A New Cream Blush to Lust Over - Lancome Color Design Blush.

To be quite honest, I have yet to jump on the cream blush bandwagon. I have always had a problem with both proper placement and blending. Well folks, things have changed and I think I am addicted. Why? Lancôme has designed a perfectly creamy, easily blendable cream blushes.

Lancôme's Color Design Blush is a new blush, that blends on smooth as silk - almost as if rubbing a silk cloth over your cheek. And I am being serious. I really love the way this blush feels and looks.

Color Design Blush comes in 3 finishes and 7 beautiful shades.

• Creme Couture
• Model Mocha
• Petticoat Pink
• Pret a Plum
• Chic Cassis
• Freeze Frame
• Retro Rouge

I think I even found my perfect look. I use Creme Couture, which is a sheer, and layer Freeze Frame, which has a very sheer shimmer over it. The end result is beautiful I can't believe how much fun I am having with this.

Each Color Design Blush retails for $26 and is available at your Lancôme counter or Lancôme.com.

Halloween Inspiration from MAC.

If you really like to accent your Halloween costume with some makeup, look no further than MAC Cosmetics Halloween Looks section for some inspiration. The looks they feature range from beautiful, such as this one on the left, to scary or just plain creepy with some optical illusion special effects.

Along with the look, you will see a list of products to use that were actually used to create the Halloween look on the models.  And if you don't have the products they suggest, you can look through your stash and find something similar, I am sure.

Do you plan on doing anything special with your makeup for Halloween?

Urban Decay Matte Eyeshadow.

If you have never tried an Urban Decay Eyeshadow, now is definitely the time. UD shadows are such a popular item that many of the shades are often sold out when I am in Sephora. If you use them, you will know why.

Urban Decay took their eyeshadow to the next level and recently launched their Matte Eyeshadow. Still encased in their signature subway token, the only difference here is that the case is a bronze instead of silver, making it simple to tell the types of shadow apart. The shadows are still full of pigment, of course, and the finish is definitely matte, yet has a silky feel to it. These shadows are never chalky, trust me. I have tested a few with various brush types, and the end result is always the same - full color that looks beautiful and lasts all through the day.

Right now, there are a dozen new shades, with some more in the making, I bet. They really have a winner here, as with all of their other 52 shadows. Here are the shadows and their shade description:

ABC Gum - matte light peach
Cult - matte muted purple
Chronic Matte - matte bright green
Foxy - matte ivory
Illegal - matte plum brown (my favorite that I use as an eyeliner. I just wet an eyeliner brush, dip my brush in the shadow, and stroke on - beautiful!)
Naked - matte taupe
Narcotic - matte teal blue
Perversion - matte black
Purple Haze - matte bright purple (pictured)
Secret Service - matte warm brown
Revolver - matte light grey
Yeyo - matte white

Each Urban Decay Matte Eyeshadow retails for $16 and is available at sephora.com.