"Exfoliating gets rid of dead skin," Tony told me. "If you're applying expensive products to your skin but not exfoliating," he said, "you're probably just wasting money."

Not all members of the media and attendees and of New York Fashion Week strut from their trendy apartments in recently gentrified neighborhoods on Day 1 rearing to go. Some of us who cover fashion week actually come from far away lands like, in my case, the hippy hills of Fairfax, CA.

#1: Don't expect magic overnight.

Breast milk is liquid gold to new moms and their nutrient-hungry infants. But did you know it's also nectar from the beauty gods that could help you clear up adult acne and calm down your eczema?