Holiday 2012: Urban Decay Vice Palette.

I introduced you to the Urban Decay Vice Palette back in September when it made its debut, but it is actully one of their holiday palettes. What could be better then a palett filled with 20 brand new shades? It is a great gift to give anyone who wears makeup.

Now that I have my hands on the palette, I wanted to show it to you, up close and personal.

The shades:

• Desperation – taupe brown w/satin finish
• Muse – deep sepia brown w/multidimensional sparkle finish
• Jagged – metallic black gold w/shimmer finish
• Blitz – metallic yellow gold w/shimmer finish
• Penny Lane – metallic peachy bronze pearl w/ golden shimmer finish
• Junkie – dark green/blue pearl w/ golden shimmer
• Chaos – bright blue matte
• Occupy – metallic steel grey w/multidimensional sparkle and shimmer finish
• Unhinged – metallic electric turquoise w/ shimmer finish
• Black Market – jet black satin
• Provocateur – light metallic mauve w/multidimensional sparkle and shimmer finish
• Rapture – dark greyish purple w/multidimensional shimmer finish
• Vice – deep eggplant purple w/shimmer finish
• Noise – electric punch pink w/gold sparkle and shimmer finish
• Armor – metallic dove grey w/silver micro-glitter shimmer finish
• Nevermind – metallic cork w/shimmer finish
• Echo Beach – pale wheat w/shimmer finish
• Anonymous – opaque almond w/matte finish
• Free Bird – pink champagne w/silver microsparkle shimmer finish
• Laced – opaque pinky taupe w/matte finish

The Vice Palette retails for $59.00 and is available from Sephora, ULTA and select Macy’s stores; or online
at Sephora.com, ulta.com, macys.com, beauty.com and urbandecay.com.

Holiday 2012: Anastasia Holiday Makeup Sets.

Anastasia Beverly Hills has two holiday sets for giving (or keeping) this year. One set is focused on the eyes and one set is focused on the lips. Both are beautiful.

Want You To Want Me ($34.00) is for the eyes. It is a kit within a super lux looking klutch type of package. Inside is a removable Eye Shadow Palette with 9 neutral (meaning wearable by all), a Mini Clear Brow Gel and a Jet Black Liquid Eye Liner.

The eye shadows are long-wearing, and are velvety smooth. The palette contains both matte and shimmery shadows and can create a range of looks. An unexpected thing with Anastasia's shadows, are that they are created to be used wet or dry. You can use the same shadows dry for day, then dampen your brush and apply them wet at night. Talk about turning up the WOW, as shimmers are turned almost metallic.

The shadows:

• Platform Wedge
• Members Only
• Graphic T's
• Iron on
• Front Row Center
• Ziggy
• Brass in Pocket
• Power Ballad
• Jellies

Kisses On My List Volume 2 ($30.00) is a set of six high-shine lip glosses in beautifully natural shades.

The set includes three opalescent glosses along with three new Hypercolor Glosses that actually stain the lips as it adds a glossy finish too. They feel very cushiony on the lips.

The colors:

• Jolene
• Moi
• Maggie May
• Roxanne
• Lola
• Sharona

Shop for the Anastasia Holiday Makeup Sets online at anastasia.net or in Sephora.

COVERGIRL Outlast Stay Brilliant Nail Gloss.

Finally. COVERGIRL has gotten into the nail polish game and just launched a line of nail polish, or as they are calling it, Nail Gloss. If you wondered why they have waited so long, I think the formula says it all. This is a game changer. Introducing COVERGIRL Outlast Stay Brilliant Nail Gloss.

Just looking at the bottle, I knew it was going to be good. First, just look at the packaging. The bottle is a very heavy glass, with a large square cap. It is very Chanel-esque, if I dare say so. The brush is very full, with bristles long and firm enough where they don't flop all over, but easy enough to easily apply the polish.

Now look at the formula. Just by looking at it, you will notice is is not too thin, nor thick. It is almost a gel-like liquid.

What is super special about the formula is that it is an all one formula. No base coat or top coat is required. No. I'm not crazy. The colors can last and stay glossy for as long as 7 days, with zero topcoat required.

I am the first to admit, and I have said it her many times; I suck at doing my own nails. I cannot give myself a manicure, and have depended on the same manicurist for years. I did want to try this and check it out for myself, so I took the COVERGIRL 7 Day Challenge. I painted my nails with this new polish and took a photo of my nails every day for seven days.

I need to say that the polish was very easy to apply. Like I said, the formula is almost gel-like, and applies very smooth and even over nails. It was a simple two or three brush stokes to get full coverage. I actually did two coats with the shade I selected, Smokey Taupe. The polish dried to a super glossy finish fairly quickly too. After about five minutes, my nails felt dry, but were still tacky. I was comfortable enough to use my hands after twenty minutes, when the polish was fully set and totally dry. Already I was impressed.

So onto the 7 day challenge. How do you think I did? How do you think it lasted? Take a look below.

The images speak for themselves. The glossy color lasted on my nails for 7 days, with just one small chip that happened shortly before I snapped the final picture. My nails looked beautiful and glossy for the week. Seriously, when is the last time that you could apply a drugstore polish and have it last for a week? Not just last, but last with full glossy shine and no top coat? It's a first for me!

I need to disclose that I have gel overlays over my natural nails. I am not sure if this affected the challenge for the better or not, but I felt it important to note. I did not apply any base or top coat, as stated.

Outlast Stay Brilliant Nail Gloss is for sale at drugstores and mass retailers right now, for about $5.49 a bottle.  There are 15 shades available right now, and a full 45 shades will be for sale come January. When all the shadea are relased next year, I will be back with a complete list of shades and of course, more pictures.