Can a cocktail cure wrinkles? 'Fountain-of-youth' facials guaranteed to get you drunk

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First there was the $120 million sale of Bethenny Frankel'sSkinnygirl Margarita. Now comes the anti-aging line of cocktails. It's as if liquor just realized women existed and it's in love. Here comes the pitch: drinks that cures what ails your skin.

At an exclusive (implied finger quotes) meat-packing club called Provocateur in New York City, a signature line of cocktails, co-created by a skin-care label, are tapping the fountain of youth. For $22 you can get a martini glass of booze intended to target fine lines.

"Looking a little blotchy? Find fruity remedy in the Watermelon Kiss, with tequila, watermelon and (the menu claims) the power to help even out your skin tone. Oil glands in overdrive? Experience citrusy salvation through the Sweet Enchantment, which combines vodka, kumquats and special vitamins and minerals that, we're to believe, have a payoff not dissimilar to benzoyl peroxide's," writes New York Times food writer Frank Bruni who took it upon himself to try a few drinks off the menu.

Each mixer promises a different facial remedy to assuage your aging fears. Scott-Vincent Borba, maker of a "skingestibles" line of anti-aging food and drink, has lent his mind to the menu.

Another drink he designed for oily skin, "Dollhouse Love", mixes his brand of pore-unclogging walnut husk, pomegranate, and green tea extracts with Grey Goose vodka, cucumber, lemon, and fresh black pepper.

Okay, so does it work? Not according to Bruni, who got drunk not glowing, from the taste-test. His claim was backed up by a dermatologist who explained liquor dehydrates your skin, no matter what's in it. But that might not stop the cocktails to move beyond the New York city bar and into liquor stores. Hey, Skinnygirl doesn't take off the pounds, it just makes you feel a little less guilty for guzzling a margarita. By the second drink, of course, guilt isn't really the issue.

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