Spring 2012: Urban Decay.

Yes, the NAKED2 Eyeshadow Palette may be the star of the new spring Urban Decay products, but there are some must-have honorable mentions too. In fact these great new shades from some of the UD best sellers are some that you must know about.

24/7 Concealer Pencil - $18.00
This invisible, more than medium coverage pencil glides over and covers under-eye circles, dark spots and blemishes with ease. Loaded with Vitamin E, this pencil nourishes while blending seamlessly into the skin. It dries down beautifully matte, giving a soft focus to your look.

There are 4 new shades (all darker) in the line-up, with a great new updated look for all 7 of them.

• CIA - Very light/Creamy ivory
• DEA - Light/Peaches and cream
• FBI - Light medium/Beige
• NSA - Medium/Beige
• ATF - Medium dark/Golden beige (new shade)
• DOD - Dark/Warm tan (new shade)
• KGB - Darker/Golden caramel (new shade)
• M16 - Deepest/Cocoa (new shade)

Super-Saturated High Gloss Lip Color - $19.00
You will not believe how beautifully pigmented and long-lasting these colors are. Hard to find in a super easy to glide on pencil formula, this lip color lasts and shines longer than your average lipstick. Plus, the color stays in place and doesn't feather. Forget the gloss too as the shades are glossy enough on their own.

There are 2 new shades to the line up of 7.

• Apocalypse - Deep berry with a creme finish (new shade)
• Lovechild - Cool pink with a creme finish (new shade)
• Adrenaline - Pinkish red with sparkle finish
• Big Bang - Bright fuchsia with sparkle finish
• Crush - Hot pink with creme finish
• F-Bomb - Bright red with creme finish
• Punch Drunk - Bright red-orange with creme finish

Pocket Rocket Lip Gloss - $19.00
These new men, er, shades of the infamous Pocket Rocket just might have you blushing. Of course, not only can you gaze at these super hot Pocket Rocket men, you can slather your lips in gorgeous gloss that lasts hours. Plus, the gloss is actually designed more wide and flat, so it easily slips into your pocket for easy to reach for touch-ups.

The two new guys and their shades:

• Dustin - He will chop down your tree and get your fire going with this beautiful light nude shade that boasts multi-dimensional sparkle and shimmer.
• Rashad - Paging the good doctor to get your heart pumping and lips gorgeous in this beautiful opaque dusty rose.

24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil - $19.00
Previously only available in gift sets, the 3 most sought after shades of their best selling eye pencils are now for sale on their own. These pencils are waterproof and stay full of bold color all day. Forget the smudging or fading, these beauties do not budge after about 30 seconds of play time.

There are 26 shades in all, now available alone:

• Demolition - Matte deepest darkest brown
• Perversion - Matte blackest carbon black
• Woodstock - Bright fuchsia pink shimmer with silver micro glitter

You can pick up all the latest from Urban Decay spring at Sephora, ULTA, select Macy's and of course at urbandecay.com.

Spring 2012: Rimmel London.

This season, the hottest beauty look out of London is bright, beautiful emphasized eyes offset by a gorgeous natural flush. With high impact shadow shades, precision liner, ultra-plumping mascara and custom cheek color, Rimmel London’s latest spring collection has everything you need to play up your peepers, highlight your cheeks and get noticed this spring.

Eyeshadow in English Oak, ScandalEyes Mascara

New products include:

Volume Flash ScandalEyes Mascara – $6.99
Get scandalous lashes with the flexible new MaxDensity brush that’s longer, wider, denser and 50% bigger than Rimmel’s biggest brush featuring triple the collagen and keratin of other mascaras on the market. This is available in Black or Extreme Black.

I am pretty impressed with this mascara and was really excited to try it, as it was my first using a Rimmel London mascara.  After two coats, the formula does get a bit clumpy, but two coats is more than enough for me. My lashes are really thick, lengthened and beautifully bold and black while using. After wearing all day, I experienced no smudging, and very minimal flaking.

Glam’Eyes HD Eyeshadow – $5.99
The boldest eyeshadow pigments you’ve ever seen, packed with multi-reflective pigments, each intense, vibrant eyeshadow shade coats lids in dazzling color. The dual-use shadows work wet or dry, allowing you to customize your color. This mini palette is available in 8 shades: Black Cab, English Oak, Royal Blue, Green Park, English Rose, Purple Reign, Heart Of Gold, and True Union Jack.

English Oak is a beautiful myriad of warm brown shades. It is easy to get a beautiful brown makeup look when combining the shades, though getting the lighter shades on their own is not as easy as it looks, as there is only a very small bit of them, and most of my brushes pick up other shades too.  My favorite way to wear it is just by using a larger eyeshadow fluff brush and blend it all over the shadows together, and then gently sweep it all over my lid and crease.  It gives a beautiful daytime look. If I want more drama or depth, I use a crease brush and add in the darker shade just there.

Match Perfection 3 Tone Blush – $4.97 (at Walmart)
Wake up your face with a flush of customized natural cheek color. Featuring Smart-Tone technology that adapts to your unique skin tone and blue sapphire pigments for radiant true-to-you color. All you have to do i select your shades: Light, Light/Medium, Medium or Medium/Dark.

I didn't get to try this, but the idea is a good one. I love blending shades to get a more customized look. Hopefully I will find it in the store and give it a try. I am guessing I would use the Light/Medium, as the Light looks very pale, and I do like color on my cheeks.

Exaggerate Eye Liner – $6.00
This breakthrough liquid liner features an ultra-fine felt tip designed to absorb maximum liquid liner and deposit intense pigment for bold, exact application and majorly amplified eyes. This is only available in Black.

Rimmel London can be found in drugstores and mass merchandisers.