December’s Vogue 2009, on newsstands nationwide November 24th, highlights some of most talented individuals of our generation: dancers, musicians, and actors all beautifully captured by photographer Annie Leibovitz for the annual Arts issue. Now live on Vogue.com, an exclusive peek behind the scenes with Annie Leibovitz and Vogue’s Creative Director Grace Coddington as they discuss the making of the Arts issue and their visually stunning feature of Hansel and Gretel inspired by the Metropolitan Opera’s production opening December 14th.

Actor Andrew Garfield and model Lily Cole play the title characters who come upon a Marc Jacobs clad witch, played by the always dramatic Lady Gaga (and, once again, she doesn’t disappoint). But not all the drama transpired in front of the camera, in the video Coddington describes Gaga’s provocative arrival to the set, “in order for us to have a clean palate to work with, she turned up completely naked under a white rubber rain coat.”

This year marks Make Up For Ever’s very special 25th Birthday. Creator and Artistic Director, Dany Sanz, began the line in Paris back in 1984 with a few friends and some kitchen tools. Since then, the brand has grown up and out alongside the global make up artist community, and has long been known within that world as the “Industry’s Best Kept Secret.”

To celebrate Make Up For Ever’s big year in an even bigger way, they have decided to let the rest of the world in on their not-so-little secret. Yes, Make Up For Ever is LETTING THE SECRET OUT!

Though Make Up For Ever has many secrets, they have chosen twelve of their favorite “Secrets” to tell us. Their ”Best Kept Secrets” are new and old, silly and serious, but mostly, they have only been known amongst the professional make up artist community until now.

However, because spilling all of their “Secrets” at once would leave you spinning, Make Up For Ever plan is to send just a few at a time to keep you steady on your toes. 

Best Kept Secret #1: Make Up For Ever Glossy Full. Glossy Full. What it is: A unique, ultra glossy lip plumping gloss.