Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star's online documentary about launching a make-up line

May 2024 · 9 minute read

I happened upon a review of The Beautiful World of Jeffree Star today and started watching it. I've never been into these Youtube or social media celebrities and I know practically nothing about them. The first time I heard of Jeffree Star was earlier this year when he got into that ridiculous fight with another Youtube make-up guy James Charles. Another YouTuber named Shane Dawson has been making videos with Jeffree Star and their latest series is about Shane launching a make-up line under Jeffree's brand.

Shane Dawson is apparently this sort of messy and fragile overweight gay man and not part of the "beauty community" which obviously makes him a total opposite of Jeffree who's basically a scary dragon-like drag queen. It's fascinating to see what kind of lives these people live, and quite frankly it's totally interesting to see what happens when you create and launch a new product.

I'm still amazed how huge stars these people are for the younger crowd. I'm close to 50 and it's been really hard to understand how these online nobodies have become celebrity millionaires. If I understood it correctly Jeffree Star told Shane he made $20.8M from a single line of make-up, I mean geez. Jeffree Star comes off fairly likeable which is good after seeing how badly he behaved with James Charles. BTW, those bodyguards in the first episode are so yummy.

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by Anonymousreply 37September 6, 2020 12:03 AM

R1, and yet that's the entertainment kids these days are watching. YouTubers are their superstars. I know I'll be accused of being a PR plant but the reality is those guys don't need anyone to plug their channels. I genuinely find the series well-made and interesting. You can clearly see they've been making these videos for a long time which means they understand how to create drama and interesting hooks.

by Anonymousreply 2November 2, 2019 3:38 AM

Shane Dawson should do a "documentary" on JoJo Siwa's asbestos-riddled makeup line. These people are fucking AWFUL.

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by Anonymousreply 3November 2, 2019 4:07 AM

Shane's long form videos have been really good and entertaining. He and his crew have an approachability not all Youtubers possess. That's a large reason why they're successful.

They're estimating this new makeup collection will gross $50 million I think. I'm happy for him.

by Anonymousreply 4November 2, 2019 4:10 AM

r4 I hope it includes this shade of black.

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by Anonymousreply 5November 2, 2019 4:27 AM

They were trending on Twitter - they had tens of thousands of idiots promising to buy their entire line.

by Anonymousreply 6November 2, 2019 4:47 AM

Most of the collection has sold out on Morphe and Jeffree's site

by Anonymousreply 7November 2, 2019 5:04 AM

Jefree Star is an idiot and I lobrg for the day when he is no longer a thing and I don’t have to look at his hideous mug anymore.

by Anonymousreply 9November 4, 2019 11:13 PM

*LONG

Ffs my phone is possessed.

by Anonymousreply 10November 5, 2019 12:06 AM

I think Shane is very inspiring. I love his content.

by Anonymousreply 11November 5, 2019 12:10 AM

Jeffree Star is a freak but his boyfriend's pretty cute.

by Anonymousreply 13November 5, 2019 5:59 AM

The same people who are buying Jeffree's collection are the same ones who "cancelled" him two years ago when videos of him calling black women the n-word went viral.

by Anonymousreply 14November 5, 2019 6:07 AM

I must admit I've always found Jeffree an interesting character, right back to his Myspace days.

Shane on the other hand I find absolutely repulsive and this make-up collaboration a blatant money grab.

Shane has zero interest in make-up. He's a revolting overweight slob who turned up to executive meetings sweating, greasy haired and covered with dog fur. I can only imagine he smells of bacon grease...urghh.

Don't get me started on his incredibly fake guffawing and laughter every few minutes. His cameraman is even more grating in this regard.

by Anonymousreply 15November 5, 2019 7:13 AM

[Quote] Shane has zero interest in make-up. He's a revolting overweight slob who turned up to executive meetings sweating, greasy haired and covered with dog fur. I can only imagine he smells of bacon grease...urghh.

I guess this explains why he used to date Trisha Paytas.

by Anonymousreply 16November 5, 2019 11:24 AM

[quote]Shane has zero interest in make-up. He's a revolting overweight slob who turned up to executive meetings sweating, greasy haired and covered with dog fur. I can only imagine he smells of bacon grease...urghh.

That's exactly why a collaboration with a control freak and human drag queen doll Jeffree Star works so well.

by Anonymousreply 17November 5, 2019 4:05 PM

These guys both creep me the fuck out.

by Anonymousreply 18November 5, 2019 4:26 PM

[quote]Jefree Star is an idiot and I lobrg for the day when he is no longer a thing and I don’t have to look at his hideous mug anymore.

I find I do not have to look at his hideous mug at all. Jealous, bitch?

by Anonymousreply 19November 5, 2019 5:11 PM

Shane Dawson has rapist eyes.

by Anonymousreply 20November 5, 2019 5:21 PM

I guess DL really does hate most of the successful gays. Jeffree takes some getting used to but Shane is harmless. They're both successful doing what they want and don't have to answer to anyone. I admire that.

by Anonymousreply 21November 5, 2019 7:17 PM

Shane is now launching his own makeup channel.

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by Anonymousreply 22January 8, 2020 10:04 PM

Who are these people? And why should we care?

by Anonymousreply 23January 8, 2020 10:09 PM

I will never get these makeup youtubers. Never. Guess I am officially old now.

by Anonymousreply 24January 8, 2020 10:41 PM

[quote]Shane Dawson is apparently this sort of messy and fragile overweight gay man and not part of the "beauty community"

OP, Dawson is bi, not gay.

by Anonymousreply 25January 9, 2020 1:27 AM

I wouldn't trust Shane when it comes to makeup. He always looks dirty.

Not that I even wear it, but still...

by Anonymousreply 26January 9, 2020 3:14 AM

Shane Dawson is a very versatile comedian who has been impersonating very funny characters he created for over 10 years on Youtube. He's hardly unknown to anyone who grew up with Youtube as their prime source over TV. Shanaynay was his most famous creation, a white trash who thinks she's black.

He's actually bi and was in a long term relationship with Lisa Schwartz another famous Youtuber before coming out as bi and being engaged to Rylan. He was morbidly obese in his youth and he talks a lot about that in his videos, that's a lot of where his sympathy comes from.

He's very cool. I never followed Jeffree Star in my life because I don't care about make up or catty gays putting down others, but this series was fascinating to me and a full course on online marketing to sell a product. The duo was able to have the biggest sale in the beauty world history just by doing their videos themselves and posting the behind the scenes of their story.

Star came off as a very savvy businessman and I know understand why he's so rich, albeit tacky. I have lots of sympathy toward him now. This was such an eventstraight dudebro youtubers were buying this make up shade just to support Dawson, I never thought I'd see that happen.

Dawson and Andy his cameraman and editor, who came up with the design of the line himself is also a great storyteller. Why isn't Netflix picking up a reality show with him is beyond me. His videos have like 15 million views each for this series alone.

by Anonymousreply 28January 9, 2020 7:34 PM

[quote] Jeffree Star told Shane he made $20.8M from a single line of make-up

There's a conversation at one of the episodes where Star says he paid 20 million in taxes the previous year and the marketing chubby tattoo guy also explains how much money they make and how the profits happen.

You can see it happening live at the launch of Shane's merch store, you can pause the video and read the statistics at the shopify dashboard. He made half a million dollars in 30 minutes with that one.

by Anonymousreply 29January 9, 2020 7:40 PM

As great as the whole series is, let's not pretend this isn't without external help. Shane is represented by one of the top agencies in Hollywood, UTA, so I think it's part of their marketing brand to look informal and all, but there's a major marketing strategy behind all of this.

Still fun.

by Anonymousreply 30January 9, 2020 7:45 PM

I don’t understand how so many competing brands can make so much money with makeup. One eyeshadow palette lasts at least a year. I’ve had the same Urban Decay one for five years. It’s not like toilet paper or even face cream. Maybe some people buy and hoard much more makeup than they can ever use? Every time I go into Sephora there’s a new celebrity make up line.

by Anonymousreply 31January 9, 2020 7:57 PM

[Quote] I don’t understand how so many competing brands can make so much money with makeup. One eyeshadow palette lasts at least a year. I’ve had the same Urban Decay one for five years. It’s not like toilet paper or even face cream. Maybe some people buy and hoard much more makeup than they can ever use? Every time I go into Sephora there’s a new celebrity make up line.

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by Anonymousreply 32January 10, 2020 10:22 AM

[quote]Jeffree Star comes off fairly likeable which is good after seeing how badly he behaved with James Charles.

Jeffree Starr is a woman-hating racist turd...who nevertheless is obsessed with emulating women as much as humanly possible without taking HRT. He's a loathsome reptile.

by Anonymousreply 33January 10, 2020 10:28 AM

I'm going to start a No Makeup Channel!

Each day you get to watch me do nothing, in close up, with the same outcome each day.

I might even start a No Make Up range.

Get me same empty cases and invisible graphics and call me the John Cage of the make up world.

I might even call the no make up range 4'33 (but of course you wont see it written anywhere.

by Anonymousreply 34January 10, 2020 11:19 AM

Will Shane and Jeffree share a horse, or have their own, when they bring on the apocalypse?

by Anonymousreply 35January 10, 2020 11:23 AM

[Quote] Get me same empty cases and invisible graphics and call me the John Cage of the make up world.

Lmfao 🤣

by Anonymousreply 36January 11, 2020 4:10 AM

[quote]I'm going to start a No Makeup Channel! Each day you get to watch me do nothing, in close up, with the same outcome each day.

You kid but two very famous channels back in the day were an Asian girl with big eyes who kept staring to the screen for hours and a guy who would broadcast his meditation online, he even caught a burglar live once.

by Anonymousreply 37September 6, 2020 12:03 AM

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