Dienstag, 24. November 2020

Blood Money-Kollektion von Jeffree Star Cosmetics - Sneak Peak, Vorstellung, Meinungen und Tutorials

Die neue Blood Money-Kollektion von Beauty-Guru Jeffree Star erregte schon vor ihrem Erscheinen viel Aufmerksamkeit. Das hat mit der Kollektion selbst, ihrer Vorschau (Sneak-Peak-Video bei Instagram TV), der offiziellen Ankündigung in einem YouTube-Video, vielen Diskussionen drum herum von Fans, Make-up-Liebhabern, Hatern per se und Jeffree Star's Reaktion darauf zu tun. Wie es ablief, wie die Kollektion aussieht und wie sie angenommen wird. (Meinung, Werbekennzeichnung wegen Markennennung, nicht beauftragt, nicht bezahlt, alles selbst gekauft.)
Ich habe wegen der günstigen Versandbedingungen (kostenloser Expressversand ab 70 US-Dollar) und der normalerweise sehr schnellen Lieferung am Freitag, den 13.11. die Blood Money Eyeshadow Palette und zwei der neuen Automatic-Eyeliner-Stifte bei Beautylish gekauft. Versendet wurde beides zusammen am Samstag, den 21.11. und das Paket lag heute, am Dienstag, den 24.11. vor meiner Wohnungstür in Deutschland. 

Die neue Make-up-Kollektion von Jeffree Star Cosmetics (JSC) besteht aus folgenden Produkten:
  • Blood Money-Lidschattenpalette dominiert von Grüntönen,
  • Lip Glosses,
  • Mini-Lip-Stick-Bundle (Set mit 8 kleinen Velour Liquid Lipsticks) ebenfalls in Grün-, Grau- und Brauntönen,
  • Lidstrichstifte (Eyeliner) in 5 Farben, bei denen die Mine herausgedreht wird, genannt Automatic Eyeliner - ein ganz neues Produkt von JSC -, in verschiedenen Grün- und Brauntönen,
  • zwei hochpreisige Exrem-Highlighter,
  • ein neuer Lippenbalsam in Lippenstiftform (bullet) mit Hanfsamenöl (ohne CBD oder THC!) sowie
  • verschiedene Accessoires (Spiegel in neuer Form und neuen Farben, mint-farbene Reise-Kosmetiktasche, Rucksäcke aus Fake-Kroko in zwei Farben) und
  • Kleidung (Hoodies, Bomberjacken) mit Logo.



Blood Money Collection - Jeffree Star erfüllt die Wünsche der Fans

Eine grüne Lidschattenpalette, die in die Blood-Lidschattenpaletten-Reihe passt (Blood Sugar, Blue Blood, Blood Lust), hatten viele Fans sozusagen "bestellt". Und wie immer hat Jeffree Star das Thema als komplette Kollektion mit seinem speziellen Twist inszeniert, damit sie zum besonderen Fan-Erlebnis wird, das unterhält und inspiriert.

Das Vorschau-Video (Sneak Peak) war ähnlich einem Musik-Videoclip konzipiert. Die meisten empfanden ihn als atemberaubend, aber er war auch provokativ.



Und das Blood Money-Drama begann

Für mich persönlich war der mit Musik unterlegte Preview-Clip ein Wirbel aus Rätselhaftem, Opulenz, Dekadenz, "Miami Vice"-Vibes und Jeffree-Star-Extravaganza. Ich musste ihn zwanzig Mal anschauen, bevor ich in der Lage war, meine Augen abzuwenden, so viele Bildeindrücke, schnelle Schnitte, so berauschend. Es gab aber auch Kritik, denn Jeffree Star ist immer im Zentrum von Tratsch, Kritik, Drama, Häme und sogar offenem Hass (und wenn es nichts zu meckern gibt, dann kramt irgendwer irgendetwas aus seiner Jugend hervor), was ihn nicht gehindert hat, sein Unternehmen Jeffree Star Cosmetics zu einer der erfolgreichsten Indie-Brands zu machen.

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Nachdem der Sneak-Peak-Clip in den sozialen Netzen veröffentlicht war, kritisierten einige, dass ein lebendes Tier (ein Alligator) Teil des Sets war. Meine Meinung dazu: Gedreht wurde in einer Luxusvilla in Beverly Hills, da ist Hollywood um die Ecke, wo es alles für den Film zu mieten gibt, so auch Tiere samt Betreuern. Dafür, wie die behandelt werden müssen, gibt es meines Wissens strenge Vorschriften. Wer einen Alligator am Set kritisiert, darf meiner Meinung nach auch keine Spielfilme oder Serien anschauen, in denen Tiere gezeigt werden. 
Andere beanstandeten, dass in einer Szene Geld (vermutlich Falschgeld) verbrannt wird, gerade in diesen Zeiten sei dies unanständig. Ich persönlich finde es immer unanständig, Geld zu verbrennen, in jeder Zeit, und Geld sollte nicht alles sein, worum sich das Leben eines Menschen oder einer Gesellschaft dreht, aber für mich persönlich ist das kurze Video Kunst und das Verbrennen der Scheine ein Teil davon.

Jeffree Star

Jeffree Star ist in armen und schwierigen Verhältnissen aufgewachsen. Seine berufliche Laufbahn begann als Make-up-Artist am Mac Kosmetik-Stand im Kaufhaus, doch parallel wurde er auf der Social-Media-Plattform MySpace dank seiner Kreativität und Unerschrockenheit für viele zum Star der Plattform schlechthin und er bald zum Singer/Songwriter auf internationalen Bühnen. Er wurde von manch einem schon als die neue Lady Gaga gehandelt, als er 2013 abrupt aus dem Musikgeschäft ausstieg, vermutlich wegen Differenzen mit dem Plattenlabel, bei dem er wenige Jahre zuvor unterschrieben hatte. Er erfand sich noch einmal völlig neu und gründete im Herbst 2014, fast pleite, seine Firma Jeffree Star Cosmetics (JSC). Er begann mit einigen flüssigen Lippenstiften, die er über das Web, auf Festival-Touren und Ähnlichem vermarktete. Doch die Nachfrage war groß und schnell wuchs seine Angebotspalette. Seinen YouTube-Account nutzte er fortan als Beauty-Kanal, auf dem er seine Produkte vorstellte, Blicke hinter die Kulissen gewährte und Make-up-Produkte anderer Make-up-Marken testete und bewertete. Mit seiner Einzigartigkeit und seinem Unterhaltswert, gerade weil er sich nicht verbiegen lässt, gewann er Millionen von Fans und wurde zu einem der größten Beauty-Gurus und Influencer auf YouTube und in den sozialen Medien. Inzwischen dürfte er nicht nur Millionär, sondern vermutlich sogar Milliardär sein.

Apropos, sich nicht verbiegen lassen: Gestern ging Jeffree Star im Pyjama und seinen Lieblingskuschelpuschen zum Essen mit Freunden und Mitarbeitern ins BOA Steakhouse in West-Hollywood - wer traut sich sonst, so aus dem Rahmen zu fallen, und wen lässt man so ins Restaurant? Allerdings fuhr er in einem seiner pinkfarbenen Superautos vor, sein Pyjama und die Puschen waren von Louis Vuitton und am Arm hielt er eine Hermès Birkin Himalaya Bag; Haare, Makeup und Mund-Nasenschutz waren natürlich ebenso "on point".



Die Fotos in Jeffree Star's Tweet (hier eingebettet) und der Film-Clip zu Jeffree Star's Eintreffen beim Restaurant (YouTube) stammen von dem Fotografen Kevin Wong. 



Doch zurück zum Sneak-Peak-Vorschauclip vor der offiziellen Vorstellung der Blood Money-Kollektion: Die überwiegende Resonanz auf dieses Sneak-Peak-Video war, soweit ich beobachten konnte, trotz der oben erwähnten Kritik einiger insgesamt doch sehr positiv.

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Als nächstes stellte Jeffree Star die neue Blood Money-Kollektion in einem Video auf YouTube vor.



Mehr Blood Money-Drama

Dieses Video wurde nicht von den üblichen Trollen und Feinden, sondern von vielen Fans kritisiert: Alles sei zu unpersönlich, zu viele Kameraeinstellungen, alles zu weit weg und mit dem Audio stimmte etwas nicht. Außerdem hätte er irgendwie "off" gewirkt, was einige als Desinteresse am eigenen Produkt interpretierten, andere machten sich dagegen Sorgen um seine Gesundheit und sein Befinden (schließlich hatte er 2020 einiges durchzumachen gehabt, beispielsweise die Trennung von seinem langjährigen Freund zu Anfang des Jahres, einen wochenlangen Shitstorm eines Cancel-Culture-Pöbels Mitte des Jahres, der ihn mindestens eine langjährige erfolgreiche Kollaboration kostete, und anderes mehr).

Und dann gab es noch den Drama-Kanal-Betreiber Rich Lux, der in einem seiner Videos befand, Jeffree's grünes Kleid sei nicht glamourös genug gewesen, Jeffree habe schönere Kleider (dabei war auch dieses Kleid von Balmain, einem Pariser Modehaus, nur eben rockiger als manches der Glitzer-Etuikleider, die er sonst häufig zu besonderen Anlässen trägt).

Doch eigentlich ging es vielen Make-up-Liebhabern und besonders den Fans um die Nähe zu Jeffree Star: Sie wollen ihn bei der eigentlichen Produktvorstellung ohne all das Drumherum-Brimborium sehen: er im Bademantel mit seinen Produkten in seinem Beauty-Raum. Sie wollen sich von ihm angeschaut und angesprochen fühlen und dass er ihnen seine Produkte auf der Haut (Live-Swatches) in Nahaufnahmen zeigt und dabei seine witzigen Redewendungen anbringt und Stories erzählt. 

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Zu allem Übel nahm YouTube das Vorstellungsvideo auch noch aus den Trending-Videos (und angeblich auch aus dem Algorithmus) heraus, weil darin Nacktheit zu sehen sei (eine sehr kurze Einblende mit Jeffree in einer Badewanne mit Geldscheinen, vier Leute sitzen drum rum, scheinbar nackt, in Wirklichkeit ist nichts zu sehen und niemand berührt irgendjemanden. Hallo YouTube: Das war lächerlich! Ein oder zwei Tage später wurde das Video dann auch wieder von YouTube freigegeben und war dann auch noch kurz zurück in den Trends. Trotzdem bedeutet so eine Einschränkung der Reichweite durch YouTube im Fall von Jeffree Star's Kanal Millionen weniger Zuschauer und wahrscheinlich auch weniger Einnahmen - Werbeeinnahmen bei YouTube und Erlöse beim Verkauf seiner Produkte -, wenn das nicht noch kompensiert werden kann. 

Jeffree Star hat sich die Kritik der Fans sehr zu Herzen genommen. Er äußerte sich in mehreren Instagram- und Snap Chat-Stories sowie Lives noch am gleichen Tag dazu und machte sich am nächsten Morgen daran, ein neues Vorstellungsvideo in seinem Beauty-Raum zu drehen - mit seinem üblichen Kameramann Christian, der immer zu ihm nach Hause kommt, nicht mit dem vom Over-The-Top-Set, der zu allem Überfluss auch noch ein paar unglückliche Einstellungen nicht herausgeschnitten hatte.

In diesem neuen Video erklärt Jeffree, dass er eigentlich etwas Besonderes hatte machen wollen, was ihm anscheinend nicht gelungen sei. Er nahm die Kritik an, erklärte, dass es ihm an dem Tag wirklich wegen Problemen in seiner Familie schlecht gegangen sei (tatsächlich ist er normalerweise als Perfektionist bekannt, er hat schon mehrmals Videos von seiner YouTube-Plattform genommen, weil ihm - und nur ihm - irgendetwas nachträglich negativ aufgefallen war). 

Nach diesem neuen, persönlicheren Video mit den gewünschten Farb-Swatches und Nahaufnahmen aus seinem Beauty-Raum waren die Fans glücklich, dankbar und alle erleichtert.



Erscheinungstag der Blood Money-Kollektion am Freitag, den 13. November 2020

Pünktlich um 10 Uhr nach kalifornischer Zeit konnte man die neuen Produkte bei JSC und Beautylish, beides US-Websites, kaufen. Beauty Bay, ein UK-basierter Online-Einzelhändler, war dieses Mal nicht dabei, aber es hieß, dass der Shop die Blood Money-Kollektion demnächst anbieten werde. [Trotzdem: Was könnte der Grund sein, dass Beauty Bay meines Wissens zum ersten Mal nicht am Starttag dabei war? Schließlich müsste der letzte JSC-Launch, Jeffree Star's neue Velvet Trap-Lippenstifte, bei Beauty Bay erfolgreich gewesen sein, gemessen daran, dass einige Lippenstiftfarben angeblich schnell ausverkauft gewesen seien. Ich vermute, dass Beauty Bay möglicherweise erst die eigenen neuen Produkte loswerden will, die das Unternehmen selbst (teilweise in Kooperation mit Influencern) in 2020 herausgebracht hat und die - so meine Annahme - wegen der Pandemie und deren Folgen vermutlich nicht so gut weggehen, wie geplant. Dieses Problem betrifft alle Unternehmen mit Produkten, die lange vorab geplant, designed und bei Manufakturen geordert werden müssen. Andererseits sagte auch Beautylish, dass sie mit dem Versand wahrscheinlich erst am 20. November, also eine Woche nach dem Verkaufsstart, beginnen würden (sonst fangen sie damit sofort an). Es kann also sein, dass die neuen Produkte nicht pünktlich von den Make-up-Manufakturen zu den Einzelhändlern verteilt werden konnten, was ebenfalls mit der Pandemie und gesetzlichen Vorschriften zum Schutz der Mitarbeiter zu tun haben könnte.] 
  
Die Blood Money Artistry Palette

Die ganze Kollektion ist wie immer vegan und ohne Tierversuche hergestellt.

Jeffree Star Cosmetics-Fans haben sich lange eine Lidschattenpalette mit der Farbe Grün, als vierte Schwester der Blood-Palettenserie (Blood Sugar (rot), Blue Blood (blau) und Blood Lust (violett), gewünscht. Voila: Jeffree designte die grüne Blood MoneyArtistry-Lidschattenpalette als Herz einer Blood Money-Kollektion.

Die Blood Money Artistry Palette enthält diese Lidschattenfarben:
  • matte Lidschattenfarben: Mint Condition, Chameleon Fetish, Make it Rain, Crocodile Tears, Equity, Heavy Weighted, Jaded, Private Island, Self Made und Persuasion
  • matte Lidschattenfarbe mit einem Glitzern: Black Card Limit
  • metallische Lidschattenfarben: Divine Intevention, CEO, Emerald Estate, Tax Free, Secret Stash
  • metallische Pigmentfarbe: Poison Ivy (enthält als einzige Farbe in dieser Palette ein oder mehrere Pigmentfarben - in der Regel um tierische Bestandteile zu ersetzen, weshalb eine solche Farbe nach amerikanischen Deklarationsvorschriften dann nicht Lidschattenfarbe genannt werden darf)
  • extremer Wet-Look: Money Heist
Wer dachte, Grün sei nicht seine/ihre Farbe, kann mit dieser Palette eines Besseren belehrt werden. Damit lassen sich sowohl extravagante als auch subtile Make-up-Looks kreieren, je nach Anlass, Augenfarbe (beziehungsweise Farbe der Kontaktlinsen) und Outfit.



Die Blood Money-Kollektion enthält zum ersten Mal Eyeliner von Jeffree Star Cosmetics. Bisher gibt es sie in fünf Farben (verschiedene Grün- und Brauntöne). Die Fans fragten sofort nach Schwarz. Ja, weitere Farben sollen folgen.

Sehr beliebt sind bei den ersten Testern, die vorab das PR-Paket erhalten haben, neben den Extrem-Highlightern auch die Lip Glosses und der neue grüne Lippenbalsam (auf den Lippen transparent).

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Vergleich Blood Money-Lidschattenpalette versus Alien-Palette l

Leider behaupten manche Leute in den sozialen Netzen einfach Dinge, ohne sie zu prüfen, manchmal sogar mit der Absicht, andere gegen jemandem aufzuwiegeln. So las ich die Behauptung, Jeffree Star hätte die Farben von der Alien-Palette, die er auslaufen lässt, in der neuen Blood Money-Palette einfach wiederverwendet. Wenn man die beiden Paletten nebeneinander legt, sieht man, dass das nicht stimmt.

Blood Money-Lidschattenpalette versus Alien-Palette nebeneinander bei bedecktem Himmel fotografiert. Scheinbar ähnliche Farben sind in Wirklichkeit heller oder dunkler, sind bläulicher, bräunlicher oder grüner, enthalten einen (oder einen anderen) Schimmer, mehr oder andere Glitzerpartikel etc.


Blood-Money-Kollektion - Looks, Tutorials, Meinungen (Auswahl)



Ich habe bisher nur positive Bewertungen gesehen. Die Liebe zum Detail ist Jeffree Star's Markenzeichen und diese Kollektion finden viele Fans seiner Produkte noch beeindruckender als sonst schon. Auch von der Lidschattenpalette wird nicht nur das besondere Design bewundert, sondern auch die Qualität der Lidschattenformulierung wieder hochgelobt. 

Hier einige Beispiele von Kreativen auf YouTube und Instagram:

Porcelain: Jeffree Star Cosmetics Blood Money Palette Swatches + First Impressions



Sara Loves Makeup Tutorials: Soft VS Bold



Sara Loves Makeup: Review



Kimora Blac



Nicholas McDonough



LVNDRBEAUTY



Christopher JMUA: Most detailed @jeffreestar Blood Money Collection Review!



Kamillanichole



Vivalapinkposh



RLQ Rosie





Chris Figueroa



Cody Jay: Jeffree Star Cosmetics Blood Money Palette First Impressions + Review



Und kaum ist die Blood Money Collection draußen, geht es auch schon in die Black-Friday-Rabattaktion und die Vorstellund der Feiertagskollektion.



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Donnerstag, 29. Oktober 2020

Jeffree Star's neue Velvet Trap-Lippenstifte, Halloween-Mystery-Boxen und mehr

Jeffree Star Cosmetics (JSC) hat vor wenigen Tagen die ersten 20 Farben der neuen Lippenstiftlinie „Velvet Trap“ herausgebracht, die die bisherige Lippenstiftserie "Lip Ammunition" ersetzen wird. Jeffree Star hatte die neuen Lippenstifte und die dazugehörige Kampagne zusammen mit den diesjährigen Halloween-Mystery-Boxen zuvor in einem YouTube-Video sowie bei Twitter, Instagram und Snapchat vorgestellt. Die Fans und Abonnenten seiner Social-Media-Kanäle waren wie immer vor einem Launch total aus dem Häuschen und die Nachfrage war dann auch groß. Werbung (wegen Markennennung, nicht bezahlt, nicht beauftragt, alles selbst gekauft)


Frisch eingetroffen: vier der neuen Velvet Trap-Lippenstifte, die gut deckend, aber dennoch leicht auf den Lippen mit einem matten Finish sein sollen. Von links nach rechts: "The Perfect Red", "Honey, Suck Me", "Naked Body", "Nudist Colony". Neben solchen "gemäßigten" Farben, gibt es wie immer auch knallige Orange-, Rot- und Pinktöne sowie hellstes Rosa ("Funeral Parlour"), Hellblau ("Jawbreaker"), Braun (Chocolate Fondue), Beeren-Schwarz ("Medieval Kiss") und Schwarz ("Pure Hell").

Jeffree Star, der Gründer, Eigentümer und das Gesicht von JSC, will mit der neuen Produktformulierung seiner Lippenstifte und einem wertigeren Produktdesign einen Neustart hinsichtlich seiner festen Lippenstifte in der traditionellen „Munitionsform“ (bullet lipsticks) hinlegen. Seine bisherige "Bullet"-Lippenstiftserie "Lip Ammunition" lässt JSC auslaufen. Die anderen Lippenprodukte wird es auch weiterhin geben.


Lippenprodukte von Jeffree Star Cosmetics von links nach rechts (Beispiele): die neuen Velvet Trap-Lippenstifte (feste Lippenstifte in "Bullet"-Form), Lip Scrubs (Lippenmassage/-peeling-Pasten in vielen Geschmacksrichtungen, essbar), Velour Liquid Lipsticks (flüssige „Lippenstifte“ mit Applikator in vielen Farben und zwei Größen), Lipliner (Lippenkonturstifte in vielen Farben, seit Kurzem mit neuer cremigerer Formulierung), The Gloss (Lip Glosses, klar oder farbig, mit oder ohne Glitzer).

In seinem YouTube-Video verrät Jeffree Star, dass damals vor fast sechs Jahren, als er sein Unternehmen gründete, Lip Ammunition eigentlich als führendes Lippenprodukt geplant war, dass es jedoch anders verlief. Die Kunden konnten nämlich nicht genug von seinen matten, lang anhaltenden Velour Liquid Lipsticks (flüssige Lippenstiftfarbe in Behältern mit integriertem Applikatoren) bekommen.



Die neue Velvet Trap-Lippenstiftkollektion startet mit 20 Farben, von zarten Pastell- und Nude-Tönen über kühnes Rot, Orange und schräge Farben wie Hellblau, Dunkelgrün und Violettrot bis zu tiefstem Schwarz. Für die vielen JSC-Make-up-Sammler gibt es zudem Aufsteller im Zweierpack zu kaufen. Alle JSC-Produkte sind vegan und ohne Tierversuche hergestellt. Die neuen Lippenstifte sind als dauerhafte Produkte im JSC-Sortiment angelegt und die Farbauswahl soll wachsen. Wer also beim ersten Verkauf nicht zum Zuge kam oder nicht bei Kasse war, hat später die Chance zuzuschlagen.


Wie immer sind Fans und Kunden vom Farbangebot, der Liebe zum Detail und der Präsentation von Jeffree Star und seinem Team begeistert: Die Kampagnenbilder und die Aufmachung gefallen den meisten und das Lippenstift-Design ebenso, beispielsweise dass die Kappe von einem Magneten gehalten wird und dass das Jeffree Star Cosmetics-Logo, mit dem sich viele Fans identifizieren, nicht nur in die Hülle eingraviert ist, sondern auch auf dem Lippenstift-Farbkörper selbst. Die Lippenkollektion wird von den meisten als innovativ und hochwertig wahrgenommen und das zu einem günstigeren Preis als die Luxusmarken, an denen er meist gemessen wird. Am Verkaufstag kosteten die Lippenstifte in den US-amerikanischen Online-Shops von JSC und Beautylish einzeln 18 US-Dollar. Es gab aber auch Bündelungen mit erheblichem Rabatt. Auf die USA-Preise kommen bei deutschen Käufern allerdings noch Zollgebühren und - unterhalb einem bestimmten Bestellwert - auch Versandkosten hinzu. Wer in Großbritannien (derzeit noch in der EU) online bei Beauty Bay kaufte, zahlte 17,95 Euro pro Lippenstift der Velvet Trap-Serie, ab einem Bestellwert von 25 Euro sogar versandkostenfrei.

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Jeffree Star Cosmetics scheint weiterhin auf Erfolgskurs zu sein

Make-up-Produkte werden meist ein Jahr und mehr im Voraus geplant und mit den Arbeiten an der Kollektion begonnen. Vor einem Jahr konnte niemand voraussehen, dass es 2020 die Corona-Pandemie und dann auch noch eine Hetz-Kampagne gegen Jeffree Star geben würde. Insofern lag am Launchtag doch ein leichtes Bangen in der Luft. Doch wie schon bei der Orgy-Lidschattenpalette mit ihren Nude-Farben blieben Jeffree Star die Fans und Kunden aus aller Welt treu und kauften, soweit ihr (Krisen-)Budget es zuließ.

Die begehrteste Lippenstiftfarbe am ersten Tag war übrigens „True Red“, ließ Jeffree Star in einer seiner Instagram-Storys wissen.

Die am gleichen Morgen wie die neue Velvet Trap-Lippenstiftserie angebotenen Halloween-Mystery-Boxen 2020 - in drei verschiedenen Größen zu Preisen von 25 bis 100 Euro pro Überraschungsbox - waren am Abend bereits komplett ausverkauft. Die ersten sind bereits bei den KäuferInnen eingetroffen. Hier das Feedback zweier AuspackerInnen von Mystery-Boxen 2020 in Unboxing-Videos auf YouTube:





Ob die am Launch-Tag bereitgehaltenen Stückzahlen größer oder kleiner waren als bei Verkaufsstarts oder Aktionen in den Vorjahren (vor allem 2019 war ja extrem erfolgreich und kaum noch handhabbar), wissen wir zwar (derzeit noch) nicht, aber so viel ist offensichtlich: Weder die Corona-Pandemie noch der Cancelgeddon-Mob oder das Ende der Zusammenarbeit mit Morphe haben Jeffree Star Cosmetics oder Jeffree Star’s Kunden und Fans kleingekriegt. Seine Angestellten und Zulieferer wird es freuen, haben sie doch trotz der schlimmen Auswirkungen der Coronakrise und der daraus resultierenden hohen Arbeitslosigkeit in den USA weiterhin einen Job und ein Einkommen. Ebenso freut es die vielen Menschen, die Jeffree Star inspiriert und/oder denen er mit Spenden hilft.

Am 6.11.2020 erwähnt Jeffree Star in einem Antwort-Tweed, dass Killer Merch und Jeffree Star Cosmetics 2021 mehr MitarbeiterInnen einstellen will, weil sie weiter expandieren.
Und die nächste Kollektion "Blood Money" wird am 8.11.2020 in einem Video im Detail vorgestellt. Der Ankündigungclip ist jedenfalls atemberaubend, eine Mischung aus geheimnisvollen Szenen, Miami Vice Vibes und Jeffree Star Extravaganza.



Eindrücke und Feedbacks zu den Velvet Trap Lipsticks in Bildern und Videos (Beispiele)

Sara von "Sara Loves Makeup" hat alle Lippenstiftfarben nacheinander aufgetragen und vergleicht auf ihrem YouTube-Kanal die alte "Lip Ammunition"- mit der neuen "Velvet Trap"-Formulierung. Die neuen Velvet Trap-Lippenstifte lassen sich ihrer Meinung nach leichter auftragen und sind cremiger, halten aber dennoch gut.



Doch jeder hat andere Lieblingsfarben. Das hängt nicht nur von der natürlichen Hautfarbe (von sehr hell bis sehr dunkel) und ihrem Unterton (warm, kalt, neutral und weitere Feinheiten) ab, denn das beeinflusst, was einem steht, sondern auch zu welchem Outfit, welcher Haarfarbe (Perücken sind angesagt), Augenfarbe (mit farbigen Kontaktlinsen veränderbar) und Make-up man den oder die Lippenstifte tragen möchte. Hier findet Kimora Blac seine fünf Lieblingsfarben:

 

Weitere erste Eindrücke und Meinungen:  









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Why Jeffree Star should not be cancelled

I care for where I shop and whom I buy from. And since I buy from Jeffree Star who is currently one of the main targets of a Cancelgeddon mob on social media, I want to speak up for him though I do not know him personally and he probably does not even know that I exist. (commentary/opinion*, ad because of brandname mentioning, not asked for, not paid for, I bought all my Jeffree Star products with my own money; last amended on November 9, 2020 

[Most of this blogpost was written in June/July 2020 when Jeffree Star was "cancelled". But since this Cancelgeddon in my opinion could to be connected to Tati Westbrook's video "Breaking my silence" I inserted information and opinions about the latest developments respective Dramageddon 2.0, James Charles and Tati Westbrook where these topics are refered to.] 
 
This is not the line of Jeffree Star's haters, enviers and enemies. It is me in line at the BeautyBay Online-Shop, one of the retail partners of Jeffree Star Cosmetics (JSC), ready to buy the Blood Lust Artistry Palette. For me not only the quality of an eyeshadow palette counts but also the person or company behind a brand. I find Jeffree Star and his products, which are vegan and cruelty-free, are worth the wait and the money.
 
The accusations
Jeffree Star in Drama
      New developments
Is Cancelgeddon about money? My conspiracy theories ...
Jeffree Star's statement video
Follow-ups
JSC new Orgy collection
*The truth about me


I do not agree with everything Jeffree Star has ever done or said in his life - same goes for anybody else's words or deeds, even my own. But Jeffree Star's past is on images and videos all over the internet and every year someone brings them to public attention again. Jeffree Star has apologized for the things he said in his past and tries to move on with becoming a good person and to make his dreams (and those of other people) come true. Imho it is not fair how he is treated these days, and I do not approve how some media and drama channels follow the narrative of the cancel culture mob, some even fueling the flames even more by creating more false narratives.

Has Jeffree Star made mistakes in his life? Yes. And who hasn't. But what the haters are spreading these days is what they allegedly heard somewhere, allegations without credible evidence, narratives based on a distorted truth (e.g., words said in skits and not even to a person of color, symbols used in what seem to have been kind of art projects), most of it is from more than 10 years ago and what he has apologized for several times anyways. Some allegations and statements are blatant lies. It is so sad to see people just copying what someone seeded for whatever reason without actually knowing anything about the targeted person and not even doing some research whether what they repeat is true at all, what the story around that was at that time, and the reasons why this hate is seeded again and again.

I think Jeffree Star is a good person with a good heart. He is not a saint though.

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Actually, I do not believe Jeffree Star ever was a racist, he may have used terrible swearwords sometimes to snap back when he felt attacked, and he often was attacked and called a f*g. He used a confederate flag, swastikas in pink (!) and himself in makeup as well as the word "lipstick N*zi" in a kind of parodistic art project/performance at a young age (like others used "soup N*zi" at that time in a Seinfeld TV show). It was meant to provoke and to get attention, since we know, real N*zis put non-hetero people in concentration camps. Don't forget, Jeffree Star wanted to be and is an artist and an entertainer, that is one of the reasons why he is so successful in self-marketing! Real N*zis would not promote black owned brands, would not get all emotionally upset because of black people being murdered by police officers, would not speak out in favour of BLM nor give money to black owned business rebuilding after protests. Imho and from what I researched, he did not have a racist attitude, nor did he behave as if he did.

In the campaigns for Jeffree Star Cosmetics people of color (POC) were always included, e.g., see this video from 2016.

 

And he called the police and the criminal justice system out when he learned how George Floyd died and nobody had been charged for the murder.   







There were so many more tweets and retweets, IG stories etc. about George Floyd, the protests, Breonna Taylor, some with links to petitions or information about probono lawyers for arrested protesters or information for allys etc.

There are many actual racists in this world who are really dangerous: they think they are superior to others because of the tone of their skin and they behave like that, they try to destroy democracy and are all for a racist system, they do everything to keep their privileges. (Sadly, on the opposite side of the spectrum sometimes can be people who paint someone as a bogeyman who does not deserve this to keep their power over "their people" or supporters/customers they think belong to them).



Jeffree has helped so many people, given hope and brought comfort, given money to people in need, helped people to survive their hard everyday life by bringing creativity to it and by entertaining them daily (what is so missed these days when obviously he felt he had to withdraw from the public for business sake and probably for his own mental health because how much hate can a person take).

And he always gave others, smaller creators of all backgrounds, opportunities to shine in front of his millions of subscribers.

In regards to Jeffree not addressing the current drama publicly: He is a business owner who has to protect his business - with a business not only comes money and a lot of work, it also comes with responsibility for other peoples'/families' income/life. And I assume that he does not address the current drama/Cancelgeddon/Karmageddon publicly not only because he said so last year when Dramageddon 2.0 took place, originally started by Tati Westbrook, but probably also because of his lawyers' advice. 

[Tati Westbrook has changed her story from 2019 in 2020 completely, now blaming Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson in a (in my opinion not credible) video "Breaking My Silence" of having manipulated her. Since she took her videos "Bye Sister" (May 10, 2019) and "Why I did it" (May 17, 2019) down, you can find information about them e.g. here: Rich Lux about Tati's Bye Sister, Monsters & Critics on Tati's second video Why I did it, and Asiaone on the situation. But you can also find the actual videos by using a normal search engine since people have archived and reuploaded the videos from 2019 with more information/comments on their own YouTube channels. Tati's video from 2020 is still online but I am not giving her a link because this video destroyed my trust in her in any possible way. For the latest developments regarding Tati Westbrook, see New developments.]

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I hope Jeffree Star has good online and offline investigators/lawyers that will find and hold the people accountable for what they are doing and already did to him and his business because this to me is not right: obviously under the pressure of the Cancelgeddon army (which started shortly after or about the same time Tati Westbrook published the "Breaking my Silence" video, that was June 30, 2020 in which she suddenly blames Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson for what she did in 2019 that had started Dramageddon 2.0) and of some known enemies of Jeffree Star Morphe ended the longterm business collaboration with him on July 10, 2020, actually right after a restock and right before the summer collection was to come out and probably all had to be pre-financed with a lot of money (and tied-up capital is expensive) -  this is why I do not believe that the point in time for this smear campaign was chosen randomly. Btw afaik, Jeffree had only recently accepted a Morphe code and only to give that money away to charity!).


 
Why did Jeffree Star get involved in drama?

On a personal level I see a pattern: when Jeffree Star speaks up agitated, like when he attacked James Charles during Dramageddon 2.0 in 2019, imho he did so because he thought he spoke for the alleged victims some of whom had made statements publicly (aexotiic's summary of incidents, Sam Cooke's I, Sam Cooke's II, Gage), others obviously had contacted Jeffree and/or were part of his inner circle anyways. In my opinion, Jeffree wanted to help the alleged victims and to stop what he thought was going on. But when it came to show the proofs in public (or in an older case in a court room) it was the victims' time to speak for themselves, Jeffree's hearsay cannot help them. 

Obviously the alleged victims did not speak up (anymore) for whatever reasons and others imho made him not to show what they had texted or voicemailed him before because they were afraid of the public attention and that the subject would stick to them forever (assumptions of mine). For fairness reasons: James Charles' side at that time (May 18, 2019). 
 
But there are more puzzle pieces to the picture
Katie Joy (Without A Chrystal Ball, WACB) talks in a video uploaded in July 2020 on her YouTube channel about her experience with the Tati Westbrook side of things, e. g. allegedly she had gotten the information by a Westbrook spokesperson that Tati in her Bye-Sister-video from 2019 had spoken about her own first-hand observations and thus did not need any evidences in her video (and obviously there was no mentioning of Jeffree or Shane feeding her with information as she claims in her imho implausible "Breaking my Silence"-video in June 2020). 
And there was more to come.  
James Charles allegedly tried to make Katie Joy to delete her videos on the Westbrooks - to me it felt like almost in an intimidating way hidden as a friendly warning (she shows texts in her video).
[And I wonder: Why does James Charles side with Tati now after what she allegedly did to him? Does he believe the new plot or ...? If this was a novel I was reading and not people's real lifes, the following ideas would come to my mind: Is this James Charles character now a puppet of the Westbrook characters (maybe they have evidence that could harm him, e.g., what really made the young men withdraw their accusations)? Or: Are these novel characters James Charles and the Westbrooks planning to side against the richer Jeffree Star character because they want to milk him? But this is just my fantasy, nothing more, I used to write a few novels. I am curios what might be revealed in the future, I mean it has been quite a ride since it started.]
Added October 29, 2020 and later: James and Tati Westbrook are sued by their Halo Beauty business partner for defrauding money and the complaint could be revealing the motivation behind Tati Westbrook's YouTube video "Bye Sister" and the (in my personal opinion not credible) accusations against Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson one year later in the "Breaking my Silence"-video telling a whole different story. Please note: this is all "allegedly" since all the claims in the complaint have yet to be confirmed in court or otherwise, and the assumptions how they could be related to Dramageddon 2.0, to Tati's new video, and to Cancelgeddon have to be rechecked after everything is confirmed before we should name anything facts. For more about these developments and how they might be connected to Tati Westbrook's videos, Dramageddon 2.0 in 2019, and Cancelgeddon in 2020, see Katie Joy's YouTube Channel Without a Crystal Ball. Also see Emily D. Baker's Lawyer Reacts: to Tati Westbrook Halo Beauty Lawsuit Drama. New new: The Westbrooks now sue Katie Joy and her Without A Crystal Ball channel with her 140,000 subscribers (Tati still has more than 9 million) - in my opinion to paint WACB a person on a mission to harm the Westbrooks and Halo Beauty to distract from their own handling of things. Emily D. Baker explains legal aspects in a YouTube live how a lawyer could read the subjects in the complaint against WACB. New statements, new names (lawyers, people involved) and new complaints pop up everyday. And everybody is now suing or threatening to sue everybody. Is it just me or do others feel irritated as well when lawyers encourage people on Twitter to provide information about their client's opponent, the opponent being a nobody compared to the client, the same when lawyers enjoy imho too much to be part of the (viewed as) "cool" YouTuber drama gang? All this in my opinion went out of control.

Regarding Dramageddon 2.0
When I started writing this blogpost I guessed we would never know what really happened before, during and after Dramageddon 2.0 behind the scenes, who manipulated whom for what reasons (if there was a manipulation at all or just tittle-tattle and a promise to support Tati because her fandom was rather small at that time compared to James'). I also assumed we would never know what the truth of the alleged victims really is since all of them are quiet now (for whatever reason). But after the latest developments I think there is a possibility that the truth will be revealed.
I remember Jeffree and James seeming to be friends, e.g., Jeffree went with James when he bought his first car! At that time I found James was using Jeffree for clout and business advices and unfollowed him way before Dramageddon 2.0 happened. But I have to admit that to collab and create win-win-situations and learn from each other is a normal thing to do in many businesses.
Tati in her video "Bye Sister" stretched how much she had cared about James Charles, like a second mother, had even attacked his real mother verbally. So why, as a grown woman, did she not suggest to come together as a group of friends in private and have a private intervention with James Charles? I mean how could Tati, 37 years old, or anyone who knew about her planning a video even think that a public video could in any way be helpful to James Charles or the alleged victims - whatever the truth was? It is a mess. Added November 9, 2020: For the latest developments regarding Tati Westbrook, see New developments.

So last year Jeffree Star after Dramageddon 2.0 decided to not involve himself in drama of others ever again and people called him a liar then for not showing receipts for what he said about James Charles, they claimed he had none. But imho he did not want to out the alleged victims which was the right thing to do in my opinion. After it now came out, that he actually had receipts, he is called a manipulator and a blackmailer for not having shown them and not showing them now to the curious public. I think that he is and was right: only the alleged victims should out themselves and take measures if they want to and when they are ready to! In Keem's Mom's Basement podcast with Jeffree this year, Jeffree offered James Charles to show him what he had in a private meeting, so he might understand what agitated Jeffree to call him out during Dramageddon 2.0. But obviously James was not interested afawk or had other reasons. So everyone not personally involved should accept this as an end of Dramageddon 2.0. (note: I wrote that before the latest developments in 2020).

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Jeffree using his power for good purposes

Jeffree often has used his voice for others, he called brands out for not being inclusive with their shade range discriminating people of colour. BTW, in the description of the following video from 2018 he had a link to Beauty Bakerie, a black owned brand, at that time quite small yet. And it was Jeffree Star who stood up for Beauty Bakerie very loudly when her design concept was stolen by a big brand.



Jeffree Star often used and recommended other brands, often from POC, already years ago before everyone woke up and painted BLM on their homepages and ads.
Here Jeffree Star introduces Fenty Beauty by Rihanna to his audience (YouTube Video from 2017).



In the following video he checks out makeup from Juvia's place, another black owned brand, buying tons of their products for his review with his own money at Ulta.



He released his own Magic Star Concealer line 2019 with 30 shades in different undertones for all skin colours from light to dark plus color correctors for red spots or dark undereye areas (see here at Beautylish).
 
Cancelgeddon, Karmageddon 

From my personal point of view: what the Internet mob working on cancelling Jeffree Star is spreading these days about him imho is not some opinions, it seems more like a defamation campaign. I wonder who could be behind this. Allegedly there was information sended out to the drama channels - imho to get everyone's attention - before Tati published her latest YouTube video (the one that twists her own story from last year). Jeffree Star has enemies and always has harsh voices against him but this started a giant wave of hate, old videos, pictures, and accusations surfaced, his enemies used this to make him look bad, and the Cancelgeddon army people with the intention to harm him flooded his platforms, they were there before anybody else. Some of them haters even said they want to "bring him down" in a way he cannot ever recover from, others said that they don't want him on the Internet, some even said he should go and kill himself or wished him to burn dead when there was a fire in Hidden Hills. Imho that kind of behaviour should be sued. Also - if there was a campain to harm Jeffree Star - the people who started and/or fanned this and/or still hold the strings of the puppets demanding everybody to stop supporting him, to stop working for him and to not buy from him anymore, calling Jeffree names, repeating false narratives and spreading lies (e.g., that he never supported the Black Lives Matter movement which is not true, just check his Twitter timeline from May 29 and following, in his Instagram stories he started even earlier) should be sued.

Many of the owners of the accounts flooding Twitter and Instagram with hate and negativity towards Jeffree Star, his employees, business partners and customers seem to be very young and do not know him for a long time - if at all. Some of these cancel culture people even confuse whom they are to blame with what alleged wrongdoing, so Jeffree is made the culprit for things actually Shane or James Charles are or were accused of having done in their past.

Is this Cancelgeddon really just a huge shitstorm that randomly happened?

Jeffree Star has millions and millions of fans who love him for his creativity, boldness, entertainment value, his looks, for who he is and stands for. But he also has all kind of enemies. Some even want him to die and say this on Twitter, Instagram and Youtube. They bully his employees and business partners. Imho they should be sued and banned from all the platforms, the same goes for instagators if there were any. But unlike the artwork on the cover of his Cremated eyeshadow palette showing him dissolving into ashes he fortunately is alive and well in his Pomeranian Palace in Hidden Hills/California, making beautiful products, giving people jobs and hope, and taking good care of his six adorable dogs.


It could all be about money ... my conspiracy theory

To me (my conspiracy theory) this bullying mob might be brainwashed by people who have their own agenda and reasons why they want to harm Jeffree Star and his businesses.

Makeup sales stimulated on Social Media platforms by brand owners, makeup artists, other reviewers etc. is a multi billion dollar business. Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson have had two unbelievable successful years (2018 and 2019) gaining subscribers and views with a lot of engagement on Social Media, and thus Jeffree Star Cosmetics and Killer Merch were able to sell huge amounts of makeup products and merch in the USA and word wide, just think of the products from the Shane x Jeffree collab. 
  
There are old and new companies who are not happy about the powerful competitor and trade rival that Jeffree Star Cosmetics has become and they also do not like how much weight Jeffree Star's approval or disapproval among makeup consumers has, when he reviews their products on his YouTube channel. He is trusted by his subscribers and viewers because he is not paid by makeup companies for reviews contrary to most "normal" influencers who do brand deals or get a commision when their code is used to buy the product. Jeffree did afaik only two collabs with makeup brands (Morphe, Jouer) and he gave his code money from his Morphe code and the profit he earned with the Jouer collab to charity.



Some influencers and brand owners think, their target group should listen to them on their channels, should shop with them (using their codes) or buy their products and not with or from a white guy, not with or from a non-heterosexual person, not with or from a non-conform beautiful unicorn that Jeffree is. They want to be the gatekeepers of a targeted circle of customers (may it be a particular age range, persons of a certain gender, people of their skin color, of a certain sexual orientation, or whatever (is trending)). For this reason they bring up old accusations and stir the pot over and over again.

Other influencers on YouTube or Instagram imho support the narrative of his enemies because they begrudge his success, to distract from their own failures and wrongdoing and/or to gain clout by going with the mob (that applies also to some tabloids and other media as well as Internet forums).

Some of the influencers, makeup artists, models etc. joined his enemies because they were not able to turn the opportunities he had given them into a longlasting success. They were dissapointed that Jeffree Star did not carry them right to the gold pot on his own arms. Instead of realizing that they should work on being more exiting and outstanding, actively looking for their opportunities, be less in self-pity and just show some more perseverance they now blame Jeffree. Publicly stating something that contains the name Jeffree Star and something negative in the headline guarantees attention and the support of Jeffree's above-mentioned competitors and enemies.

And some people want revenge because they did not get what they wanted from him on a business or personal level (never underestimate a rejected person).

Some people are hurt because Jeffree can be brutally honest, which can be difficult to process on a business level and on a personal level even more.

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Maybe Jeffree is not always nice and polite to everyone for whatever reasons, though he seems to be from my perspective as a subscriber and customer: to the waitresses and cashiers we see him with in vlogs, to the grandmas, to the struggling single moms, to upcoming MUAs of all skin tones, poor teachers, all kinds of people in need, to everybody we see him with in videos and on Social Media - but we cannot know for sure, he is very good in online-PR (success does not come from nothing), we are not with him every minute of his life, so though he used to speak over snapchat and instagram to us subscribers five times a day and we know all of his bathrobes, how each of the six puppies is doing, how he gets his legs waxed, even the tattoos on his butt ... He still might have secrets and his character could be completely different from what we see... Really?


Jeffree Star the beautiful unicorn doing his makeup magic.
Jeffree Star in my opinion is a beautiful unicorn doing makeup magic. On top of this, he has these rockstar vibes, is an artist, an entertainer and an extremely succesful business person.

But even if he is/was not so nice and polite to everyone all the time every day of his life this is not a crime, it is human.

I nevertheless can imagine that it is not easy to live and work with him everyday because he loves attention, his brain works fast and he might not always be patient (though trying). He dominates the days of all around him since he is the employer and the moneymaker: his creativity, his visions, his decisions, his perseverance and his self-marketing make projects, products, jobs and money for all around him. I guess it is not easy to sustain that situation and dependency every day no matter how adorable someone is. This and the constant judgement of everybody on the Internet that comes with being close to him.

It is not that Jeffree hides his own imperfections, he shows us disgusting filler stuff being cut out of his lips on video, his esophagus getting widened, he talks about his horseface or says that he looks like a wet rat, that Nate found he eats too noisily (yes, I have a good memory) and he stretched more than once that he tends to be a control freak, and so on.

Nevertheless, in my opinion Jeffree may not be a saint but he still is adorable, creative and inspires millions of people to be better, to have faith in themselves, to grow as a person. He - like everybody - has the right to be forgiven for his past and present mistakes that he owned. I totally respect if someone cannot forgive words he said if the person still hurts, nevertheless, it is not right to destroy someone in revenge for words spoken years ago in an upset mood after being or feeling attacked.

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People who feel hurt by something he said should talk to him personally and in private and not instigate an Internet army to deliberately destroy him. This is disgusting and feels like criminal behaviour to me (that is my opinion, I did not go to lawschool) .

From Dramageddon OG (2018) and Dramageddon 2.0 (2019) in the beauty community everybody knows now what can happen when someone with a relevant number of subscribers drops a trigger word or a picture out of an impulse on Social Media. This time (Cancelgeddon), nobody can say, oh I made that YouTube video or that Instagram post or story out of an impulse and I did not know what would happen. No, they who imho started and fuel this Cancelgeddon towards Jeffree Star knew/know. They are grown-ups using easy to impress teenagers and others as a Cancelgeddon army. They, from what I heard, allegedly informed the drama channels in advance. They set the table, statements were scripted ... What happens right now imho is what they prepared, seeded and maybe are still orchestrating. Grown-up people fully aware of what they were going for, that is to destroy Jeffree Star and his business (and thus destroy everyone who has a job thanks to him) by using teenagers as a an army. This imho is not a trivial offense or something forgivable because done out of an impulse. These people imho are trying to ruin someone well planned and for everyone to see.

The Internet is a rough place nowadays.

Everyone should form their opinions in the fairest way possible. This is challenging on the Internet with campaigns, and bots, and fake accounts. But it is crucial to always look at the alleged "evidence" and by whom a certain narrative is presented: What is their reason to paint someone in a certain way? Do they want to harm/destroy a competitor because they want his customers, influence, power in the community? Do they want the clout, e.g., to promote a product they are coming out with soon. Is it to distract from their own failures (or their boringness)? Do they want to distance themselves from that person to get on another one's PR list or into a certain "friend" group or gain new customers by jumping on the cancel campaign? Or is it pure revenge?

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Jeffree is not the enemy!

I am on this earth for nearly 63 years and on the Internet for 25 years and one thing I have learned: never trust the obvious.

To the hateful teenagers and others mad at Jeffree: Be better! Fight for social justice, the Black Lives Matter movement, adress pressing environmental issues, help women and LGBTQ+ rights ... there is so much to do. Jeffree is not your enemy - he spoke up for inclusiveness years ago, called out big brands deceiving small (black owned) brands, he supported small creators and MUAs of all skin colors, gave money to teachers whose schools cannot afford needed classroom equipment or books, also gave money to people who struggled to feed their children and pets after they lost their jobs because of the Corona virus, he spoke up to bring justice for the killing of George Floyd before everybody jumped on the BLM-bandwagon ..., oh, and last year he even paid for the funeral of a fan, whose parents had to open a go-fund-me-account because their savings did not cover the expenses.

Choose wisely whom you trust, maybe none of them above, but choose the battles you fight yourself. Do not waste your energy on Jeffree Star (or anyone) to destroy this person because someone tells you something on the Internet. (Of course, if you yourself are a victim of anyone, you should seek protection and help to stop that person).

If you do not like Jeffree Star just don't buy from him, just ignore him. But do not jump on a bandwagon to fulfill someone else's revenge plan or whatever. You might be called out for this mercilessness one day.

Be brave, research yourself and join a group in real life who actually does positive things for society, for victims, for the environment, for whatever you think should be better in this world. Bringing more hate and negativity to all of us makes the world only worse.

Example:
Like many others who work with Jeffree Jonathan Wright, a well-known hairstylist, got backlash, for doing Jeffree's hair for a photo shoot. The bullying Cancelgeddon army people do not care that he would loose income. And Jeffree can never win. When he hires POC the haters say, he uses them. If he would not, of course their narrative would be he hates them. Imho both is not true. What is he supposed to do?




I love Chinwendu Ramsay's rant about people constantly dming and telling her that she should unfollow someone (she does not say the name) on social media.



Speaking for me: I am all for giving people second chances.
I believe that people can change if they can acknowledge their wrongdoings and/or misperceptions. Jeffree Star is no saint but I see so much growth and change for the positive. Has he done and said bad things? Yes. But he is also a blessing, showing people that transition and success is possible if you work hard. He is a victim and a survivor himself, but yes, he has hurt people with his words - some of them hated him anyways and had attacked him, others loved and trusted him and had felt a connection. Yes, like he said in his latest video, he has a problem with impulse control.

Jeffree imho should - like the rest of us - keep on working sincerely on becoming a better person because money can't buy love, true friends or real self-esteem. But by destroying him self-righteously just because you can as a huge Cancelgeddon army you take away the hope and confidence that transition, fulfillment or any change for the better is possible from all of us (and thus the reason to even try, for some even the reason to live) as well as the good that he does and the money he used to freely give to charity, environmental and other projects - e.g., the LA LGBT Center and MrBeasts Tree Planting Project just to name two.

I personally cannot thank Jeffree Star enough for bringing new inspiration, energy and light into my life! I am so so so grateful for that. Keep on going to become the best version of yourself and creating beautiful things.



Some more thoughts and opinions of mine
I hope James Charles has learned from all that has happended (in 2019) too and sought help - may it be for his alleged behaviour towards straight men and/or for his own mental health during the Cancelgeddon 2.0 crisis. 
Follow-up July 27 2020: Allegations of a minor (unconfirmed).

Tati - I am not sure - ... She imho tends to stage herself the victim (first betrayed by her friend James Charles, now allegedly by her former friends Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson). She even is the victim when her videos are not watched as much as she wants. I do not see that she is ready yet to own her shit she rather blames others. No matter if at all or how deep Shane and Jeffree really were involved: she was the one who made and uploaded the video in 2019, speaking about her own alleged experiences, and she was the one who gained millions of subscribers who bought her vitamin pills making her probably millions of Dollars. What drove her? Business had seemed to be going good for her before the drama, but compared to James Charles, Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson - though she had been working hard - she only had a fraction of their fandom on YouTube - imho it has to do with the demographics of the YouTube users interested in makeup and, to be true, Jeffree (the crazy "Pop/Rock Star" presenting himself as a new piece of art every day in another way), Shane (the "King of YouTube") and James Charles (the ambitious boy with an inbuilt puppy licence) were and are more exciting and entertaining and attract a broader and more engaged audience. She gained about 5 million subscribers on YouTube after she uploaded the video starting Dramageddon 2.0., James Charles lost 3 million. James Charles gained the subscribers back very fast and more, he is now the top beauty guru by number of subscribers on YouTube. But Tati, after some time had passed, started to lose subscribers, very slowly but steadily - because of beforementioned reasons (I am boring myself, why would I watch someone boring on YouTube). Now she has made another video, again she being the victim with teary eyes, but now she is on the other side of the table, accusing Jeffree and Shane for being awful and James being the nice boy. By now I wonder whether she is just playing the men off against each other like in a soap opera (by the way, she used to be an actress). This time it does not work, she is losing subscribers probably because she has lost her credibility). I do not know what to think of her and her real intentions. I hope she is not one of those people who threaten to bring someone to court in order to make this someone accept a costly composition (often accepted to only avoid the spotlight that could be harmful for business opportunities). We will find out - may be. Added November 9, 2020: Added November 9, 2020: For the latest developments regarding Tati Westbrook, see New developments.

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Back to the Cancelgeddon situation targeted at Jeffree Star (July 2020):
Follow-up on speculations and assumptions 

 In the comment section of one of April L. Butcher's very interesting YouTube lives at that time about Morphe dropping Jeffree her subscribers brought up that maybe Morphe wanted Jeffree to cancel the collaboration with his friend and collab partner Shane Dawson, who also is in the focus of drama for his old YouTube content, and that Jeffree would not do that. April L. Butcher had also brought up interesting business aspects in another one of her (recorded) lives on YouTube (which she unfortunately deleted since she is resetting her YouTube channel(s)). Her assumption was that maybe Morphe wanted to replace Jeffree with a younger person, that could be James, anyways, and that the hate storm provided a good opportunity. Jeffree on the other hand might be better off without them, since he can give more JSC products to Beautylish (one of his big online retail partners) to sell and he can finally come out with his own foundation without stepping on Morphe's toes. I agree with the second, but I am not sure about the first.

Though James also attracts a huge crowd at Morphe openings as does Bretman Rock as far as I remember seeing on Instagram. But I am not sure if James really wants a long-term collab with Morphe. I am not even sure whether James really wants to be that deep in makeup products long-term. In one of their last videos together, James tells Jeffree, that he does not see himself creating (more) makeup or have his own brand (and that was not to please Jeffree, who looked rather uncomprehending, because he loves makeup, to have his own brand and to create it in his own special way). If I remember correctly James said in an interview he sees himself rather as a PR consultant working with the really big brands. But I mean, he is young, he can change his mind. From the Morphe perspective: James also always was in drama since he started YouTube - it used to be kind of his business model to make well known professional makeup artists, beauty company owners and celebrities angry to get everyone's attention (and sometimes a collab out of this). The other aspect: Jeffree Star Cosmetics has always brought additional consumers into Morphe stores, who then would buy some brushes or other Morphe stuff with the JSC products. I think it is Morphe's loss that they cancelled the collab with Jeffree. On the other hand they (Morphe) have this Coca Cola collab now - could be that they were too scared that all this drama could keep Coca Cola or other big brands from future collabs.
[Very interesting what the CEO of Beautylish Nils Johnson had to say about Jeffree Star: tremendous demand for the products from all types of customers, international customers, great products, great partner, super inclusive, proactive and very outspoken (concerning inclusivity and BLM) and giving back to the community]

Follow-up: New Morphe strategy aiming for Gen Z. I just now (07-21-2020) read in WWD, a fashion industry trade journal, that Morphe launches a Gen Z sub brand, Morphe 2, partnering with the TikTok famous Teenager girls Carli and Dixie D'Amelio and moving away from the "Instagram aestethics". Gen Z stands for Generation Z ("Zoomers"), by most researchers and media Gen Z are people being born between (about) 1997 and 2012. So Morphe now is going for a younger audience and the TikTok users. We shall see how this will work out for Morphe since they probably lose the core Jeffree Star fans who saw them giving in to a haters army and to the pressure of his known long-term enemies/competitors when they should have been a supportive family with the money and success he brought them. In the long run this might frighten away the other money making influencers since they can built their own brands and sell them over the Internet (that was the way Jeffree started). Also: TikTok is said to be possibly banned by US government since it is Chinese. And: those girls, the faces of Morphe 2, are not known for using makeup at all and their fandom is not as diverse regarding age and income as Jeffree's. But what do I know.

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Follow-up: Jeffree Star published a video on YouTube after weeks of silence: Doing What's Right.




 My personal opinion and assumptions about Jeffree's video

 From a business point of view it was necessary to make that video and not wait any longer. It would have made him look weak, and I assume there are makeup collections in the pipeline that were probably planned a year ahead and that people had been waiting for for months (and the launches had been postpones due to the Coronavirus pandemic and probably some more because of Cancelgeddon).
I think, he also knew his fans needed him in these difficult times of Corona, quarantines, joblessness and the cancel culture people spreading hate.

But in my opinion, he was not ready emotionally (can you ever be in a situation like this knowing there are people out there with the intent to destroy you no matter what you say). He seemed hurt (his Snapchat and Instagram stories were more closeup than the video), seemed even a bit scared and for that reason maybe in a fierce mode to hide it (but I am not a psychologist, maybe the eye makeup look of the day made him look like a fierce Amazon from the Greek mythology). Yes, he always tells us, how he is a tough bitch - but who would not be hurt seeing this explosion of hate not only towards him but trying to destroy what he built from nothing, and also his employees, fans, customers and business partners being bullied.

But he is not someone to avoid pain when action is needed and not someone to give in to fears long-term, so here we are.

In his video Jeffree sincerely reflects on his own mistakes that is mainly his impulsive behavior, not to fully think things through before he opens his mouth, his listening to others and getting caught up in the hype. He apologized to James Charles (again) at least twice in the video for not having just called him and talked to him at that time. He also said that he got caught up in the drama again though he had wanted to be better. I think here he speaks about letting at least two people hear the voicemail(s) of an alleged James Charles victim a few weeks ago (though afaik in a way they could not record it and thus not giving the receipts away to not enable others to out the alleged victim against their will). But, yes, I agree, that was not a good thing to do, but understandable from a human point of view though: The past year he had been called a liar over and over again, accused that he had made things up and had no receipts. I think he could not resist to prove them wrong.

Actually he had offered James Charles only a few months ago to show him/let him hear what he was told (though James Charles himself should know anyway since he had made the names of his own alleged victims public in 2019 when he put a private text from Jeffree - being mad at him because of the alleged problematic behavior - in his video addressing the accusations. I still do not fully understand why Jeffree had to apologize to James again, maybe because Tati had painted him a villain. He already had apologized in 2019 for not having been a better friend and stretched how sorry he was that he had been mean to James' brother who had gotten some heat from Jeffree due to a misunderstanding and had done nothing wrong).

Whatever, Jeffree seemed very dissapointed with himself because he did not measure up to what kind of person he in his core truly is or wants to be.

There was an elefant in the room but he did not mention Tati Westbrook's latest video (blaming him and Shane for what she had started in 2019) by name but said that the world does not work like that that if you were not successful in taking one person down you instead take some others down with you.

Jeffree also said that what he was recently accused of was mostly not true, e.g., he never blackmailed anyone. But he himself would not entertain those things brought up against him anymore by going off publicly but his lawyers will entertain them beind the scenes (and public statements can jeopardize a law case, so he must not speak about things publicly).

He spoke about his friendship with Shane Dawson and that he does not approve of some of what Shane had done in the past but that he loves the person he is now and that Shane is one of his best friends, and that also Shane would not approve of everything Jeffree did in his past.

He went on saying there are more important things than beauty community drama happening right now, such as people getting killed and that nobody is talking about that. He especially named Breonna Taylor and Elijah McClain, both of them killed by police officers, also that black trans-women are murdered  every day and the media would not talk about it. He said he would continue to speak up for what is right.

Obviously addressing his makeup loving fans he said, that there will be new makeup tutorials etc. on his YouTube channel soon and that in August new Jeffree Star Cosmetics makeup products will be launched.

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Reaction of others to Jeffree Star's video

The majority of his fans are true to him. Many said, they were happy that he did this video "Doing What's Right" and how he did it. Others had expected more details. Nevertheless, according to Socialblade by July 29 Jeffree has lost about 0.8 of 18.2 million subscribers on YouTube. In my opinion this suggests that the majority of the Cancelgeddon army mainly are people who have not been his fans.

The Cancelgeddon army people are still full of hate and turn everything against him. E.g., since he mentions the Black Lives Matter movement in his video they say, he misuses BLM to distract from himself and that he should just shut up since he was a racist - though he had stood up for the prosecution and then for a higher indictment of the police officers that killed George Floyd from the very beginning on his platforms informing millions of people, and also had shared information on the killing of Breonna Taylor and other POC killed by police and how allys can help POC. He also had demanded other brands to speak up with POC as well. With most of them haters you cannot even have a conversation. If you suggest to research a certain subject, they say they don't have to, they know Jeffree is a horrible person. They do not mind the truth or giving people a second chance or even that they would take away hope, help, income and more from others if they succeeded with their merciless intention to destroy him permanently just because of the adrenalin rush. The drama is far from being over since the cancel culture people are still everywhere, they have the notification on Jeffree's posts on to be the first to comment it spreading more hate, trying to poisen everyone's attitude (but who wants to be like them, merciless  self-righteous bullies).

Some people did not like that in the video Jeffree sits in a nice room on a beautiful massive new couch. I mean... that makes me speechless. Those people who bring that up in my opinion are jealous or just want to provide another reason for others to hate him. And they obviously did not know him before Cancelgeddon: He had had an old brown couch forever in his living room in Calabasas before they moved to the bigger house in Hidden Hills and that couch was always taken by the many dogs. Let the man have a new big couch!

I think he did good. The situation was difficult. Being the CEO of Jeffree Star Cosmetics and the co-owner of Killer Merch, he had to do it, he could not hide or, like Cardi B, stand in a pretty white dress and high heels next to a pool and say, look what I am wearing to this year's CardiBisover party, then jump into the pool and end the video. Might be an option for next year, he has very pretty dresses too.


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Follow-up: Jeffree Star Cosmetics will be launching a skin care line in 2021.

 
Follow-up 14 August 2020: Jeffree Star Cosmetics will be revealing his new "Orgy" collection today. At the center of it is a palette of nude colors ("nudes").


The Jeffree Star Cosmetics Orgy collection will be available at jeffreestarcosmetics.com and his retailers's shops (e. g., at beautylish.com and beautybay.com) on 21 August 2020, 10 am pst (time California, that is 19.00 o'clock in Germany, UK 18 o'clock). The Orgy collection consists of the Orgy palette (30 matte nude shades from light to dark), a Mini-Orgy palette (9 shimmery nudes), new Orgy lip glosses, new Magic Star Luminous Setting Powder, new accessories (mirrors, cross body bag, makeup displays) and merch (pullovers, shorts). 

* The truth about me
I want to let you know that I am not "unbiased". I started researching on YouTube and on other social platforms for new trends professionally years and years ago but gradually and unplanned I became a fan of some influencers, e.g., Jeffree Star. But still I try to stay true to the facts as far as I know them. Nevertheless this post is mainly my opinion and my thoughts, you should form your own and make your own decisions.

The Blood Sugar Palette looks like an emergency case.
Look what was in the mail today: the Blood Sugar Palette - a lovely emergency case I bought from Jeffree Star Cosmetics. It is perfect to blend away any thoughts of trolls and bullying haters.

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