vital balance by promoting the skin’s natural 28-day surface renewal process.” Try it, and you’ll never look at skincare – or aging – the same way.

Go ahead. Treat yourself to the one product that may actually help you age backward.

I’ll never tell.

Ice Ice, Baby

Remember when you thought Vanilla Ice was cool?

Your taste in music may have changed (parachute pants, anyone?) but you still keep ahead of all the hottest trends. And you always do it in style.

You’re the girl who always looks perfectly polished, even on the hottest summer day. The one who glistens, but never sweats. Who discovered the newest craze in ice tea long before the crazy geniuses at Snapple. DuWop ice teas, that is.

Brought to you by the creators of cult fave Lip Venom, these translucent balms come in mouthwatering flavors like white peach, strawberry kiwi, passionfruit, and black currant. Packed with jojoba oil, aloe, and – what else? – green tea extract, these lip gloss/lipstick hybrids provide “a subtle cooling effect, and the slightest hint of color,” as well as to-die-for-taste.

What could be cooler than that?

Beauty Bank

If you're anything like me, you'd blow your entire paycheck at Sephora to get your hands on the hottest new beauty products -- the ones that are more technologically advanced than anything NASA could come up with, that tempt you from the carefully edited pages of Allure, that promise to transform everything from your face to your finances.

If you're anything like me, you probably also have a closet full of barely used products. A stash of beautifully packaged, scientifically proven face creams and lipsticks and shampoos that, for a brief moment in time, you absolutely could not live without.

But, if you're anything like me, you also have that drawer (or makeup case, or vanity) that holds the few things that always stand the test of time: the foundation that leaves you glowing, even when you've barely slept the night before; the lipstick that, somehow, makes your lips fuller, your teeth whiter, and your nose that smidgen smaller you always hoped it would be; the perfume that takes you back to that perfect first kiss the summer after seventh grade.

There's nothing that thrills you more than peeling away the slick, shiny packaging of a new mascara -- except maybe that first, magical moment when you brush it across your lashes for the very first time and catch a glimpse in the mirror of the girl you always aspired to be.

If you're anything like me, you live for the promise of a new beauty product and the hope and promise and awe it contains. So what can't I live without? Wouldn't you like to know...