Congratulations to Tara (Australia) who won the second Venomous Villains giveaway. Formidable!, Bad Fairy, and Mean & Green nail polishes, plus eyeshadows in Vile Violet and Her Alter Image are on their way to her.

Lori (U.S.A.) won the Givenchy quad (she picked Siena Silhouette).

Jessika (U.S.A.) won the Zoya Fire & Ice set.

Good luck to this week's entrants!

Another annual tradition for MAC: the Kids Helping Kids cards.

These card sets (6 large folding cards for mailing or 12 small folding cards for labeling presents) are illustrated by children with HIV/AIDS. And as with every Viva Glam product, 100% of the purchase price ($8 for either set) goes to helping kids with the disease.

When

MAC has been doing "bagged" holiday sets for as long as I can remember, but I've usually thrown the bags away by the following March — they're often not functional, no matter how sentimental you feel about the collection.

This year, MAC has done something a little different with their bags: they've turned them into purses, and

I usually start a holiday collection with the individual items, but this year the eyeshadow palettes spoke to me. There are four options, each containing six shadows and an adorably/comically tiny 213 brush. They're $36 each.

My favorite is the 6 Dashing Lassie Eye Shadow Palette — just look at all those pretty, wearable neutrals! The eponymous

As it is every year, MAC's holiday offering is large and complicated. There are individual items, palettes, sets, store-exclusives — multiple release dates — and that's not even counting the holiday couture collection.

To help keep everything straight (and because it's going to take me a few more trips to get everything swatched), I thought I'd create

Tom Ford fans, prepare yourselves. Mr. Ford (& co.) has prepared a few magical treats for this most wonderful time of the year.

First up (and girliest), the Black Orchid set. For $140 you will receive Black Orchid in solid perfume form, Black Orchid lipstick (the only time a Tom Ford lipstick will appear in a

MAC just introduced a new lipstick formula, Pro Longwear Lipcremes. The name says it all: these are long-wear lipsticks with a satin-shine finish. Sweet Ever After and Made to Last are considered "frost" finish; the rest are cremes.

The Lipcremes contain pomegranate extract, meant to keep your lips hydrated and non-feathering. They're $16 each, and a permanent addition to MAC's

By popular vote (by which I mean informal Facebook poll), this week's giveaway prize is another from MAC's Venomous Villains collection. One winner will receive Oh So Fair Beauty Powder (Evil Queen), Revenge is Sweet lipstick (Maleficent), and Carbon eyeshadow (Cruella).

Rules and how to enter:

• This giveaway starts today and ends Sunday, October 24, at

Rouge Volupte Perle lipstick debuted with YSL's fall collection, but — unlike the rest of the collection, which is limited edition — the formula is a new and permanent addition to the line.

YSL describes Rouge Volupte Perle as "sophisticated," "shimmering," with a "subtle satin shine." They go on to say that "micro-pearls ... create a moiré shimmer, like taffeta."

Major lipstick news from YSL: They've just unveiled 18 shades of a new formula, Rouge Pur Couture. 16 of these are "colors;" numbers 12 (Blanc) and 18 (Noir Laque) are actually "transformers," meant to be used on top of or under other shades to change their look.  I plan to show you all 16 shades under Blanc

NYX has put together a totally awesome program for Breast Cancer Awareness month (October), and I was so impressed I had to help spread the word.

If you've donated money, volunteered your time, or participated in a BCA walk/fun run recently, email proof (like a receipt, or documentation of your participation) to discount@nyxcosmetics.com

In return, they'll send

I found the second part of Bobbi's holiday collection: a freestanding display (three eyeshadow palettes and a bunch of red lip stuff) called "Choose Your Glam" — plus the "extra" items (brush sets, train cases). Go back to see the palettes and sets in part 1.

Let's start with the swatchable goods. Choose Your Glam includes

Zoya's Fire and Ice collection is here: six sparkly shades which are absolutely dazzling in sunlight (click here to revisit the "spoon" sneak peek close-up photos).

Tiffany is peachy-pink frost with gold sparkles. Gloria is rose frost with gold sparkles. Crystal is ice-queen blue with gold sparkles. Lisa is scarlet with scarlet sparkles. Sarah is crimson (deeper, a little

I was pleasantly surprised to see NARS's holiday collection at the counter last weekend — also surprised at the number of Lady Gaga-esque shade names.

There are two new nail polishes: Pokerface, a limited edition lavender with tiny sparkles, and Bad Influence, a brown-grey creme that looks a LOT like Chanel's Particuliere (which means, of course, that I want

It was the funky bottle shape that made me stop and sniff Bang (Marc Jacob's latest fragrance, and his first fragrance for men in almost 10 years). The bottle looks like Superman punched a silver plate — BANG!

On first (in-store) sniff, I smelled the black pepper immediately. I love pepper, but the scent was so masculine