The spring 2010 makeup collection from <a href="http://ca.clarins.com/index.php" target="_blank">Clarins</a> takes inspiration from the cotton flower, but is not, as I asked at the press preview, formulated with any actual cotton fibres. (Oh well!)

The range centres around the colour (well, non-colour) white, which happens to be my hue of choice too. Their key words: serenity, simplicity, spirituality. We could all use a bit more of those, right?

I've got my eye on a couple of the limited-edition palettes...
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/Clarins-Cotton-Flower-Collector-Face-Palette.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5626" title="Clarins-Cotton-Flower-Collector-Face-Palette" src="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/Clarins-Cotton-Flower-Collector-Face-Palette-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a>Collector Face Palette, $42</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/Clarins-Cotton-Flower-Collector-Eye-Palette.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5627" title="Clarins-Cotton-Flower-Collector-Eye-Palette" src="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/Clarins-Cotton-Flower-Collector-Eye-Palette-300x296.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="296" /></a>Collector Eye Palette, $42</p>
<em>Available in February at Clarins counters across Canada.</em>