Lip Palette

Dolce & Gabbana "The Lip Jewels" palette, select Saks Fifth Avenue stores this month

Shadow Palette

Urban Decay Book of Shadows III

Hair tools

ghd Dazzle Gift Set

MAC & Marcel Wanders

MAC Cosmetics and Marcel Wanders 2010 Limited-Edition Makeup Collection

Avail. Nov. 24

Brush

Urban Decay Good Karma Finishing Brush

Holiday sets

Philosophy Candy Cane Lane Holiday Gift Set

Philosophy I'm Dreaming Of ... 

white pear, white peach and white cranberry shower gel

Scrub

Ole Henriksen Walnut Complexion Scrub

Beauty bag

Elemis Limited-Edition Sparkling Beauty Collection

Hair oil

Mizani Supreme Oil

Perfume

Twirl by Kate Spade Eau de Parfum

Palette

Chantecaille 'Tiger in the Wild' palette

Benefit kit

Benefit 'Her Name Was Glowla' kit

Face cream

Sulwhasoo Concentrated Ginseng Cream

MAC holiday collection

MAC 'A Tartan Tale' holiday collection

Mascara

UltraFlesh Panthera Mascara

alice + olivia for MAC

MAC looooves their limited-edition collaborations. Next up, the brand partnered with whimsy-heavy apparel brand Alice+Olivia, and while the packaging is fun and '80s-ish and the shades are nice, I'm personally not crazy-interested in turquoise pigment powder or yellow iridescent lip gloss. It'll still do well, because people freak out over everything MAC does (myself included, usually). Available July 8. 

Estee Lauder Pure Color Gloss

I've been on a bit of a gloss hiatus these days, wearing only balm or super-bright/dark lipsticks when my mood calls for it, but I might be back and ready to rock Estee Lauder's new Pure Color Gloss line. As a sample, I received the brand's Custom Collection — six shades by Tom Pechaux, Estee's creative makeup director. The palette is simple: A nude, two pink-berry shades, two red-coral shades and a plum, which is my personal fave. The main collection offers 34 shades in three different finishes (shine, shimmer, sparkle). If you can tell a real difference, you get a prize. Not really. Available in June. 

Urban Decay 'Summer of Love' Palette

I don't really get people's obsession with eyeshadow palettes. As I mentioned in a previous post, some of Urban Decay's mega-palettes are going for obscene amounts of money on eBay. They're really nice shades and all, but methinks it's partially the packaging that's at work in those cases. Or, the fact that they tout everything as "limited-edition." This particular version isn't anyting tres special, but it's a fine collection on bronze-y shades, along with an eye pencil and the brand's beloved shadow primer. I don't wear eyeshadow much, except as liner, but I'm sure gals will hustle to own this set. Hustle here.  

Topshop Make Up

It was only a matter of time until Topshop jumped aboard the beauty train, and their new line of simply-packaged makeup hit shelves earlier this week. It's fab stuff! At first, I sort of expected the tastemaking store to hawk wilder colors, a la MAC or Makeup Forever, but their selection has just enough range that  gals of all types can rock shiz and look cooool. I didn't get the whole line, but of what I did get, my faves are the not-too-orange bronzer, a silver matallic eye crayon and a buttery yellow pastel nail polish. I heard the lip and cheek tint is right on, so I might have to scoop one up. Because I don't have enough. Check it out nowz.

Reach by Design Toothbrush Collection

After some serious missteps in my toothbrush-buying world lately, I was pleased to receive this collection of soft, full Reach brushes. I haven't tested them out yet, but who really cares? They're floral and striped and will look so much nicer than my old boring blue one in my toothbrush holder that nobody ever sees but me! 

I'm what you call a sucker extraordinaire for packaging, people.