Low Buy Year – January Update
Well, it’s the 15th of January and I’ve already used up my 5 item slots for the month AND used my special birthday gift slot. Oy. Let’s back up. If you read my previous post, I decided that 2019 was going to be a low buy year. I’ve set certain limits for myself about the number of products I can buy in a month, gave myself a couple of little “cheat” opportunities, and am working to control my spending. So far I haven’t gone over, but when I had used up 4 of my slots by January 5th and used up the...
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This is a post about body positivity. I am not an expert; I’m just someone who has been wrasslin’ around with body image and self-worth issues in a lot of different ways for most of my years on this planet. I’m also not done yet. There are still days where I stand in front of a mirror and I can’t look myself in the eyes or when I avoid physical contact because this body feels like a cage. But those days are fewer than they used to be and I have better ways of dealing with them than I used to, so I wanted to share...
read moreOh Lordt! 2019 – The Year Of The Low Buy!
It seems like everyone is jumping on the trend of Low Buy and No Buy years in the YouTube beauty space, and never one to shy away from an outrageous trend I decided to join them. I’ve been watching a fair amount of videos by Hannah Louise Posten who spent all of 2018 on a No Buy Year (not only with makeup, but several areas of her life). Now, the name is a little misleading: a No Buy year doesn’t necessarily mean you don’t get to purchase anything, and everyone establishes their own rules for their personal projects, but...
read moreMiss Jaye Kicks Off Her 2019 Show Schedule January 12 At BJ Armani’s Cabaret
It’s a new year, but some things never change: Miss Jaye may be taking on all kinds of new projects, but she still loves stomping stages and she’s getting right back into it for a special appearance with BJ Armani’s Cabaret on December 12th! The show is happening on Saturday, January 12 at the American Legion and Miss Jaye is joining an All Star cast that includes Genevee Ramona Love, Alotta Shots, and Harrie Bradshaw, plus more local and regional favorites. The doors open at 7 pm with the show starting at 9 pm, and some...
read moreMiss Jaye Is Lowering The Bar With Episode 2 of The Renovation!
She’s back, and she’s more confused than ever! Miss Jaye: The Renovation is back for Episode Two featuring the first book in the #Squad: Lee Crutchley’s How To Be Happy (Or At Least Less Sad). Described as “a creative workbook,” the book includes a variety of activities and prompts to get you thinking about ways to stop trying to be happier and instead focus on ways to be less sad. Good in theory…but does it work? Listen to Miss Jaye’s journey through this book…and while we won’t give...
read moreRedesign Series #5: Serving Sunset Vibes with Violet Voss & Huda Beauty
It’s been a minute, so as we’re getting ready to leave the makeup mistakes of 2018 in the past, I wanted to do one more palette redesign post. I’m sure 2018 will serve us up a whole new kind of mess, and there will definitely be more of these to come, since the sun is setting on this year, I figured it was fitting to look at redesigning two palettes that are serving up some sunset vibes…or at least they could be, if I had anything to do with it: the Violet Voss Hashtag palette and Huda Beauty’s Desert Dusk...
read moreSugarPill Joins The Ranks At Ulta With New Capsule Collection
Ulta and Sephora have both been working to expand their brand selection over the last year or so, but I have to say: maybe it’s just because so many of the brand’s they’ve acquired were already some of my indie faves, but Ulta definitely seems to be winning. Their commitment to providing brands at all price points, rather than focusing on luxury like Sephora does, may be the key to their success, or Sephora’s close ties to troubled retailer JC Penney could also be contributing. Whatever the reason, Ulta has added...
read moreNew Year, New Look: Announcing House of Champagne Designs!
Hey there Champagne Dreamers! Miss Jaye here. It’s just about time to put 2018 in the books and forge ahead into an exciting and challenging 2019! A new year is always a great time to make changes and resolutions for the year ahead…unless that resolution is a diet, because that shit will get left behind before the first week of January is even a memory! One of the changes I wanted to make this year is to overhaul and update my line of hand-crafted jewelry. I originally called the line Fit For A Queen because I wanted to create...
read moreWhat Happens In Vegas…Check Out The Medusa Underground Film Festival Jan 11-13
If you are in the Las Vegas area (or would love nothing more than a winter getaway) and you love strange, wild, and wonderful films by independent creators, then I’ve got a fantastic event for you to check out! Remember my fabulous interview with filmmaker Heidi Moore in Season 2, Episode 1 of Janessa After Dark? If you missed it, or want to listen again, I’ll leave you a link right HERE. Well, Moore has been working away on a fabulous film festival that’s all about female-directed films that don’t always easily fit...
read moreHappy Holiday Collections Feat. Jeffree Star Cosmetics
Holiday collections come out earlier and earlier every year, to the point that when it’s actually Christmas it’s hard to remember what the holiday releases actually were – unless it’s ColourPop, and then the answer is every-damn-thing since August. I decided to wait until Christmas Eve, when it’s way too damn late to order it for a gift anyway, to post my review of Jeffree Star’s holiday lipstick collection, not because I’m a Grinch but because a bitch has been busy, y’all! I’ve been...
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