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American transgender icon, Amanda Lepore, is coming out with a makeup line with CAMP cosmetics in 2009 called Collection Lepore.

Lepore has received attention for her modeling, fashion, partying, and business skills. She has been the advertising face for Heatherette, M.A.C. (cosmetics), Mego Jeans, Swatch, CAMP Cosmetics and others. Fashion design company Heatherette has used Lepore’s image on much of their clothing, and has chosen her several times to model their brand during Fashion Week.

Sonia Rykiel will launch her fall 2008 makeup collection in Japan on August 22. More about her.

It’s always tempting to applying your makeup when driving. Sometimes you think you just can’t help it – running late or 101 other reasons. Applying makeup while driving is dangerous and causes numerous motor vehicle accidents every year.

Classic example earlier this month in Mississippi – A rush-hour accident snarled traffic on Louisiana Highway 21 for about an hour, as rescue workers attempted to extricate a woman from a car that had flipped after slamming into the back of an SUV. The woman later told investigators that she was applying makeup when her car slammed into the back of an SUV that had slowed to a stop on the highway. She was cited for careless operation.

Mall staple, bebe, is reportedly launching a cosmetics line in Spring 2009. They’ll start things off with three lip glosses that should be available later this year.

MAC Cosmetics has collaborated with designer Esteban Cortazar of Emanuel Ungaro to launch a limited edition makeup collection, called MAC Emanuel Ungaro. The collection was inspired by the Ungaro fashion house’s fall runway looks and will comprise between eight and twelve products.