Happy Halloween from The Lancome Blog!

Are you a big Halloween fan? I am, but for some reason, I didn't inherit the Halloween costume gene. I don't dress up, but I love seeing other people's creativity come out during the holiday. I especially love that YouTube explodes with Halloween how-to videos this time of year. It seems like it's the equivalent of the Olympics for the popular makeup artists and "gurus" over there. They're all competing to see who can do the best and the most Halloween videos.



If you haven't watched any, I put a few above to save you some time! Regardless of what you're looking for, you can find it on YouTube. There's super scary from the likes of Petrilude, fun and sexy from Miss Jessica Harlow, and everything in between. I love Michelle's "Catwoman" video, but if I had to wear a costume, I'd want to wear the mask and makeup from Michelle's "Elegant Masquerade" video or Jessica's "Jessica Rabbit." Although I'm not sure I have what it takes to fill out that dress without a lot of help.



(Did you notice the nail polish in the "Catwoman" and "Elegant Masquerade" videos? It's Le Gris L'Wren from the L'Wren Scott holiday collection. It's more blue grey in person and as I've mentioned before, I think it's one of the most beautiful nail polish colors ever! We've also gotten a ton of inquiries about the lipstick in "Elegant Masquerade." It's L'Absolu Rouge Lipstick in Cherrywood Luxe.)



If you have a favorite Halloween video, leave the link in the comments below. Also let us know how and if you celebrate Halloween. To our international readers, what does your country do on Halloween?



Hope to see some of you at PS1 tomorrow!! Happy Halloween!!

Behind the Scenes: L'Wren Scott Spring 2011

The third show that Lancome did during New York Fashion Week was the L'Wren Scott show. As some of you know, it was the third time we worked with L'Wren. Aaron De Mey, our artistic director for makeup, worked with hair stylist Odile Gilbert on the beauty look for the show. Aaron created a dozen custom eye shadows for the show and each corresponded to a different fabric shade (blue, purple, gold, green, red...). Odile then took the eye shadows and painted the part of each model's hair to match her shadow color. By the end of the show, everyone was calling it "hairliner." (I think L'Wren came up with the name!)



L'Wren wanted two different nail polishes for the show. As one of the colors, she used the sparkly red (above) from her upcoming holiday collection for Lancome. (More on this in the weeks to come. It's very exciting!) For the second shade, she asked Lancome to create a brilliant shimmery orange inspired by the Serengeti sunset. I didn't get a good picture of it to share with you, but I'm checking with the other photographers backstage. It's a gorgeous color.



The lip is a mix of Color Design lipstick in Oh My and Juicy Tubes in Touched by Light. Aaron also used the new Teint Miracle foundation (which I'm obsessed with!) and Hypnose Drama mascara.



We're working to see if we can do the eye shadows and the nail polish as a special set for Spring 2011. Stay tuned!



Thanks to L'Wren and her team for a wonderful show. It's always a thrill to work with talented designers who love makeup as much as we do! Make sure to check out the collection on Style.com.

Win This Zac Posen/Target Dress Before it Hits Stores! We'll Throw in a Pretty Lipstick Too!

Wow! So many blush comments and so much good advice. I'll work on some future blush posts so we can answer the questions many of you posted. And Angelina. yes, we read all the comments! Thank you for sharing that story about your grandmother. That's really beautiful that you have her compact.

If you read the blog regularly, you might remember that the Lancome team bumped into designer Zac Posen at the Night Before Party in L.A. right before the Oscars. He was very nice and very charming, and trust me, not all designers are. Target was one of the sponsors (along with Lancome) and they had a booth featuring the upcoming Zac Posen for Target line. Each guest was given the Zac outfit of their choice, a Zac tote bag and a Zac scarf. (Lancome gave all the guests Genifique Youth Activating Concentrate, Genifique eye cream, BiFacil eyemakeup remover, Oscillation vibrating mascara and Creme de Brilliance liquid lipstick. Not bad, right?)

I picked the dress above (in a size 5--there weren't many sizes left!) because I thought it would be fun for a blog giveaway. To enter, just leave a comment telling us a good deed you've done recently. We'll pick one post at random and that person will get the Zac dress, bag and scarf, plus a L'Absolu Rouge lipstick in Exotic Orchid (my new fave), a gorgeous deep pink that will look pretty with the dress. Please post by Sunday night.

Check out Fashionista.com for the Zac Target lookbook. The collection goes on sale April 25th.

Have a nice weekend and good luck!

What's Your Favorite Julia Roberts' Moment?

Amelia Diamond over at StyleCaster did the nicest Julia Roberts' post in honor of our announcement that Julia is joining Lancome as a global ambassadress. I had forgotten about that funny scene from "My Best Friend's Wedding." Thanks, Amelia, for putting that together. (To the best of my knowledge, Amelia and I are not related!)

Do you have a favorite Julia Roberts' moment? I have plenty, from "Mystic Pizza" to "Notting Hill" to "Closer" to the vintage Valentino she wore when she won the Academy Award. How do you even begin to choose with all the great movies she's starred in?

Let us know your favorite Julia Roberts' moment and we'll pick one post at random to win a Definicils mascara in black , which OK magazine reported as a Julia fave, and a L'Absolu Rouge lipstick in Rich Cashmere (which she wore to the "Duplicity" premiere earlier this year.) We'll also throw in a Vernis Magnetic nail polish in Willowy, which Julia wore all throughout her Lancome advertising shoot this weekend. (You'll see the results in 2010!) Please post by Wednesday night. Good luck!

The Best Pink Lipstick? Don't Take Our Word for It! Just Ask Realbeauty.com

Looking for a new lipstick? You might want to check out the Ultimate Lipstick Challenge from Realbeauty.com, the newest beauty site in town. The editors took 137 lipsticks and tried them on eight women with different skin tones and looks. They picked the one red, the one nude, the one pink and the one brown that worked the best on all of the women. Definitely an interesting experiment. (Some of the pink lippie pics are above.)

Why are we sharing this news? Because Lancome's L'Absolu Rouge in Voile de Rose won best pink lipstick! I have to make a terrible confession: I have never worn Voile de Rose! (But guess what I'll be wearing tomorrow...)

Realbeauty.com is in the beta phase, so take a look and let us know what you think.

To celebrate our win, let's give away a tube of Voile de Rose, and we'll throw in a L'Absolu Rouge La Base lip base/treatment. (Haven't tried it? Think of it as a super luxe lip balm.) Just tell us the last time you bought a new lipstick and we'll pick one post at random. Please post by Thursday. Good luck!