There are several "special" pieces in Lancome's very lavender spring collection: the "French Touch" lipcolor (in special packaging), the new shades of Ombre Magnetique shadow, the "Natural Origin" Le Crayon Kohl pencil and Color Fever Glosses...

But I think the star of the show is the Butterflies Fever Blush ($40) in Glowy Ballerine. Lancome's limited edition embossed

Well, friends, it's here. The 48-hour pre-sale for Rescue Beauty's spring collection, Iconic/Ironic, is now in progress! Click here to shop.

You have until 9 am (EST) Wednesday morning to place your pre-sale orders. If you miss your chance this time, there will be a second opportunity — but after that, these limited edition beauties are gone.

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Armani's Spring 2011 Collection

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I remember wearing "crackle" nail polish back in high school. Admittedly, it's been a really long time since then, but I thought I remembered applying my crackle to a wet base color.  Everyone I've spoken to says that's not right: crackle polishes have to be applied on top of dry polish to get the right effect.

Here's Soaper1's review of

Soaper1 just sent an awesome combination review of Sally Hansen's new Salon Effects and OPI Black Shatter. Since they're entirely different products, I thought I'd break them into two posts. Click here to read her review of Black Shatter.

First up: Sally Hansen Salon Effects. I just learned about these and I am instantly enamored! Doesn't that pattern look

If you haven't seen this video already, it is the cutest, happiest thing that has ever been done with Chanel makeup:

Animating Chanel via Nowness

Here's an exciting piece of new makeup news from Clinique: Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm. These twist-up glossy lip crayons provide a sheer tint to the lips, plus they contain mango and shea butter for moisture. They're $15 each (gotta love Clinique pricing), and they come in 8 colors.

Richer Raisin is a sheer, warm

Readers, prepare to be amazed. Jette has not only swatched 212 NYX eyeshadow singles (dang!), but she very graciously offered to let me repost her photos here.

It can be well nigh impossible to track down NYX testers, and the number of shades is... alarming. It is incredible to see these swatched all together — I know I've added a

Guerlain isn't the only company celebrating their origins this spring. Dior's spring collection is called Gris (Grey) Montaigne, inspired by Christian Dior’s original Paris boutique at 30 Avenue Montaigne.

The collection features two new eyeshadow quints. The first is 034 Gris (a "regular," non-iridescent, powder quint). Its shades are shimmery ice blue (almost grey), a low-shimmer steel

To follow up on yesterday's What [I] Wore with Marcus Monson, here are the swatches of Guerlain's spring collection. This collection has actually been on counters for a while, but I've been frustrated by rain and cloudy weather.

Sur Mes Levres introduces a new and limited edition six-pan eyeshadow palette. Unlike the five permanent palettes

I always love getting my makeup done by a professional. First, because I look so glamorous afterwards, but second, because I always learn something new. My date with Marcus Monson this weekend was no exception, so I wanted to pass these new tricks on to you.

First, Marcus raised the placement of my crease color. I usually

This past weekend I had the great pleasure of sitting in the chair of Marcus Monson, national artist for Guerlain, genius, and total charmer.

I always learn something new at events like these, so I thought I'd show you my finished look and tell you what Marcus used (I'll do a second, TFMA post on what I

I was going to sneak-peek Armani's spring collection on Friday afternoon... but then I heard my counter had just gotten their testers in (even better!).

The theme of the spring collection is the transition from winter to spring — the quality of the light at this time of year, the way plants begin to break through the

Though Sephora carries almost the full line of Illamasqua powder blushes, Americans have access to only a few of the cream blushes (you can't win them all). There are just three shades in my brick-and-mortar Sephora — five if you're shopping online.

Here are the light swatches. I made these by rubbing a finger in the product, tapping a

You may not know that I have a YouTube channel (click to subscribe). I used to make swatch slideshows set to music — actually, Mr. Salt made them for me, but he's been busy so I haven't uploaded anything new in forever.

Talking to a camera actually makes me incredibly nervous, but I figured the only way to improve