Dang, NARS has so much pretty new stuff coming out I can't keep up.  To wit: new and highly limited edition Multiple Tints.  Available in three colors, these pop-of-color, translucent, buildable tints can be used on lips and cheeks for your perfect summer flush.

The catch? Right now, they're only available online at NarsCosmetics.com (they'll be at

Fashion designer, fragrance designer, fashion icon, provocateur Tom Ford is adding "lipstick designer" to his resume.

Tom's Private Blend Lip Color Collection offers 12 shades, in three color groups. And Mr. Ford additionally recommends fragrance "pairings" (from his Private Blend Fragrance Collection) for each of the color groups. For Tom Ford devotees, what a way to immerse

Two new products just popped up on Sephora.com and I have to say I really want to try both of them (they are described too alluringly).

The first is NARS Skin Smoothing Face Prep, meant to minimize pores and fine lines. Interestingly, it says you can use it before primer (can I use it instead of primer?).

In 2008, Dior released a frosty, warm, neutral eyeshadow quint called Iridescent Leather (swatches, more swatches). The palette was an instant hit, sold out quickly, and went on to attain improbable resale values on eBay.

For those of you still pining for Iridescent Leather, makeup sleuth Brelki says she may have found an alternative palette to quiet your

I read Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha at a formative moment. (I read F. Scott Fitzgerald at a formative moment too — interesting education.)

Anyway, there are a lot of tidbits I remember from Memoirs, but one in particular has to do with makeup. The title character of the book, Sayuri, comes to live in a

Tremendous thanks to the amazing Soaper1 for doing "real" (on-nail) swatches of the Chanel polishes in the summer 2010 collection, Les Pop-Up de Chanel. (And making them look completely awesome. Jeez.)  Her review:

Nouvelle Vague is the highly sought-after polish in this collection. I expected it to be the blue version of Jade... unfortunately, it isn't. It's still a

Chanel summer is here, looking bright and resort-y — with a tiny bit of color scandal!  Chanel's counter book mentions several colors that didn't make the collection: There was an orange Rouge Allure called Mega, a sheer orange Glossimer (to match Laser and Pop) called Neon, and the polishes were "meant" to be Infrarose, Shocking Orange, and

For someone who grew up in very humid Texas, I have an irrational nostalgia for Jellies, the clear plastic shoes of the 80s. Mercifully there's a way to get your jelly fix without the sweaty feet: jelly nail polish.

Jellies — jelly nail polishes — actually come in different opacities (as I learned from this absolutely brilliant pictorial guide

I was thrilled to find Guerlain's summer display at my counter this weekend, and even more excited once I got to swatching.

First order of business: the eyeshadow quad (409 Ombres Perlees, $59) — just as gorgeous as its preview picture. The quad contains a matte, just-barely-pink white; a matte light purple/dove grey (like ash, or

Two small collections are coming to MAC Pro stores on May 13th:

The first is Nudes.

Nudes repromotes Lip Erase ($18) in Pale (flesh tone NC27) and Dim (flesh tone NC37) — both permanent items.

It also features Chromagraphic Pencils ($14.50) — in not just NC15/NW20 and NC25/NW30, but also NC42/NW35. All of these will be permanent to pro.

Pro Longlash

Just across the Estee Lauder pond (from MAC's To the Beach collection), Bobbi has a beach collection coming up, too.  (It's sort of remarkable that I have such endless affection for the beach, given that my closest one growing up was Galveston.)

Arriving on counters in June is Bobbi's Beach Club, a collection including a new,

I wore Ivanka to go swatching last weekend, and I could not stop admiring my nails in the sunlight. It was like arriving at the Emerald City.  Of course, Ivanka looks even more remarkable in person (such an amazing and intensely green flash!) — just check out Soaper1's swatches of Charla.  I also have tape-swatches of all six

Congratulations to Anna (U.S.), who won last week's Tria giveaway!

Congratulations to Sara (Italy), who won the MAC-Lipstick Queen prize pack!

And congratulations to Karen (Canada), Chrissy (Austria), and Nazifa (U.S.), who won the three Lancome Earth Day prizes!

Ahh, at last. Make Up For Ever (MUFE) recently released a new HD cream blush in a pump-top tube. Unfortunately, the product came out online long before it appeared in Sephoras across America — but reality has finally caught up with the internet.

HD Microfinish blush comes in 14 shades ($25 each). The blush is extremely pigmented, and for some

I'm sure I don't need to tell you that I am head-over-heels for MAC's beautiful corally new collection: Pret-a-Papier.  (Click here to see a breakdown of what the model is wearing.) The collection pays homage to a moment in fashion: the paper dress of the 60s.

In 1966, the Scott Paper Company ran a promotion: buy