Makeup junkies could easily join the cult of the Dior Quint: the powders are smooth and pigmented — even if I'm sometimes surprised by the five colors they've selected to work together. But I've been asking myself whether I've identified all the possible uses for one of these palettes. Good for travel? Absolutely. And if you've got application skills,

Bobbi Brown's main holiday collection is Copper Diamond — though the collection consists of a Shimmer Brick and 3 potted glitter balms. (The traincase and the bags for the brush sets and gloss trio are also "Copper Diamond" in color.)

The Copper Diamond Shimmer Brick is warm: a bit golden, a bit bronze, a bit coppery.

To recap, Passions of Red includes 4 eyeshadow palettes (Warm, Cool, Smoky, and Classic) and 3 lip palettes (Coral, Cool Pink, and Plum). Adoring Carmine includes 3 brush sets and 3 drawstring bags (Red Lips, Neutral Lips, and Rose Lips), each with 3 lip products. If you like the brush sets, I recommend heading to Nordstrom,

By now, it probably won't surprise you to learn that there are many diverse options when it comes to Bobbi Brown holiday. The two big ones are Copper Diamond and the Party Collection.

The Party Collection seems to have been especially designed for anyone who said all BB products look the same. It includes 6 wild-and-crazy

If you're feeling a bit overwhelmed by MAC holiday, I don't blame you. The release dates are staggered, but if it has red packaging, it's part of holiday. Red She Said is an umbrella, under which we find:

• Red She Said (the lipsticks, the Dazzleglasses, the mineralized eyeshadow trios, etc.)
• Passions of Red (4 eyeshadow palettes, 3

Sephora caused a minor explosion today by emailing out a variety of discount coupons to random members of their Beauty Insiders club. While I try to clear my head from that...

I had already started my Christmas/Sephora Friends and Family wishlist — with skincare and hair stuff (you know, life's basic necessities). After MUCH deliberation, I think

Of all the MAC collections out right now, Sheer Minerals excites me the most. Maybe it's all the buzz over the long-awaited return of Petticoat; maybe I just like sparkly things around the holidays.

It's a pretty straightforward collection: Mineralized SPF 15 loose powder foundation is being repromoted ($29 / $35 Canada); there are three Mineralize

Shu Uemura's Mika Holiday Collection is the result of a collaboration with Japanese photographer Mika Ninagawa, and all the packaging features Ninagawa's work.

The collection includes 3 eye palettes ($65), 3 lipsticks ($23), 2 lipgloss trios ($40), 2 nail polishes ($16), a brush set ($85), an eyeliner trio (drawing pencils in dark blue, burgundy brown, and

Well folks, TNBTTGSY didn't win any blogging awards this year, but voter turnout was outstanding — HUGE thanks to everyone who went to the trouble of registering and voting.

And, never ones to rest on their digital laurels, 2009 Blogger's Choice Awards is already open! (Wow.) So if you care to vote early and often...

Wow, I really like roadmaps. So to recap, Dior holiday includes:

• 2 Eyeshadow quints (normal quint packaging)
• 2 Eyeshadow quads (faux leather case with a D)
• 2 Lip quads (faux leather case with a D)
• 2 "Night Diamond" illuminating powders (black compact with sparkly gems — extremely pretty under the display lights at the counter)
• Travel palette

Red She Said is MAC's vampy, 40s glamour holiday collection, though I'm not sure you'd get that from looking at swatches alone.

Everything is limited edition unless otherwise noted. The collection includes:

• 5 lipsticks (Crazee is a Frost; "Red" She Said is an Amplified Creme; the rest are Lustres. Also, Pomposity is a repromote; the others

MAC has an absurd number of collections coming out between now and the end of the year... so to help myself keep them straight, I'm creating a roadmap.

Information will be added as it becomes available, and links will be activated as pictures are posted.

OCT. 16

• Red She Said (5 lipsticks, 5 Dazzleglass,

For the past few weeks, I've been mooning over pretty eyeshadow palettes, and while I'm not sure that either Twilight or Moonlight is "the one" for me, Dior quints are smooth, pigmented, and pretty nice. Most of them seem designed to give you options — which is a good thing for travel. I've been swatching all the

The question has been buzzing around the internet: Sephora is selling a "Silver Smoke Set" by Dior — an eyeshadow quint and a sample of Diorshow mascara for the same price as a quint alone ($56).

Well, I was able to confirm that the quint is indeed iridescent quint Moonlight (029). So if you wanted

Neutral-eyeshadow-fiend that I am, I've been selfishly contemplating which Urban Decay shadows to add to my Christmas wishlist, and ignoring the needs of the color-lovers among us. So today I bring you Urban Decay's full complement of blue and green eyeshadows. (To revisit the neutrals, click here or here.)

Shattered and Flipside are both