I found Estee Lauder's holiday collection at the counter last weekend. Like in Blue Dahlia, there are two "pinwheel" palettes, but this time, one is an eyeshadow quint and the other is a lip quint (each $42).

If we know anything about creative director (and world-famous makeup artist) Tom Pecheux, it's that he loves color. The eyeshadow

Yesterday we saw swatches of the Nordstrom-exclusive mineralize kit (The Swinging Violets). Today I have the two MAC store/MAC website exclusive kits: My Scottish Fling and Glamorous.

Like the Nordstrom kit, these are packaged in a metal pencil case for $49.50 each. My Scottish Fling includes Pink Split mineralize eyeshadow duo, Fresco Rose paint pot, Budding Romance lipglass (a

Just a few more bundled items in MAC's holiday collection: the Lip Bags, the Lash and Line Bags, and a Nordstrom-exclusive Mineralize Kit. I have to say, I think MAC put together some awesome sets this year. As with the brush sets, each bag comes with a long strap, so you can wear it as a cross-body

The Kids Helping Kids holiday cards are an annual tradition, but this year MAC has additional "KHK" items: Sir Teddy the bear and a Sir Teddy keychain. I was surprised by how CUTE they were! Sir Teddy has a little patent leather bowtie.

Viva Glam is the umbrella program (MAC's incredibly inspiring AIDS charity); Kids Helping Kids focuses on

Want to win NYX's Winter in Moscow and One Night in Morocco palettes?  Of course you would (why not, right?).

NYX sent me these palettes so I could swatch them, so now I'd like to give them away.

To enter this giveaway, leave a comment on this post and tell me your own favorite bargain beauty find. You

I've got swatches of another great neutral palette from NYX: Winter in Moscow.

This little magnetic-close book of beauty contains 14 eyeshadows, two powder blushes, and five lipcolors. It has its own mirror, and comes with a double-ended sponge applicator, a teeny lip brush, and a mini blush brush — I don't think you'll be using any

A new collection from RBL is always cause for excitement, and I've been scouring the internet for swatches from the moment I heard about this one. Luckily, Soaper1 captured this fabulous photo of Anne. Here are her thoughts on the collection:

Rescue Beauty recently released their fall collection: Housewives of Tudor England. The collection includes Catherine, Catherine H. (confusing!), Jane,

Today's lip product is a sleeper hit: Buxom Big and Healthy Lip Stick in Amsterdam.

Buxom is a sub-brand of Bare Escentuals — but I still haven't gotten on the mineral wagon, so I wouldn't say I'm fluent in BE's product offering. I got this mini lip-color crayon as a freebie with a recent Sephora order (because the promo picture

This story actually starts with Shu Uemura (back when they had a counter at Neiman Marcus... sigh). Shu used to make this fantastically luxurious product called the Moisture Zone Eye Mask.

Basically, each (single-use) packet contained two cloth undereye masks soaked in magic elixir. According to their product pages, that serum contained vitamin E, provitamin B5, strawberry

Soaper1 has perfect nails, flawless application technique, a steady hand for konading, and she does the cutest seasonal manicures. She's been working on her Halloween manicures all month, but she picked a few favorites to share. (I really don't know how she managed to take that glow-in-the-dark picture; I think my camera would have refused.)

For your viewing pleasure, today I have swatches of the "loose" (non-paletted, non-bundled) items in MAC's Tartan Tale holiday collection.

First up: the six powder eyeshadows. These don't have a special name (like Starflash, or Pearlmatte), but they seem to have a different texture than other MAC shadows. They're soft and smooth, but softly pigmented

One last Venomous Villains prize, readers, and I think you'll like this week's question. One winner will receive Toxic Tale lipstick and Hot House lipgloss (Evil Queen), Wrong Spell lipgloss (Maleficent), and De-Vil and Sweetjoy eyeshadows (Cruella).

Rules and how to enter:

• This giveaway starts today and ends Sunday, October 31, at midnight.
• This giveaway is

In addition to the eye palettes, MAC is offering two holiday face palettes and two holiday lip palettes. Both face and lip kits have a "pink" option and a "nude/peach" option, so I decided to swatch them by color.

Hark the Heraldry is the pink face kit. The top of the compact opens to reveal Dame and

If you use Lancome Genifique — or if you've been thinking about trying it — today is a great day to take the plunge (or buy your next bottle). A few drops of this serum on your face and neck is supposed to boost your skin's tone, texture and luminosity within seven days.

And for every bottle

Oh readers, I look forward to this every year: the Sephora Friends and Family code is now active.

All kinds of brands (cosmetics! fragrance! skincare!) that would never go on sale can be yours for 20% off, with the code FF2010.

The code should be active now through November 3 (but items do go out of stock).