Every year we support the MAC Kids Helping Kids program, a darling collection of children’s artwork displayed on gift cards, note cards, and, for the first time this year, wrapping paper.

Every purchase gives back to the MAC Aids Fund to help support pediatric aids organizations around the world. It’s a win-win for everyone!

Kids Helping Kids Gift Cards
6 cards with envelopes
Suggested Retail Price: $6.00 U.S./$8.00 CDN

Kids Helping Kids Gift Cards
12 gift cards with envelopes
Suggested Retail Price: $6.00 U.S./$8.00 CDN

M·A·C stores only
Kids Helping Kids Gift Wrap 1
Wrapping paper roll
Suggested Retail Price: $10.00 U.S./$13.00 CDN

Kids Helping Kids Gift Wrap 2
Wrapping paper roll
Suggested Retail Price: $10.00 U.S./$13.00 CDN

Kids Helping Kids Gift Wrap 3
Wrapping paper roll
Suggested Retail Price: $10.00 U.S./$13.00 CDN

Look for the MAC Kids Helping Kids holiday collection at a MAC store near you.

Today is a state holiday here in Nevada and we spent our much-needed day off running errands, doing laundry, and shopping for Halloween costumes for the kids.

Wearing red lipstick on a day like today was almost as uncomfortable as showing up to the neighbor’s barbeque in a prom dress.

Except it wasn’t quite that uncomfortable because just LOOK at this red.

This is CHANEL Rouge Allure in Lover and it’s quite possibly the most perfect red we’ve ever worn. Terribly chic, creamy, and ever so slightly pink—this is the red that all other reds want to be when they grow up.

Even in the company of our gorgeous teenage daughters (with our bangs clipped back and sporting an ugly outfit, no less) we still managed to score a compliment on our pretty lipstick.

That’s quite a feat.

Miss the previous entries in our Seven Reds in Seven Days feature? Here they are: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5

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Office mates, assistants, teachers, and even the Fed-Ex delivery lady will appreciate a holiday treat as sweet as these festive glosses:

Origins Me Mine Shine Set
Once Upon a Shine Sheer Lip Gloss in three colors: Sheer Ruby, Sheer Fruit Punch and Sheer Fig. $40.50 value for $25

Prescriptives Mini Moonbeam Quartet
Four mini Moonbeam Reflective Glosses, sized to go everywhere you go. Set includes four Moonbeam Reflective Glosses in Eclipse, Cosmic, Meteor and Deep Space (0.1 oz. each). $26.50

Lancome Juicy Tubes Holiday Gift Set
Set includes Pure, Fruity Pop, Hallucination, Pink Horizon, Miracle, Magic Spell, and limited-edition Cherry on Top and Hot Date. $37.50

TheBalm BalmVoyage - Lip Kit Includes: Stainiac in Beauty Queen, Plump Your Pucker in Cocoa My Coconut, BalmShelter SPF 17 tinted gloss in Daddy’s Girl, all in travel sizes, as well as an adorable luggage tag. $18.50

Clinique Super Treats Set
New Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss relieves dryness, helps repair and protect this delicate skin’s natural moisture barrier. In Ginger, Blush, Raspberry and Currant (0.16 oz each) $25

Shu Uemura Holiday Lip Gloss Set Three full-size Shu Uemura Sweet Lip Glosses presented in a great, giftable clear bag. Each delectable gloss set is inspired and flavored by fruity jams: Raspberry or Strawberry. $54 value for $45

After a phone call from our sister telling us that our Seven Reds in Seven Days photos are depressing (apparently we need some color, and our expressions are about as exciting as a 3-hour tax seminar), we thought we’d give you a smile.

Also, we’re wearing bronzer!

Today’s lipstick is Shiseido The Makeup Perfecting Lipstick in Real Red. This is a pretty, bold red with a berry undertone that seems to suit our (newly tan!) complexion. The creamy formula is highly pigmented and lasts for hours. Very nice.