Days of the Dead – Signed Photos, Indianapolis 2019
It’s that time of year again: once again our intrepid queen packed up her polyester hair and flew to the ever welcoming home state of Mike Pence, Indiana, for Days of the Dead Indianapolis! In addition to all kinds of convention shenanigans, she had a chance to stop by some celeb tables and pick up some signed table photos. The guest list was a little different this year, with a pretty strong emphasis on sci fi franchises, and with rising prices added in to the mix Miss Jaye decided to play it a little more conservative in terms of...
read moreBlack Moon Cosmetics – Why Won’t You Let Me Love You?!
I can’t remember which YouTuber turned me on to Black Moon Cosmetics’ liquid lipsticks, but I’ve been using them for a while, and I love them. I have about ten shades, maybe a dozen, and they are all really pigmented, apply dreamily, and dry down to a beautiful matte without being super uncomfortable. It’s not my favorite formula, but it’s definitely in the top 5 and I have legit tried almost every formula out there! I love the lipsticks and I love supporting indie brands, so when I heard that they were...
read moreI’m Shining Bright Like A Diamond, Thanks To Lemonhead LA
Y’all, Lemonhead LA was already one of my favorite places to get glitter – in my mind, no one will ever beat Lit Cosmetics for loose glitters, but the Space Paste and Space Jam glitter gels from Lemonhead have totally changed my glitter game. Well, recently I was looking at their site, and I don’t know if this is a new service they offer or if I just had never noticed it, but you can have them create your very own custom glitter blend. What?! How fantastic is that! I’ve always wanted to have my name on a makeup...
read moreAre We Over The Rainbow? Pride Makeup & Engaging Charitable Capitalism
Alright, this post is going to be a ltitle different than my typical LifeStyle sections posts. It’s part review: I have a bunch of products that were released in celebration of June being LGBTQ Pride month. I want to show you some swatches and tell you my thoughts. I love rainbow palettes, I love bright palettes, and I love glitter so most of these collections are totally right up my alley! But now that Pride month is officially over, I also want to explore the idea of “charitable capitalism” and engage with whether or...
read moreSugar Rush: Jeffree Star’s Jawbreaker Collection Has Arrived (Thanks To Beautylish…)
Alright, y’all – strap the eff in, because this is going to be a lot! Jeffree Star just released his new Jawbreaker collection a week ago today (as of when this is being published!) and I swear it’s like a piece of my goddamn soul. At this point, if I had ever thought about having a makeup line (which I really haven’t) I couldn’t anyway because Jeffree Star has already channeled every piece of my soul and turned it into a color story. Usually I’m late to the party with these reviews, and the reason is...
read moreWell, Actually…
I want to tell you a joke. It’s one of my favorites. It’s about mansplaining, and I like that it’s funny and clever, but also has a certain social awareness. Here it is: Q: Where does a man get his water? A: From the, “Well, actually…” That’s good, right? Anyone who has experienced mansplaining can laugh at it, and the “Not all men!” crowd can smirk smugly at their assumed superiority over the rest of their gender. But it still has a punch to it. It resonates because of the truth...
read moreTwenty-Five Years Of Viva Glam
This is going to be one of those nostalgic posts where someone lets you in on how old they are by telling you about how great things were “back in the day” (but not in a creepy, racist “Make America Great Again” kind of way), but because it’s me it’s going to be a nostalgic post about makeup. I recently picked up the 25th anniversary addition of the original shade of MAC Viva Glam, and it brought me back to my earliest experiences with high end makeup and reminded me of when MAC was the absolute leader in...
read moreThe (California) Golden Touch: Midas Cosmetics Sparks Up Some Glam With The High Times Palette
Ready for more cannabis-fueled makeup goodness? Strap in! If you’re keeping track, this is the 4th makeup palette I’ve reviewed on this site that is marijuana-themed. I started with the OMFG Kush palette from OMFG Cosmetics in April, and in May I did a double review on the Melt Cosmetics’ Smoke Session palette and the Kush Queen palette from Peachy Queen. But pot is huge in the beauty space right now, so here we are again, this time trying out a 12-pan palette from a new indie brand I’m trying out: the High Times...
read moreGettin’ Lucky With Irish Beauty Brands
Recently I had a weeklong work trip to Cork, Ireland. Besides being an amazing opportunity to see a new place, try some new food, and get a sense of another culture, I figured it would also be an opportunity to check out some Irish and UK-based beauty brands. I had a little bit of knowledge of some indie brands from the UK, but I wasn’t sure what kinds of brands might be based in Ireland, so I started searching on YouTube and I found a makeup artist from Cork, Christine O’Connor, and watched a couple of her videos and then...
read moreCome As You Are: Invoke 90s Grunge Vibes With Karity Cosmetics
I was an 80s kid and a 90s teenager, so I’m loving the wave of nostalgia that’s coming now – mostly because it’s been taking the BEST of those eras and making it bearable. Seriously, if you look back at what the 90s were really like, there was some awful, ugly stuff happening then. Bib overalls. Flannel. Chunky heeled shoes. But there were some elements in terms of color stories and influences that actually look pretty cool. The end of last year into this year is when we really started to see this trend emerge...
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