Group Picks Best Beauty Products

All new beauty products are not created equal, so the Cosmetic Executive Women’s organization sifted through the latest offerings to select the year’s best and most innovative products for the group’s annual Beauty Awards.

Products honored include:

* Neutrogena’s Fresh Body Herbal Body Wash, best new bath or body treatment product.

* Jane Cosmetics’ MegaBites FlavorFull Lipstick, best new cosmetic product.

* Avon’s Anew Luminosity Brightening Complex, best new facial skin care product. (tie)

* Pond’s Cleansing and Make-Up Remover Towelettes, best new facial skin care product. (tie)

* John Frieda Professional Hair Care Inc.’s Sheer Blonde Funky Chunky Sheer Veneer Texturizer, best new hair product.

Products “in limited distribution” include:

* Lanco^me AromaTonic Energizing Body Treatment Fragrance With Pure Vitamin E, best new bath or body treatment product.

* Elizabeth Arden’s Exception Lipstick Lip Lip Hooray! SPF-15, best new cosmetic product.

* Clinique’s Stop Signs, best new facial skin care product.

* Aveda’s Rosemary Mint Shampoo, best new hair product.

* Gucci Parfums’ Rush, best new scent.