No one does makeup brushes like MAC. They are my favorites! If you have never had a chance to use any of the MAC brushes, probably the best ways to try them would be with one of these Holiday Heirlooms Brush Sets.

All of the brush sets are housed in the prettiest woven metallic threaded clutches, all with the MAC crown detailing on the plastic hanger. Beautiful!

M·A·C 'Heirlooms' 4 Face Brushes
This set features four professional-quality basic brushes for the face: 168SE, 187SE, 190SE and 194SE.

M·A·C 'Heirlooms' 5 Basic Brushes
This set features five professional-quality basic brushes for lips, face and eyes: 129SE, 219SE, 239SE, 266SE and 316SE.

M·A·C 'Heirlooms' 5 Eye Brushes
This set featuresfive professional quality basic brushes for the eyes: 209SE, 212SE, 217SE, 252SE and 275SE.

Smashbox will premier an exclusive set for a QVC Today's Special Value on Monday, August 27th - and I have your sneak peek at this 10 piece set.

The set comes in four color palettes: blonde, brunette, taupe, and auburn for the price of $47.82 plus shipping. It is a special good only on Monday August 27th.

Photo Finish primer contains grape seed extract and vitamins A and E to power your defenses against aging skin and fading foundation by filling in lines and pores. Photo Op under-eye brightener's skin-boosting ingredients like vitamin C, red wine extract, peptides, and marine collagen help fill in fine lines and conceal under-eye circles. Brow Tech defines your brows and helps them stay in place.

Lights Up! blush--with three shades to wear individually or layer--helps you achieve a natural glow. Fusion cream eyeliner includes three best-selling putty liners. The coordinated eye shadow trio can be mixed and matched for day or night.

Photo Finish lipstick with Sili-silk technology imparts a full, moist finish to lips. The moisturizing lip-enchancing gloss drenches lips in luminous color and high shine.

How do I use it: Apply Photo Finish Foundation Primer. Blend Photo OP Under-eye brightener to help conceal dark circles.

For perfect brows, apply Brow Tech with Angle brush #12. Just brush the pigment through, and follow with the wax for natural-looking brows that stay in place all day.

Dust Lights Up! blush on the apples of your cheeks. Sweep champagne eye shadow from your lashline to your contour. Blend the fawn shade along the top lash line for a subtle contrast. With Precision liner brush #28, apply Fusion cream eyeliner along the top and bottom lashline, and the inner corner of your eyes. To finish, apply the Photo Finish lipstick. Add a pop of lip gloss at the center of your bottom lip and cupids bow.

Tarte's palettes are always so awe-worthy. Their latest palette, Ready-to-Wear/ Pret-a-Porter Dual Look Palette, was  inspired by the runways and looks at Fashion Week. This palette is certainly is a must-have.

This beauty has so much to offer and the looks created are absolutely stunning. Included in the palette are
six shadows (pale gold, golden olive, smokey moss, pale pink, lilac, deep violet), two creamy blushes (honey peach, rose), four lip creams (light pink, pinky nude, natural blush, warm burgundy rose), a mini Lights, Camera, Lashes mascara,  and a mini Rest Assured eye liner. There are also two brushes included, one for using with the powder shadows as an eye liner, and one fluffy eye shadow application brush.

If you ever bought these products separately, you would spend a pretty penny, upwards of $200, but the entire palette is just $44, exclusively at Sephora. 

Rush to the M·A·C counter today. Rush Metal just debuted, and you are going to want to check these shimmery metallic hues.

I love this for the ultimate summer bronze look.  In the picture I paired the pigment in Rushmetal, and the lipstick in Frenzy, along with the essential eye shader brush 239. I can't wait to have more time to play.

The Rush Metal collection includes four lipsticks and eight pigments.
Lipstick $14.00
Thrills - Rosy copper with gold pearl
Frenzy - Soft muted pinky-peach beige with golden shimmer
Soft Lust - Tan with white pearl
Fast Lane - Mauve with silver pearl
Pigment $19.50
Rushmetal - Rich copper sparkle
Revved-Up Icy rose with reflects
Gold Mode - Tan Gold
Mauvement - Cool taupe with gold pearl
Off The Radar Warm orange with gold sparkle
Copperized Olive green with gold pearl
Quick Frost - Creamy white with soft green pearl
Cocomotion - Dirty gold with olive undertone and gold sparkle 

Oh, how I love using pigment. They are so fun to play with. I love to make my own lipglass out of them with the clear lipglass. The possibilities of using pigments are really endless. You just can't be afraid to play with them, and use your imagination.  Shadow, liner, highlighter, gloss, on your nails, in your hair. And these colors do not disappoint.

Rush Metal is available on M·A·C counters and online now. And stay tuned for information on the new Flashtronic line tomorrow.

If you haven't heard the buzz about MAC Cosmetics soon to be launched collection Novel Twist, you will be soon. It looks to be a real winner, and one of the most anticipated collections this Summer.  Novel Twist was made just for the Nordstrom Beauty Exclusives event.

Novel Twist: 3 Pink Lips ($22.50) High Strung / Sway / Rambling / 316SE Lip Brush
Novel Twist: 3 Plum Lips ($22.50) Darkside / New York Apple / Scribbles / 316SE Lip Brush
Novel Twist: 5 Basic Brushes ($48.00) 129SE / 190SE / 224SE / 242SE / 266SE
Novel Twist: 5 Basic Brushes Cube Bag ($15.00)
Lipglass ($14)
Springly Freshwater oyster pink (frost)
Gadabout Mid-tone yellow pink with white pearl (frost)
Spree Pink Champagned Taupe (cream)
Wander Sheer Chocolate Brown (cream)
Paint Pots ($14)
Stray Grey Grey mauve (cream)
Pinterly Nude beige (cream)
Delft Deep teal with gold pearl (frost)
Stringalong Warm mid-tone brown (cream)
Artifact Dark burgundy with red pearl (frost)
Indianwood Metallic antique bronze (frost)
Powder Blush ($17.50)
Whim Bluish soiree pink (satin)
Out of Bounds Neutral mid-tone brown (satin)
Beauty Powder ($22.00)
Softdew Neutral brown rose
Sun Twist Warm peach 

Novel Twist will be on Nordstrom Counters and at Nordstrom.com on July 20th. You can order them now through the pre-sale, but they won't ship until July 20th.

A true beauty icon - Raquel Welch. In case you have not heard, Raquel has been named a Beauty Icon and has collaborated with MAC to bring you this years Beauty Icon collection.

Can you believe that this icon is 66 years old? AMAZING! And she has created this colour collection for an older woman. The colors are flattering, and in my opinion, fit for any woman wanting to look classy. And I want those lashes... if I could only figure out how to apply them!

The items are housed in beautiful tiger-print and glossy black cases. Beautiful.

My favorite items in the collection are:

Sultress Eyes - The colors in the quad are: Sultress, a dirty green-grey; Aria, a neutral mid-tone beige; Fake, a neutral pinky brown and Pure Energy, a frosty light pink.
$36

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If you browsed our Stocking Stuffer post, you will see that we recommend the Sonia Kashuk Brush Up on Style 6 piece Makeup Brush Set.

And if you don't know Sonia Kashuk is, she a phenomenal makeup artist that has fused "a professional makeup artist line with the Target chic, yet affordable image." It is the Sonia Kashuk Professional Makeup Line exclusively for Target.

I have to admit, I am very impressed with the quality of brushes she has available for the very low prices. The brushes are all full, with nice quality handles. They are basically nothing short of what you would come to expect from a professional makeup artist. They are quality - professional quality. And they work as they intend. The shadow brushes are some of the most superior brushes I have used!

Sonia has come up with a multitude of brush sets, perfect for giving them a good try out for yourself. And of course, they are great to give too.

Here are the sets:

8pc. Travel Brush Roll 
Armed Glamorous 7pc Makeup Brush Set
Brush Up On Style 6pc. Makeup Brush Set
Deluxe Travel Brush Set
Diamond Life Brush Set
Purse Brush Set