The new year is only a week away, but we've already set our sights on a whole host of new beauty goodies that we're itching to get our hands on. High-tech skin care, drop-dead gorgeous makeup, nail polishes that beg for new nail-art ideas: There are so many interesting, beautiful, gotta-have-it launches for 2012 that we had a hard time narrowing down our list to the absolute must-haves on our lust list. In the end, these were the 12 products we just could not get out of our heads, dreams, and afternoon space-out sessions. Click through to find out why these shiny new launches have us so psyched for spring.
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