One more piece of the Sleek-palette story, brought to you by Nicole of Beauty-Free (a blog that tracks duty-free beauty exclusives). Safari was a limited edition palette (and if you like greens, this looks like your dream palette).

These palettes are $10 (£5.99... unless you're in England and find them on special in your local drugstore), and Nicole

I might as well admit it: I am lacking in the liquid-liner-application-skills department. I just need more practice (and the new MAC Superslick liners look so cool, I'm motivated to work on it).

While I was swatching the Superslick liners, I overheard a tip that intuitively made so much sense that I thought, "Of course I knew that... did

Each of the three parts of MAC's new Fabulous Felines collection includes a limited edition mineralize blush ($21).

I decided to swatch these together, so you could more easily compare shades.

I did both light and heavy swatches, using triangle sponges. Those of you still searching for Ripe Peach, how do you feel about Utterly

Makeup addicts and cat lovers (often the same people) have been eagerly awaiting the release of Fabulous Felines, one of two major fall releases from MAC. Fabulous Felines is organized a bit like Spring Forecast — the collection is broken into three "mini" collections, organized by cat/color family.

Each mini collection includes an eponymous eyeshadow quad ($36),

Congratulations to Nicole who won the NARS fall giveaway (Daphne and Mangrove eyeshadows, and Strawberry Fields lipgloss).

Congrats also to tpzhearts, who won last week's Tarte kit.

And finally, congrats to Joanne and Jan, who won the two bottles of Avon's Eternal Magic perfume.

Last year, timed to coincide with New York Fashion Week, Anna Wintour and friends decided they needed to restore consumer confidence and get people buying again. So they planned a massive street party, all revolving around shopping. Stores stayed open late, tons of places offered fabulous gifts with purchase, celebrities and stars and supermodels and fashion legends were out in

Have you ever heard of a new product, but didn't quite know all what the buzz was about? And then maybe you saw a swatch picture that instantly got your attention? That's me and Studio M's Slamming Red. I knew that the nail aficionados were talking about it, I knew that it was only for sale in a store I

Since we're giving away Sleek palettes this week, I'm sure you guys would love to know what the prizes look like.

These guest swatches come courtesy of the fabulous Nicole, of Beauty-Free (a blog that tracks duty-free beauty exclusives). Sunset is another of Sleek's permanent palettes, and I'm so glad Nicole swatched this one because it looks

Bonus giveaway this week, readers!

I was perusing the L'Occitane boutique in Northpark — doesn't everything about that brand seem so alluringly French?

Anyway, Mr. X (who now works there), asked me why I wasn't giving the brand any love. My mistake!

So here's this week's bonus giveaway: 75 ml bottles of L'Occitane's Verbena Shower Gel and

Bobbi Brown is definitely stepping outside my comfort zone for fall. Her Black Velvet collection is smoky and vampy (and on counters now).

Bobbi's "Lip Colors" are her basic lipsticks, and there are two new shades for fall. Black Maple is chocolate cherry. Black Raspberry is redwood.

There's just one Metallic Lip Color: Black Garnet. Black Garnet

This week's giveaway is crazy (crazy!). Why? There will be five winners. With the help of my dear friend Nicole (who is, incidentally, also guest swatching her own Sleek palettes for me), I have procured Sleek palettes Sunset, Bohemian, Circus, Storm, and Original. And now I'm giving them away.

Rules and how to enter:

• This giveaway starts today and

Viva Glam is one small (yet amazing) facet of MAC's enormously successful AIDS charity, the MAC AIDS Fund. MAC donates 100% of the purchase price of the Viva Glam products to help people living with AIDS — it's like you make a contribution to a worthy cause, and they give you a free lipstick to say thanks.

Various celebrities have

The "after market" for MAC's recently re-released Stereo Rose is still going strong (as is the debate over whether the old version is the same as the new), so many thanks to guest swatchers Liz and caprig for their swatch contributions and their insight.

I think I've finally convinced myself that I don't regret not purchasing Stereo

Adele astutely observed that my swatches of Make Up For Ever's Face & Body foundation were missing shades 36 and 38 (alas, I am constrained by what's available at Sephora). And she very graciously offered to correct the situation.

Adele says her arm is approximately NW5, and her face is NW10. She says when you blend 36, it's not

My Neiman Marcus has an Erno Laszlo counter. It's right next to Laura Mercier and Bobbi Brown, so I pass by it fairly regularly. I finally got curious about their bars of soap, so I stopped for a chat with the sales associate there.

The line was created in 1927, by a Hungarian doctor named Erno Laszlo.