Biggest beauty collaborations of the year

Tory Burch and Estee LauderTory Burch announced in August this year that she would launch her own beauty and fragrance line, the latter in collaboration with Estee Lauder. Her first scent has floral as well as fruity notes of grapefruit, pink pepper, cassis, mandarin and neroli, peony, mimosa, jasmine, tuberose, while the cosmetics line includes a pink nude lipstick, a rosy pink lip and cheek tint and a bronzer blush palette.

Bobbi Brown and Katie HolmesKatie Holmes collaborated with the 21-year-old beauty brand not just as the first celebrity face but the muse as well. This year saw the Limited-Edition Bobbi & Katie Palette which included eight shadows, two blush shades, and a brown-hued eye pencil.

Rihanna and MACRiRi created a special line with MAC for Summer and the Holiday season, and word has it she will return with more goodies in 2014. On offer are lipsticks, smoky shadows, liquid liner, bronzer and blush in shades like deep raisin, orange frost, creamy nude and of course vivid red.

Jason Wu and LancomeThe designer who launched his first beauty line with Lancome in August created a gorgeous feminine collection with lipsticks, eye palettes, polishes, and mascaras. Each eye palette was accompanied by a useful make-up colour guide and Jason paid special attention to the packaging of the line to reflect his design aesthetic.

Marc Jacobs and SephoraThe much-awaited collection was launched in July-August this year. Customers could choose from 122 different products including foundation, concealer, powder, eye liner, lash lifter, gel crayon, eye products, lip products, nail polish and unisex products too.