Robert Pattinson and Megan Fox make sucking it sexy, Lady Gaga accessorized last night's VMA performance with it, and HBO makes it True: Blood is having its moment. While sporting a pair of plastic fangs is only cool in a middle school cafeteria, and stage blood should stay on stage (though it also makes unnecessary appearances in middle school cafeterias), fashion houses like Alexander McQueen, Bottega Veneta, and Dolce & Gabbana have made fashionable interpretations of all the pop culture gore, sending modern-day vamps down their fall runways. With variations of pale skin, dramatic eyes, and blood-red lips, the look is perfect for a little bloodletting after hours, and with a few tweaks, can also be wearable at your day job.

We love a good bag. And when a good bag is made to hold our beauty stash, that's even better. It's like how birds are attracted to shiny objects -- if you're a product junkie, you know your makeup bag means a lot. If only designers caught on to this plight. This Thursday night, Clinique and Milly finally put their heads together, toss in some champagne and swag, and introduce an advancement in the GWP (Gift With Purchase) at their Fashion Night Out cocktail party. A attendees can get boozed up while Clinique Consultants give out makeovers and the new Milly Cosmetic Bag.

From shaving nicks to persistent pimples, men have just as many skin problems as women (except for my mom, whose beard defies all logic). Men can benefit from such cosmetic lines as Clinique, Lancome and Clarins, which all now have skin care lines designed especially for men. Hello, Father’s Day gifts! Women aren't the only ones who deal with dark circles and blemishes, friends. Clinique, mastermind that it is, created M Cover, a cover up for men. Earlier today, BlackBook Fashion Market Editor Bryan Levandowski whipped out his own stick of M Cover and a mirror to hide some slight imperfection on his face. Now he looks like a Ken doll in short shorts. Anti-aging serums, gels, and lotions have been available for women for, well, ages. Now men can dodge wrinkles, crow’s feet, and other incriminating signs of age too with Lancome’s Anti-Age Perfecting Fluid.

When it comes to self-tanner, exactly how much is too much? (Wait, did we just pull a Bradshaw?) When others notice, and comment on, the persistent smell of the DHA in your self-tanner rather than your perfume, you’ve gone a little too far. When you've gone from sun-kissed to Doritos fingers, you’ve gone too far.

Before you and your girlfriends (both biological ladies and those of the "Hey, gurl," bitchslapping, goatee-wearing variety) get sloshed on cosmopolitans and venture out to see the "Sex and the City" movie, you had better protect your peepers with a good long lasting mascara—one that'll last through tears, sweat, humidity, and Bradshaw backlash. Hop to your nearest Clinique counter and pick up Lash Power Mascara Long Wearing Formula, a bargain at only $14 but a priceless insurance policy for beauty.