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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

Collab Queens: Alyssa Edwards and Jackie Aina Bring Some Much-Needed Diversity To The ABH Lineup

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

Unpopular makeup opinion: I don’t get the buzz about Anastasia Beverly Hills. I don’t really like their formula, their pans are tiny (though I am tempted to buy the Norvina Pro Pigment palette, which is much more generously sized!), and the color stories are bland and super repetitive. They are powdery as fuck and the shimmers tend to get really crumbly right away. Now, all of that criticism somehow hasn’t stopped me from amassing no less than 6 of their palettes: Modern Renaissance, Subculture, Prism, Riviera, and now the...

So Jaded Palette: Kathleen Lights’ Newest ColourPop Collab Is Precious, But Pricey

Posted by Janessa Jaye on September 13, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

Let’s just get it out there: So Jaded, the new Kathleen Lights collab palette with ColourPop is $39. Thirty-nine. Fucking. American. Dollars. Clearly I bought it, so I got over my shock and revulsion at this elevated price point, but this is a growing trend among some of the most consistently inexpensive brands like NYX and Morphe, to start putting out “premium” products that are larger or in collaboration with influencers or some other reason to charge some brand new price point unheard of for the brand. I remember the In...

Rebranding Can Be A Circus…But There’s Beauty In This Menagerie

Posted by Janessa Jaye on September 2, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

You know I’m a whore for a good liquid lipstick, and no one did a better formula than Makeup Monsters! They were one of my OG faves when I was first trying to figure out how to wrangle this kind of product and not end up with it drying to a stain all over my face. The formula was light and watery painting on very easily, but it was opaque and offered not only great coverage but pretty fantastic lasting power. Darkness Prevails, their black shade, won the first ever black liquid lipstick Makeup Thunderdome, beating out Jeffree...

Morphe X Jeffree Star Brings Color…And Controversy?!

Posted by Janessa Jaye on August 30, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

Another day, another drama! When Jeffree Star announced part 2 of his collaboration with Morphe, including a 30-pan artistry palette, people were a little surprised considering that JStar’s own brand is known for their high quality, high performance, higer price point eyeshadows. I’ll include the reveal video below so you can watch the whole thing if you want, or you can skip to the quote that seems to have fueled the latest made up scandal in the beauty community: at 2:58, Jeffree says When me and Morphe were talking about what...

Pretty As A Peachy Queen: Two New Palettes For 90s Babies & Halloween Hotties!

Posted by Janessa Jaye on August 30, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

These palettes may both have different moods…but each one is presenting a total #Mood! I’m talking about two palettes from Peachy Queen: the 90s Baby palette and the new Spirit Board palette. One is bright and neon and nostalgic. One is dark and shadowy and sultry. But whether you prefer to bo bright or go home, or you want to go over to the dark side, both feature Peachy Queen’s fun color story and overall quality. I have reviewed one other Peachy Queen palette, the Kush Queen palette, and while I didn’t think it...

Neon Love: Two Palettes To Light Up The Night By Blush Tribe & Peachy Queen

Posted by Janessa Jaye on August 26, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

6-year-old me is living for the neon moment that seems to be sweeping the indie makeup world! About a week ago, I shared my review of the new Lime Crime Venus Vivid palette, a neon-esque brights palette that was rainbow Lisa Frank goodness all day long! But those shades were more bright, vivid shades that were neon-inspired. What about actual neon eyeshadow shades? Can a makeup brand truly harness the electric pleasure of pure neon? Two new palettes are certainly trying their best: Blush Tribe’s Neon Dreams Revamped and Peachy...

That Hashtag Life: Ruby May Cosmetics Offers #Mood, #Vibes, & #Brights Mini Palettes

Posted by Janessa Jaye on August 26, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

I’m not a millennial, but sometimes I act like one: I actually found Ruby May Cosmetics through an Instagram ad for their Street Art palette. It was a lovely bright rainbow palette, but I wasn’t sure about the brand; there are a lot of those cheap Chinese dupe brands out there that advertise on IG, so I waited. One of the performers from Arizona that I follow posted something about a pageant that he was competing in, and one of the sponsors was Ruby May, so I decided to give them a chance. But as is the story of my life, when I...

Long Live The Queens: Juvia’s Place Collabs With Iconic Fumi Desalu-Vold

Posted by Janessa Jaye on August 23, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

Alright, if you’ve been following my makeup content for a while, this review will probably not surprise you. We stan Juvia’s Place in this house. They have been and continue to be one of if not the top brands for eyeshadow in my makeup collection and show makeup routine. I want to do a mostly full face routine with them because while I have all of the face products I haven’t really had a chance to use them and I’d like to spend more time collecting my thoughts. But in terms of their eyeshadow palettes, I have every...

Storming Area 51? Get Intergalactic Glam From Ofra’s New Collection Before Shit Goes Down

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

I’m not saying that it’s aliens…but it’s aliens. Anyone else a huge fan of Ancient Aliens on the History Channel? I love it because it’s usually like 60% actual questions that I have (like how a bunch of slaves with primitive tools were able to not only build the pyramids, but cut the stones and fit them together so precisely), and like 40% batshit craziness of the very best kind. You can also tell how bizarre and out there the topic is going to be by how big Giorgio’s hair is in the episode. It would be...

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...

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