Maybelline Spring 2011 limited edition nail & makeup collections

As if I have to remind you, one of my all-time favorite limited edition collections was the Maybelline Spring 2010 Sweet Thing Collection. Those colors were just so pretty--tons of soft pastels and candy-like shades. Oooh la la!

Well this year, Maybelline decided to release their Spring 2011 limited edition collections under the Fashion Week banner, and I spotted two of the displays recently (based on past history, there may be more than two displays floating around) and I cannot WAIT to show them to you.

First let's start with the nail polishes:

Maybelline Limited Edition Spring 2011

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week

Nail Color Collection

If you look closely at the above display, it says Lightly Gleaming Nails. Why does this phrase kind of make me drool? Am I alone here?

Now, if you look closely at the lilac and yellow shades, you'll see that they're not just shimmery--I swear to you, in person, these look like pastel metallics (edit: please don't yell at me if these turn out to NOT be metallic on the nail--they just look that way in the bottle, to me at least!). I just about lost my mind when I saw these. There's also a blue and pink duochrome! The other shades are cremes with just a tiny bit of shimmer to them. So just to be clear, there are no straight-up cremes in the bunch. Some may look like cremes from a distance, but up close you can see the shimmer.

Clockwise from the back:

Sunlight (yellow), Firefly (peach), Pink Halo (pink),

Pink Glimpse (peachy-pink)

Blue Brilliance (back)

Lilac Luster (front)

I'm telling you, those pastel metallics and that blue and pink duochrome will haunt me until I can purchase them. They are gorgeous in person! Please, drugstore gods, put these on sale soon!

And finally, here is the makeup collection:

Maybelline Limited Edition Spring 2011

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week

Makeup Collection

That white box in the middle of the display previously contained $1 tear-pad coupons good toward any Maybelline product. There was only one coupon remaining when I saw this display and I took it--it makes me mad that the display itself is completely full though, which means someone probably came along and tore the entire pad of coupons off the display and left one measly coupon for the rest of us. AND they didn't buy anything. Boo! I hate coupon hogs.

It's hard to tell in these pics so let me break it down for you. In this collection we have a mixture of truly limited edition products and some core collection products.

Starting from the left:

• (barely visible) limited edition Unstoppable eyeliners in Twilight Pink (true bubblegum pink) and Fluffy Cloud (white)

• Expert Wear Eyeshadow Trios (not sure if these are LE)

• Limited edition Color Sensational Lipglosses (definitely LE--the labels specify this)

• Express Finish Nail Polishes (one is a frosty white core collection shade, the other is a limited edition magenta-berry shade)

• ColorSensational The Pearls Lipsticks (not sure if these are LE)

• Define-A-Lash Mascara (core collection)

• Dream Mousse Blushes (I think these are core collection shades)

So here's what I know: there are seven limited edition polishes in this collection, two limited edition eyeliners, and various limited edition glosses. I'm fairly sure the lipsticks are limited edition too, but I can't say definitively. And since I'm not completely familiar with the new Expert Wear shadows yet, I can't confirm that the trios are LE either.

I hope this helps give you a better idea of what these new LE collections have to offer--if you have any questions please let me know. I must admit, I'm fascinated by the LE bubblegum pink eyeliner. I have no idea how I'd wear it, but it intrigues me.

Is anything catching your eye? Do you like this collection more or less than last year's Sweet Thing?