For the fall season CHANEL introduces their new Venice Makeup Collection, inspired by shimmering facades and mosaics, and the sparkling aquatic colors of the city’s lagoons.

Now I’ve never been to Venice to experience the colors of the waters, but I have been to the gorgeous Caribbean islands of Turks & Caicos.  The sparkling greens from the collection’s LES 4 OMBRES Quadra Eye Shadow ($56 US) in Murano really sparks memories of the island’s beautiful ocean hues.

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Here’s a shocking truth: lips can get sun burned too. Personally, I always thought that peeling, cracked lips were the result of dry and dehydrated  lips.

However, I learned quite recently that the sun is the main culprit for many of our lip woes. With that in mind, let’s all protect our puckers together and take a look at some good lip balms with SPF!

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Basic browns have the stereotype of being boring compared to colorful neon and turquoise.  However, you really can’t beat a great palette of brown eye shadows to give an understated, flattering glimmer to your eyes.  Having great eye makeup doesn’t mean that it has to be flashy.

Petra Strand, famed makeup artist and founder of Pixi, realizes this and put together the Pixi Eye Beauty Kit ($28 US) in Bittersweet Cacao.  I love how she included matte and shimmery colors that have warm and cool undertones so that any gal can use this palette.

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Every time a new MAC Cosmetics collection releases, as much as I look forward to the products, I secretly can’t wait to see what the mega-artistry brand comes up with for their promotional images.

Looking at a bunch of lipsticks and lipglosses in a product display doesn’t inspire as well as this gorgeous promo for MAC’s new Colour Craft collection, on counters today!

Colour Craft is bold and colorful with new additions to MAC’s famed Mineralize lineup with quad shadows and new blushes.  The collection also introduces the marbled lipglass to create a one-of-a-kind finish.  This is one set that I’m truly excited for - I cannot wait to see all the shades!

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I don’t know about you, but I sometimes have a hard time sleeping in a bed that’s not mine when I’m traveling.

Last week, I spent five days visiting my mom up in Lake Tahoe.  And while she prepared a cozy bed with comfy linens and pillows for me to snuggle up in, I just couldn’t fall asleep those first two nights.

Anticipating my restlessness, I brought along a neck wrap and eye mask I just got from The Happy Company’s Sweet Dreams Collection to see if they would help me catch some zzz’s.

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