I’ve always been a big fan of Estee Lauder’s lipstick offerings. Their Holiday Red collection had me at Hillary Rhoda’s campaign photo, and I still swear by the signature Hydra Lustre Lipstick in Spanish Red.

Original Signature Hydra Lustre Lipstick in Spanish Red

So I was excited to learn that the company will debut a “Love Your Lips” limited edition of 12 Signature Hydra Lustre Lipsticks and four Lip Glosses just in time for Valentine’s Day. The lipsticks and tubes have golden “LOVE” symbols dancing all around them like sweet and soft kisses.

I am in LOVE with the gloss and the lipstick (pictured above). The lipstick goes on with a fuchsia tint and the gloss, though the texture LOOKS tacky, totally isn’t. The result is a shiny, ripe pink color.

The collection will hit the U.S. shortly, but as of this moment it’s not available until February. Some of the new colors will include a Pink-to-berry lipstick in Cherry Kiss and Pink Kiss.

Image courtesy of Beaut.ie.

My love affair with lace started early in life. Growing up, my mom who is a talented seamstress, custom made all of my special occasion dresses to my specifications – and each dress had a bit of lace at my request. There was the communion dress with a lace skirt and matching bag. The green satin dress with white polka dots and lace bib (please forgive me for this creation – Laura Ingalls wore a version on Little House on the Prairie except she passed on the polka dots and green satin). And of course, I can’t forget the pink satin dress with the asymmetrical skirt and lace top overlay. Lace played a small part in many of my childhood memories.

I’m not alone in my love of lace – designers throughout time have been fascinated with the intricate fabric and countless beauties have worn lace for their most special occasions. As much as I love lace I don’t get to wear the lovely fabric very often – seeing as I’m not exactly a red carpet regular and all. Now I can be a little closer to lace with the new LOVE LACE collection from MAC. MAC has channeled the universal love of lace into a new collection that celebrates its mysterious and alluring qualities. Here are our favorites from this collection:

Lipstick in Intricate – a frosted cool icy taupe $14.00

Lipglass in Utterly Discrete – sheer frosted cool icy mauve $14.00

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We’ve seen them: the Scarlett Johanssens, the Michelle Obamas of the world, and we covet.

Chances are that the signature behind a look is the lip color: after all, who doesn’t notice Gwen Stefani or Lady Gaga’s pout?

Here is our SWAK Gift Guide for you (yes, we have gone to all the trouble of getting you the exact swatch and shade to replicate Screen Siren style):

Michelle Obama:

Michelle Obama

The first lady certainly varies up the lip shade, but we found something similar you can try at home:

Michelle Obama

Shown here is the lipstick in St. Tropez from Iman’s Collection.

Rihanna

Rihanna’s pale ashen rose color from December’s Glamour Magazine cover caught our eye. We recreated it below:

Rihanna

This color is L’Oreal’s Infallible lipcolor in Teaberry. $11.99 at drugstores.

Brigitte Bardot’s bombshell lips are usually coated in pale, creamy shades.

Brigitte Bardot

Here we used Lancome Color Design Lipstick in “Pale Lip” to achieve her iconic look. $22 sephora.com

Brigitte Bardot: Lancome Color Design Lipstick in “Pale Lip”

Scarlet Johansson looks equally gorgeous in a red lip or a pale shade.

Scarlett Johanssen

Here we used Stila Shine Lipcolor in “Sarah” to achieve her D&G Makeup look. $22 lancome.com

Gwen Stefani’s punk rock lips are usually coated in a shade of red.

Gwen Stefani

Here we used Clinique High Impact Lip Colour in “After Party” to achieve her brick red lip. $14 clinique.com

Gwen Stefani: Clinique High Impact lip color

Maybelline Mineral Lipstick in Plum Wine ($7.55 at drugstores) mimics Anne Hathaway’s magnificence with a deep lilac rose shade.

Anne Hathaway

To get Kristen Stewart’s just bitten look, swipe on Korres Lip Butter in Wild Rose ($9 at sephora.com.) Brooding vampire sold separately.

Kristen Stewart

Korres Lip Butter in Wild Rose

Tap into Joan Crawford’s powerful persona in Mildred Pierce by dabbing on her no-nonsense brown shade of career-ready lipstick. YSL Rouge Volupte in Legendary Mocha ($34 at sephora.com.)

Joan Crawford

Mildred Pierce Lipstick

Gwen Stefani may always look flawless with that pouty red lip everywhere she goes but every woman will agree that it’s hard to look like her without frequent touchups. Estee Lauder has introduced the Double Wear Lipsticks and Lip Pencils for the Gwen Stefani in all of us.

These Stay-in-Place Lipsticks ($22) and Lip Pencils ($19) are not only luxurious and as creamy as silk, they are designed to up to 12 hours. The way this lipstick ousts the competition is through long-wearing flexible film formers that deliver a perfect layer of color on the lips without fading or the need for reapplication.

The Double Wear lipstick is available in 12 shades and comes in a beautiful new signature packaging: a navy blue and golden fluted case.

Double Wear Lipstick shades are: Stay Rose, Stay Pink,Stay Pinkberry, Stay Raspberry, Stay Mauve, Stay Plumberry, Stay Mocha, Stay Ginger, Stay Coral, Stay Scarlet, Stay Cranberry and Stay Ruby.

The Double Wear lip pencils mimic the lipsticks in their longevity, but the star ingredient in these color crayolas are Hyaluronic acid and vegetal filling spheres that moisturize lips.

Double Wear Lip Pencil Shades: Pink, Fuschia, Rose, Wine, Plummy, Tearose, Spice, Mocha, Chocolate, Tawny, Coral, Apple Cordial, Red and Russet.