I recently had the opportunity to sniff the first of a new trio of fragrances by Reese Witherspoon, her Expressions collection. I'm a fan of Reese's, and I cheered her on when she became an "Avon Global Ambassador" in 2007. She cited Avon's philanthropy in women's issues as the deciding factor behind the partnership (specifically breast cancer research

MAC Fashionflower is out on counters and online a little early... with perhaps a slight sense of deja vu. Just in case it comes up on Jeopardy!, here's another collection featuring a woman looking up from the flower bed.

The eyeshadows are $14.50 each, and the powder is embossed with a daisy pattern.

Half the shadows

I had the pleasure of attending Mercedes Benz's fall/winter 2011 fashion week in New York this year. And while unseasonable weather in Dallas is currently interfering with my regular swatching schedule, I thought we could take a look ahead to trends for this coming fall and winter.

Ultimately, what I'm hoping to see backstage at any show is

With all the sheer lipsticks coming out right now, I thought we might take a look at a familiar friend: Dior's Serum de Rouge.

Dior launched the Serum de Rouge formula in October of 2009, with eight shades (here are swatches of the original release). Since then, they've released new colors here and there, and I wanted to swatch

A few days ago I posted swatches of Essie's two latest collections: Bridal and the pro-only, African-inspired Resort. So many of you said you liked the somewhat-harder-to-find Resort collection that I was inspired to give a Resort set away.

One randomly selected winner will receive all four Essie Resort polishes (Your Tent or Mine, Lion Around, Da Bush, and

I think I got my expectations too high for OPI's Texas collection. Having lived in Texas for most of my life, I expected to share (via nail polish) inside jokes with OPI's executive vice president and artistic director Suzi Weiss-Fischmann.

But when I saw the collection in person, I couldn't make the connection between the color palette and my home

Essie has two collections you should know about. The first (because wedding season is upon us) is their 2011 bridal collection. I can't help feeling that Essie basically owns the bridal-polish category, and their 2011 collection is a sweet quartet of matrimonial options.

Better Together is a sheer pale pink. Maid to Honor is a sheerer nude pink. If you

I often lament my lack of "drugstore" makeup swatches. First, who doesn't want to find a great piece of makeup for less than $10? And second, because the less expensive brands seem to have twice as many formulas, three times as many colors, and it can be really hard to find swatches.

Avon recently gave me the

The older I get, the thirstier my skin gets. (Or maybe it's because I moved from perpetually humid Houston to drier Dallas five-ish years ago.)

Anyway, I've been hunting for a good body moisturizer forever — and I have a cupboard-full of mostly full products to prove it. I want something that works (obviously), but I also

Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending Saks' "Mimosa-Mimosa" Chanel Summer Launch party. Attendees were treated to makeovers and polish changes — and refreshing beverages, of course.

When I arm-swatched the Chanel summer collection, I wondered if Mimosa was better suited for medium-to-dark skintones. Yellow can be a tricky color.

To maximize my swatching potential,

NARS launched a TON of new stuff for summer. There are technically two different collections pictured here, but I swatched them all willy-nilly.

You remember how NARS turned Orgasm into a franchise? (First the blush, then the multiple, nail polish, lipgloss, and illuminator?) Well now they're following suit with Laguna.

Everything with the word "Laguna" is part

Le Metier de Beaute is a relatively young, relatively boutique cosmetics brand. They've only been selling their products for three years (though their research stretches back further than that), and they're sold only through Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, and a few Nordstroms*.

If you're not already a die-hard LMdB fan, you've most likely heard of at least

I would guess that a lot of brown-eyed girls have, at some point, wished for eyes of a different color. Blue, green, "something more interesting" — notwithstanding Van Morrison's best efforts to convince us that we're special.

And common wisdom dictates that brown eyes "pop" in purples.

I feel like I'm about to declare that the emperor has no

In celebration of Earth Month, Aveda is coordinating several fundraising and awareness-raising activities (local "Walk for Water" events, donating money through "Appointments for the Earth"). But one of the easiest and most accessible programs is their Light the Way Candle.

During the month of April, you can buy Aveda's limited edition Light the Way soy wax candle

Lancome's L'Absolu Nu is the fifth and final (knock on wood) new lipstick out this summer. (Go back to swatches of Bobbi Brown's Rich Lip, Chanel's Rouge Coco Shine, Dior's Addict, and Guerlain's Rouge Automatique.)

L'Absolu Nu is the sheer, glossy counterpart to Lancome's fuller coverage L'Absolu Rouge lipstick. Both formulas contain Pro-Xylane,