Our friend Heather promised that the moment we tried MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural, our life would be forever changed—and she was right.

This week we gave this light mineral powder a whirl and can’t believe the sweet coverage. The slowly baked minerals offer a sheer, natural-matte finish without looking flat. Also, it’s sheer enough to touch-up throughout the day without building up and caking.

Today we spent 8 hours traveling—leaving home at an ungodly hour—yet we arrived at our destination this evening with a fresh and even-toned complexion.

Aside note: Are any of you fans of the Fox drama House? (If you’re not—you should be!) Last night, we just happened to watch the episode where they think a passenger on the same flight as Dr. House has bacterial meningitis and quite possibly infected the entire plane—which had us obsessively applying Purell and covering our face with a scarf for the entire flight today. And yes, we understand the difference between reality and fantasy, but you really should watch this show—Hugh Laurie is riveting.

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural comes in five shades: Light, Medium, Medium Dark, Dark and Deep Dark and is a great alternative to loose powder while we’re on the road.

*12/09/07 Update: The Medium shade is not discontinued, it’s just on backorder and very hard to find. We’ve been using this in Light, but Medium is probably more appropriate for our skin tone. (If we can ever get our hands on some, we’ll try that shade next.)

Finding the images of the new MAC Beauty Powder in our inbox was the highlight of our day. These loose shimmer powders highlight and define and can be used as blush for a glamorous shimmering effect.

The new Beauty Powders along with five new Studio Lights make up MAC Of Beauty collection.

Beauty Powder/Loose
Dancing Light  Creamy gold with white gold reflect
Drizzlegold  Fleshy beige with copper and gold reflect
Natural Flare  Peachy champagne with white and gold reflect
Sunspill  Coral Peach with white and gold reflect
Tenderdusk  Soft pink with red and gold reflect
Soft Flame  Rich plum with reddish copper reflect
Suggested Retail Price: $21.00 U.S./$25.00 CDN

Studio Lights
Skin Lure  Soft creamy beige
Ideal Pink  Palest pinkish beige
Smoothspice  Caramel
Frangipan  Pale golden yellow
Sand  Soft peachy beige
Suggested Retail Price: $14.50 U.S./$17.50 CDN

MAC Of Beauty is available beginning November 15, 2007 at all M·A·C locations and online at maccosmetics.com.

This Missoni Colori Gold Face Highlighter Compact leaves us speechless.

Really, all we can do is bask in its loveliness.

Longtime readers know we have a little thing for shimmer powders (okay, a BIG thing) and this luxurious highlighter, with complementary shades of shimmering bronze, champagne and dusty rose, is the shimmer powder of our dreams.

It doesn’t get any better than this, friends.

Lancôme Color Ideal Pressed Powder is a silky pressed powder that is so micro-fine, it “precisely adapts to your skin’s own tone and texture.”

Sounds crazy, we know, but it seems to be true. We sampled this in Medium 10N (on the lighter side of the 11 shade spectrum) and the fine powder gave us a nice sheer coverage that looked super natural—even with the puff—and kept our shine at bay for hours.

With the option of either a brush or puff, plus eleven versatile shades to choose from, Lancôme Color Ideal Pressed Powder could be just what your Makeup Bag needs.