M.A.C Hello Kitty Couture Auction Thru Feb. 19

I have just leaned that we should rejoice in the name of kitties. Why? Because we have all been granted the chance to bid on a one-of-a-kind Kitty Creation, designed exclusively for M.A.C by Catherine Malandrino, Zac Posen, Charlotte Ronson, Hervé Léger, Kai Kuhne, Rosa Cha, Tadashi Shoji, The Blonds, threeasFOUR, Vicente Villarin, Giles, Dress 33, Elie Saab, Emmanuel Ungaro, Manish Arora, Qiu Hao, Zimmerman, Kate Sylvester, Shu Chi Huang and more.

The above images reveal just two of the designs that so brilliantly capture the essence of Hello Kitty - do I foresee a Project Runway challenge (if it ever gets back on the air)??

All proceeds benefit the Acquisition Fund for The Museum at FIT, the Fashion Institute of Technology. The M.A.C Hello Kitty Couture Auction ends on February 19 at 10:00pm EST/7:00pm PST.

And while you're at it, check out the new M.A.C Hello Kitty video on the M.A.C Cosmetics YouTube channel - it's like a veritable Hello Kitty in Wonderland! I now think I need to git me some Hello Kitty M.A.C!

By the way, how great is M.A.C's marketing? And products? Brilliant to join with the enigma that is Hello Kitty. Someone give those people a blue bow (for their hair of course!).

M.A.C. FAFI Cosmetics

So I got one of the best Valentine's Day surprises of my life - a whole stash of the relatively new line from M.A.C. cosmetics known as FAFI FOR M.A.C. Brushes, blushes, eyeliners, shadows, lip sticks, gloss and a black "gel" eyeliner that my hair stylist Helik (at Dop Dop Salon in Soho) had just told me to buy! Oh what is better than good makeup karma?

So the collection is so fun and the colors so vibrant and new - but not cheesy or overwhelming - that I decided I needed to stash it all in a special container. A Dom Perignon box. That way I can celebrate in style each time I put any of it on.

But who the hell is Fafi? Well I may not be keeping up with the kids but apparently she is a French artist who inspired the good people of M.A.C. to create and market a whole new makeup line, mostly for chicks younger than me. But since I am forever 31, I shall rock it my way.

The SVP of product development suggests that the ultimate Fafinette face is "toned-down skin with heavier emphasis on the eyes and a girly mouth. Colorful, but light."

Figures Fafi is French. I really need to get to Paris.