NEW MD Skincare® Natural Beauty In Toxins Out Review

Lately, it's seemed that the corporate green bandwagon must be so full of folks that it's busting at the seams, wheels flying off. I flip-flop between being happy that more companies are becoming nature-focused and very leery of greenwashing.

So when I received a press release about the new natural line by MD Skincare®—the medical-grade brand by renowned Manhattan dermatologist Dr. Dennis Gross—I thought it might have been hastily developed and, thus, mediocre. Instead, I discovered divinely luxurious, thoughtfully done, and highly performing products. My two favorites from the line, Called Beauty In Toxins Out, are the following.

Purifying Bath Crystals with Himalayan Salt: There are umpteen different natural bath soaks on the market that are perfectly lovely. Smell is the deciding factor. These salts are mixed with a warm, absolutely intoxicating blend of purifying essential oils like grapefruit, lemon, mandarin, anise, and lavender—plus shea butter and aloe to moisturize. After I soaked in these one night, I slept like a baby and remained blissed out until late the next afternoon.

Antioxidant Enzyme Buff: Another gorgeous product that, following the Purifying Bath Crystals, will give you skin like a newborn's. Sea salt, almond shell, and blueberry and cranberry seeds thoroughly polish away dead skin cells, while plentiful plant oils—grape seed, sweet almond and evening primrose are a few—give supple skin. Lavender and bitter orange essential oils provide an enticing fragrance that's both floral and fruity.

Eco factor: MD Skincare's natural line is 100% vegan with no sulfate detergents, parabens, petrolatum derivatives, mineral oil, or synthetic dyes or fragrance. Packaging for some of the products is made from 100% post-consumer recycled content.

To buy: $57 for the Antioxidant Enzyme Buff and $42 for the Purifying Bath Crystals. Or, you can buy a value set of slightly smaller sizes of both for $55. At mdskincare.com and dermstore.com