Glued to your TV on New Year’s, you watched in amazement as people suffered through cold, chapping wind for a crystal ball to drop.  The countdown began and all you could think about was yourself in that square, shivering, skin cracking – then you heard the name … Seeeaaaacrest.  With eight seconds to go, you started daydreaming about the ocean.  Oh the grainy sand between your toes, the warm Goddess-like sun on your face and a tanned boy named Ryan applying salt scrub to remove all the layers of ’09 away…

Snap back to reality missy.  Your natural, sea-based skin therapies are at bay with H2O Plus’ s Sea Pure Line.  Offering 100-percent natural products all from the sea, H2O Plus’s products exfoliate and hydrate to tackle your winter crackle.  We dove into the line and here are our top H2o Plus picks:

Sea Pure Reviving Body Buffer

For sure, our fave out of the line.  Buff away ex-boyfriend memories with this sea mixture containing antioxidant Tocopheral, lemon oil and sea salts. Our skin was even-toned, supple and hydrated like we just jumped out of a bath.  We got all tingly with its essential oils: clove leaf, sandalwood, tangerine and bergamot.  $27

Sea Pure Replenishing Body Cream

Another heavy hitter: the body cream is purely indulgent with its rich and smooth main ingredients like coconut oil, Shea butter and lavender oil.  You’ll be in love with your skin again. XOXO. $26

Sea Pure Finishing Body Silk

Now to up your game, you can mix in the Finishing Body Silk with the Body Cream for an extra boost of moisturizing.  Sensory soothing ingredients like lavender, geranium, rosemary and eucalyptus oils melt into your skin. The Body Silk also contains Tocopheral, a brilliant antioxidant and lipid barrier protector. $22

Sea Pure Sheer Lotion SPF 15

After you’re done scrubbing yourself to death, it’s time to face the mirror.  This lotion is a no brainer.  The lotion’s key ingredients help stimulate new skin cell renewal, and a natural broad spectrum SPF 15 helps prevent visible signs of aging.  The antioxidant rich “sea mayweed” (sister flower to chamomile with a fresh clean scent) visibly smoothed and firmed our skin to give our complexions a gentle boost.  $40

2010 is glowing already.

H20 Plus carries skincare and body products, along with advice from skincare experts. Visit www.h20plus.com to view their product line.

– Sara Elizabeth

Sara Elizabeth has blended eastern traditions with western technology to focus on tailored skin regimens for celebrity elite and skin junkies since the early 90s. Her passion for amazing skin led her to New York City where she studied esthetics under skin guru Ling Chan in New York City, and Japanese Kobido massage under skincare sensei Master Shogo Mochizuki in the Rocky Mountains - a 500-year-old muscle reconstruction technique that she learned Kill Bill-style. Sara is the owner of Sara Elizabeth Skincare & Nail Boutique in San Diego, California, which has earned several prestigious awards and acknowledgments in W Magazine, San Diego Magazine and 944 Magazine since its inception in 2006. For more information, visit saraelizabethskincare.com.