I'm kicking off summer with a very sweet smackdown! Because it involves macarons (or as MM staff calls them, "fancy French cookies"), I've selected the Museum's education specialist, Cookie Dreamer Babo, to serve as referee. I also needed to keep... Read more →

In the spirit of Black Friday, which we celebrate in the U.S. by trampling each other to score cheap TVs and the latest must-have children's toy, I thought I'd put these ladies in the ole MM boxing ring to duke... Read more →

Two French brands wanted to go up, up and away this spring with some balloon-themed offerings...but only one will make it to the stratosphere. Let's get ready to rummmmbbbblllllle! *ding ding* On one side of the ring we have Lancôme... Read more →

Fall leaves can be pretty...but also lethal. This year multiple brands adopted a foliage theme in advertising and packaging. So instead of the usual one-on-one match, I had no choice but to create a bracketed competition. Chanel will be squaring... Read more →

I meant to get to this back in the fall but it unfortunately fell by the wayside. A few months ago both Chanel and Dior revamped their permanent lines of eye shadow palettes - Chanel revised new quads and Dior,... Read more →

I knew I wanted Clinique's very happy-looking Cheek Pops from the moment I saw them a few months ago. Little did I know that Mark had an equally exuberant daisy-inspired design up their sleeve. And you know what that means:... Read more →

Thanks to the husband for the awesome poster! Peace on earth? Screw that! It's time for an old-fashioned Makeup Museum Smackdown!! This season, both Korean drugstore champ Etude House and the ever-kooky Anna Sui collaborated with Disney for Minnie Mouse-themed... Read more →

As much as I liked pulling together heart-adorned cosmetics for yesterday's post, I maintain the belief that Valentine's Day is stupid (except that it does give me an excuse to eat an entire box of chocolates by myself). Therefore I... Read more →

Butterflies were a popular theme for the spring/summer 2012 season. I was going to do a squaring off just of Paul & Joe's highlighting powder and Pop Beauty's blush/bronzer combo, but couldn't resist adding Mark's All the Highlights palette to... Read more →

Sephora introduced their Prisma Chrome eye shadows a couple months ago, and today MAC's In Extra Dimension collection dropped. In honor of the fact that the deisgns on both are comparable I decided to have them square off in the... Read more →