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Hey there Champagne Dreamers!

If you were a fan of the Makeup Forum on the previous version of the World of Champagne, you are going to LOVE LifeStyle by Janessa! Not only will we be posting great beauty and skincare related content here, we’re also in the process of building out a sister website, LifeStyleByJanessa.com, that will feature makeup articles and reviews, videos, tutorials, giveaways, and more! And we’re also going to include an online shopping experience for my hand-crafted jewelry line, Fit For A Queen Designs!

Look for the new site to launch soon, and enjoy all new makeup content down below!

XOXO, Miss Jaye

It’s Neon, It’s Rainbow…But Is It Good?! Lime Crime Lightens Up With Venus Vivids

Posted by Janessa Jaye on August 17, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

Ugh, can I just say how freaking excited I am that everyone and their mama is making colorful, bright, rainbow and neon palettes?! Let tarte take care of those 50 shades of beige bitches, and let’s let the rest of us play in the spectrum! There are so many brands that have been putting out rainbow palettes, and now we’re starting to see those rainbows get amped up with some neon voltage. I’m here for it, but neon shadows can be tricky: in order to make shadows that bright, they use white pigment to brighten, but white is...

Makeup Thunderdome: Glamlite Vs. Bombshell Cosmetica – Who Will Be Crowned The Burger King?!

Posted by Janessa Jaye on August 16, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

It’s been a long time since I’ve done a Makeup Thunderdome post, but when I saw that there were two great indie brands who were both putting out palettes with a burger theme, I knew I had to get them both and compare them. You’re probably thinking, “OMG – two more burger palettes? Haven’t we had enough?!” No, these are the two OG burger palettes that people have been talking about. As usual, Miss Jaye is late to the party, and with some recent things happening at work, it took me quite a while to...

Blush Crush, Featuring Ofra And Lime Crime

Posted by Janessa Jaye on July 19, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

I always feel a little weird reviewing blushes. It’s not like I don’t have favorites, and some diehard must haves that have found their way into my kit. I love to layer blushes with my contour, and it’s a rare showday where I don’t have at least 5 different blushes mixed together on my mug. But blush isn’t…fun. It’s not like an eyeshadow palette, with bright colors and shimmers and velvety mattes. If blush is doing its job, it should be seamless, melting into the overall look in a way that is...

Neon Love: Huda Beauty’s Newest Obsessions

Posted by Janessa Jaye on July 15, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

The world has gone crazy for neon, and I’m living for it! I’m a child of the 80s, where Lisa Frank’s neon acid trip illustrations were the hottest thing every school shopping season, girls just wanted to have fun in day-glo fabrics, and the world had this artificial brightness that only neon can create. I adore it! Huda Beauty recently added three new palettes to their Obsessions line of 9-pan mini palettes: the Neon Obsessions in Pink, Green, and Orange. They retail for $29, $2 more than the previous Obsessions palettes...

Black Moon Cosmetics – Why Won’t You Let Me Love You?!

Posted by Janessa Jaye on July 8, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

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...

I’m Shining Bright Like A Diamond, Thanks To Lemonhead LA

Posted by Janessa Jaye on July 5, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

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...

Are We Over The Rainbow? Pride Makeup & Engaging Charitable Capitalism

Posted by Janessa Jaye on July 1, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

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...

Sugar Rush: Jeffree Star’s Jawbreaker Collection Has Arrived (Thanks To Beautylish…)

Posted by Janessa Jaye on June 27, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

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...

Twenty-Five Years Of Viva Glam

Posted by Janessa Jaye on June 7, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

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...

The (California) Golden Touch: Midas Cosmetics Sparks Up Some Glam With The High Times Palette

Posted by Janessa Jaye on June 3, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

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...

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