THE TRUTH ABOUT JACLYN HILL: THE BEGINNING

just don't know how to ever pay you guys for everything that you've done for me and honestly the only thing that I can really come up with is that I promise you right here and now that I will never sell out I promise you that I will never lie to you this is the only foundation brush that I use I promise you that I will never put money above a relationship with my subscribers no it's still it's doing that thing I promise you that I will stay true to myself and I will stay true to you if you follow Jaclyn from the very beginning you know that before morphe came along she constantly raved about Sigma brushes and her makeup tutorials on her YouTube channel Sigma Sigma Beauty I think makes some of the best quality brushes for their price and they are so much like mac brushes but they are so stinkin cheap it's like there's no comparison as to which one you want to get because the price link in a September 2013 post on her website titled my meet and greet with Sigma Beauty she wrote I just have to start off by saying a little something about the company I discovered Sigma brushes in late 2009 which is when I fell in love with the f80 best foundation brush of all time I have used and spoken about their brushes to clients and on my youtube channel for years when they emailed me inviting me to come to their store for a meet and greet I was screaming and excitement let me just say that I have never met such a wonderful polite family oriented company the owners have such genuine appreciative hearts everyone on their staff is one big family they all get along and laugh all the time it was a pleasure being able to meet them after this experience I will not only be buying and recommending Sigma for the great products but also because of the people behind the great product and then i take the sigma flat top kabuki brush what is this called flat top synthetic kabuki the SAE this line of brushes from Sigma is the most amazing line in the world if you don't know what Sigma brushes is they are just as good as Mac they're the exact same thing as Mac sorry Mac in a November 2013 post on her website titled my favorite must-have Sigma brushes she wrote I get asked all the time what brushes I think are absolutely necessary from Sigma Beauty first let me state I have used in love's Sigma since 2009 they are my absolute favorite brushes ever even when I worked for Mac I would whisper to my clients go by Sigma and write down the name of the company it's so awesome seeing them grow bigger and bigger and they deserve every ounce of it side note the owners of this company are the most honest down-to-earth family-oriented people which means a lot to me I like knowing I'm buying from people with great values and great customer service anyways let's talk brushes on March 1st 2014 jaclyn hill and Sigma Beauty launched their collaboration the limited-edition Sigma Beauty Expert box which featured seven of Jacqueline's favorites Sigma brushes and that is my Sigma Beauty Expert box I am super super excited about this I have been working on it with Sigma for a few months now and I've just been wanting to tell all of you guys so badly so I was able to pick out my favorite seven brushes by Sigma so of course I picked out the f80 face foundation brush like come on and of course the f-86 be tapered highlighter brush and all over big fat blending blot brush the all-over eyes shadow e55 and then the smaller more precise go hair blending brush and then a pencil brush so right here is pretty much all a woman needs to do in their makeup and it is at a discounted price for the first round Sigma allegedly ordered between three and five thousand units which was supposed to be a three month supply the brush sets sold out in only three days on March 4th 2014 jacqueline tweeted my at sigma beauty brush set is temporarily sold out sign up for the email to be guaranteed that you get yours and it did sell out in the first two and a half days of being released so because of that I just wanted to address the situation because so many of you on Twitter have been thinking that it's gone forever and you didn't get to have a chance to buy it that is not the case you can sign up for an email to be notified this second it comes back out and it is released again they are coming out with a bunch more kits for you guys so that all of you can go ahead and purchase who did not get your chance to Sigma Beauty tweeted shopped the back in stock at jaclyn hill brush kit which includes seven of her favorites Sigma brushes for the restock Sigma allegedly ordered 10,000 units and when that round sold out Jacqueline was allegedly insulted that Sigma wouldn't order more units which would result in more money in her pocket her estimated earnings for this collab was approximately two hundred thousand dollars at 100,000 per round at the time of her collaboration with Sigma Jacqueline was friends with Nicole Guerrero by July 2015 they had stopped hanging out and by early 2016 they stopped mentioning each other on Twitter in or around that time Nicole unfollowed Jacqueline on Twitter and Instagram as of today Jacqueline still follows Nicole but Nicole does not follow Jacqueline on social media despite following over 600 people on Instagram now there's been a ton of speculation with respect to the reason for the breakdown in their friendship and my understanding is that a lot of it had to do with the fact that Jacqueline got the Sigma collab over Nicole being that she was Sigma's top Commission earner and that Jacqueline went on to rub the collab in Nicole's face my understanding is that Sigma was very good to Jacqueline during the course of the relationship however by the end of 2014 Jacqueline stopped mentioning Sigma brushes and slowly began implementing morphe brushes on her channel this is one of my favorite foundation brushes ever this is like the most perfect blush brush in the world this is my baby this bad boy oh my gosh I love his brush so much but still they're like a quarter of the price of a mac brush it's a really great just face blending brush she did of course keep her affiliate code which she's kept in her description box up until this year something I found interesting was that on March 29th 2013 Jaclyn quote tweets her all about makeup brushes video saying no they don't sponsor me they pay me nothing I just love their brushes in reference to Sigma if you look in the description box of her quoted video she does have a code listed now I can't say for certain but I'm assuming that this is an affiliate code of some sort meaning that she was potentially profiting from any sales made through her codes which actually date back to 2012 as evidenced in her September third twenty twelve foundation routine video approximately two weeks prior to IMATS NYC which took place on April 11th through 13th 2014 Jacqueline and Jen Gerard of Gerard cosmetics formerly whitening Lightning engaged in a conversation on the phone Jacqueline suggested that whitening lightening could use a rose-colored lip gloss and Jen asked Jacqueline if she wanted to be part of creating one Jen had her lab make up some samples and she gave them to Jacqueline two weeks later at IMATS where Jacqueline was doing her meet-and-greet with Sigma following IMATS Jen allegedly hosted a bunch of youtubers at her hotel for drinks Jacqueline attended with her mom sister and husband and that's when she told Jen which gloss she liked after that the gloss was put into production and Rosehill was launched on may 2nd 2014 so I was talking to lightning lightning about this whole situation of all their losses and I'm like you guys are missing the perfect color of rose and your lip gloss line and they were like do you want to create it with us and I was like um yes I do so color your smile and I teamed up had a baby and I named her rose hill suited the success of Rose Hill Jacqueline and Gerard cosmetics decided to collaborate for a second time although Jacqueline indicates that she created and developed the shade herself the process was similar to that of Rose Hill where she picked her favorite shade from samples provided by Gerard so I am going to be going in it with a li loss that I just finished creating and developing myself in mid-august 2014 Jacqueline her mom and sister stayed at Jen's house for a week as Jacqueline wanted help with her branch so Jen made her a bunch of appointments with labs and packaging companies Jacqueline heard about Murphy through Brian champagne who did her makeup while she stayed at Jen's house Jan Gerard was the one who took Jacqueline to morphe for the first time while in store Jacqueline allegedly only spoke to Linda the owner of morphe for a total of five minutes Jen invited Linda to a party she was having the following night and that is likely where Linda and Jacqueline connected I was in writer I went to morphe brushes when I was in California one day we stopped on the way back from a meeting in Burbank and we went to morphe brushes and I did not realize that they had eyes shadows mm-hmm I thought they only have brushes that's why I went I saw their eye shadows it got weird and then I splashed them I was like what is life I literally met the owner of the store she came out towards the end when I was shopping and we were talking to each other and I was like um hi yeah how do you sell these for $2 like honestly how does this work business-wise how was even physically possible to sell an eyeshadow that's good quality for $2 and she's just like so sweet and she's like well they're just kind of like an accessory for us all like well I'll take them all at the time Jacqueline was already in talks to collaborate with makeup geek on an eyeshadow palette my understanding is that Jacqueline and Marlena the CEO of makeup geek met through social media and had been talking regularly Marlena happened to be in LA at the same time Jaclyn was visiting Jen and that's when they officially met for the first time while in LA Jaclyn had a meeting with uh Nastasia Beverly Hills about a possible collaboration between her and the brand they also had plans to create an eyeshadow palette and even began looking at shades together my understanding is that Jacqueline told Anastacio that she was in talks to collaborate with makeup geek and Anastacio allegedly advised her to be careful of the brands she associated with as quote you can always go down but never up and quote Anastacio and Marlena of makeup geek apparently do not get along Jaclyn even confirmed the fact that she was working with uh Nastasia Beverly Hills on Twitter when Marjorie asked if you could only choose one of the abhi shadow palettes which one would it be you can only choose one Jaclyn responded saying um the when I'm creating with them [Music] Jacklyn went on to collaborate with gerard cosmetics two more times in 2014 on august 25th they launched a kylie jenner inspired lipstick shade called 1995 the reason it's taking me so long to get around to filming this tutorial is because for the last couple of months i have actually been formulating a lipstick inspired by kylie jenner I teamed up with Dora cosmetics and we created a Kylie Jenner inspired lip color I did the entire process I was so picky about the formulation I was so fitting about the color that's why it took me such a long time I am so so happy to introduce this color to you guys it is called in 1995 and on November 9th Jacqueline and Gerard lunched buttercup lipstick their fourth and final collaboration together as this lipstick literally just it has my heart it is my favorite thing that I've ever done it is just in my eyes it's just pure perfection on December 24th 2014 jacqueline announced her first collaboration with morphe being the Jaclyn hill favorites palette via Instagram in her post she advice that the palette would be limited-edition and available for pre-sale on January 1st 2015 on December 31st 2014 Jaclyn replied to someone on Twitter advising that they had changed the time at the presale from 12:00 EST to 12:00 PST on January 1st 2015 15 minutes before the palette went live for pre-sale the morphe site crashed according to Jaclyn the reason for the site crashing was due to morphe being quote severely hacked from multiple places and that the hackers were sending fake huge amounts of traffic to make the website crash to make it near impossible for customers to order the pallets and quote basically they end up finding out over 24 hours later the issue at their website was happening is that they were being severely hacked from multiple places it's been so overwhelming dealing with the stuff with the bus on January 1st 2015 Jacqueline tweeted I am so sorry about the morphe site only a quarter of the palettes have sold so third ton left on January 2nd 2015 Jacqueline tweeted my morphe palette is getting low unstuck we have about a quarter of them left everyone using Firefox is having luck with orders a few hours later on January 2nd Jacqueline tweeted good news Morpheus restocking my palette and it will be available again in a few weeks there are still some left though in her January 4th 2015 December favorites video Jacqueline indicates that despite the hackers and the difficulties with Morpheus website the palettes sold out in two and a half days palette did sell out even with these hackers bombarding the site you guys still managed to stop these palettes in two and a half days I don't know how I thought that they realized for at least a month or two with how many they ordered but they were going on two and a half days and it did sell out in the first two and a half days of being released you guys still managed to stop these pallets in two and a half day two and a half a day two and a half day two and a half a day's date so because we sold out so quickly and because it was such a painful task for those of you who did purchase it they are going to be restocking it in the month of February for you guys in march 2015 morphe took to Instagram to explain that the delay with respect to the restock of the pallet with students associated with the la port straight on April 13 2015 the pallet restocked and of course sold out for those interested and for those wondering why Jaclyn continues to collaborate with morphe over and over again my understanding is that she raked in approximately seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars from the second round of her favorites palette not including Commission it's estimated that she earned between two point five and three million dollars for the entire Jaclyn hill favorites palette collaboration with morphe after doing multiple collabs with each other Jacqueline and Jen Gerard of Gerard cosmetics developed not only a close business partnership but a close friendship on August 10th 2015 Jacqueline took to Twitter to announce that she was cutting off her affiliation with Gerard cosmetics she wrote for those curious about me cutting off my affiliation with Gerard cosmetics check out my snapchat Jacqueline on Hill quick address something I have honestly been absolutely dreading talking about it's not it's a negative situation and it's just my heart is like legit pounding service to finally like to talk about this and I can bring it to the light so just bear with me okay I have had hundreds maybe thousands of people ask me the last couple of weeks why I am NOT talking about Mandy's collaboration with Gerard cosmetics his lip paint serenity and the reason why is because I have been in the process for the past couple of months of cutting off all ties and my affiliation with Gerard cosmetics which was not easy to do I'm sure a lot of you guys can guess like the reason behind this and I don't want to go too in depth and it's not something I really wish to talk about too much because I don't want to share any negativity on the situation but it's honestly just a lot of different things combined and I just I'll go more in depth about it in a video for sure in the next month when I really feel like ready and comfortable and things have finally settled at a good place but until then I just want you guys to know that manny has been aware of this since before serenity ever launched and this has nothing to do with our friendship like this is just business and he completely understands and if you currently go to the drug Cosmetics website you will see that my face and my name is no longer on there whatsoever because I chose to take off anything having to do with me because I just felt like this was really necessary for me it's something like I really thought about and like kept me awake at night and I really had to pray about because this was a financial burden but I just felt like my morals were way more important so at this point even though I did collaborate on the four colors I have with drug cosmetics they still are available for sale but they are no longer my shades I don't have anything to do with them anymore we are actually still in the middle of settling this right now so it's kind of like a to be continued story but I'm kind of updating you guys on it because I don't know I just like I should did you on everything at the end of the day I just feel like I'm always saying like I'm still the same person and I put like my morals above any money and money doesn't matter to me it's like loyalty that matters you know what I'm saying I just feel like I have really been tested recently and it's like God's Way of saying like okay prove it like put your money where your mouth is and so I've chosen to do this and that's that honestly wanted to talk to you guys about this for so long like I had gotten so many questions about drugs now for the past few months I've just been like so I'm really tell you [Music] Jaqueline snapchat rant left people with more questions than answers a fan of Jacqueline's replied to her original tweet saying at Jaclyn hill I still don't think I understand what happened why don't you want to be affiliated with them to which Jacqueline responded because they don't support the company in the way they handle things it's not my journey in that tweet Jacqueline was referring to the situation that occurred between Manny mu a Gen Gerrard and Karina kaboom Jacqueline made it look as though she cut ties with Gerard cosmetics solely because she didn't agree with what transpired between gen Gerard and Karina kaboom when that really wasn't the case at all the situation that occurred with Karina and gentle place in May 2015 it's my understanding that Jacqueline carried on supporting Gerard cosmetics with no issues for months to come Jacqueline didn't take interest in the situation until the end of July 2015 Jacqueline - Jen Gerard to make an apology video dedicated to Karina kaboom because she was getting backlash and didn't want to lose subscribers to my knowledge Jen intended on calling Karina to speak with her to personally apologize but Jacqueline still wanted one done on public record a week later Jacqueline allegedly sent Jen an email filled with personal attacks against her before resigning from being an affiliate with the brand without going into detail I received a confusing text message from Jacqueline in mid July 2015 making certain in quotes recommendations I responded immediately and offered to call her to discuss she refused approximately ten days later I received an email from her resigning from my brand I had to step back from the hurtful things that were said in her email and remind myself that not everyone values friendship the same way I do I responded to Jaclyn's email thanking her for her partnership and wishing her well and let her know we would have her name and image removed from our website within 48 hours Jen went on to say I would never want to hold a friend back from doing bigger and better things if she had better deals out there I would have had no problem with her moving on from Gerard cosmetics [Music] Dayna Columbus I know you and Jacqueline Hill are good friends is and I was wondering if you plan on creating some makeup with her I know if I should announce it I think Jacqueline mentioned it but yes we are working on something that's coming out soon it's amazing she has done such a good job with it I'm gonna let her tell more about it because that is her project so I want her to give the details on that [Music] [Music] so basically long story short some emails have been leaked I say leaked because I don't even know if these emails are legit because I personally have searched the Internet high and low and cannot find a copy of these emails so I don't know I can't confirm anything I've heard other people say that oh it's been confirmed and I'm like bye boo there's been a ton of speculation with respect to what happened between Jacqueline and makeupgeek eventually leading to the cancellation of their collaboration here's the true tea you've probably heard about the leaked emails between Jacqueline and an employee of makeupgeek in fact Jacqueline cherry picked a few to include in her recent let's talk video now I know a lot of you have been curious as to the content of these emails as to my knowledge they've only been summarized and briefly shown I think it's important to go through them in order to gain a better understanding of how Jacqueline's strung makeupgeek along for a year and a half leaving them with approximately 1 million dollars in stock unfortunately in order to protect my source in the privacy of the individuals involved I can't show the emails in their entirety with identifying information so all you'll see is the body text on April 15 2015 a makeup geek employee writes to Jacqueline hi there I hope I Metzen all went well looked like fun just checking in to see what feedback you have for all the shades the labs are pressing me for the feedback and they're holding up our other development until we get these nailed down so I appreciate your assistance if you have any questions or concerns just let me know on April 16 2015 Jacqueline's mom Robyn responds to the makeup geek employee I've let Jacqueline know to reply asap sorry for the wait the weekend in NYC was great and IMATS was insane hope you're enjoying the warmer weather Robyn on April 16th 2015 Jacqueline responds to the makeup geek employee hey Blanc I sent a separate email of the two shades I like I played with in quotes subtle and it's very chalky and not at all like a typical makeup geek shadow the dark brown one is too similar to bitten I think it needs a little more Brown added to it let me know if we are on the same page on April 16 2015 a makeup geek employee writes to Jacqueline and her mom thanks Jackson and Robin glad to hear the weekend went well so for the saddle which formula was the one that was chalky was one of them one that is good slash no changes needed in brackets the previous one you mentioned on April 16th 2015 Jacqueline responds to the makeup geek employee saying they are both chalky to me they didn't blend well on April 16th 2015 makeup geek employee responds to Jacqueline just the ones from the other lab that came in the same shipment as the dark shade in brackets can't remember off and if there was more than one or the ones from the first batch before that you seemed to like on April 16th 2015 jacqueline responds to the makeupgeek employee just the new ones the first ones you sent me I like the formula way better on April 16th 2015 a makeup geek employee responds to Jacqueline okay cool I could agree with that so is the one you liked of the first batch worth signing off on and proceeding on April 16th 2015 Jacqueline responds to the makeup each employee yes I really like it makeup geek responds to Jacqueline saying awesome we will move forward on that one and work on revising the darker shades any idea for shade names on April 17th 2015 Jacqueline responds to makeup geek saying I haven't thought about it yet but I will start now on April 28 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline and her mom hi Jacqueline and Robin hope this week is treating you well so far we're sending out another dark test sample that is more Brown curious your opinion of it it should arrive tomorrow via UPS on May 15 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline and her mom I just wanted to check in to see if Jacqueline had a chance to try out that newer dark brown shade on May 15th 2015 yeah clins mom responds to makeup geek jacqueline thought she had approved both shades the new one is a little too dark on May 15 2015 makeup geek responds - Jacqueline's mom hi Robin on April 16th they have a note from Jacqueline quote the dark brown one is too similar to bitten I think it needs a little more Brown added to it and quote if she indeed wanted to use that formula we totally can but we tried adding more Brown to this more recent sample on May 15 - 2015 makeup geek responds - Jacqueline's mom hi Robin just wanted to check in again to see if you had any feedback on the deep brown shade also if you had any thoughts on box designs for the collab project we'd be glad to hear them we will probably be proceeding with designs at the beginning of next week on May 22nd 2015 Jacqueline responds to makeup geek I plead with the shade a bit and it definitely needs a little purple added to it to make it a little warmer and the formula itself is very dry and semi chalky I have not even thought about a box design so I am open to whatever you have in mind are you thinking of incorporating my logo on May 27th 2015 makeup geek responds - Jaclyn okay we'll see what they can come up with we were thinking of including the logo but we're open to other ideas too we'll probably have some different design options to choose from and we can get your take on them also do you have any ideas for the shade names on June 1st 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline and her mom just an FYI there should be another shade sample arriving for you today I look forward to your thoughts and feedback on June 5th 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline and her mom I just wanted to make sure you got the lead this sample okay and check to see if you had some thoughts on it I'm hoping we can nail down the final shades soon as it's getting close to delaying the launch to October if we slide too much time I don't want to put too much pressure or rush anything but I just wanted to let you know as I know our labs production schedule is getting booked pretty heavy on June 9th 2015 jacqueline responds to makeup geek so sorry for the delayed response it's okay if you rush me I don't mind I love the shade it's perfect but the formula is very chalky and doesn't feel like a typical makeup geek shadow so basically I love both shades but the formula isn't right are we only creating two shades from scratch I thought we were doing four but my mind is drawing a blank I talked to Marlena about it and she said I was supposed to be doing three or four like Mannie she is overnighting me pigments that are launching in the fall to see if I want to press one of them for my palette on June 10th 2015 makeup geek response to Jaclyn I'm also glad to hear the shade is what you have in mind and I'll see what they can do to get the formula just right however I know some of the pre-production samples from this lab can have a weird surface issue until you dig more into the pan would you mind seeing if you can get further into the pan to see if the texture improves the final pans wouldn't be like that the only reason I asked is we thought our pan of the shade was pretty decent if you don't think it's good we can ask for more improvement and adjustment just to clarify you're still good with the saddle formula you've signed off on right here's a snippet of our conversation from April 16 I just want to be sure as I've already signed off on and placed a large order for that saddle shade and formula as for the custom shades versus existing shades this is the list you sent originally for the palette in your February 24th email Peach Smoothie creme brulee Barcelona B choco bear grande stand in the spotlight shimma shimma saddle and brackets Mac makeup forever 162 I with Manny we asked for the same ratio custom shades can add quite a bit to the project timeline but he passed on some extra requests that were trying to accommodate but we could probably swap out one of the shades with a pressed pigment if you find one you really like once you have one chosen please let me know ASAP and also which shaded is replacing in the 9 shade line up so I complain accordingly I have been ordering my inventory based on your previous selections so I need to plan ahead it's worth noting if we do something more custom it would greatly delay this project further sorry for all the text but I just want to make sure we get this right and moving quickly hopefully we're getting real close here and we can put together a killer lineup for you on June 10th 2015 Jacqueline responds to makeup geek yes I do like the subtle one and I am a hundred percent yes on that one I will dig down a little bit to see if the formula is better today Marlena said I will be receiving the pigments in the next two days so I will let you know the day I get them if I want to press one of them for the palette or not I will keep you updated on every move so we can go quickly on June 10 to 2015 jacqueline responds to makeup geek okay so once I got down in the brown shadow it is much better I didn't use it on the eyes I only swatch it on my hands but it is way better on June 10th 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline do you think you'll be able to try it on your eyes soon just to make sure you like it on June 10th 2015 jacqueline responds to makeup geek oh yes I will try it tomorrow on June 12th 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline just wanted to check back in and see if you had time to apply the shade to your eye and see what your thoughts were on June 13th 2015 jacqueline responds to makeup geek it seems perfect i used it yesterday and loved it on June 14th Jacqueline responds to makeup geek would you be able to send me Peach Smoothie and creme brulee I just ran out of both and don't know how to live without them haha on June 15th 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline so glad to hear that so can you confirm that you're 100% happy to sign off for this dark brown shade and we will be more than glad to send you some more Peach Smoothie and creme brulee any others that you're getting low on I found out that the shipment of pigment samples were accidently sent via ground so they won't arrive until Wednesday I'm very sorry about that on June 15 to 2015 Jacqueline responds to makeup geek yes I can sign off on the dark brown I only need two shades for now that's fine with me I look forward to trying the pigments on Wednesday on June 18th 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline I just wanted to make sure those pigment samples arrived okay let me know so we can plan accordingly on June 18th 2015 Jacqueline's mom responds to makeup geek yes she received them thank you on June 18th 2015 makeup geek responds - Jacqueline's mom just keep us posted on what her selection will be and what it will be replacing in the palette on June 18th 2015 jacqueline responds to makeup geek okay so after looking at the pigment since watching everything a thousand times i finally made a decision i would like to eliminate grandstand and barcelona beach and add the two pigments i am attaching to this email on june 19 2015 makeup geek responds - Jaclyn good to know the lineup looks nice I'll request some pan version samples of those - and that will give you more time to think about the color combo I want you to try the pan versions as they might provide slightly different payoff than the loose version and I want to ensure your happiness on june 29th 2015 makeup geek response to jacqueline and her mom we just survived Fame Expo and wanted to see if those pressed versions of the pigments arrived ok on June 30th 2015 Jacqueline's mom responds to makeup geek yes Jaclyn received the press shadows and said they are beautiful sorry for the late response on July 1st 2015 makeup geek response to Jaclyn can I get a final confirmation that this is the final lineup for the palette I just need to lock down my ordering Peach Smoothie creme brulee Coco bear shimma shimma saddle dupe make up forevers 162 dupe legend pres foiled pigment birthday wish press foiled pigment and in the spotlight foiled on June 1st 2015 Jacqueline responds to makeup geek looks great to me on June 3rd 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline wonderful so I have everything in order ok so some items we need to make progress on soon do you have name ideas for the saddle or make up forevers dupes we can work on naming them ourselves if you're stumped just let me know we would like to set up a photo session for you in Florida do you have a local photographer that you enjoy working with we could find a suitable one if needed Marlena would be up for meeting up with you to do a set of photos together as well what is your thoughts on the palette price point these will be full-sized pan in a magnetic removable pallet six standard eyeshadows plus three foiled eyeshadows plus a reusable pallet with quality mirror the retail value of the shadows alone will be $66 what do you think of the price point of $60.00 on July 3rd 2015 jacqueline responds to makeup geek I will come up with names ASAP over the weekend I do know a great photographer about 45 minutes away from me that I would love to shoot with I went to college with him and he has his own studio now $60 is scary to me because I know that people will be pissed and say that they can get an Urban Decay palette with 18 shades for $50 even though I see the quality and reasoning for pricing it's so high I know many people won't I think you guys need to try and make the price as low as you possibly can on July 8th 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline after talking to Marlena I think we can plan on matching the Urban Decay palette pricing at $54 it's more product and ounces and also has the higher quality let's fill our colors - as you've picked some real must-haves obviously it's hard for us to go much lower as we aren't looking to erode our normal price structure too much we don't have plans to go to the mainstream palette world plus we've been selling our 9th standard eyeshadow bundle in brackets no foiled and no palette for $50 for years now with relative success if you've had any name ideas for the two matte shades let me know as for the photographer if you wouldn't mind passing along the contact info we'll touch base with them on August 4th 2015 makeup geek responds - Jaclyn what would you think about having your signature instead of your logo on the box if you're okay with it you have a scan or high-quality photo of your signature we could use on August 4th 2015 Jacqueline responds to makeup geek that's fine with me I can sign my name and send it over to you on August 5th 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline ok great thanks how / when should we expect it on August 5th 2015 Jacqueline's mom responds to makeup geek she will scan it on August 18th 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline and her mom a few different items for you when you have a chance please pass along the signature that we can use for the packaging we are almost ready to pass along a draft of a contract for you it's mostly just a formality and we're doing our best to be sensitive to both sides especially in light of the Gerard cosmetics situation we have been chatting with Blanc about setting up a photo shoot for the collab we're hoping September first works well for you what's your thoughts I also wanted to let you know that the release of the palette may be a little later than we originally expected I'm still waiting more definitive timeframes but it's looking like the end of November due to the pilot production we had the embossing added to the project so that extended the timeframe we're gonna do our best to launch it as soon as we can on August 19th 2015 Jacqueline responds to makeupgeek I think September 1st would work well for me would Marlena be joining me on the first I practice my signature today and it was so ugly that I am doing it again tomorrow haha it's all you need from me my signature I understand the delay on the palette on a separate note I would love to discuss prices on the warehouse I just put in my order for 300,000 lipstick tubes so I finally feel like we're making progress after 18 months of work and I would love to hear what you have in mind for shipping customer service etc on August 19th 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline yes September 1st is a date that would be ideal for Marlena to join you for the signature we just need a clean photo or scan of it so we can trace it in Adobe Illustrator I've also attached a rough draft of a contract for the collab palette we're still fuzzy on a couple issues but wanted to get your thoughts well we love you and know you're very excited about this project we are also putting up hundreds of dollars in advance for this project so we don't want to get stuck if you know what I mean again I want this to be mutually beneficial and don't want to step on any toes if you want to discuss on the phone to let me know but I'd like to lock down a commitment very soon to avoid delaying the project further on August 19th 2015 jacqueline responds to makeup geek i am attaching two images of my signature you can pick you may want to clean it up a bit because my signature is so ugly I will have my mom and lawyer look at the contract and get back to you on August 19 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline awesome thanks and I also realized they think there was an old release date on the draft as you know this is her first collab so we weren't quite sure what all to have and weren't sure with the formalities you had with more feet Becca etc on August 19 2015 Jacqueline responds to makeup geek okay I'll take a look and want to make a few small changes I see on here you guys have settled on the price of $45 is there any way you can get that down to $39 it will sell so much faster at that price $45 is gonna make a lot of people upset I know it on August 19 2015 make up ich response to Jacqueline we discussed $43 at one point but Marlena wanted to go with 45 also to make a pre December launch even possible we have to spend an extra forty thousand dollars to air freight the first 40,000 pallets in early we actually don't want to sell too fast as we won't be able to get that many pallets in that quickly on August 19 2015 jacqueline responds to makeup geek i totally understand air costs are so expensive at the same time the public doesn't care about air costs and we can't explain that to them which is so frustrating I'm just being a hundred percent honest with you upfront because I know my audience if we drop the price that will sell within two months I'm sure at $45 it may sit around for six to eight months which I can't do that because I have a signed contract with more feet to launch a pilot in December and we are now trying to push it back since this pilot got pushed back I am wondering how you feel about putting this project on hold and launching Manny's palette first and launching mine in the spring or I could be beginning if next year and Manny could be spraying since this has been so delayed it's honestly giving me anxiety because they signed my contract with morphe months ago and I have been working on our collab for a very long time it was supposed to be a holiday launch and now I feel like the makeup geek palette and morphe palette are gonna cross paths and it's gonna be a mess for all of us these are just my current thoughts I'm trying to find a way to add less stress for everyone I hope I don't stress you out with this but I think that if we keep trying to move forward at a fast pace and spend $40,000 on air shipping it's going to be a mess please fancier thoughts back at me on November 9th 2015 makeup geek response to Jaclyn and her mom so I'm trying to get some pieces lined up for box artwork and one major item is that we need to get some portrait photography set up very soon turns out my timeline is a lot slimmer than normal just because of printing places in the holiday season I know we had talked about working with Jacqueline's friend there in Florida what is their chances of getting some portraits done in the next week or so I'm super sorry about this tight timeframe we still might be able to do another shoot for other promotional photos later but we'll need something for the back of the box sooner rather than later on November 9th 2015 Jacqueline responds to makeup geek Hey I won't be able to shoot that quickly because they know he is super busy and I am swamped for the next 10 days I could reach out to him right now though and set something up what kind of photos are you thinking exactly photos I could take myself possibly color or black and white on November 10 to 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline yeah we can make it work with something you do it helps that you have a photography background the box will probably be the easiest compared to those for the other promotional pieces because of the way your logo is styled a white box would be ideal but we're aiming to do some high-end treatments so it doesn't seem cheap along with rose gold foil treatment does that sound good here's the main points we are aiming for with these background area if we are doing the white and rose gold having a plain neutral background would be ideal it would give us some design flexibility if there is empty background area showing above your head and on both sides avoid having anything cropped except well below your shoulders would be good to have you wearing shades from the palette even though you do great photos for your tutorials we'd like to have a shot that looks like it was intentionally taken for this box if that makes sense we just don't want it to look like we just used one of your existing photos out of convenience for the box I think vertical shots would be ideal I think color may work best but if you want to try some black and white too we could see how they turn out I've attached a preview of the back of Manny's box so you can see it for reference we played off his stars and moon theme anyway let me know what you think and I appreciate your extra effort on this on November 10 to 2015 Jacqueline responds to makeup geek all right sounds good to me I can take some photos myself and send them over to you in the next week I would prefer not using my current logo I'm in the process of changing my logo right now so it will be old by the time the palette launches on November 10th 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline oh ok good thing you mentioned that maybe use your signature then what about the color scheme do you like the white and rose gold or does something else sound better on November 10th 2015 Jacqueline responds to makeup geek white and rose gold sounds nice to me I would love to see some mock-ups so I can get an idea for the vision on November 10 to 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline oh sure do you want me to have your signature on the front then I was planning on having your name slash logo being larger than Jakub geeks so it has you being the dominant presence but not using your logo changes that a bit on November 10th 2015 jacqueline responds to makeup geek we could still use a logo I would just need a couple of weeks to get it on November 10th 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline it would be cool to have the fresh logo but two weeks is kind of our cutoff point I could work on some mock-ups without either logo and see what you think and if you can get me the logo before our deadline we can work on some revisions with it we can be pretty nimble when needed does that work on November 10 to 2015 jacqueline responds to makeup geek okay go ahead and send me some samples and I will be diligent on my logo on November 11th 2015 makeup geek response to Jaclyn okay cool to help us narrow in on your style is there any type / brands of packaging that you think are very similar to your style especially if it's not a cosmetic brand so it doesn't end up being much of a copy if there's certain patterns or textures that helps - on November 23rd 2015 makeup geek response - Jaclyn just wanted to check in and see if any progress is made on the new logo and your photo I'm having a hard time coming up with much with just the signature on December 4th 2015 makeup geek responds - Jaclyn Marlena gave me a call to fill me in on the morphe delays and wanting to move the makeup geek palette up a bit on the schedule I let her know that we are all good on units for the main palette the only thing we have yet to lock down and produce is the back label of the palette with shade arrangement in the outer box the main things they need are a possible logo and a photo to use on the back of the box I can still play around with some minimalistic box designs without a logo but I don't want to risk it not feeling Jaclyn enough on December 10th 2015 jacqueline responds to makeup geek sorry for the delay I got sick with strep throat and have been miserable the past week but finally recovered in home I went over our contract and I just have a question before moving on if you guys intend on selling the shades that I create individually after the palette is gone will I be earning a percentage of each sale on December 14 2015 makeup geek responds - Jaclyn yes any of the press sheets we could do a dollar for each shade to go to you if we were to release as a single we worked in something similar on Manny's contract but that might have been after we sent you your draft we can add that in with no problem anything else any thoughts on the photoshoot link actually sent me an email today to see if we wanted to schedule something but I'll need to get a photo for the box before too long as that's really one of the main schedule roadblocks for the palette launch on December 15 2015 Jaqueline responds to makeup geek that is really the only thing I want added in the contract other than that it looks good to me I can take headshots myself right after the holidays just tell me the background you want and I can do it I'm still working on my logo at the moment which is why I haven't contacted you about it it's been such a messy process in developing a new logo is not easy so at this point I'm thinking the packaging should just be white with my signature and silver let me know what you think on December 15 2015 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline okay thanks I'll have the contract revised and pass along when ready I understand the logo struggles it took us quite a while to settle on our new one and I may have some design concepts around just the signature and our logo while adding some subtle accents on December 17th 2015 Jacqueline responds to makeup geek I have a champagne background I can use that one for the photos I will take them in the next couple of weeks and have them to you after the holidays it's so busy this time of year I can barely think straight On January 4th 2016 Jacqueline responds to makeup geek hopefully you had a wonderful holiday in a happy new year I didn't stop working once so it feels good to have everybody back kaha 2016 is gonna be such an awesome year I can't wait to see everything unfold just wanted to give you a heads up that I will be taking the headshots before I leave to LA on the 13th we should also bounce around some ideas for the packaging since my logo is not ready yet on January 4th 2016 Jacqueline added the following also I forgot I've been trying to request a withdraw of my commission and it hasn't been working all month of December I've tried several times on January 5th 2016 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline for packaging ideas could you look over these examples and let me know if any either feel like something you like or don't like even if you can cross ones off that helps any notes on what you do or don't like about certain ones would help as well and for the affiliate payment and really sorry about that we've been having some issues with that part with some users since we had a recent software update what a man would you like to withdraw we can do it a bit more manual on February 1st 2016 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline and her mom I wanted to check in on the picture in any packaging design guidance from my last email on another note we're trying to line up our timelines for releases and we were wondering what you thought about doing a May 4th release for the collab palette we are trying to give enough space after Mannie in brackets which may actually happen soon fingers crossed and placed well within our other release let me know your thoughts and hopefully we can get this project packed up nicely on February 1st 2016 Jacqueline's mom responds to makeup geek could we possibly do in April launch Jacqueline is doing a launch with Becca at the end of May 1st of June and I feel that May could be a little too close to that we want to give the makeup geek palette plenty of time to sell well before Becca Jacqueline will get back to you by the end of the week about the picture and package design on February 1st 2016 makeup geek responded - Jacqueline's mom okay I think we can make it work at the end of April I appreciate your thoughtfulness on the matter we will just have to be efficient on the artwork and promotion to make sure we get all of our pieces together so we also have time for a large batch of fully assembled pieces before launch so we can keep the fans happy on February 1st 2016 Jacqueline's mom responds to makeup geek thanks Blanc Jacqueline said that she will get on it we appreciate all your patience on February 4th 2016 makeup geek response to Jacqueline attached to see agreement with revised timelines included it mentions commencing the launch by May 1st but we will target a late April release to be able to secure the full hundred thousand pieces of all the standard shades I will need to get a signed copy of the contract I have about an extra fifty thousand or so of some of the shades but I don't want to over extend my inventory of these shades until we are all locked down if I order the remaining pieces soon they should hopefully be ready by launch but the fifty thousand sets we have should last us for the initial part of the launch on February 9th 2016 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline and her mom one other note Marlena is just a bit concerned about only having four exclusives in your palette we do have one upcoming shade that is already finalized that is almost a direct dupe for Mac soft brown which of course is rather similar to creme brulee what is your thoughts about having that shade in your palette instead of creme brulee if you were interested I'm hoping to get you a sample soon on February 9th 2016 Jacqueline's mom responds to makeup geek Thank You Jacqueline said she is interested so a sample would be great On February 10 to 2016 makeup geek responded - Jacqueline's mom ok we just sent a sample overnight arriving tomorrow on February 11th 2016 makeup geek responded - Jacqueline's mom good afternoon just wanted to confirm it arrived ok today on February 11th 2016 Jacqueline's mom responded to makeup geek yes Jacqueline received it thanks on February 12 2016 makeup geek responded to Jacqueline please let me know asap what you think about the following creme brulée versus the new soft brown dupe photo for packaging packaging style we need to finalize these and the contract very soon to have any shot of hitting the April launch window on February 13th 2016 jacqueline responds to makeup geek the soft brown dupe is too dark compared to creme brulee and looks too similar to my other brown shade April lunch probably isn't gonna work for me because all the hype for my Sephora expected collection starts May 20th and I want to give my makeup geek palette a full two months of height before it gets burned out by Becca this year is already overwhelming me like crazy I have so much going on and I really need to figure out the times to launch everything I wish we could have launched in February I didn't realize it would take so long for Manny's palette to come out my morphe palette has been pushed back to August because of changes we made and delays and then my lipsticks are gonna be right before the holidays so we need to find a time to slip our palette in somewhere on February 13th 2016 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline that does all make sense so are you pretty confident on our original shade lineup even though we originally planned on making one foiled shade a loose pigment we can see if we can make it more of a Jacqueline exclusive if the lab can make sure all their bulk will be ok for all pressed I can see your dilemmas with your timeline however I'm rather concerned about some of your exclusive shades that have been sitting on our shelves not only from the perspective of the money we have tied up in them but also that the time is gradually taking on their lifespan fortunately powder can last a couple of years but we are already 5 months into that timeline for your exclusive shades mani's time line was a challenge as we had to quickly put him in the first spot when he didn't have three his sheets finalized yet December was the absolute best case scenario but we had one shade that broke that scenario in bulk supply anyway I'm hoping we can fit you in in the coming months and I would appreciate all you could do to make that happen if a phone call would help let me know On February 13 2016 Jacqueline responds to makeup geek I spoke with Marlena about all of this and I'm assuming she is keeping you up to date we are thinking July for the launch now but I need to talk to Becca and my mom to see if we can make that a hundred percent I will have an answer for you this week how many of my shadows have you ordered at this point the custom ones are what I'm referring to just curious I am also attaching my new logo for an example of the color scheme I want to go with for packaging this logo obviously says Jaclyn hill cosmetics but we can eliminate that part just use the JH and put my signature underneath on February 15 2016 makeup eek response to Jaclyn yes Marlene and I chatted on the phone and text this weekend trying to figure things out please let me know what it's looking like on your end but if we do July we will need morphe to not be right on our tail as well I have 50,000 of each shade on hand right now even XS for our standard shades on top of our normal quantities I also have a hundred and fifty thousand empty palettes on hand for you and Manny to share based on what you have seen with your other collabs in the price point slash product for this one how many units do you see moving in the first three to four months we will start experimenting with some box concepts with the logo seems like silver foil would work well on February 15 2016 jacqueline responds to makeup geek okay so we have a problem because my morphe palette has to launch august becca is so pissed about it but there really isn't another option I sign the morphe contract last summer and have been developing it since May I'm starting to think we need to plan B of some sort I'm wondering if you should just sell the shadows without my name attached and call it a day obviously I want our collab to work so bad but I don't want to stress anyone out or Jam packet into my schedule and not give it the hype it deserves I'm open to any ideas or input you guys have from your end I didn't realize 2016 was going to be so crazy for me until about a month ago on February 15th 2016 makeup geek response to Jaclyn wood April sixth or worst case March 30th work we can kick this out the door to get it out of the way if that's what we need to do we just won't have time for a stellar box all I have to do is push out a box and label and give Manny enough breathing room ideally I would like to have the latest date before the Becca collab that's possible so we don't cramp Manny On February 15 2016 jacqueline responds to makeup geek I just spoke with Manny and he is not comfortable with my palette launching so close to his and I'm not either also I will never put my name on a product unless it's perfect so we would need the time to make it a hundred percent before launching it you can see why I'm feeling stressed obviously I'm sure you're feeling it too On February 15th 2016 makeup geek response to Jaclyn understood what's the earliest you could do before the morphe palette on February 15th 2016 Jaclyn responds to makeup geek August 30th would be the absolute earliest more like September 15 the issue is my Becca and Sephora collab we have nine products coming out in a four month period on February 15 2016 makeup geek response to Jaclyn okay I guess I'm a bit confused now so there's no way it can go between the Becca and morphe you mentioned July as a possibility on Saturday on February 15th 2016 Jacqueline responds to makeup geek no it can't go between because I found out that Becca is launching the first group of products on May 20th in the second half August first I thought we were launching everything on May 20th but after the meeting was Sephora they changed the marketing plan to maximize sales I just spoke to morphe and they said they will be launching in September on February 15 2016 makeup geek responds to Jacqueline well that stinks can't mess with Sephora I guess but I think we have an idea that could fix some of this dilemma I would hate to close the door on the shades you selected and loose future exclusivity so what would you think about doing a four pan bundle of Georgi Frankie encore and Legend it wouldn't be a full palette so it would avoid taking form a nice pallet and you could keep the door open for a palette in the future with those exclusive shades if you were open to the idea at the end of the year or early next we could revisit a palette of the same size or even larger and possibly a different structured design anyway in terms of numbers this is what I'm proposing for pan only bundle unless you want to add in other singles to foils and to mattes would retail at $32 so we could do a bundle price of 28 offer your per bundle Commission of three dollars each plus the normal 12% through your link Commission's we have the approximately 50,000 units on hand in once they are sold out they would disappear until we figure out a new arrangement let me know what you think of this idea and we can try to keep this thing alive and keep everyone happy On February 15 2016 Marlena from makeup geek response to Jaclyn I can ask Manny if he'd be okay with you selling single pans that are exclusively yours at the end of March would it be a full palette so wouldn't be just like Manny's but I know the timing is tighter than I'd like wouldn't have to worry about designing a box either for the other shades and palettes since we already have them done is about 1 million in pallets would have to have another collab with that palette so we don't have to toss just a heads up On February 20th 2016 jacqueline responds to makeup geek hey blank I'm assuming Marlena filled you in on our conversation last week I just wanted to express how sad sorry and disappointed I am that we aren't going to be able to make this palette work this was truly out of my control and it sucks so bad if I could rewind 6 months I would do everything different that's for sure I'm sure you're upset because you put a lot of work into this but please let me know if there's anything I can do for you guys EXO Jacqueline [Music] [Music] I promise you that I will never put money above a relationship with my subscribers same formulation trust the 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Published: Sun Sep 16 2018