The bad news: There’ll be no more Great Stuff columns in your Sunday Tribune. The good news: That’s because they’re moving to Saturdays, along with a new feature that gives you a peek inside a different East Valley store each week. Licking your lips with anticipation? Well, don’t — it’s bad for them. Instead, try one of these new lip treatments and colors.(And after the jump: A reader giveaway!) Clinique Superbalm tinted lip treatment has gone glossy! Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss ($13.50), which hit counters Aug. 1, still moisturizes with lipids, linoleic acid, vitamin E and aloe vera extract, but adds more sheen. My tester says she loves the color (hers was ApricotGinger) and it’s "just as hydrating" as her lip balm … but it’s not as glossy as she likes a lip gloss to be. (It’s not quite "poppin’," to use Lil Mama’s phrase.) "I feel like if I was somewhere other than (at work), I’d want to put something clear and shiny over it," she concludes.The Rushmetal collection by MAC includes four limited-edition lipsticks ($14) that each have a metallic shimmer — but nothing so overwhelming they couldn’t be worn during the day. My favorite is Fast Lane, a luster-finish mauve with a silver pearlized effect; the others have a decidedly more golden/copper bent. And did you know if you return six empty MAC lipstick tubes — no sample sizes or boxes! — to the company, you’ll get a free lipstick? Click here for the info.An article in my new issue of Reader’s Digest — hey, it’s a gift from my parents! Leave me alone! — has a rundown of which cosmetics you really should buy in department stores. (Answer: Eye shadow, foundation.) But drugstore lipsticks and glosses usually get the thumbs-up, which makes it even easier to pick up a new New York Color lip gloss ($2.99), sold in chain drugstores and mass merchandisers like Target and CVS. (The fall collection is inspired by our Southwest colors, so this berry tint is named Red Rock Canyon.)And now for the reader giveaway: Click here to send me an e-mail with your name and mailing address — and the words GETTING LIPPY in the subject line — to be entered to win free products. I’ll pick two winners, who’ll each receive two MAC lipsticks and two NYC glosses, from the entries received by Friday, Aug. 10. Good luck!Update: Congratulations to readers Amy Guzzetta of Chandler and Dena Cashatt of Mesa, who’ll be receiving their packages in the mail this week.

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