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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

Gettin’ Lucky With Irish Beauty Brands

Posted by Janessa Jaye on May 31, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

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...

Come As You Are: Invoke 90s Grunge Vibes With Karity Cosmetics

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

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...

Sparking Up Some Glam: Melt Cosmetics’ and Peachy Queen’s Pot-Themed Palettes

Posted by Janessa Jaye on May 24, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

I’m definitely late for 4/20, but I’ve got a couple of palettes that will help you spark up some glam at any time of the year. Marijuana is sort of a trend in the cosmetics industry, with some products like Milk Makeup’s Kush mascara actually including CBD oil, and there are a number of palettes that are getting in on this green trend. If I’m honest, I’m not a huge fan of marijuana personally because the smoke irritates my lungs terribly (though in Seattle, where they have legal dispenseries, I’ve been...

Getting A (Mild) Sugar Rush From The Bombshell Cosmetica Sour Blast Palette

Posted by Janessa Jaye on May 20, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

Bombshell Cosmetica is a brand I discovered through one of my newer favorite YouTubers, Nerdy Girl Makeup, around the time that they released their Candylicious palette. It was the same size and shape as the Box of Crayons palette from The Crayon Case, but seemed to get much less love on YouTube (which is a shame because it’s a pretty good palette!). But even though I really enjoyed that palette, I was skeptical when they announced three new candy-themed palettes: Sour Blast, a rainbow palette modeled after sour gummy worms; Oh Hubba...

The Low Buy Is Dead. Long Live The Low Buy.

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

Well, we gave it the old college try. Low Buys and No Buys are all the rage right now, with a lot of creators on YouTube creating videos, series, and sometimes entire channels around their desire to buy less makeup and skincare. It seemed like a good idea at the time, and so I decided, with the best of intentions, to have 2019 be the year of the Low Buy. I knew a No Buy would never, ever work for me – I don’t finish enough stuff to wait until all of the products I had in a category were used up before buying more! – and I...

Redesign Series LIVE! Feat. ColourPop x Disney Villains Misunderstood Palette

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

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve done a palette redesign, and I you saw my recent post on the ColourPop X Disney Villains Misunderstood palette, you know that I felt like it could use some serious re-tooling. Since I have a ton of ColourPop palettes, and because the pans are attached with a magnetic backing in the palette instead of with glue, I thought it might be fun to get out of PowerPoint and see if I could use the ColourPop shadows in my collection to make a better version! While I was at it, I also put together some new...

Feeling Naughty-cal: ABH’s Riviera Palette (FINALLY!) Brings Vivid Color

Posted by Janessa Jaye on May 10, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

So, #UnpopularMakeupOpinion: I don’t understand the cult of popularity around Anastasia Beverly Hills. Modern Renaissance dominated the beauty world for several years, but it wouldn’t have existed if it wasn’t for Lime Crime’s original Venus palette paving the way, the same way Venus 2 paved the way for Subculture. Speaking of Subculture, it was a dry, powdery mess and the tones are kind of odd – grungey, but also just…kind of…off. The Glow Kits are pretty bomb, I will give them that, but is it...

Why Does Tarte Bring Out The Worst In All Of Us? Plus, The High Tides & Good Vibes Palette

Posted by Janessa Jaye on May 6, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

Poor tarte, they just can’t catch a break! I’ve been ragging on them for years about being 50 shades of beige, and I stand behind that. Their tartelette and tarteist palettes series are nothing but a huge collection of repetitive beige, brown, and champagne shades. I bought the Rainforest of the Sea palettes 1-3 when they were daily deals on Sephora.com just so that I could see if they really were that basic, and trust me: they were. That’s tarte’s thing: they do basic neutrals and, at least according to people who...

Chasing Rainbows: Using the ColourPop BYOP Sale To Build The *Perfect Rainbow Palette

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

*Ok, maybe not perfect; without being able to see the shades in person, I made a couple of not-so-great choices, but still pretty damn good! I’ve been buying from ColourPop for a while, but I’ve never gotten in on their “Build Your Own Palette” sale before – normally I just buy one of the low prices palettes that they have available, and if I don’t 100% love the color selection I depot and rearrange to my heart’s content. I made the Mar and Sol palettes into actual blue and orange/yellow palettes to...

Neon Dreams: ColourPop’s Festival-Ready Collection

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

I love neon makeup, and I love that it seems to be a trend right now. Ruby May Cosmetics recently put out their Street Art palette and Blush Tribe recently ran a pre-order for their new Neon palette, and I’ve got my eyes on both of those little lovelies. And of course, you know that ColourPop had to get in on the action! Just before Coachella they released a collection of “Festival Ready” favorites including a 12 pan palette, all available as singles as well, that featured 4 pressed neon pigments and 8 pressed glitters. ...

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