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Declutter 2021: 5 Brand Declutter – Juvia’s Place, Milani, Beauty Bakerie, Glamlite, & Fenty
Hello again Champagne Dreamers and welcome to the 7th installment of my 2021 declutter series! For this one, I’m decluttering 5 of my favorite brands. Each of these brands has its own bin (or in the case of Juvia’s Place, multiple bins!) in my office. For some I was doing a full face of the product and I wanted them organized, or maybe I had planned on it and never got around to it (hey Milani!), or for some it just worked better to keep them all together. Whatever the reason, these brands are some of my favorites – so...
read moreHaving My (Cup)Cake & Eating It Too
It’s been a hot minute since we’ve had Glamlite on this site, and we’ve missed her! I have almost all of the food palettes; I never picked up the original Pizza palette and I decluttered a couple of the mini palettes in my 2021 Declutter series on my YouTube channel, but in general I really do love the Glamlite formula. When I saw the pinky red goodness of the Cupcake palette, I knew I needed to add it to my collection! I know that some are going to say that this palette is late to the party, and they aren’t entirely...
read moreLongtime Companion: Copacetic Cosmetics Wants To Be Your BFF
I have to say, I’m doing a pretty good job of working through my 8 brands to try in 2021 – who knew that I loved to shop so much. Yeah…never mind, don’t answer that. Copacetic was on my list and I’m excited to finally get around to trying it out with the specific palette that I called out in the video: the Companion palette, a collab with MJONES5018. I did also buy a bundle of shadows but I haven’t had a chance to swatch those shadows yet so you’ll just have to be on the lookout for a part 2! The...
read moreDeclutter 2021: Eyeshadows – Palettes & Singles
Hello Champagne Dreamers and welcome back to my 2021 Declutter series! I’m guessing that this might be the installment that a lot of you have been waiting for – in this one, we’re going to be looking at eyeshadow palettes! I’ve got a fairly big collection – even for a big ol’ drag queen! – and I’m excited to go through and see what I can do to thin out my collection…a little bit. I’ve said it before but it bears repeating: I’m not known for my savage declutters, so...
read moreLethal Is Dead: Long Live The Garbage Queen!
So, like, I’m not saying that I’m one of LaToya Jackson’s psychic friends or anything, but can we just talk about the fact that I totally nailed it in my 2021 Predictions video when I said that Theresa Is Dead was going to have a collab this year?! I haven’t decided if I’m going to do a recap on my predictions now that we’ve hit the halfway point for this year, but I feel like that prediction (that indie brands would keep doing collabs with smaller, fabulous creators) was right on the money! I’ve...
read moreBilliance Or Insanity: Trixie Cosmetics & The Perpetual Release
In a world where so many cosmetics companies spend months planning for releases with large, sprawling collections, coordinated color sets, and then moving on to the next thing, Trixie Cosmetics is doing things decidedly different. They’ve had a few collections with coordinated pieces, like the Back to the Fuchsia collection that included a 3-pan blush/highlight palette, 2 glitters, and several glosses, but they aren’t afraid to do a release that’s just a few shades. They did this recently with a drop of three random...
read moreCreature Feature: Getting Spooky With The Collective Cosmetics
I’m probably shooting myself in the foot reviewing this now instead of waiting until October – I have so much trouble finding new spooky makeup for Halloween reviews! But I just couldn’t wait to talk about these fabulous monster collections from The Collective Cosmetics! Images from TheCollectiveCosmetics.com There are four collections: Fire & Brimstone (a devilish collection of reds and pinks), Frankenstein’s Monster (greens, obvi!), The Vampire – Fall Forever (a mix of bright pops of color), and The...
read moreThings That Make You Go “Om!” – Is Peachy Queen’s New Align Chakras Palette Rainbow Bliss?
It’s a wild world out there Champagne Dreamers, and sometimes you just need to breathe in, center yourself, and get away from it all. Now, even if makeup isn’t your typical way of getting things in line, Peachy Queen is hoping that they can bring some Namaste to your day with the Align Chakras palette! Peachy Queen has always been a little bit unpredictable in terms of what stays in stock, what comes back, and what disappears forever, but as of this writing the palette is still available on their website. It’s a 16-pan...
read morePropa Beauty Brings The Heat & Helps Everyone Out There Find Their Perfect Red!
I did a review a while back about Propa Beauty and their nude lipsticks. They were a new Black-Owned Makeup Brand (BOMB) on the scene, and they were blowing up in the micro-influencer community that I follow on YouTube. I bought three of the shades, and I mentioned in that review that I would be interested in trying more from the brand if they did more with color – I’m not much of a nude lipstick kinda gal! Well, Propa Beauty was all about making me put my money where my mouth is, because they came out with a stunning collection...
read moreColourPop Attempts To Correct Past Criticism By Joining The Make It Black Project
ColourPop has been criticized in the past for its lack of diversity in the influencers that it works with as well as in the range of shades offered in their products. Now, for a brand that pushes out as much product as they do, it’s not realistic to expect every product they make to fit every skin tone out there, but it’s also realistic to expect that some of those products would be targeted toward consumers with deeper skintones. This hasn’t always been the case, but ColourPop is trying to turn that around with their...
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