After the warm, golden tones of their Indian Summer collection, Laura Mercier is cooling off with Stormy.

The Eye Colour Quads in Blue Sky and Storm Cloud are wonderful shades of blue and gray in complementary palettes to create the season’s sultry, smoky eye with ease.

Also, there’s three new Kohl Eye Pencil shades in Black Gold, Black Navy, and Black Turquoise.

See the entire Laura Mercier Stormy Collection here.

*Thanks to reader Betsy for scooping us on this collection!

While every upcoming collection brings us excitement and anticipation, there’s always one or two products that grab ahold of us and WON’T LET GO.

These are the items that keep us awake at night, worrying that the stores will sell out before we can get our hands on them.

So we might as well just tell you now that we will not rest easy until Black Plum, an intense black-violet Eye Colour from the Laura Mercier Fall 2007: Indian Summer collection is safely tucked in our Makeup Bag.

We’re captivated.

Our first trip to the beach this season happened yesterday, where we enjoyed a gorgeous summer day along the shores of Lake Tahoe (in the shade!) and spent hours catching up on our magazine reading.

While we love a lazy day at the beach as much as the next girl, getting our beach bag ready is always a chore. Gone are the days of heading off to the beach with nothing but a towel and a girlfriend or two. (Gone are also the days of perfectly flat abs–but no sense getting nostalgic here.)

Nowadays, beaching-it takes a little planning and a lot of packing.

Aside from the essential beach umbrella, wide-brimmed hat and iPod, here’s what else you can find in our beach bag:

1. Boots Quick Thinking 4 in 1 Wipes: Great for wiping around our irritated eyes when sand, salt and sunscreen start taking their toll. (Even greater for the car ride home when 45 minutes seems like an eternity with beach grime in our pores.) These Quick Thinking wipes cleanse, tone, remove makeup and moisturize all in one swipe. Brilliant!

2. Neutrogena Ultra-Sheer Dry Touch Sunblock SPF 55: Complete UVA/UVB protection with Helioplex. Along with a big hat, this sunscreen leaves the skin on our face wondering if it’s even at the beach.

3. Laura Mercier Lip Kisses SPF 15 : Sun protection for our lips with a sheer, high-gloss finish. We like it in Nude Beach.

4. Shiseido Refreshing Sun Protection Spray: This light, waterproof formula makes protecting our hair simple and easy. The bottle even sprays upside down making it easy to reach the back of our head without having to play Twister.

5. Bobbi Brown Lip Balm SPF 15: This colorless lip balm feels silky smooth on our lips. Bonus: we also use it on our cuticles!

6. Dior Diorshow Waterproof Mascara: Thick, lush lashes in a waterproof formula. Just because we’re at the beach, doesn’t mean we can’t look fab.

7. Neutrogena Cool Mist SPF 30: Again, Helioplex gives us ultra protection while the cool mist spray bottle keeps us feeling fresh and cool in the hot summer sun.

Now that our bag is packed, beach-going will be a breeze. We can’t wait until next weekend.

Laura Mercier has added to the summer bronze collections with her newest conception: Sexy Bronze Collection.

Metallic eyeshadow hues and natural lips complement the subtle summer glow achieved with the limited edition Warm Bronze Mineral Powder SPF 15

This finely milled mineral powder is oil-free, water-resistant and has a SPF of 15 — giving us that extra added protection over our daily sunscreen. Who said our skin can’t look flawless on the beach?

*Other summer collections can be found here.