DKNY just added a new scent to its family of apple-themed fragrances: Golden Delicious. I was a fan of the original (green apple) Be Delicious, and "Golden" is a perfect fall fragrance, sweet and cozy — the effect of apple perfectly recreated with the addition of sweet flowers, balanced out with the weight of sandalwood. It's easy

MAC's big Fall Colour collection launched this week, and I feel like it's the collection that everyone's been waiting for — it brings back so many long-sought-after products. Artist Cindy Sherman created the visuals used on the display, but she did not collaborate with MAC to create or select the products in the collection (and her name

If you can't find or can't afford Les Jeans de Chanel, I may have a very literal and satisfying solution: Nubar Jeans.

In Nubar's words: Faded Jeans is a light blue shimmer. Boyfriend Jeans is a medium blue creme. Dark Wash Jeans is a dark blue creme. From the promo pic, they certainly look familiar, don't

Tremendous thanks to beauty blogger par excellence, Carla of Product Girl (or, as I like to think of her, "the other Carla"), who very graciously volunteered these nail wheel swatches of Les Jeans de Chanel when I lamented the unavailability of testers.

You may remember last year's Khakis de Chanel, a trio of limited

Several weeks ago, Chanel added a makeup remover/cleanser to their Sublimage line of products. It comes packaged with a cotton cloth, and I had heard several different and confusing explanations of how to use the product. Now that I've learned the "right" way, I thought I would share.

Sublimage cleanser comes out of the tube as a

I think "grey-purple" has become a category in nail polish — like "greige" or "jelly." It's a polished, sophisticated neutral that's fashion-forward (plus it feels oh-so-right for early fall). And though I own Essie Merino Cool, China Glaze Channelesque, Sally Hansen Grey Area, MAC Cool Reserve, Rescue Beauty Insouciant, and who knows how many others in this category

Special thanks to Nicole, the Britain-based jetsetting genius behind Beauty-Free (a blog that tracks beauty products exclusive to airports/Duty-Free). She generously swatched the new range of lipsticks by Rimmel London: The Kate Collection. That's Kate Moss, not Kate Middleton.

Nicole says:

There are seven shades total (despite their weird numbering system), and the lipsticks are matte with a slight sheen

This was, in every regard, an absolutely fantastic fashion week. There are lots of reasons why I love going to New York fashion week: I like getting a sneak peek at next season's makeup products. I like learning technique from the pros. And I like "expanding my mind" — seeing things I haven't seen before in hair

MAC just released a new fluid foundation: Matchmaster. It comes in just 14 shades (comparatively few for the brand), and — this is how it was explained to me — the pigment particles are encapsulated in translucent spheres, allowing for "gaps" between pigment particles. Your skin shows through these gaps, making for a foundation that incorporates your

Congratulations to Jane W., who won her wishlist item of MAC Outre eyeshadow! I hope the rest of you are happily swapping, and getting the things you want, too.

This week's MAC release is Styledriven, and oh man, I want so much. About a year ago, MAC introduced their Pro Longwear foundation, concealer, and lipstick. Now they're building on that category, with additional shades of lipstick — plus Longwear lipliners, gloss, and eyeshadow. And unlike most MAC collections, nothing you see here is limited edition. (!!)

Last week Disneytwinmom gave me the opportunity to publish her excellent review and guest swatches of Dior's Mitzah eyeshadow quint. I had mistakenly thought that this entire collection was a Sephora.com exclusive; Xiao of Messy Wands set me straight. Only the leopard-print eyeshadow trio is an online exclusive — everything else is available

MAC has a ton of new stuff coming out — we'll have to tackle it one collection at a time. First up: Posh Paradise, which released last Thursday (September 15).

I think MAC's "Paradise" refers to the Garden of Eden. I get that from the shade names, but don't you also see an abstracted snake in —

This summer Le Metier de Beaute teamed up with Neiman Marcus's fashion director and senior vice president Ken Downing to create "Ken's Korals," orange-red lipstick "Kissable Koral" and orange-red nail polish "Kontagious Koral" (which were sold separately).

Thrilled by the success of their summer collaboration, they decided to work their magic again for a second season. Ken predicts that "wine"

Kate Spade has added one more product to her already extensive repetoire (purses, clothes, jewelry, papergoods, sunglasses, and shoes): lipstick!

The early buzz for these lipsticks focused on the fact that Supercalifragilipsticks were created in collaboration with Poppy King (the Lipstick Queen), though the in-store merchandising doesn't really push the point. As far as I know, these lipsticks are