My friend Meredith recently raved to me about her the new love of her life: Zeno, a little hand-held device that miraculously zaps away zits and pimples. It clears pimples by applying a heat shock response that kills bacteria (which cause those nasty little blemishes). She said the best time to use it is when you feel a pimple forming – Zeno evidently causes it to never form in the first place!

Beauty does have its price: $185 on Sephora.com.