Yves Saint Laurent has released a new lipgloss for spring — a sparkle-free sister to my beloved Golden Glosses.

These... "Gloss Purs"? "Glosses Pur"?... Gloss Pur lipglosses come in the same packaging as the Golden Glosses, with the same brush wand. They also have the trademark YSL mango scent, though I thought it was less strong in

Well that's all folks! I'm making today a NARS blush recap, partly so I can put just one link in the "Hot Topics" section on the right side of the page, partly so you can see the pictures all together.

One of the most prevalent misconceptions about the brand is that all their blushes are sparkly. Not so! The

NARS week is drawing to a close, and today's cream blushes were so bright, I decided to forego the eyeliner divider marks. Lokoum is pink with a few silver sparkles. Constantinople is more rose. Montenegro is nearly purple; Turkish Red is berry. These blushes seemed less sheer than yesterday's — probably preferred by darker skinned women. Maybe anyone could apply

Today: a first look at NARS' cream blushes. I talked at length with the makeup artist at this counter. She was a fan of using cream blush as a base for your powder blush ("just like a base or primer for your eyeshadow"). And she worked some magic on the back of her hand, starting with Gold Member, then

NARS week continues! Today's blushes are cool pinks... and then there's Exhibit A, a fiery orange-red.

Desire is the brightest of today's blushes. Mata Hari is slightly mauvey. (Both of these are matte.) Angelika is a sparkly, cotton candy pink, and in normal cheek application, might look very similar to Desire (except for the sparkles). Every blush brand offers a

Happy Friday, readers! NARS week will continue into next week*, with one more day of powder blushes and two more of cream blushes. But I was saving NARS' most famous for today.

Orgasm is gold and pink (well, peach-pink), with the emphasis on the gold. Click on the image to view it at full size — can you see the

After all those corals, I'm sure you're ready for some cool blushes. I think one of the common misconceptions of NARS blushes is that they're all sparkly — not so! Dolce Vita is matte, and I'll do a matte vs. shimmer recap at the end of NARS week.

Sin is very plummy/mauvey with smaller, more dense sparkles. Oasis is

NARS week (and a half) continues with the peach-orange-apricot blushes! It will probably be easier for darker skintones to wear today's shades — I think most raves come from olive/golden/tanned skintones. (Not sure what your undertone is?)

I've mentioned before that NARS has a reputation for being extremely pigmented. To be honest, that kept me away for a

NARS products in general have a reputation for being pigmented, and in the case of your blush, that means you may need to apply with a light hand. Some people (who prefer to leave nothing to chance) apply with a skunk brush — a.k.a. highlighting brush, duo-fiber brush. The white bristles are less dense, which means the brush will

I am very proud to welcome you to NARS week (and a half)! I've received a ton of requests for the NARS blushes, and as a reference guide, TNBTTGSY was certainly lacking without them. These have been highly decorated by such authorities as Sephora popular vote, InStyle magazine, and Allure magazine — their popularity surely comes from their wide

Regular readers have heard me say it before, but I think Yves Saint Laurent's Golden Glosses are the best lipglosses known to (wo)man. It's hard for me to describe them without hyperbole: they look like magic on your lips — owning one may deter you from buying other lipglosses. They're $28 each, delightfully long-lasting, not the least bit sticky,

The theme of Guerlain Spring is Exotic Paradise, and the color collection was almost enough to convince me that I was on a cruise to some fabulous Caribbean destination. Despite the fact that it was 40 degrees outside. Yes, those are goosebumps on my arm.

The limited edition components to the collection are three Kiss Kiss Glosses (which

I heard from quite a few readers that they'd bought a Dior eyeshadow quint, and then didn't know how to really use it to its best advantage. Fortunately, jdavis07 — who is both really, really, ridiculously good-looking and extraordinarily talented in the field of makeup application — agreed to create a step-by-step tutorial for the youtube incompetent (me). The biggest

Dior Spring has arrived at the many counters, though sales associates are telling me it may not be there long. At Nordstrom I heard that they'd only received three of each new eyeshadow quints; at Saks I'd heard they'd already sold out of the collection — it'd been sold to people attending the inauguration. (Really?)

The collection contains two

I don't know about you, but I'm watching awards shows for the dresses and makeup. (What's that? There are awards for the men, too?) So during the Golden Globes last night I couldn't stop staring at January Jones' lips — and today I feel totally vindicated to learn she was wearing a Chanel Rouge Allure lipstick (Dazzling, if you must