From August 8 through October 6, 1997, we asked Cosmetic Connection readers about their favorite cleansers, toners, lotions, scrubs, foundations, lipsticks - you name it, we asked it! If you are searching for the best of the best, read on! You'll find the Top 10 most mentioned favorites from over 700 respondents listed in each category, followed by the number of responses that product got.

Best Cleanser:

• Cetaphil (72)
• Lancome Clarifiance gel (23)
• Clinique soap (21)
• Mary Kay Creamy Cleanser (14)
• Biore foaming cleanser (11)
• Philosophy Real Purity (10)
• Avon Anew Perfect Cleanser (8)
• Clarins Gentle Foaming Cleanser (8)
• Neutrogena Fresh Foaming Cleanser (8)
• Shiseido Vital Perfection Cleansing Foam (8)

Best Toner/Freshener

• Clinique clarifying lotions (73)
• Clarins Toning Lotion (25)
• Neutrogena Alcohol-free Toner (18)
• witch hazel (13)
• Body Shop Tea Tree Oil Freshener (10)
• Sea Breeze (10)
• Lancome Clarifiance (8)
• Mary Kay Purifying Freshener (8)
• Oil of Olay Refreshing Toner (8)
• Lancome Tonique Douceur (7)

Best SPF Moisturizer

• Oil of Olay Daily UV Protectant SPF 15 (46)
• Neutrogena Healthy Skin Face Lotion SPF 15 (30)
• Clinique City Block SPF 15 (24)
• Kiehl's Ultra Facial Moisturizer SPF 13 (23)
• Neutrogena Moisture SPF 15 (23)
• Lancome Bienfait Total SPF 15 (20)
• Basis Face the Day Lotion SPF 15 (19)
• Estee Lauder DayWear SPF 15 (19)
• Purpose lotion SPF 15 (11)
• Bobbi Brown Face Lotion SPF 15 (10)

Best non-SPF Moisturizer

• Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion (40)
• Neutrogena Moisture (14)
• Kiehl's Ultra Facial Moisturizer (10)
• Oil of Olay (9)
• Prescriptives All You Need Action Moisturizer (9)
• Cetaphil moisturizer (7)
• Clinique Skin Texture Lotion (7)
• Kiehl's Sodium PCA oil-free moisturizer (7)
• Lancome HydraControle (7)
• Mary Kay Balancing Moisturizer (7)

Best Nighttime Moisturizer

• Clinique Turnaround Cream (17)
• Origins Night-a-Mins (15)
• Oil of Olay (13)
• Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion (8)
• Clinique Moisture On-Call (8)
• Avon Anew Retinol Recovery Complex (7)
• Avon Hydrofirm (7)
• Clarins Multi-Active Nuit (7)
• Vaseline (6)
• Alpha Hydrox 8% AHA Lotion (5)

Best Eye Cream

• Origins Eye Doctor (24)
• Avon Lighten Up (20)
• Clinique Daily Eye Benefits (17)
• L'Oreal Plenitude Revitalift Eye (14)
• Estee Lauder Uncircle (12)
• Prescriptives Eye Specialist (11)
• Lancome Primordiale Yeux (10)
• Neutrogena (9)
• Avon Anew Perfect Care Eye Cream (8)
• Bobbi Brown Eye Cream (7)

Best Treatment Mask

• Clinique Beauty Emergency Mask (24)
• Queen Helene Mint Julep mask (17)
• Origins Clear Improvement Active Charcoal mask (17)
• Borghese Fango Mud (10)
• Freeman Cucumber & Ginseng peel-off mask (9)
• Avon Pore Reducer (8)
• Mary Kay Revitalizing mask (8)
• Avon Anew Alpha Peel-off mask (7)
• Aveda Deep Cleansing Herbal Clay Masque (6)
• Body Shop Blue Corn Scrub Mask (6)

Best Blemish Treatment

• Clean & Clear/Johnson & Johnson Persagel (28)
• Clearasil (28)
• Origins Spot Remover (28)
• Body Shop tea tree oil (22)
• prescription Retin-A (17)
• Mary Kay Acne Treatment Gel (15)
• Clinique Anti-acne Spot Treatment (14)
• tea tree oil (14)
• Neutrogena On-the-spot Acne Treatment (13)
• Prescriptives Blemish Specialist (9)

Best General Skin Care Treatment

• Clinique 3 Step skin care system (20)
• drink plenty of water! (15)
• Clarins masks (13)
• Retin-A (12)
• Cetaphil (8)
• alpha hydroxy acid products (7)
• Biore Pore Perfect Deep Cleansing strips (6)
• get plenty of sleep! (6)
• Noxema (5)
• Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair (4)

Best Alpha or Beta Hydroxy Acid Product

• Alpha Hydrox (58)
• Avon Anew (43)
• Estee Lauder Fruition (38)
• Neutrogena Healthy Skin Face Lotion (25)
• Clinique Turnaround lotion/cream (12)
• Neostrata (12)
• Oil of Olay Age Defying Series (10)
• Murad (9)
• Origins Starting Over (9)
• Prescriptives All You Need Action Moisturizer (5)

Best Facial Scrub

• St. Ives Apricot Scrub (35)
• a mixture of baking soda and water or Cetaphil cleanser (30)
• Clinique 7 Day Scrub Cream (28)
• Clinique Gentle Exfoliator (20)
• Freeman Apricot & Sea Kelp Facial Scrub (18)
• Lancome Exfoliance (14)
• Philosophy Deeply Superficial (9)
• Body Shop Japanese Washing Grains (8)
• Clarins Gentle Exfoliating Refiner (7)
• Garden Botanika Jojoba Scrub (6)

Best Foundation or Tinted Moisturizer

• Prescriptives Virtual Skin (42)
• MAC Studio Fix (26)
• Clinique Almost Makeup (12)
• Clinique Superbalanced makeup (11)
• Bobbi Brown Essentials Foundation Stick (9)
• Estee Lauder Lucidity (8)
• Clinique City Base (7)
• MAC EP-T (7)
• Mary Kay Day Radiance (7)
• Origins Original Skin "some" coverage (7)

Best Setting Powder (loose or pressed)

• Clinique (68)
• Bobbi Brown Essentials (37)
• Coty Airspun (20)
• T. Le Clerc (20)
• Cover Girl (19)
• MAC Studio Fix (18)
• Corn Silk (16)
• Mary Kay (16)
• Chanel (15)
• MAC Blot Powder (15)

Best Blush

• MAC (68)
  • "Buff" (4)
  • "Cubic" (3)
  • "Dusty Rose" (3)
  • "Prism" (5)
  • "Strada" (4)
• Clinique (66)
• Lancome (30)
• Estee Lauder (22)
• Prescriptives (20)
• Chanel (16)
• Mary Kay (16)
• Jane Blushing Cheeks (14)
• Garden Botanika (12)
• Stila "Fade" (10)

Best Mascara

• Maybelline Great Lash (53)
• Lancome Definicils (48)
• L'Oreal Voluminous (48)
• Max Factor 2000 Calorie (29)
• Clinique Naturally Glossy (19)
• Estee Lauder More Than Mascara (17)
• Lancome Intencils (13)
• Bobbi Brown (12)
• Make Up For Ever (12)
• Maybelline Lash by Lash (11)

Best Eye Shadow

• MAC (97)
• Clinique (60)
• Bobbi Brown Essentials (28)
• Stila (24)
• Maybelline (23)
• Estee Lauder Compact Discs (21)
• Lancome (18)
• Cover Girl (16)
• Garden Botanika (15)
• Chanel (14)

Best Eye Liner Pencil

• Clinique (52)
• Lancome (32)
• Prescriptives (29)
• L'Oreal (26)
• Maybelline (25)
• Cover Girl (22)
• Revlon ColorStay (20)
• Estee Lauder (18)
• MAC (14)
• Mary Kay (14)

Best Brow Pencil or Powder

• Body Shop Brow Makeup (32)
• Clinique Brow Shaper (24)
• MAC eyeshadows (20)
• Bobbi Brown Essentials eyeshadows (18)
• Lancome pencil (17)
• Prescriptives pencil (14)
• Origins Just Browsing (11)
• Estee Lauder (10)
• Cover Girl pencil (9)
• BeneFit Brow Zings (7)

Best Concealer

• Prescriptives Camouflage Cream (47)
• Bobbi Brown Foundation Stick (29)
• MAC (26)
• Revlon ColorStay (19)
• Cover Girl (16)
• Trish McEvoy Protective Shield (14)
• Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage (13)
• Chanel Quick Cover (12)
• Maybelline Undetectable (11)
• Maybelline Great Wear (9)

Best Lipstick

• MAC (109)
• Bobbi Brown Essentials (25)
• Estee Lauder (23)
• Lancome (22)
• Stila (21)
• Chanel (20)
• Prescriptives (19)
• Revlon (14)
• Revlon ColorStay (14)
• Christian Dior (11)

Best Lip Liner Pencil

• MAC (116); MAC "spice" (58)
• Revlon (31)
• Clinique (27)
• Chanel (26)
• Estee Lauder (26)
• Wet & Wild (19)
• Lancome (18)
• Bobbi Brown (17)
• L'Oreal (16)
• Body Shop "beech" (13)