As promised, today I have a few (but by no means all) of the recently discontinued Chantecaille eyeshadow shades to show you. I think these are still relevant because many of the shades are still available in single pots or pans online. Pots retail for $28; pans for $21.
Pastis, Topaz, Copper, and Freesia are the shimmery shades. Cinnamon,

Lancome has freestanding boutiques in NYC, New Jersey, Dallas, and Brea and Santa Clara, California, and if you happen to live in one of those cities, you can take advantage of a really exclusive Friends and Family sale.

Print out this coupon and take it into the store August 1 – 8 for a 20% discount off your

Chantecaille fans, thank you for your patience — it seems information on seasonal collections can never come soon enough.

Today I have for you the final third of Chantecaille's current eyeshadow shades. I keep alluding to "current" eyeshadow shades because the company recently discontinued several colors in their move to paraben-free. For the time being, most of these shades

Bit by bit, Dior's fall collection is arriving at makeup counters — and proving me wrong yet again about my not liking fall.

I think in many people's eyes, the jewel of the collection is the new 173 Night Butterfly quint ($56). Though the black center shade of this quint looks sparkly — and is slightly sparkly upon first

In addition to Love That Look, MAC released a collection called Baby Bloom last Thursday. Baby Bloom introduces a new foundation formula (Studio Moisture Tint) and a new lip balm in a slant-tipped squeeze tube (Suntints).

Studio Moisture Tint is MAC's first real tinted moisturizer. It has a cream texture (more liquidy than Studio Sculpt) and dries

MAC released two small collections on Thursday of last week, Baby Blooms (which we'll look at tomorrow) and Love That Look, a collection of 12 Starflash eyeshadows, 4 Pearlglide eyeliners, and a repromote of two classic MAC eyeshadow brushes, 239 (eyeshadow laydown) and 217 (eyeshadow blending). Click here to see pictures of those.

Wow! Talk about an honor! Lancome gave my Declaring Indigo swatches their seal of approval!

Click to see Declaring Indigo swatches.

Today's post was made possible by reader Meimeijiao. I was overambitious the day I made these swatches, and kept taking pictures too late into the afternoon. Meimeijiao very kindly color-corrected back to normalcy.

Welcome to day 2 of Chantecaille's current (and paraben-free) eyeshadow offering! As I mentioned yesterday, there are 36 shades of Chantecaille eyeshadow ($28 for pots, $21

Chantecaille eyeshadows are a thing of beauty. I've mentioned it before (when swatching the Bengali palette, for instance), but they're so finely milled, they're really a pleasure to swatch (and wear). These potted shadows are $28 each, but you can buy refill pans for $21, as well as 3-pan mirrored palettes for $39.50 (brush included), or 8-pan

Lancome Fall is a huge, vibrant collection, designed by Aaron De Mey to evoke the free spirit of a magnificent (Parisienne?) woman. The collection is called Declaring Indigo and it's officially on counters in August — though it's already at my Nordstrom and freestanding Lancome store. Unfortunately, everything in the collection which is not a repromote from the permanent

I have an overabundance of interesting things to show and tell you today. YSL's fall collection includes a new lip product called Gloss Volupte Sheer Sensual Gloss Stick. They come in four shades, Iced Lychee, Chilled Raspberry, Frozen Cherry, and Frosted Plum. These sheer, glossy lipsticks (not actually frosty, despite the shade names) contain SPF 9, and are $30

I was walking through Target the other day when a new brush caught my eye. "Natural bristles," it promised, and the shape was intriguing. Since it was $1.99 (!!) regular price, I felt it needed to come home with me.

I think you can pick one of two basic brush shapes for placing color in your crease: a

Guerlain's fall collection is called Russian Beauty (Slavic Beauty outside the U.S.), and it is absolutely gorgeous. I'm not a fall makeup person. I love the pinks and corals of spring and summer, and usually feel a bit sad as colors go dark for fall. There is nothing to feel sad about in this collection.

There are two

I've found a new bath and body brand that I'm really excited to share with you. It's cheap and effective — the only catch is it's a little more difficult for Americans to find. I think a lot of my posts are unavoidably U.S.-centric; I'll dedicate today's post to the Britons.

British company Anatomicals says, "[they] only want you

Studio Sculpt Foundation is a fairly new offering from MAC, released (and made part of the permanent collection) with Well Defined in February of this year.

According to my MAC sales associate, Studio Sculpt is a full-coverage foundation (the MAC website says medium, buildable to full) that looks as natural as skin. She went on to say that it's