Even though The Daily Cookie has only been around for 4 months, it has given me the opportunity to discover new products, beauty lines and some of the best beauty blogs around. Here’s a recap of my Top 10 from The Daily Cookie this year.

My ultimate favorite beauty trend for the fall season was the ruby red lips with beautifully lined eyes created by Dior as seen is Ang Lee’s movie, Lust, Caution, which debuted back in September. It’s a gorgeous look that I think many can pull off, just don’t be afraid of red lipstick!

Girls with lashes that are less than lush can be grateful for Lancôme’s Cils Booster XL, a mascara base that has given my sad, thin, and straight little lashes more volume and length than I’ve seen in a long time! You bet I’m ringin’ in the New Year with this baby.

I attended the Nordstrom Fall Cosmetics Trend Show this year and it was one of the funnest beauty events I’d ever been to. Here’s where I found one of my favorite shades of red lips and discovered gel eye liners! I still have yet to write a full review on those pretty babies so be sure to look out for it in 2008.

Sometimes we’re so consumed with taking care of the skin on our face, being so careful to cleanse and moisturize it each day, we forget about some of the other important parts of the skin! Girls, you don’t want a saggy chin or wrinkles in your cleavage, do you?? I think my favorite is Bliss’ Thinny Thin Chin but at $48 US a pop, regular lotion or moisturizer will do just fine.

This was the year I also discovered my favorite face exfoliation regimen from Philosophy. It’s amazing how it makes my skin feel and I can’t get enough!

I was never really a perfume kinda girl until I discovered Bond No. 9, a unique perfumery that brings a personality to every New York neighborhood. My favorite of the ones I’ve smelled so far is definitely Chelsea Flowers.

When I have enough disposable income to buy whatever I want, I’d use Chanel Hydramax Moisture Boost Cream on my face every single day. Every day.

For years, I’ve been faithful to Origins’ A Perfect World Skin Guardian as my tried and true primer. I don’t think I’m ready to break up with her in 2008 just yet.

I barely remember my first kiss, but I could never forget my first kisses with The Boyfriend wearing Kissable Couture lip glosses.

Finally, my favorite from The Daily Cookie in 2007 was our “12 Days of Christmas” holiday giveaway! It was so fun to do and get to know all of you a little bit better. I’m definitely looking forward to many more contests and sweepstakes in 2008 so don’t miss it!

And now for the sites that gave me my favorite beauty reads in 2007:

- BeautyBlitz
- Beauty Junkie in SF
- City Chic
- Makeup and Beauty Blog
- makeupFIX
- MandyPandy’s Beauty Blog
- Nessassary Makeup
- Yummy411… Get It Here!

This fragrance is inspired by the West Side’s long monopoly on music. Home to Carnegie Hall, the Copacabana, Lincoln Center, Studio 54, Broadway musicals as well as rock and disco music.  Fragrance, like music, is open to interpretation. Everyone who sniffs it will hear – and smell – a different melody all their own.

With Bond No. 9’s West Side, I found myself enjoying this scent more and more as the day wore on.  It’s hard to describe, but wearing West Side gave me a feeling of warmth and coziness, a sense of familiarity, like it had been my melody to call my very own.  I generally love scents that are clean and floral, and this one is definitely one that I’d wear regularly!

The Take-Off:
-    Rose
-    Ylang Ylang
-    Peony

The Heart:
-    Sandalwood
-    Amber

The Bottom:
-    Vanilla
-    Musk

West Side retails for $130 US for a 1.7 oz. bottle and is available now exclusively at Saks Fifth Avenue stores nationwide, on Saks.com and at Bond No. 9’s four New York boutiques.

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I’m down in Southern California right now to spend the New Year with my family and friends and haven’t had a lot of time to update so I thought I’d give you some of my favorite reads of the week from the beauty blogosphere.

BeautyBlitz uncovers the meanings to hysterical beauty slang.

Is Too Faced’s new lipgloss, Fuze Slenderize Guilt Free, real or gimmick?  Experiments in Makeup shares her view.

Nessasary Makeup shares her gorgeous Purple, Blue & Green FOTD and perfectly matches her dress.

MandyPandy’s Beauty Blog finds a nice discount for the Clarisonic face brush!

Yummy411 gives us The Art of Drag Makeup.

And don’t forget about some of The Daily Cookie’s best reads – in case you missed it!

My first encounter with mineral makeup and thoughts about hair removal from a tube.

A couple of weeks ago, I told you about my first counter with mineral makeup from Coastal Scents. I also told you that I was too chicken nervous to do a full blown look, but I took the plunge and sported a look using mineral shadows and blushes from Coastal Scents.

The eyeshadows were silky and pigmented when I swatched them on my hand. But when I tried to apply them on my lids, the color payoff for some of the colors is better than others.

Paisley took a few swipes to get a noticeable color. It was slightly darker in person than what the camera captured but it’s still a buildable shadow.

Frenzy and Moroccan gave me a good amount of color on the first try so I guess it just really depends on the shade. Good thing is that Coastal Scents has over 70 colors to choose from, so you’re bound to find a few that will work for you.

Frenzy – pearl with gold tones
Moroccan – coppery peach
Paisley – soft lilac

Coastal Scents’ blushes have nice color to them, and although its staying power isn’t as great as some other ones I use, I don’t mind reapplying because Dare is really pretty!

Dare – pinky mauve with shimmer
Sassy – matte golden brown

Overall, the shadows were long-lasting (yay!) but did crease a little bit (um, not good). I don’t normally use any eyeshadow primers, but I bet if I tried Urban Decay’s Primer Potion that everyone’s been raving about, I’m sure that these Coastal Scents shadows will be a keeper.

For the natural look below, I used

Eyes:
- MAC Shadestick in Beige-ing (base)
- Coastal Scents “Paisley” (all over lid)
- Coastal Scents “Moroccan” (crease)
- Coastal Scents “Frenzy” (browbone)
- MAC Eye Pencil in Coffee
- Lancome Cils Booster XL mascara base
- Bobbi Brown Everything Mascara

Cheeks:
- Coastal Scents “Dare”

Lips:
- Chanel Glossimer in Spark

If you want to try Coastal Scents mineral makeup, I suggest you get their “Customize Your Own Mineral Makeup Set” kit. For $29.95, you get to choose your concealer color, foundation, veil shade (setting powder), one blush color, and two eye shadow shades. This is a total steal since you’ll full sized products for everything.

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