Sephora teams with Maison du Chocolat for sweet V-Day surprise

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Maison du Chocolat for Sephora Collection’s Valentine’s Day gift box.

You survived Christmas, but don’t think you’re off the hook for gift giving. Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and Sephora is making shopping easier with a limited-edition, decadent beauty gift set created in collaboration with La Maison du Chocolate.

The La Maison du Chocolate for Sephora Collection features four signature pralines from the luxury chocolatier, paired with a lightweight matte lip color from Sephora Collection, all packaged in an elegant red box for $20. Sweet!

Sephora Collection’s Luster Matte long-lasting lip color in “Mulberry.”

Maison du Chocolate’s Grain Dentelle, milk chocolate praliné with slivers of crispy waffle.
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Beauty Spot: NARS meets Warhol

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NARS Warhol "Flowers" eyeshadow palette, $55 at Sephora.

Andy Warhol's Factory and the Pop Art movement have inspired fashion for decades, and their influence will be seen over the holiday season with the introduction of the NARS Andy Warhol "Pop Art" line that just arrived at Sephora stores, and the "Factory" line launching in November.

Both collections feature eye color palettes, lipglosses, cheek color and nail lacquers inspired by the artist's most memorable muses, including Edie Sedgwick, Debbie Harry and Candy Darling. The cosmetics are packaged in boxes bearing print and photographs from the Warhol archive.

The "Factory" collection will have Sedgwick-inspired colors such as "Chelsea Girl" matte lipstick and "Edie" eyeshadows.

NARS "Kiss Mini Larger Than Life Lip Gloss Coffret" captures the lips of Andy Warhol’s muses and the sparkle of the artist’s silver studio in hues of "Blue Movie," "Myths," "Chelsea Girls," "Silver Factory" and "Drella"; $55.

In case you need a refresher on Warhol's work, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is host to the exhibition, "Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years," through Dec. 31, 2012. Catch it if you can, or visit http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/regarding-warhol

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