The A List

By Caroline Tell

SEATTLE Inclement weather won't slow sales of Estee Lauder's Double Wear Stay-in-Place makeup ($32.50)

SAN FRANCISCO

L'Oreal Paris True Match Super-Blendable makeup and powder ($9.99 each), with 24 shades to choose from, are best sellers at Rite Aid on Market Street

HONOLULU Hawaiians seek out CoverGirl's Outlast All-Day Lipcolor ($9.50) in Ever Red-dy, which was also a favorite on Prada's spring runway

LOS ANGELES In Tinseltown, Stila It Gloss ($17) plays a leading role among starlets like Mena Suvari and Kerry Washington

CHICAGO One tube of the Windy City's favorite mascara--Maybelline Great Lash ($6.16)--is sold every 1.6 seconds in the U.S.

ASPEN Snow bunnies enjoy Bobbi Brown's smudge-proof gel eyeliner ($18) because none of the 12 intense colors will smear on the slopes

BUENOS AIRES Argentine women prefer Revlon Super Lustrous lipstick ($7.99) in Nude Velvet out of a whopping 72 shades

MIAMI Beach bums and clubgoers alike crave the specks of glitter in Chanel's Glossimer ($24.50), in Spark

TORONTO Holt Renfrew shoppers prefer Prescriptives Colorscope eye shadow ($14 for a single jewel tone). They refill their compacts three times a year, on average

NEW YORK CITY Laura Mercier's quad compact of Illuminating Powder ($35), here in Coral Red, is a quick way for workaholics to get a rosy, dewy complexion

DALLAS Local customers buy Avon Glimmersticks ($6) "like bread and butter," according to one of the 11,000 company representatives who work in the area

RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian women choose MAC Lipglass ($14) in Lust. The longlasting gloss stays put even throughout carnival

LONDON Chantecaille's Future Skin Foundation ($59) in Nude is flying out of Fenwick. Insiders attribute its success to British ladies' desire to look "one shade darker"

MADRID Chalk it up to year-round tans: women in the Spanish capital are buying out beige lip colors like Clarins Pearl Shimmer ($21) in Sensation

MILAN Milanese enjoy trendy fashion, but they keep their makeup clean, which is why Giorgio Armani's Eye Mania eye shadow ($55) sells out at La Rinascente

PARIS Herve Van der Straeten designed the case for Guerlain's best-selling lipstick, KissKiss ($26), in Grenat

GENEVA Swiss women are crazy for Givenchy's Eye Fly mascara ($22), maybe because this city has a Givenchy spa

DUBAI Since the emphasis in this Persian Gulf city is on smoky eyes, NARS Night Breed shadow ($21) is a top seller

MOSCOW One of YSL's Touche Eclat concealers ($37) is sold every 20 seconds around the world, which is why Russian beauties choose it

HONG KONG Local celebrities Deniso Ho and Li Xiao Ran covet pastel shades of Christian Dior's Addict Pearl Shine lip gloss ($23)

SYDNEY The most popular color Down Under--especially among vacationers looking to go 10 shades darker--is Clinique's Long Last Soft Shine lipstick ($14) in Blushing Nude

TAIPEI Taiwanese ladies dig the longevity of Max Factor Lipfinity Pro lip gloss ($12.75), with shine guaranteed to last up to 16 hours

TOKYO Japanese women love the outside and the inside of Lancome's floral compact for the Mischievous Spirit Color Focus Eye Quad ($38)