Congratulations to Twitter follower @queenxix and Facebook friend Nourah Z. — they each won a set of the 15 newest shadows from Stars Makeup Haven.

If you didn't win, don't be too sad: you can still get 20% off your purchase of $20 or more with the code karlasugar. This sale code expires on Sunday at midnight.

Also congratulations to

Please meet the latest object of my obsession: YSL Gloss Volupte. For spring 2010, YSL added four new shades of this sheer, glossy, skinny lipstick — doubling the number of available shades.

Gloss Voluptes add a juicy, glossy, sheer tint of color to your lips. You already knew I liked sheer lipsticks, but something about these is striking me as

It probably wasn't too hard to guess which of the four Rouge Coco samples I was most attracted to. Yes, peachy pink Egerie.

I applied this with a lip brush (which is not my modus operandi). It felt lightweight, with a bit of slip, and had a subtle "skincare" scent.
You can see the formula wasn't

Today is the global launch of Chanel's new hydrating, long-wearing lipstick formula: Rouge Coco.

What I've heard is that the Rouge Hydrabase formula (which Chanel describes as a moisturizing formula) will be discontinued, and Rouge Coco (also a moisturizing formula) will take its place.  Rouge Coco comes in 30 shades, the lipstick is $30 (same as the Rouge Allures), and

What does Golden Gloss #19 look like on? Charming. If you love pale pinks, I think you'll really like Golden Petal.

Golden Glosses are $29 each. They're long-wearing without being the least bit sticky, and they feel fantastic. They do have a mango scent (which turns some people off), but by now I associate the scent with luxury.

YSL's spring 2010 offering is one of those broad, dreamy collections that seems like it has something for everyone.

The signature pieces are a pair of limited edition compacts, the Y-Mail highlighter and blush. The highlighter is a pretty, shimmery pale pink; the blush is a gorgeous, matte, slightly peachy pink. I don't know why it's called

Now through February 28th ('cause it's not a leap year), you can take 20% off your $20 (or more) order at StarsMakeupHaven.com with code karlasugar. Woo!

Perfect for picking up some of those pretty new shadows, right? (Just in case you don't win one of the two sets I'm giving away.)

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Bobbi Brown's look for the Fall 2010 Yigal Azrouel collection was "youthful, fresh but chic makeup with heavy focus on brows," according to lead artist Wendy Rowe of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. Skin was bronzed with emphasis on cheeks, and eyes were defined in beige and brown tones. Nude lips complete a fairly monotone, natural look with a

As you would expect (since Chris Benz collaborated with Lancome to create Chris & Tell lipstick), Lancome did the makeup for Chris's show in New York last week. Lead makeup artist Daniel Martin (who also worked on Chris & Tell) collaborated with the fashion designer to create a look they called "gothic chic." The eyes and

Exciting news for makeup lovers everywhere: Stars Makeup Haven just unveiled 15 new shades of eyeshadow (and I was lucky enough to swatch them!). (Click here for swatches of the whole line.)

Stars Makeup Haven shadows are sold as pans (which fit into their own 12-, 15-, or 28-pan palettes, or MAC's 4-pan or 15-pan palettes. Or Elf palettes).

The next big thing to be hitting your Bobbi Brown counter? It's a collection called Color Strips.  (And don't tell anyone I told you, but it's already online at Nordstrom.com).

Bobbi must love the design of her dual-folding lip-and-eye palettes.  We saw them first for holiday, again for the corals collection, and now Color Strips introduces three limited edition palettes,

Totally awesome: Illamasqua is hosting a worldwide nail polish competition. I'm probably showing my age here, but I remember Chanel hosting a "design your nail polish shade" contest in Seventeen magazine. The winner was Ciel de Nuit, and I remember thinking what a genius the winner was for naming her polish in French.

Anyway, I've seen some amazing "frankens" (frankenpolish)

I don't like the way black nail polish looks on my hands. It's too severe against my skin (or I'm just not emo enough?). Black is useful as a layering tool — under other polishes or under glitter — but I never choose to wear it alone.

So I was feeling resistant to trying on Black Enough?, Riveting's matte black shade

When I'm feeling like a badass, I'm much more likely to express it through my makeup or nail polish than through my clothes or accessories. Studded belt? Probably no. Studded nail polish? Definitely yes.

Studded goes on a sparkly silver, then dries to a matte finish (with the same speed as Wham, Bam, Glam). I really liked the "refined

I am totally not a matte nail polish person. I've tried on a few of them, but the lack of shiny made me sad. So when I read that MAC was going to have three matte polishes in its Riveting collection, I kind of mentally dismissed them.  Oh reader, I was so wrong.

The texture and application of these polishes