Welcome to the LifeStyle section of the World of Champagne! All of the great makeup content you expect from Miss Jaye is housed right here! As this is our largest content section, we wanted to make it a little easier to find past posts. Looking to see if Miss Jaye has reviewed your favorite brand? Done! Want to see all of Miss Jaye’s Face Friday walkthroughs? Easy! Be sure to check out our archives section where you can find an A to Z Brand Index for product reviews as well as collections of themed posts. You can find the LifeStyle section archive HERE.
Losing My Religion: Can Jeffree Star Keep The Faith With New Pink Religion Collection?
Alright Champagne Dreamers, you know what time it is: time to bait the trolls! We’re back again with another review of Jeffree Star Cosmetics, although this time we’re reviewing products that we bought on purpose! The mystery boxes are fun, and I’m glad I got to try the Star Ranch palette before the full (unrevealed) collection comes out later this year, but I have to say that I was pretty intrigued when I saw the reveal video for the Pink Religion collection. I haven’t been really excited about a JSC release for a...
read moreJaclyn Hill Leaves Basic Becky Behind With Bougie Rouge Collection!
Jac’s back, y’all, and this time I’m actually really interested! Don’t get me wrong, I loved the powder highlighters and the blush bronzer duos were alright, but Ms. Hill has been playing it pretty safe with her color stories as she’s been venturing back into the beauty world post-Lipstick-Gate. I don’t necessarily blame her, and I’m glad to see that quality control has gotten a boost at her production facilities, but cleanliness in a factory is not dependent on a boring color story. Enter Bougie...
read moreColourPop Serves Up Some Rainforest Realness With Lush Life Palette
You’re never going to fuckin’ believe it: ya girl is about to review some green makeup! I know that I’m obsessed with green makeup (and I don’t do a great job of hiding it) but when I saw that ColourPop had a new Lush Life palette that had some gorgeous greens, I was very tempted. They had previously released the 5-pan monochromatic Hi, Society palette but I had managed to resist it, so I thought maybe I could resist this one too. Obviously not, because here we are – and the Hi, Society palette is the other...
read moreMystery Box Glam: Jeffree Star Cosmetics Hopes To Woo Shoppers With Early Releases
There is a certain amount of activity on YouTube focused solely around the Jeffree Star Cosmetics Mystery Boxes. There are entire channels that are primarily or exclusively dedicated to spoilers and unboxings, and newer, smaller channels will often use the boxes to try and give their channels a boost. Although the mystery boxes aren’t the phenomenon they once were, selling out in seconds and leaving many consumers to rant on the internet about the unfairness of competitive makeup shopping, they are still a bit of an event. I...
read moreFACE FRIDAY: Friday Night Frights Are Back With Mystery Box Glam, Feat. Jeffree Star Cosmetics!
Y’all, it’s been several hot minutes since we had a Face Friday look on this page, and I’m honestly not sure how I want to continue this series in the future. As things are opening back up and I’m contending with live events, plus a change in my work, I don’t think the weekly looks will work with my life, but I would like to keep this going. I’m not sure if I will establish some sort of staggered pattern for the looks, or if it will just be whenever one happens, it happens! Thanks for sticking with this...
read moreDeclutter 2021: The Final Countdown – So Much Miscellaneous Makeup!
Hello Champagne Dreamers – can you believe we finally made it this far? This is the last post in my 2021 Declutter series – and this is where things get weird! I’ve taken you through all of the major categories in my collection, but I have a couple of drawers that are a mix of extra things or specialized products. I mean, I always knew I was extra, but then I realized I had a “glitter & neon” drawer in my life! There are also a few random bins of products that I put together for videos, so those products...
read moreSomething Wicked This Way Comes
As North Dakota’s Trash Queen of Glam, Geek, & Gore, I love horror and I love makeup – and when I can find a brand that combines the two, perfection! As much as I love to rant about the Instagram algorithms, they know when they got me: they kept showing me ads for Wicked Sisters Cosmetics and their inspired-by-but-not-exactly-licensed-from classic horror films palettes! I’m going to have a video coming soon where I talk about 6 more brands that I want to try in 2021 (a sequel to the video I’ll link below!) and I...
read moreBougie Bitch: Pat McGrath’s Divine Blush Experience
Y’all, who even am I these days?! I blame my transformation into a Karen on last winter’s VIB Sale at Sephora when I finally broke down and started trying more of those expensive brands that I’ve been trying to keep at bay. So when Pat McGrath announced that she was releasing blushes I was intrigued. At $38 each they are on the high side, but I’ve spent around that much for a blush in the past, and the detailing in the pan was definitely a selling point. What pushed me over the edge was that on her website you could...
read moreJune Has Come & Gone, But Miss Jaye Is Still Living In The Past (& Reviewing It!)
Alright, I’m about to be that bitch that gives you a review on something that is no longer available for purchase: the June Decadence Box from The Collective Cosmetics. I’ve had some super heavy projects at work and stuff going on personally as well (is it possible to be a hoarder of projects and time wasters? Asking for a friend…) so I didn’t get around to reviewing this before the month was over. Hell, I’m barely getting to this before August, but better late than never…maybe? Hopefully you’ll...
read moreDon’t Fear The Reaper: The Collective Cosmetics’ July Subscription Box
Don’t say it: I already know I’m late as fuck. It’s summer, I’ve got perpetual titty sweat, and I’m cranky. I’m always behind on my reviews, but I’m especially behind on reviewing the Collective Cosmetics’ monthly subscription boxes – after this post is done for the July box, I have to go back and write a post about the June box. It’s been a wild couple of months with work and projects, plus starting to venture back out into the world for live shows and events (Miss Jaye’s...
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