Inspired by the ease and sensuality of the season’s fashions, Estée Lauder has created Sensuous Gold – a uniquely feminine, luxurious new color collection for fall 2009.

Like the dramatic impact of a well appointed piece of jewelry, Estée Lauder’s NEW, Limited Edition Gilded Rose Marbleized Shimmer Powder is a luxurious handcrafted, marbleized domed face powder of illuminating rose gold tones that shimmer like precious minerals. Inspired by Italian marble crafts and artistry, the mineralized powder provides a dimensional, yet natural shimmer in a perfectly sheer wash of luminous color. Plus, the powder’s unique, shimmering formula is comfortable to wear, thanks to a sophisticated baked powder technology that gives the powder an incredibly creamy feel on the skin. Silky, smooth and luminous, the powder is appropriate for all skintones and comes encased in a luxurious rose golden boudoir powder box with a specially designed half moon brush for the perfect application.

Create a decidedly feminine and romantic eye look this fall with soft, silky gold tones complemented by beautifully rich plum shades. Estee Lauder’s NEW, Limited Edition Signature Eyeshadow Quads in new, limited palettes of Rose Gold and Rose Amethyst feature a unique hammered gold texture and have been sprayed with a multi-dimensional pearl for a luxurious “crystallized” effect that delivers luxurious buildable color to eyes. Whether it is a soft, subtle look or more dramatic effect you wish to achieve, the Signature Eyeshadow Quads make it easy, enabling you to mix, match and blend each of the four eyeshadow tablets to expertly create the look you want. Packaged in a specially designed signature compact that has been dressed in rose golden for an ultra-luxe look and feel, the Signature Eyeshadow Quads makes precision application a breeze with its coordinating dual ended applicators.

For additional allure, line eyes with the Double Wear Eye Pencil in luxurious shades of Bronze and Black Plum and complete the eye look with Sumptuous Mascara in Black for sumptuously full volume, expertly defined lashes.

Complete the Sensuous Gold look with nails perfectly polished in NEW, Limited Edition shades of Rose Gold and Black Amethyst, and leave a lasting impression with Sensuous, a warm, inviting, woody amber fragrance that captures the many facets that make today’s woman so
complex and fascinating.

Estée Lauder Sensuous Gold Collection is currently available online at EsteeLauder.com.

This beautiful caramel compact from the Estée Lauder Chocolate Decadence Collection truly looks like a treat!

The compact contains ribbons of crème, caramel, chocolate and spun gold that blend seamlessly to impart every skintone with a sweet kiss of gold shimmer.

Estée Lauder Creme Caramel Shimmer Powder is available from Saks Fifth Avenue for $32.

When you find a fragrance you love, you want to wear it forever. Now, Estée Lauder brings you a new addition to the irresistible collection of Pure White Linen fragrances that you can live in all year round. New Pure White Linen Pink Coral is an utterly feminine, tender and peaceful fragrance that gently sweeps over the senses in soft waves, capturing the feeling of being by the ocean at daybreak, just as it is blushed by dawn’s warm light.

With a composition of perfectly blended sea-kissed Apple Blossoms, Waterfruits, Sweet Peas and Camelias blushed with Honeysuckle and Sandalwood, Pure White Linen Pink Coral is a scent that is feminine, peaceful and wonderfully, perfectly pretty.

“Pure White Linen Pink Coral is the perfect feeling and fragrance to complete the Pure White Linen collection,” said Karyn Khoury, Senior Vice President of Fragrance Development Worldwide, Estée Lauder. “The Pure White Linen values of sophisticated simplicity and relaxed
elegance are reinforced, but with a unique view that is tender and feminine.”

Pure White Linen Pink Coral is available at Estée Lauder counters nationwide and online at EsteeLauder.com.

Lipstick is magical.

In one swipe it has the ability to brighten my face and boost my mood. My favorite hue is any variation of rose, of which I have 712 tubes, as it is the most flattering shade on my skin.

Bobbi Brown, author and creator of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics (as if she needs an introduction) says in her new book Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual, “Use the natural color of your lips as a guide when choosing a lipstick shade. The most flattering shade will either match or be slightly darker than your lips.”

(If you don’t know this, I LOVE BOBBI BROWN. She celebrated her birthday this week (April 14th)—Happy Birthday Bobbi!)

One of my most-used lip products is this Bobbi Brown Basics Lip Palette which complements my skin tone perfectly. In addition to this palette, I’m loving these five new spring lipsticks:

From left to right:

Lancôme Color Fever Lipstick in Mademoiselle: Color Fever Lipstick is super long-lasting and has a rose scent that I love. This shade is slightly darker than my natural lip shade and seems like it was made just for me.

CHANEL Aqualumière Sheer Color Lipshine in Malta I strongly believe that every girl should have a Chanel lipstick in her bag. Every time I use this I feel so indulgent and glamorous—and the formula is moisturizing and shimmery.

NARS Lipstick in Shrinagar: This sheer raspberry shade from the NARS Spring Collection is so flattering. It adds just enough color to brighten my face and, since the formula is sheer, doesn’t appear overly done.

Estée Lauder Signature Hydra Lustre Lipstick in Mayfair Mauve: This has a hint of pink to add some “special” to my everyday look. Also, the ultra luxe case makes this the the prettiest lipstick in my Makeup Bag.

Shiseido Perfect Rouge Lipstick in Baby (BE 208): This color is a perfect nude with a hint of pinkness. These lipsticks are so moisturizing, too.

Earlier this month I asked my friends on Facebook and Twitter about their favorite shades of lipstick and here’s what they said:

Cheryl Edwards (my friend from high school) swears by fire engine red lipstick!

My Facebook friend Lori Jenkins can’t live without Lancome Pink Organza (she’s on her 5th tube!).

Another Facebook friend Tanya Sharma loves Trish Pink Innocent. “I’m on my third, which is a record for someone this fickle.”

My former co-worker Bethany likes Sally Hansen 18 Hour Lipstick in Clear Raisin.

Fellow beauty blogger Jamie from The Beauty of Life always ends up going back to Lancome Pixel Pink.

My Twitter friend Ponikuta swears by anything coral. “A girl can never have enough coral lipsticks.”

“I am stuck on all shades of pink gloss,” said my friend Stiletto Mom via Twitter.

The Urban Whisk (another Twitter friend) told me she loves Flamingo by Chanel (sadly, it’s discontinued).

My friend Heather couldn’t name just one, “where do I start? Girl about town, lady danger, so chaud…I wonder if I like them for the names. LOL.”

Real-life friend and fellow beauty blogger Amber told me “Clinique in Tenderheart is one of my all-time faves!”

Another real-life friend and fellow beauty blogger Carla said, “‘O’ by MAC, llllove it!”

Tell me, what lipstick color are you loving right now?