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Beauty & Business by Jake Beauty & Business by Jake 🖤
Helping you stand out with expert makeup artistry, branding, social media management, and business consulting.

Look your best, build your brand, and make an impact! Hi, I’m Jake, a blend of logic and creativity, passion and precision. I’ve always been drawn to the space where strategy meets artistry, and my work reflects that. I combine the analytical side of business with the expressive power of makeup and personal branding, allowing me to create solutions that are both impactful and deeply personal. Being gender-fluid and part of the queer community, I’m committed to helping people express their authentic selves. It’s not just about business; it’s about creating a space where people can thrive, feel empowered, and connect with their true potential. Whether it’s through strategic social media management or makeup artistry, I’m here to uplift and inspire.

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I love seeing the tangible results of my work—whether it’s a business that’s grown its audience by 45% in just a few months or a client stepping out with newfound confidence after a makeup session. Helping others succeed fuels my own passion, and nothing inspires me more than watching people and businesses flourish. Outside of work, you’ll find me writing poetry, experimenting with new makeup looks, cooking up something delicious, or lost in a pop music playlist. For me, every day is about blending creativity with purpose, and I’m excited to bring that to everything I do.

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With a heart full of love,

Jake

10/12/2026

SCARING THE JEHOVAH'S AWAY. 🖤✝️

I'm going to hell anyway, so I might as well dress the part.

I've just been rocking around Halifax in my nun outfit, spreading a little blasphemy and giving the religious community something to pray about.

Forgive me, Father, for I have fabulous taste.

Happy Thanksgiving 🖤October has always been my favourite month. The changing leaves, crisp country air and that peculiar...
10/12/2026

Happy Thanksgiving 🖤

October has always been my favourite month. The changing leaves, crisp country air and that peculiar sense of peace as everything slowly begins to die. How beautifully macabre.

I've been embracing the darkness of the season, diving into all things macabre, enjoying long walks beneath the night sky and exploring Halifax's underground scene. There's something rather romantic about the darker side of life.

I went home for Thanksgiving dinner, and I want to thank my father, Jason Smith, and his girlfriend, Sue, for a wonderful meal and a lovely afternoon.

I even got to pick some fresh apples. They say you are what you eat, and I'm a fruit who loves his fruit. The irony is delicious. 🍎🖤

Here's to good food, darker nights and finding beauty in the things others overlook.

10/10/2026

Vote for me here! 🎙️✨

https://tophost.org/2026/jake-smith

If you're wondering what kind of podcast I'd host, this is precisely the campy, chaotic, occasionally unhinged nonsense you're signing up for. One minute we're discussing life's greatest turning points, the next we're comparing personal resilience to discount condoms. That's range, darling.

Let's see just how far we can take this wonderfully bizarre little adventure. And if life insists on making a spectacle of me, I might as well grab the microphone and give it a proper show. 🍸🖤

Storyteller RazzleDazzle

10/09/2026

Vote for me here! 🎙️✨

https://tophost.org/2026/jake-smith

The past few months haven't been particularly kind to me. Between the chaos, the plot twists and the occasional emotional crash, I've found myself wondering: What does the next iteration of Jake look like?

Fabulous, obviously. What a ridiculous question.

Some elastic bands stretch until they snap, but like any good rubber, I was built for durability, protection and a spectacular bounce back. Much like a $13.99 pack of Trojans, I intend to withstand a considerable amount of friction.

All jokes aside, thank you to everyone who's been voting, sharing and cheering me on. Your support means more than you know, especially during a chapter of my life that's required a little reinvention.

And if you're wondering what kind of podcast I'd host, this is precisely the campy, chaotic, occasionally unhinged nonsense you're signing up for. One minute we're discussing life's greatest turning points, the next we're comparing personal resilience to discount condoms. That's range, darling.

Let's see just how far we can take this wonderfully bizarre little adventure. And if life insists on making a spectacle of me, I might as well grab the microphone and give it a proper show. 🍸🖤

WELL… THIS ESCALATED QUICKLY. 🖤🎙️Catch me on a club night and I’ll have a conversation that unpacks the Tickle Trunk of ...
10/07/2026

WELL… THIS ESCALATED QUICKLY. 🖤🎙️

Catch me on a club night and I’ll have a conversation that unpacks the Tickle Trunk of your mind. I’m the kind of person who’ll ask about the key turning point in your life while we’re standing in a coffee lineup. I will have absolutely no clue who you are. 😂

I’m a storyteller by nature, blessed with the gift of gab like any true Nova Scotian. I live for conversations that start in one place, take a hard left and suddenly expose the whites of your eyes.

And somehow, your local eccentric raconteur is currently 4th in the running to host my own iHeartRadio podcast.

Vote for me at the link in bio.

Let’s give them a little razzle-dazzle. ✨🖤

NovaScotia Halifax QueerCreative ClassicallyJake RazzleDazzle

DARK & SEXY 🖤Looking for the perfect evening-out look? I’ve got you covered.Want to try something new and feel sexy, con...
10/02/2026

DARK & SEXY 🖤

Looking for the perfect evening-out look? I’ve got you covered.

Want to try something new and feel sexy, confident and completely put together? Dark & Sexy pairs a smoked-out black eye with shimmering highlights, sculpted skin and a rich plum lip for a sultry look that makes an entrance.

Book your custom makeup application today. 🖤

AN AUTOPSY OF THE INNER WORLD. 🖤Lately, I’ve been fascinated by the darker corners of creativity. Heavy metal, darkwave ...
09/30/2026

AN AUTOPSY OF THE INNER WORLD. 🖤

Lately, I’ve been fascinated by the darker corners of creativity. Heavy metal, darkwave synth, gothic imagery, dramatic fashion, strange beauty, anything that feels a little haunted. There’s something strangely peaceful about hearing the chaos inside yourself coming from somewhere else. Screaming guitars, violent drums, distortion. The internal becomes external.

I think that’s how I metabolize life. Emotion becomes makeup. Mood becomes clothing. Experience becomes photographs, poems, performances and whatever strange little era I wander into next. I take things apart internally and reassemble them into something I can see, hear or wear.

Someone called me an “uncreative loser” during the recent AI discourse, which may genuinely be one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. I’ve been creating for as long as I can remember. As a kid, I was in the basement concocting makeup with whatever pigments and binders I could find and a mortar and pestle. I’ve hot-glued garbage bags together into what I affectionately called Trash Bag Couture for rainy days. I’ve bedazzled clothes, written poems, created performances, painted faces and reinvented myself more times than I could possibly count.

So thank you, anonymous stranger. That gave me an excellent chuckle. Anyway...

I’m much more interested in continuing to make things than explaining why I make them. People can think whatever they like. I’ll still be here, wandering through my gothic dreams and turning whatever lives inside my head into something tangible.

The inner world is strange. I intend to keep decorating it.

With a tickle trunk full of zero f***s,
Jake 🖤

THE ART OF THE EYES. 💚🖤A little throwback to one of my favourite looks I’ve created. Acid green, hot pink, smoked-out bl...
09/28/2026

THE ART OF THE EYES. 💚🖤

A little throwback to one of my favourite looks I’ve created. Acid green, hot pink, smoked-out black and absolutely no interest in being subtle.

Makeup doesn’t always need to be about correction or looking “natural.” Sometimes it’s just art on a face, and that’s where I have the most fun.

Bold colour. Soft blend. Strong presence.

Want to learn how to create looks like this on your features? My makeup sessions are now open, virtually and in Halifax. 💄

DM me to book. 🖤

Are you trans-identifying, gender-diverse, or exploring your feminine side? 🖤I’m now offering Gender-Affirming Makeup Se...
09/28/2026

Are you trans-identifying, gender-diverse, or exploring your feminine side? 🖤

I’m now offering Gender-Affirming Makeup Sessions, and I only have a few spots left.
Whether you want soft everyday femininity, help with complexion and facial hair shadow, or full-blown GLAM, we’ll build a look and routine that feels like you.

No judgment. No rules. Just makeup, confidence, and self-expression. 💄✨

📍 Halifax + Virtual
💌 DM me to claim your spot.

LIKE ANY GOOD PUSSYCAT, I HAVE NINE LIVES. 🖤🐈‍⬛⚡️Here’s a rather chaotic little life update from this kitten…Tomorrow st...
09/23/2026

LIKE ANY GOOD PUSSYCAT, I HAVE NINE LIVES. 🖤🐈‍⬛⚡️

Here’s a rather chaotic little life update from this kitten…

Tomorrow starts offensively early. I have an interview for a Marketing Coordinator position, followed by a q***r job fair where, believe me, I’ll be interviewing the employers just as much as they’ll be interviewing me. I’m there to sell my skills and services, make connections, and find the rooms where all this creative electricity might actually belong.

And will I be doing it in mostly black, a floor-length vermilion blazer, long black-and-red claws, enough chunky jewelry to interfere with local radio frequencies, and a spherical brown purse sprouting black ostrich feathers?

Abso-f**king-lutely.

Apparently fashion is becoming another te****le of the ever-expanding Jake cinematic universe. I’m planning to expand my business offerings into wardrobe audits, colour season analysis, personal shopping and professional styling. Colour, texture, structure and silhouette have always made a strange amount of sense to me. I like clothes that look like they have something to say, preferably something mildly threatening.

Would you be interested? 👀 If having me crawl into your closet, dissect your colour palette and help you build a wardrobe that actually feels like you sounds useful, let me know. I may be looking for a few willing fashion experiments very soon. 🖤

This week has been about re-centering. Long French nose firmly against the grindstone. I’ve been leveraging connections, attending networking events, pursuing funding for my business, continuing to develop a pilot project with a BC company, applying for opportunities and generally attempting to turn a rather strange chapter of my life into something useful.

The current operating system appears to run primarily on Red Bull, abrasive industrial music, Cherry Ambition perfume and an unreasonable quantity of chunky jewelry. It’s working.

Drenched in Cherry Ambition,
Jake 🖤

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