Like the Jets and the Sharks, Urban Decay and Too Faced are locked in mortal combat. I'm talking, of course, about their competing eyeshadow bases: Urban Decay's Eyeshadow Primer Potion, and Too Faced's Shadow Insurance. I haven't yet compared these products head-to-head, but both companies just came out with tinted versions — cream eyeshadows that contain the primer.

Sidenote:

Cream eyeshadow must be having a moment — everyone seems to have a new one out. (By everyone I mean Laura Mercier, Too Faced, and Urban Decay.)

Metallic Creme Eye Colours are not new, but I was curious, so I had to test them out. These cream shadows are purportedly waterproof, good alone or as a base under other

Good morning, makeup lovers! The highly anticipated Hello Kitty collection from MAC goes on sale this week (though NYC had it last week — typical!). Even the New York Times is pondering whether Hello Kitty might outsell Barbie.

So naturally, this was the worst possible weekend for cloudy, overcast, totally grey weather. But I couldn't stand

Benefit just released new peach-pink blush Coralista, so it seemed like the perfect time to look at their collection of boxed blushes (and bronzers).

Benefit's seven "boxes" are $28 each (0.40 oz). The blush itself is a square pan in a stiff cardboard box — each decorated in theme. Coralista is the most pigmented, a shimmery peach-pink combination

Finding a foundation match is one of makeup's most difficult challenges. Not only do you need to find a formula you like, the right level of coverage, something that doesn't upset your skin or clog your pores, but there's the whole issue of finding a color match — which gets increasingly difficult for the very pale and somewhat-to-very dark. Though

Yesterday we looked at Lancome's Pink Irreverence spring collection, limited edition eyeshadow quads, blushes, lipsticks, and glosses. This spring Lancome also introduced a new longwear formula of lipgloss: La Laque Fever. 15 shades were released for spring; 7 are permanent.

The gloss is $26, has Lancome's famous... ahem... Georgia O'Keefe applicator, and

Many brands chose to go pink for spring — Lancome chose hot pink. This is the first full collection for Lancome's new Director for Makeup, Aaron de Mey.

The collection includes two limited edition Color Design eyeshadow quads ($42 each). Mademoiselle Sass includes Island Kiss, Simmering, Wear It Well, and Midnight Dance; I'm still looking

I've been so focused on MAC's upcoming Hello Kitty collection that I almost missed Cremeteam, a collection of lip products — lipstick, gloss, and liner — based on MAC's Cremesheen lipsticks (a new and permanent formula, launched September of 2008. Click here for the original swatches). Cremeteam goes on sale February 5, 2009.

There are 8 Cremesheen