Three Custom, pioneers in the custom lipcolor market, has just come out with brand new Lip Color Palettes for both warm and cool skintones in their fantastic ready-to-wear universal colors.

Three Custom's palettes come in 5 varieties to let you choose the kit that suits your skin tone, and your tastes, the best. Select from cool lipstick, cool lip gloss, warm lipstick, warm lip gloss, or special effects. The lipstick and lip gloss kits each come with 10 shades: rose, pink, salmon, orange, red, mauve, burgundy, plum, brown and beige. (For more information on cool versus warm tones, visit the Three Custom site.)

The special effects palette gives you 9 effect shades that let you create your own personal color. The palette includes white, black, silver, white frost, opal frost, cool gold, warm gold, copper, sheering gloss, and one empty compartment for custom blending on your own shade.

All five palettes are packaged in sleek silver mirrored cases with a lipbrush and spatula for custom blending, and contain more than 3 tubes worth of lipstick. Each kit is priced at $50.00 including shipping and handling when you order direct from the company; call toll-free at 1-888-262-7714 to order or for more information. Three Custom Color products are also available at Sephora in San Francisco.

Update: 8/28/99
"A Century in Red" palette
I have had the pleasure of trying and reviewing several lip color products from 3C over the last few years, and now they are tempting me with something new. Anyone who knows me knows I have an affinity for red lipstick and red nail polish; every time I get a manicure, I get red polish. This new "A Century in Red" lipstick palette takes the cake in my book. With ten shades from "bell epoque," a 1910s rich red stain to "futura," 3C's look at red for the future (a scarlet gloss with a hint of platinum), this is the ultimate compact for the red fanatic.