I've been waiting to report on this beautiful compact since July (!), when PJ at A Touch of Blusher posted about it. You might remember that Dutch designer Marcel Wanders collaborated with MAC in both 2010 and earlier this year.... Read more →

Makeup Museum (MM) Musings is a series that examines a broad range of museum topics as they relate to the collecting of cosmetics, along with my vision for a "real", physical Makeup Museum. These posts help me think through how... Read more →

Clarins really upped their game this season in terms of packaging. This beautiful highlighting powder, from their Odyssey collection, is presented in a gold case with delicate, engraved details. The powder inside features the same design. I'm amazed at the... Read more →

Hello! Is everyone sufficiently stuffed and overspent from the one-two punch of Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping? I know I am. Nevertheless I'm excited the holiday season is officially here. - MAC introduced a super exclusive Grey Friday lipstick and... Read more →

Happy Black Friday! Instead of braving the shopping crowds today I'm staying in and doing a quick post on these delightful Juicy Tubes (lip glosses) from Lancôme. They were released back in the summer and I'm only just seeing them... Read more →

(Thanks to the husband for the awesome "Babo Warhol" pic) Thank you all for entering the Makeup Museum's NARS Andy Warhol giveaway! Museum Education Specialist Cookie Dream Babo is very excited to announce the winner. YAY! Congratulations to Emily S.!... Read more →

The Andy Warhol for NARS collection is positively enormous! Here is part 2, the Silver Factory Holiday collection. (Click here for part 1 and to read about the background on the collaboration.) The ad copy: "In a new makeup gifting... Read more →

I hope everyone had a nice pre-Thanksgiving week! Here are some links. - Mmm, New York Chocolate Show. - It was also National Guacamole Day this Wednesday. - In local food news, Sofi's Crepes will be expanding to Fells Point,... Read more →

Well, it's my birthday week. Yes, I celebrate the entire week! I feel that the older you get the more you deserve to celebrate. Since my b-day falls in mid-November, that makes me a Scorpio, and it got me thinking... Read more →

As with Stila's various Travel Palettes and Cargo's eye shadows, not to mention countless other collections dedicated to invididual cities, Catrice's fall 2012 collection, Big City Life, pays homage to three major metropolises (metropoli?): Paris, Shanghai and San Francisco. I... Read more →