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New MAC Colour Ready Collection

The MAC Colour Ready Collection offers the best of both worlds: new colors of eyeshadow and lipstick, as well as the skin prep products you need to create a flawless face.  MAC adds to it's Prep + Prime line with the release of three new products; blurring the line between science and beauty.  Read on to find out what my new Holy Grail product is!

The MAC Colour Ready Collection includes:

 

EYESHADOW
Bitter - Vivid bright golden green flecked with shimmer
White Frost - Vivid bright white with icy shimmer
Suggested Retail Price: $14.50 US/$17 CDN

LIPSTICK
Show Orchid - Vivid hot pink
Impassioned - Amped up fuschsia
Suggested Retail Price:  $14.00 US/$16.50 CDN

BEAUTY BYLINES Interview: Meet Heather Park of MAC Cosmetics!

Heather Park lives life like she means it.  By day, she's a public relations pro for MAC Cosmetics.  She's a social media darling, regularly posting on Twitter and interacting with followers from every walk of life.  At night she's a powerhouse singer with killer pipes.  Beauty. Fashion. Music. Media.  Where these worlds intersect is where you'll find Heather Park.  Come meet her!

Beauty411: You work for MAC; a makeup line every beauty addict is familiar with.  Can you share a little about what you do at MAC?

Heather:  I work in the PR department for M·A·C, with a focus on regional media an New Media.  Basically my job is to secure press for M·A·C and our M·A·C PRO Team in those media outlets: local newspapers, magazines and television stations, as well as blogs, websites and other alternative media.  Oddly enough, the two areas couldn’t be more polar opposites of each other!

Beauty411:  I was so lucky to meet you in person in September at Fashion Week.  What is your primary involvement with Fashion Week?  When do you start planning? 

Heather:  M·A·C is the official cosmetics sponsor of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.  Each season, M·A·C does the makeup at nearly 75 shows.  My role is to escort press and media backstage so they can get interviews with the key makeup artist, the hair stylist and the nail team so they can write their beauty trend stories for the upcoming season.

Beauty411:  If we peeked into your makeup bag, what products would we find?

Total Beauty Weekly Web Tour

If you're looking for the best beauty news, read on for this week's edition of the Total Beauty Weekly Web Tour...see you back here on Monday!

Viva Woman tells you 10 things to avoid when cleansing your face.

Beauty Secrets Revealed tells you about Morning Banana Diet- Japanese Way Of Losing Weight.

The Informed Makeup Maven talks green washing and cosmetics and wants you to peek inside her spring makeup bag. Don't forget to check out her giveaway this fortnight, Rimmel recover foundation and Suki UV blotting papers!

Beauty Anonymous brings you YSL Summer 2009 Limited-edition Collection.

LA Pretty's fave new skin cream is making their skin brighter, clearer, and protecting their Pretty faces from the LA sun. And did we mention it's affordable? Find out what it is here

Frappelattes has pictures of Nicole Richie with baby bump #2! Plus, discover where you can find all-natural pregnancy products to make this pregnancy a beautiful one.

This week Average Metro Joe covers an exclusive laser treatment for hair loss that is completely safe for men and women with troublesome hair loss.

Visit The Beauty Couch to read a review of Maybelline's Lash Stiletto and to enter a drawing to win one for yourself!

The Anti Hair Slave shows you how the Instyler really works. Watch the video review to check it out on a REAL person and also learn a couple tips and tricks for super sleek hair.

Check out one of the coolest nail polish innovations Beauty Junkies Unite has seen in a long time! Incoco Dry Nail Applique kits are a hit!

Daily Dose of Coffee tries out the new Jonathan Product Dirt offering: Spray Dirt. Is it worth the hefty price tag?

Are you a Bare Escentuals or mineral makeup fan? Beauty411 tries out the new Bare Escentuals Buxom Lash Mascara!

See what Fabulous Over Forty uses for her daily and weekly skincare regimen.

Girl-Woman-Beauty-Brains-Blog is holding a Manic Monday/April Fool's giveaway. Enter to win a Spa Sensuals set. BUT since the giveaway ends on April Fool's Day, Jamie and Beckie are throwing in the kitchen sink of beauty products as well. Don't be fooled. Enter now!

Boutique Flair is one of the first to test some mineral makeup and natural skin care products from the newly launched PRIIA Cosmetics!

eye4style loves the off-kilter luxury of Strange Invisible Perfumes. Check out her review of the three newest scents in the line!

More Than a Pretty Face reminds everyone that the 40% off introductory offer on Daniel Chinchilla Cosmetics line ends March 31. Take advantage of the offer now!

More Than a Pretty Face has a new giveaway: win one of two scented candles from Delirium & Co!

Indian Girl has just the lipstick for lip gloss lovers ! Also, get all your concealer questions answered by pros at Three Custom Color Specialists ! Send in your questions today !

The girls over at Beauty in Real Life are having another giveaway. Click here to enter to win a Galvanic Spa II kit, valued over $350!!!

Glossypink tells you how to get Nicole Richie's Blackbook Magazine makeup look!

The Makeup Divas reviews a few products from the new Avon Celestial 2009 Spring Collection.

The Advice Sisters Alison Blackman loves Josie Maran's Tinted MoisturizerRead the review to find out why!

Get The Look: Katie Holmes New Long Hair-by Talking Makeup!

Enter Lipgloss Break's Kitten Vixen Lipgloss Giveaway!

Hot Beauty Health loves Korres new Eco-Friendly Face Primer. Read to find out why!

Have you been looking for Cheap Strivectin? RN Guide to Skin Care found an almost identical item for a fraction of the cost.

Suzanne at Mineral Makeup Reviews reviews Mineral Hygiencis a bismuth free mineral makeup with incredible staying power.

The Beauty Blog is offering a free special report 12 ways to save money on your favorite beauty products when you sign up for The Beauty Insider, a free monthly beauty newsletter from four top rated beauty sites.

This week, Spoiled Pretty is giving away the new June Jacobs Vanda Orchid Collection: four products (shower gel, body balm, mist, and dry oil body spray) to keep the skin hydrated, glowing and beautiful.

Beauty Blogging Junkie shares the deets on the new Dial AntiOxidant Body Wash with Cranberry and AntiOxidant Pearls. You'll never guess what it reminds her of. Find out here.

Essie North Fork Nail Collection for Summer 2009

 

Essie North Fork Collection is a nail color collection that was inspired by the beauty of nature--blue in the sky and the waters surrounding the quaint vacation villages around Long Island's East End.

The three colors in the collection, Greenport, Sag Harbor and Shelter Island, are each named after areas around The North Fork and Long Island Sound.  The nail colors in The North Fork Collection capture the essence of blue. 

• Greenport - Dreamy aquamarine paradise

• Sag Harbor - Cool Silver Blue

• Shelter Island - Sky Blue Radiance

I'm not usually a fan of blue nail polish, but I love Essie's take on blue; it's subtle, tranquil and so pretty.  You can bet I'll be looking to try these colors for spring-into-summer.  Blue will be one of the important colors for spring, so you'll be seeing variations from makeup to nail colections.

The Essie North Fork Nail Collection is a limited-edition collection available beginning April 2009 at www.essie.com, fine spas, salons and beauty destinations worldwide.  SRP $9.00 US/$11 CDN.

Best Long Hair Styles from TotalBeauty

Got long hair? Then we've got 10 celebrity hair style inspirations for you.

Long hair has its pros and cons. Cons: high-maintenance, like keeping split ends at bay and tangles to a minimum. Pros: Practically limitless style possibilities. If you have long hair, check out these hair styles (on stars like Kim Kardashian, "Twilight's" Kristen Stewart and more). The looks are all quick and easy, so you can update your 'do in minutes. See styles