Special note: We made a video featuring our thirteen-year-old daughter, Bailey, announcing the final winners of our ‘Party Time’ post. However, we’ve been having a few technical difficulties. We hope to have it up by day’s end so be sure to check back and see if you’re a winner.

In the meantime, have you seen the new creamy lipcolor by Bourjois?

La crème des Lèvres is a 2-in-1 light reflecting and enhancing lip cream that moisturizes like a balm and shines like a gloss.

The non-sticky formula is smooth and creamy with a sweet almond fragrance and comes in six soft nude hues:

• Beige Velouté nude and chic
• Rosé Voluptueux rosy delight
• Rose Doux almond rose
• Rosé Moelleux tender rose
• Praliné Dolce praline melt
• Brun Onctueuz candied chestnut

La crème des Lèvres is available at Sephora for $14.

I love getting ready for school to start. It’s exciting to start fresh each year with new classes, new friends, and, of course, new clothes and makeup!

When I saw this Perfect Face Kit from Stila (available only at Sephora), I had to have it. The colors are really sweet and it has everything I need for a fresh Back-to-School look.

I love the click-up Stila lip glaze in brown sugar —it’s super shiny and thick enough to last longer than one class, and the color looks great on everyone.

Hope you’re as excited about Back-to-School as I am!

xoxo,

Bree

While tons of our girlfriends swear by Maybelline Great Lash mascara, we just haven’t been able to feel its love.

It weighs down our perfectly crimped curl and straightens out our lashes instantly, which is sort of a bummer because we really want to love this mascara.

But not to worry, as Maybelline has plenty other stars on their shelf, like this Shiny-Licious Lip Gloss in Pink Bikini, a limited edition color in their Solar Power collection.

Cool, casual and slightly flirty– this shiny pale pink is the perfect weekend shade.

(Also, at only $6 bucks, it doesn’t hurt as much when it ‘disappears’ at the hands of the teenagers.)

Rich, luxurious hues mark CLINIQUE’s modern fall collection: Play in the Darks.

Finding inspiration on the runways, this collection is all about elegance and sophistication with intense color that ranges from soft and sultry to bold and dramatic.

Play in the Darks. Fall 2007 has some wonderful treats in store for us– including new shades of the fabulous Brush-On Cream Liner and joining Black Honey (the Almost Lipstick that we all bow down before) are three new limited edition shades of the best-selling formula. Can you believe?!

Here’s the scoop:

Brush-On Cream Liner

• Black Honey
• Deep Brown
• Graphite (limited edition)
• Egyptian (limited edition)

Application Tip: Lightly dip the eye liner brush into the cream liner pot. For the most precise application, dab off any excess product on the back of your hand, using it as a palette. If you don’t have a steady hand, draw three dashes along your lash line—outer corner, middle, and inner corner. Then, go back and connect the dashes.

Almost Lipstick

• Black Honey
• Black Raisin (limited edition)
• Black Raspberry (limited edition)
• Black Plum (limited edition)

Color Surge Eye Shadow Trio

• Black Truffle (limited edition)
• Creme Brulée (limited edition)
• Totally Neutral (new)
• Blushing Nude (new)
• Ebb and Flow (new)
• Come Heather (new)

Blushing Blush Powder Blush

• Sunset Glow
• Smoldering Plum

And now, the most exciting news of the day (for us, anyway) is the NEW Clinique Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss. With all the treatment benefits of our beloved Superbalm Tinted Lip Treatment, this new luxurious gloss comes in a bigger tube and offers more moisture and shine. Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss comes in eight high-sheen shades to wear alone or over lipstick:

• Apricot
• Raspberry
• Mango
• Rootbeer
• Lilac
• Ginger
• Currant
• Grapefruit

Play in the Dark. Fall 2007 and Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss will be available beginning August 2007 at Clinique counters nationwide and at clinique.com.

*Find out how to re-create the Play in the Darks look here.