Givenchy introduces a revolutionary new mascara designed to grip at lashes starting at the roots.

The uniquely round brush has a high-tech, patented sphere at the tip of the precision wand that reached every lash and adapts to all eye shapes. The result is a beautifully, fanned out panoramic effect, holding the curve of your lashes perfectly in place.

This brush is so crazy that I definitely want to give this a try. Givenchy’s Phenomen’Eyes Mascara is available exclusively at Sephora.

With its “love it or leave it” guarantee, Urban Decay has packed its 10 best-selling eyeshadows into one compact that can give you the subtle or sexy look you desire. Included in the pack is their premier Eyeshadow Primer that is unmatched by any other in the beauty industry!

The savings are unbeatable, so check Sephora’s for more info!

Variety is the spice of life. This cliché is like the beauty world’s mantra, and is especially fitting for this week’s pick: Sephora’s The Lash Stash mascara sampler set. I was in Sephora just the other day, when I stumbled upon this product, and was so excited, I actually heard myself say out loud, “Oh my god!”

What I was oh my god-ing about is that reusable samples of these branded mascaras:

Benefit A Little Bit BADgal Lash in Black
Blinc Kiss Me Mascara in Black
LORAC Publicity Stunt Lashes in Black
Smashbox Bionic Mascara in Black
Stila Multi-Effect Mascara in Black
Sephora Brand Lash Plumper in Black
Too Faced Lash Injection in Black

have been non-existent up until now. In the past, you either just had to buy a tube of an unfamiliar brand of mascara and pray you would just absolutely love it, so your twenty something bucks didn’t go to waste, and/or you didn’t have to waste anytime going through the trouble of returning the damn thing.

This sampler set comes with 7 units of mascara in adorably small, sample sizes and is great for anybody, like myself, who likes the individual look of certain mascaras on different occasions, or is looking to test which mascara she likes best of these brands. I call it mascara dating. May the best wand win!

REVIEW:
Price: $28
Value: Good
Accessibility: Moderate
Where to buy: Sephora Stores, Sephora.com (temporarily our of stock)
http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P217701&categoryId=C7010

It seems that nails aren’t the only thing you can “press-on” these days. Now, you can press-on your eyeshadow. Forget about all the brushes and shading - now all you have to do is choose a color, press it on, and voila, you’re done! Color On offers several kits to choose from, including my favorite, the animal instincts kit which includes zebra, leopard and camouflage patterns.  If you like what you see, you can find the kits at Sephora or online here.

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Sephora is holding their annual “Best of” sweepstakes where you have the chance to win a ton of free beauty supplies and cosmetics.  All you have to do is vote in their Best of 08 and you’ll be automatically signed up to win the “Glam Prize”that includes: one of every Best Of  Sephora product (all 30 of them!),  a $1,000 gift card to Sephora and a trip to San Francisco.  It’s so easy, it took me less than 5 minutes.  You can vote here and winners will be announced at the end of June.

Left:  Stila x Marchesa Backstage Beauty Collection via WWD
Right: A look from the Marchesa Fall 08 Collection via Style  

Stila has done the makeup for the past 4 Marchesa runway shoes and it looks like the relationship is blooming.  Based on the success of the color palettes, Stila is releasing the colors used in the Fall 2008 Marchesa runway show.  Here’s what they have to say: 

The Backstage Beauty Collection, which includes three palettes, each with one matte and two shimmery eye shadow shades and an eyeliner. The Front Row Look is a black-patent palette with a smoky quartz eyeliner; The Red Carpet Look is a red-patent palette with an onyx eyeliner, and The Runway Look is a pewter-patent palette with an onyx eyeliner. Each palette is finished with fake leather rosettes that can be reused as necklaces or bracelets. 

The colors look really fresh and wearable but my favorite part is the packaging. I love Marchesa dresses for the beautifully folded flowers and the flower wrap for the case is the perfect finishing touch - especially when you can use it as a necklace, bracelet or hair accessory! The palettes will be available in August at Sephora stores, Sephora.com and StilaCosmetics.com and will retail for $40.

Kat Von D—the tattoo artist we know and love from L.A. Ink—has decorated a super-exclusive and edgy line just for Sephora! Sephora Beauty TV caught up with her for a preview of her super edgy new product line (she’s wearing it in the video) that will be debuting at Sephora in mid May. Check out the packaging she designed based on one of her favorite rose tattoos. The lipstick comes only in shades of red. The product names will sound familiar to those that stay up with L.A. Ink—her signature palette is named after her cat, Ludwig. More in the video!

I could spend an entire week at Sephora checking out testers, asking questions, comparing products, and cease to get bored. So this week, it was a very tough call on my part narrowing down my favorites to three special products, but after careful consideration and evaluation, here they are.

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The Grab-And-Go Kit
(or, the essentials you should always have packed in your carry on)

Ladies who travel often know that it can be a real pain to pack, unpack, repack, rinse and repeat every time they have to hop a plane for work (or a quick weekend sanity getaway). It can really eat up your time.

You can avoid some of that wasted time, though, by preparing and keeping current a “Grab-And-Go” kit for your carry on bag. When you use something from the kit, just replace it as soon as you return from your trip and your “necessaries” will always be ready to go.

Jet Set Beauty Must Have From Top Left: Top Row: Sephora, Second Row: Benefit, Third Row from Left: Lola and Urban Decay

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Each year, my plan for New Year’s Eve is to have that perfect party outfit to match party perfect makeup. And as most of us know, New Year’s Eve festivities can go well into the wee hours of the morning, and so I like to have eye make up that can hang tough throughout, since lipstick can always be applied quite chicly, discreetly, and with a quickness in public. So my last official pick for 2007 is: Shiseido’s The Makeup Accentuating Creamy Eyeliner.

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