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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

She’s Not Mad, She’s Disappointed – ABH’s Norvina Pro Palettes, Volume 2

Posted by Janessa Jaye on October 11, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

Alright, so in the last post in this series, I talked about volume 1 of the Norvina Pro Palettes from Anastasia Beverly Hills, and though of couple of the shades had some struggles, overall I liked them and I thought it was a solid palette. I also did some quick mathing, and they are a remarkably better deal than the shadows in a typical ABH palette. All was looking to be sunshine and roses…and then volume 2. On paper, this should have been my favorite palette of the three: it has the most cool-toned shades, it has a lot of greens and...

She Done Lost Her Mind – ABH’s Norvina Pro Palettes, Volume 1

Posted by Janessa Jaye on October 9, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

Sometimes I go a little crazy, and I make an ill-advised makeup purchase. That’s ok, right? I mean, Norman Bates said it best: “We all go a little mad sometimes.” But then there are times when I go all the way around the bend and do something ridiculous like buy all 3 of the new Anastasia Beverly Hills Norvina Pro palettes. That’s right, Columes 1, 2, and 3 are all in my hot little hands, and my wallet is sad and empty and alone. Woof. That was a chunk of change – these palettes had better be worth it! Maybe...

Creating A Drag Queen

Posted by Janessa Jaye on October 4, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

I was putting together a presentation for a makeup class about drag makeup, how I create my persona and paint my face, etc. and I thought it might be fun to share some of what I was putting together with a wider audience. I wanted to compile some reference images for different styles of drag, compile a list of some of the main products I use and love, tips and tricks, stuff like that. I hope that you enjoy! DRAG INSPIRATIONS The first drag queen that I remember really making an impression on me in terms of understanding drag as a type of...

Full Face, (Mostly) One Brand: Nyx Cosmetics

Posted by Janessa Jaye on October 4, 2019 in LifeStyle | 0 comments

Anyone else feeling a bit of cosmetic burnout? I still love to play with makeup, but I’m definitely in the crowd of people who feel like there is just too much, too often when it comes to makeup releases. People want to blame brands, but it’s like they’ve never heard of supply and demand: brands aren’t putting out a shit ton of products that no one is buying! If they are pumping out products it’s because there is some sort of demand for them. I hear a ton of YouTubers complaining that people will talk out one...

Lime Crime Retires The Iconic Venus Palette Collection With Venus Immortalis

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

I’ve said this a million times before, but let’s make this a million and one: Lime Crime doesn’t get credit for starting the crazy of reddish-toned warm neutral palettes. Yes, Modern Renaissance has become a staple of every makeup maven’s collection and so many brands and influencers use it as a touchpoint for describing other products, but Lime Crime created the more vibrant and saturated Venus 1 palette more than a year before the Modern Renaissance and was way ahead of that trend. In fact, I also think Subculture...

Joining The Tribe: Indie Darling Blush Tribe’s Hasina 2 and Pastel Tribe Palettes

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

Ok, so this isn’t technically the first time that I’ve reviewed a palette from Blush Tribe: a couple of weeks ago, I did the Neon Love palette comparison featuring Blush Tribe’s Neon Dreams Revamped and Peachy Queen’s Alien Queen palette. It was a good palette, but I preferred the Peachy Queen palette because of the additional shades and added versatility. It was still a really good palette, but I never think it’s a good idea to judge a whole brand by a palette of neons (or any one palette either, really!) as...

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...

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