Jeffree Star had planned a career doing 'makeup for dead people' before he became famous on MySpace
- Jeffree Star said he would have been a mortuary beautician if he hadn't gotten internet famous.
- During his reveal video for his "Cremated" palette, Star said he was about to go to college to "do makeup on dead people" before his MySpace career began.
- He discussed the revelation when swatching the metallic grey color "Mortuary Beautician."
- "So, if I wasn't doing this, what would I be doing? Now you know," he said.
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Jeffree Star revealed to fans exactly what he would be doing if he hadn't become a beauty mogul and internet star in his reveal video for his new "Cremated" eyeshadow palette.
He said if he hadn't become famous on the internet, he would be a mortuary beautician. Fittingly, he said this as he swatched the shade "Mortuary Beautician."
"Fun fact, little Jeffree Lynn was going to go to college to do makeup on dead people when MySpace happened and my entire life changed," he said. "So, if I wasn't doing this, what would I be doing? Now you know."
Star was one of MySpace's most famous faces back in the day, building up friends since as early as 2003. He became well known for his dramatic, colorful look and lack of filter. This led on to a fairly successful music career, that included a song featuring Nicki Minaj, before Star settled on YouTube vlogging and makeup.
Star's latest palette features "gothic neutral" shades and will go on sale online on May 22.
However, Star has received some backlash from people who thought releasing a palette themed around death while a pandemic is killing hundreds of thousands of people all over the world was tasteless.
Some consider the palette "insensitive" and "tone-deaf" for featuring names like "Death Certificate," "The Morgue," and Obituary."
Star responded to the criticism in his Instagram story, saying the idea can be interpreted any way people want to, but it came from "a good place."
"My own father was cremated, my two dogs that passed away last year were cremated, so nothing ever comes from a negative place in my life," he said. "So if you take it that way, that's how you articulate things, but b----, not me."
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