• Bond No. 9 Boca Raton
• Chanel Tweed Blushes
• Clinique Blackberry Bloom
• Kiehl’s New Balm #1
• MAC Chill
• MAC Dame Edna
• MAC Lash & Dash
• MAC Metal Urge
• MAC Monogram

What were your favorite winter collections this year? Which ones did you skip, which ones did you end up with everything?

You know what I noticed?� Most brands don’t have winter collections–they only bother with releasing holiday collections, gift sets, and/or palettes or some combination thereof.� MAC dominates the winter ‘08 season with its non-holiday releases!

• Benefit Gift Sets
• Bobbi Brown Sets
• Bond No. 9
• Chanel
• Clinique Gift Sets
• Clinique Party Red
• Dior Palettes
• Dior Black Diamond
• Estee Lauder Vintage Jewels
• Givenchy
• Guerlain Midnight Butterfly
• Jouer Cosmetics
• La Mer Gift Sets
• Lancome Sets
• Laura Mercier Sets
• LUSH Cosmetics Part II
• MAC Little Darlings
• MAC Passions of Red
• MAC Red She Said
• Make Up For Ever Gift Sets
• NARS Cosmetics
• Prescriptives Aglow
• Smashbox Sets
• Sue Devitt Kilimanjaro
• Too Faced Sets
• Urban Decay Sets
• YSL The Bow

What were YOUR favorites from the holiday launches? Which collections did you buy from?� Which ones were totally not interesting?

I found myself getting things from… Benefit, Bobbi Brown, Chanel, Clinique, Dior, Givenchy, Guerlain, Jouer, Laura Mercier, Lush, MAC, NARS, Prescriptives, Sue Devitt, and Urban Decay.� WHEW!� I didn’t even realize how much holiday loot I ended up with this year!� Hopefully a few of you had a plentiful holiday collection haulin’ so I won’t feel so alone ;)

Ice the competition. The temperature drops, predictability plummets, but a new beauty barometer sets the tone with light snowflake lips, twinkle shimmer shades with opalescent pearl.

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Official photos of MAC Cosmetics Chill Collection! This launched on the 18th :) Continue reading »

“Hello possums!” Dame Edna Everage is in the house! With her zesty zingers, cutting-edge appearance – lilac hair (which is completely natural), rhinestone-encrusted face furniture, fanciful frocks – frankly; there’s nothing like a Dame!

Dame Edna is the resident muse for our spectacular post-holiday makeup collection, and modestly describes herself as “probably the most popular and gifted woman in the world today: housewife, investigative journalist, social anthropologist, talk-show host, swami, children’s book illustrator, spin doctor, megastar, and Icon.” With packaging as mirthful and minx-like as The Legend herself, the Dame Collection of heavy-on-the-lilac Lipstick/Lipglass, eye shadow, Highlight powder and nail lacquers is in a class by itself! “Follow my beauty regime possums, and you’ll never be cosmetically challenged” – Dame Edna

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Official promo photos for MAC Cosmetics’ Dame Edna Collection! :) Launches December 26th in North America. Continue reading »

I love me a good lip balm, you know?� I feel like I’m treating myself in a way, just because the scents can be deliciously sweet and comforting or fun and tingly.� Kiehl’s has one of my favorite lip products (Balm #1), and they just launched three more scents:� Vanilla, Mango, and Coconut.� They also make perfect stocking stuffers (hint, hint!) at just $8.50 for each 0.5 oz tube.

Available: December 2008 at all Kiehl’s Since 1851 stores and Kiehls.com.

Bond No. 9 recently launched Boca Raton, which is a scent described as “a seductively feminine spicy-fruity floral composed of lily of the valley, black currant, gardenia, and freesia.”�� Top notes are Lily of the Valley and Black Currant; heart is Gardenia, Freesia, and Hedione; and the base notes are Amber, Cedarwood, Cardamom, and Musk.

Bond No. 9 Saks Boca is available in two different versions of the Bond No. 9 slender superstar flacon, each of them featuring our circular centerpiece logo as a key design element. On one bottle, the surface is studded with nearly 1,200 Swarovski crystal stones, accented with bright blue ($500). The other bottle, in pure white, features 520 bright blue and crystal stones ($325.00).� Sold exclusively at Saks Fifth Avenue in Boca Raton.

There is just something about Bond No. 9’s scents and packaging that makes me long for a full-sized flacon myself.� I mean, they even call it a flacon.� It just sounds so classy and luxe and well… nothing like I have!� I know most of us are tightening are budgets, but for those that aren’t… indulge in Bond No. 9 ;)

CHANEL is launching Blush Duo Tweed Effect as their latest in blush technology.� Two contrasting shades of sheer cheek color are “woven” together.� Each retails at $45.00 and there are four shades available:� Tweed Ambre, Tweed Pink, Tweed Corail, and Tweed Rose.

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When you’re doing your holiday shopping, one thing to look out for are gift with purchase opportunities! I’m not always a fan of GWPs/PWPs for myself, but I think they are awesome gifts to give! With a $36 Lancome purchase, you can pick up this humongous gift set for $49.50.

Rest easy, lovelies, this set is just filled to the brim with goodies. It’s well worth the $49.50, because you get a full sizes of Bi-Facil ($26), two Le Rouge Absolu LipColours ($29 each), Color Design Lipcolor ($22), Color Fever Lip Shine ($25), and Defincils Pro Mascara ($24). That’s $155 in full-size products alone, plus you get a bunch of mini and sample sizes, too. Try out their famous Juicy Tubes and Bi-Facil (love, love, love!) in a holiday train case.

Holiday Beauty Box Includes:

Définicils Pro Curved Brush Mascara [Full-Size] in Black
Cils Booster XL Super-Enhancing Mascara Base
Maquicomplet Complete Coverage Concealer in Correcteur
Two Le Rouge Absolu Reshaping & Replenishing LipColours [Full-Size] in Coquette and Ruby Silk
Color Design Sensational Effects Lipcolor [Full-Size] in Work It!
Color Fever Shine Sensual Sheer Color – Vibrant Lip Shine [Full-Size] in Boiling Point
Juicy Tubes Jelly Lip Gloss in Magic Spell
Juicy Tubes Smoothie Lip Gloss in Spring Fling
Color Design Sensational Effects 7 Eye Shadow Compact in Creme Lustre, Kitten Heel, Guest List, Filigree, Mochaccino, Bikini Golden and Designer
Blush Subtil Powder Blush Duo in Aplum and Miel Glace
Bi-Facil Eye Double-Action Eye Makeup Remover [Full-Size]
Rénergie Microlift R.A.R.E.™ Superior Lifting Cream SPF 15 Sunscreen
3-Piece Brush Set
Lancôme Signature Train Case

Get it: Lancome Holiday Beauty Box.