Mystery Mayhem: Jeffree Star Cosmetics Slays Halloween (Finally!) With Mystery Boxes
I can’t think of a makeup brand or brand owner who would be more suited to Halloween, so I’m actually low key surprised that Jeffree Star Cosmetics hasn’t done any sort of Halloween collection before now. When I heard that his Halloween specials were going to be Mystery Boxes, I was a little leery; after all, we all know that mystery boxes are usually a way for brands to clear out excess stock on items to recoup some investment and keep products from aging out, and I already have so many Jeffree Star products that I figured...
read moreGlam Ghoul: Lunar Beauty Launches Moon Spell Palette, But Is She A Good Witch Or A Bad Witch?
I’ve never been a huge fan of MannyMUA; the first time I tried to watch one of his videos he said, “If you don’t like me…(blah blah blah)…don’t fucking watch!” and I was like, “Done and done!” He keeps getting wrapped up in stupid drama that gets filtered to me through the various beauty YouTubers I do watch (some of whom seem to think they are low key drama channels themselves!) but I don’t really keep up with what he’s doing. When he first launched the Life’s a Drag...
read moreMiss Jaye’s 2020 Calendar Pre-Order Is Now Closed!
Update: The pre-order has now closed and calendars are on their way to Miss Jaye! If you would still like one, be sure to reach out to Miss Jaye directly on Facebook – but hurry, as there are only a couple left of each style! It’s that time of year again, friends: time to start thinking about the inevitable passage of time, and get yourself hooked up with a fabulous Janessa Jaye Champagne calendar to get you through all of the days in 2020! Like last year, there are three designs to choose from, and may we say that these are some...
read moreGlam Ghoul: Zombies Get Pop Treatment From Ruby May Cosmetics
So my last encounter with Ruby May Cosmetics was a little rocky: broken shadows, finicky formulas, and mattes with suspended glitter – so much drama! But in my search for Halloween makeup, I remembered that the brand had put out a 9-pan aplette in August or September called Pop Zombie that would be perfect for this series! I decided to give it a shot and hope that there had been improvements in the formula since I reviewed the Hashtag palettes (and if you missed that review, you can find it HERE). Ruby May has pretty decent prices to...
read moreGlam Ghoul: Lime Crime Gives Spooky A Wet Cherry Sheen For Halloween
I’m doing what I can to have some Halloween-themed makeup content this year, but y’all – it’s been tough! Luckily Lime Crime decided to drop a bundle of new, limited edition Wet Cherry gloss shades to celebrate my favorite holiday! L to R: Monster Cherry, Poison Cherry, Spooky Cherry, Cherry Potion They all have the same sweet cherry candy scent of the regular Wet Cherry line (I know it’s divisive, but I was kinda hoping that they would give them a candy corn scent, or maybe something else appropriately festive)...
read moreDakota Divas Are Ready To Do The Time Warp…AGAIN!
Watch out Bismarck/Mandan – the Dakota Divas are headed your way November 2, and have we got a whole bag of tricks and treats ready to make your sequel to Halloween truly spooktacular! Our guest list for the party includes a special treat: not only are we getting crowd favorite Azalia Iman back for the shenanigans, but we have a performer making her capital city debut: Carmen Love! This gruesome twosome is ready to help us start that party on fire and head the show featuring a ton of your favorite local and regional performers! Carmen...
read moreShe Got Some More Shit To Say – Norvina Pro Palettes, Swatches & Comparisons
Alright buttercups, time to wrap this mother up! I’ve given you my thoughts on the 3 Norvina Pro palettes, and if you remember parts 1 and 2, those palettes had some struggles. The matte shades grabbed onto the primer that I was using (Crayon Case Glue Stick eye primer) and just looked patchy, inconsistent, and not worth the $60 price tag Miss Anastasia Beverly Hills is charging per palette! Now, I prefer a tacky primer base, but that can sometimes mess with matte shadows. These mattes were a different formula compared to almost...
read moreGlam Ghoul: Horror-Themed Makeup From Hot Topic
I’m a little disappointed that we didn’t see as much Halloween-themed makeup this year: last year’s Kylie Cosmetics collection gave me serious FOMO (though it was mostly just the outer packaging, so it’s fine that I skipped it) and I felt like I saw quite a few brands doing something to celebrate the day, but this year was just kind of a bust. Wet n Wild did their usual Halloween collection (which is mostly either face paint or just products that are vaguely dark with a green or a purple in their same packaging they...
read moreShe Done Had An Epiphany! – ABH’s Norvina Pro Palettes, Volume 3
So even though we just had an annoying as fuck blizzard across pretty much all of North Dakota, it’s still technically fall – and the Novina Pro Volume 3 is a perfect representation of what I would be looking for in a fall palettes: oranges, yellows and browns to capture the fall colors, crisp apple greens to brighten and provide lighter notes, and a few unexpected pops of color to give you additional variety in your looks. I generally prefer cool-toned shadows, so I really thought the Norvina Pro Volume 2 was going to be my...
read moreShe’s Not Mad, She’s Disappointed – ABH’s Norvina Pro Palettes, Volume 2
Alright, so in the last post in this series, I talked about volume 1 of the Norvina Pro Palettes from Anastasia Beverly Hills, and though of couple of the shades had some struggles, overall I liked them and I thought it was a solid palette. I also did some quick mathing, and they are a remarkably better deal than the shadows in a typical ABH palette. All was looking to be sunshine and roses…and then volume 2. On paper, this should have been my favorite palette of the three: it has the most cool-toned shades, it has a lot of greens and...
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