Face Friday: Color Reveal Barbie Inspires Pop Art Popcorn Look!
Hello again Champagne Dreamers and welcome to another Face Friday inspired by Color Reveal Barbie. Did you ever imagine that this site would become a low key doll blog?! I have really been loving these Color Reveal Barbies; the quality of the dolls themselves isn’t great, but the mystery aspect of it is a lot of fun, the different themes are well thought out, and the matching accessories are just so colorful and cute! I decided to use another doll in the food series to inspire this week’s look, and I was super excited to see that...
read moreThis Week’s Video Takes Us OUT Of The Beauty Space, And Into The Rest Of YouTube!
Hello again, Champagne Dreamers! Miss Jaye is back with another video, and this time she’s ditching the Glam to focus more on the Geek and the Gore: she’s telling you her favorite Non-Beauty YouTube channels! I mean, we love glitter as much as the next aging drag queen still trying to capture her fifteen minutes of fame (and at her age, we don’t know how many fifteen minutes she has left!), but sometimes you want to explore some other neighborhoods in those YouTube streets! In addition to way too much beauty content, Miss...
read moreThe Return To After Dark: Miss Jaye & Lethal Cosmetics
I know, I know – I haven’t had a new episode of Janessa After Dark available for a hot minute…several hot minutes, in fact. But when Lethal Cosmetics came out with a new collection, including the After Dark palette, an early 90s neon meets pastel grunge, I knew that it was the perfect excuse to resurrect the “forgotten” project. #RealTalk: I haven’t forgotten about my podcasts, but as I’ve made the jump into YouTube, I’ve been busy learning about video editing and the workings of that...
read moreWhat Would Make A Miss Jaye Video Better? How About Not Having To See Her Face?!
Alright, we know you love the technicolor nightmare that is our beloved Miss Jaye, but sometimes wouldn’t it be nice if you could just focus on some beautiful makeup products while listening to her braying voice? It’s a lot all at once… If you’ve ever felt this way, you’ll LOVE Miss Jaye’s latest video: a flat lay video of her swatching the I Heart Revolution Tasty Peach and Tasty Peach Mini palettes! For more than 13 full minutes, you don’t have to see her mismatched eyebrows or her overdrawn...
read moreFace Friday: Pastel Fantasy Inspired By Color Reveal Barbie, Feat. Lethal Cosmetics & Midas X Smokey Glow
Another Face Friday, another excuse to try to recapture some of my childhood by playing with toys. That’s right, Champagne Dreamers: we’ve got another Face Friday look inspired by the new Color Reveal Barbies by Mattel! I am seriously in love with these; the dolls are pretty basic and they don’t have the same presence as the queens of the 80s doll line did (I’m still living for Crystal Barbie and Peaches & Cream Barbie!) but I love the mystery element and having to turn the colors that are revealed into a makeup...
read moreMiss Jaye Celebrated Labor Day By Putting Out Her Tube Tuesday Video – A Day Early!
Miss Jaye is headed back to the Thunderdome for another ranking video – and this time she put it out a little early! Here is her latest video: Ranking all seven of the Norvina Pro Pigment palettes! So why the rush to put out the video early? Well, Miss Jaye is hoping to get a second video out later this week for you hungry beasts! That’s right: she’s got another video release planned for later this week! It’s a bit of an experiment: a flat lay video swatching shadows from the Makeup Revolution Tasty Peach...
read moreBOMB Blast: Trying New Products From Mented Cosmetics & Propa Beauty
When I did my “12 Black-Owned Makeup Brands That AREN’T Fenty Or Pat McGrath” video a couple of months ago, I included a list of 4 bonus brands that I hadn’t ordered from yet, but was interested in: The Lip Bar, Mented Cosmetics, Propa Beauty, and Black Radiance. Well, yet has come and gone and I have had a chance to pick up products from all four of those brands! The products from The Lip Bar were actually on their way to me when I made the video (and have been reviewed, HERE), and this review is going to cover the...
read moreJANESSA AFTER DARK Is Finally Back In Business With A New Episode Featuring The OG Judith Myers!
Y’all… This year has been putting us all through it, and it definitely has been putting me through it! I’ve been slacking on the podcast for a while; in January or early February, I sat down for an interview with the amazing Sandy Johnson, Judith Myers from the original 1978 Halloween by John Carpenter! We did the interview…and then life happened. Things have been crazy at work, Mean Miss Rona set up shop. It’s been a trash fire. All of that is just excuses, right? But I wouldn’t be here if I...
read moreFace Friday: Letting Barbie Choose My Look & Make Me Crave Tacos!
Who doesn’t love a good surprise?! I watched NikkieTutorials recent video where she talked about being robbed at gunpoint (I know, I know – we’re starting dark, but it’s going to get better!) and she wanted to do some “makeup therapy” to help manage her emotions around that. What she came up with was a really fun type of challenge: she bought a Color Reveal Barbie, and let the look of the surprise doll inspire her makeup look! (I’ll include her video at the end of this post if you want to check it...
read moreAll About The Benjamins: Miss Jaye Is Bringing That Money Talk With The Beauty Consumer Tag!
Are you ready for some #RealTalk about money and makeup? Miss Jaye’s video this week is the Beauty Consumer Tag, created by 90s Lovechild, and we’re getting into all the important questions: how much does she spend, does she buy things just because they are Limited Edition, and does she wish she could buy less…or even more?! This tag is a lot of fun with 13 questions designed to get you thinking about makeup and how it fits into your life…and your finances! Miss Jaye uploads videos every “Tube Tuesday” so...
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