Marlena Stell & Jaclyn Hill: The Palette That Never Launched

Marlena Stell ordered the stock. The Jaclyn Hill collaboration never launched. Years later, she described what was left to sell, reuse, or throw away. This story follows Marlena's account of the order she placed before a signed contract, alongside Jaclyn's own 2018 explanation of the collaboration. The two accounts were recorded years apart, and they describe different sides of a launch that never reached customers. Makeup Geek's closure came years later, after further launches and the pandemic. From the first tutorials to Marste clothing, the last warehouse orders, a fragrance launch, and a rebuilt Makeup Geek Academy, Marlena kept deciding what to carry into the next business. The unfinished palette is one part of that history. What she did with the stock, and what she chose to build afterward, tells the rest. CHAPTERS 00:00 The last warehouse orders 00:30 From music lessons to Makeup Geek 02:40 The palette that never launched 05:18 Jaclyn gives her account 06:50 The first Marste launch 08:11 A new Makeup Geek 09:32 Closing the clothing business 12:03 Why Makeup Geek closed 13:23 The night before the flight 15:00 The customers who kept buying 16:13 What she chose to rebuild 16:48 Marste returns as fragrance 17:36 Another Academy launch 19:07 The decision she regrets SOURCES YouTube / The Sesh - Marlena Stell interview, May 18, 2023    • Marlena Stell Exposes The Beauty Community...   YouTube / Jaclyn Hill - Lets Talk..., September 1, 2018    • Lets Talk...   YouTube / Marlena Stell - How to Build your Own Makeup Company, June 18, 2018    • How to Build your Own Makeup Company | Mak...   YouTube / Marlena Stell - Life Update: Pregnancy, Marste Website, and Makeup Geek, October 19, 2018    • Life Update: Pregnancy, Marste Website, an...   YouTube / Marlena Stell - REBRAND IS HERE, January 20, 2020    • REBRAND IS HERE   YouTube / Marlena Stell - Goodbye Marste, August 23, 2020    • Goodbye Marsté.  What's going on for the f...   YouTube / Marlena Stell - LIFE AFTER MAKEUP GEEK, December 4, 2022    • LIFE AFTER MAKEUP GEEK: What happened and ...   YouTube / Marlena Stell - Marste: A New Vision for Beauty and Fragrance, December 3, 2024    • The next chapter after Makeup Geek:  Marst...   YouTube / Marlena Stell - Makeup Geek Academy and What's Next, February 22, 2026    • what ACTUALLY happened to the Makeup Geek ...   Subscribe to THE SHADOW for celebrity beauty news, influencer drama, beauty controversies, and the stories behind the glam. THE SHADOW — Beauty Has a Dark Side. #TheShadow #MarlenaStell #MakeupDrama