Best of Temptalia December 2nd through December 16th

Holiday 2007

• Quick guide on choosing nails for the season.
• Round-up post of our nine different gift guides this season.
• A lengthy tutorial on dewy skin, contouring, blusher, and highlighting for perfect holiday skin.

Spring 2008

• Orly (nail products) has their Sugarcoated collection.
• Yves Saint Laurent’s Color Collection for Spring is gorgeous.
• Lancome announces L.U.C.I. for the upcoming season.
• Dior has us tempted by its Floral Blossom collection.
• NARS’ Spring Lily collection utterly dazzles us.
• Bobbi Brown has her Pink Raspberry collection that tickles us pink (ha!).
• Givenchy’s Denim Fetiche collection has us totally drooling.
• Guerlain’s The Guerlain Woman collection makes us wish for spring.

Features

• We interviewed Anne Rogers, super talented makeup artist.
• Brooklyn Diva shared this hot purple eye with us, while Cammie flashes her bronzed-out peepers.
• We broke down looks from Keira Knightley, Eva Longoria, Hayden Panettiere, Christina Aguilera, Eva Green,
• With Harper’s Bazaar’s help, we detailed the beauty habits of different types of women.
• Make sure to vote in our annual beauty awards (ends tomorrow!).
• Win $70 worth of Charles Worthington haircare products by entering our contest.

MAC Cosmetics

• Air of Style (Stylistics’ perfume) in-depth review; verdict? worth the money, if you have it.
• We announced one of MAC’s spring collections, N/Naked, for 2008.
• Victor Cembellin gives Temptalia readers some fabulous tips on using the new Metal-x shadows.

Reviews

• In our Myriad of Mascara reviews, we give Plushlash the thumbs up.
• Clinique’s Long Pretty mascara holds up to the challenges quite well.
• Osmotics’ Cream Extreme gives us the miracle were looking for!
• Estee Lauder’s Illusionist mascara turns out to be one of our favorite mascaras by EL.
• Estee Lauder’s DayWear Plus moisturizer turns our world upside, and we love it!
• Pacifica Candles make excellent gifts to give (even to yourself!).

Be sure to check out the best in the beatuy blogosphere for the past week!

• Elke looks back at her first trip to NY and how it changed her.
• Savvy Skin has a Freeze 24/7 Review And Contest
• SugarShock is craving beauty treats that smell good enough to eat.
• makeup loves me is giving away two limited edition prescriptives illuminator all over face color bricks! head on over to leave a comment and win!
• A Touch of Blusher loves lilac!
• Do you want MARC JACOBS fragrance sets for a steal? Kyle at Face Candy has the scoop.
• The Muse Battles Dry Winter Skin with a Review of Philosophy’s Microdelivery Wash!
• Beauty Anonymous reviews Roxy Fragrance and Delicate Shower Gel
• Because good things come in small packages, Makeup Moxie’s got the ultimate guide to beauty stocking stuffers that are almost too pretty to part with.
• The Glitterati feels pretty… oh so pretty… in West Side.
• Beauty and Personality Grooming – Chilblains:a skin affliction that occurs in winter
• All Lacquered Up previews the spring polish collections from Chanel, China Glaze, CND and Zoya
• 15 Minute Beauty Fanatic tries out Max Factor’s Vivid Impact Highlighting Mascara for something fun