Makeup Geek Roulette Swatch
Something I feel that’s been requested multiple times/ I’ve promised is coming more times than I’d care to admit is my Makeup Geek collection! Makeup Geek is such an incredible, high quality, affordable brand and is definitely a brand I support. Whilst some products I don’t love as much, the majority I absolutely adore and use on a regular basis!
I have a Large Z-Palette filled with their eyeshadows, both Foiled and regular formulas, as well as some of their blushes and their brushes.
Mar 26, 2017 - Swatches & review of Makeup Geek Eyeshadow collection on emilyloula UK blog. Shimma Shimma, Frappe, Latte, Grandstand, Roulette, Cocoa Bear, Cupcake, Brownie Points. Makeup Geek Roulette Eyeshadow Dupes & Swatch Comparisons Makeup Geek Roulette Dupes Here are our dupes for Makeup Geek Roulette, which is a moderately warm-toned, medium copper with a metallic finish. It is a discontinued eyeshadow that retails for $6.00 and contains 0.06 oz. Beauty Bay Haul Ft. Makeup Geek & Swatches Along with ColourPop, Makeup Geek are another American brand that I had been wanting to get my hands on for some time. It was pretty hard for us guys in the UK to get hold of Makeup Geek, but earlier this year Beauty Bay announced that they would be stocking them.
Let’s talk eyeshadow first. My first foray into MUG were their eyeshadows, and they mostly haven’t let me down!
I have an absolute love for their Foiled formula – the pigmentation and shine is fantastic, and comparable to higher end eyeshadows!
Swatches bottom to top: Whimsical, Starry Eyed, High Wire, In The Spotlight, Grandstand, Mesmerized.
Each of these eyeshadows have a one swipe formula, and the pigmentation can easily be built up on the lid – not that it’s necessary! My most used is probably Grandstand, which stands out as a rose-golden bronze on my eyelids and is an every day colour for me. Some of my other absolute loves are Starry Eyed and Mesmerized.
Swatches bottom to top: White Lies, Vanilla Bean, Shimma Shimma, Beaches & Cream, Peach Smoothie, Purely Naked, Barcelona Beach.
This row is definitely my more neutral row out of them all. As you can probably tell from the swatches, the more matte shades are a lot harder to swatch, and require more work on the eyelid to bring up pigmentation. That being said, it really isn’t much effort and they all work well together. Shimma Shimma is a very soft eyeshadow, easy to overload the brush with and therefore probably the eyeshadow I’ve used up the most! I usually rotate between Peach Smoothie, Purely Naked and Barcelona Beach as my transition shades.
Swatches botton to top: Latte, Homecoming, Cupcake, Petal Pusher, Cinderella, Twilight, Sensuous.
This row is more of the colours I tend to use most regularly. Latte is another shade I often use as a transition shade, or as a substitute for a black for a slightly smokey eye. Homecoming is definitely a shadow I want to use more of, it’s bronze goodness is right up my ally! I’ve found myself loving the purple shades of Twilight and Sensuous more than I originally thought.
Swatches bottom to top: Cosmopolitan, Roulette, Cocoa Bear, Goddess, Bitten, Bleached Blonde.
These are my more warmer eyeshadows from my collection, and they’ve been getting a lot more love recently. I’m a huge fan of Roulette all over my eyelids with Bitten as a base, something that really makes my eyes stand out, especially with wearing glasses!
I definitely love their eyeshadows. I’m a shimmery eyeshadow girl, and that is definitely the brand’s strength. I’m not a huge fan of their matte eyeshadows, but I’m not a fan of matte eyeshadows in general, so there is that aspect weighing down my opinion!
I feel like everyone raves about their eyeshadows, but not enough about their blushes! I have the shades First Love, Honeymoon and Romance (swatched bottom to top) and I love the formula. They’re pigmented, but are easily blendable and aren’t the type to give you clown cheeks from the get go! They’re a great formula, and if I didn’t already have too many blushes I’d definitely want to purchase more!
Finally, their brushes. I have four overall, the face brush I have being currently MIA. I have their Outer V Brush, Dual-Ended Brow Brush and Soft Dome Brush. The Outer V brush is good for what it says. I’m not a fan of the Brow brush, I feel that the bristles are too flexible to use with my pomade and I prefer something a bit stiffer like the Anastasia brow brushes. The Soft Dome Brush isn’t my favourite either. I don’t know whether I’ve got a bad batch, or whether I’m spoilt for choice with my Sigma, Real Techniques and Faboosh eye brushes that I use on a regular basis.
Makeup Geek Sparklers Swatches
As a whole, I absolutely love and support Makeup Geek as a brand. I think Marlena and her team have created some absolutely exceptional products and I’m happy to own what I have from them! I’m really happy with what I have from the brand, however if money wasn’t an issue I’d happily own all of their eyeshadows, and I do have my eye on their new Contour Powders!
Makeup Geek Roulette Swatches
I first got into makeup geek shadows when I saw someone on YouTube use them. They have became so popular within the YouTube and beauty blogger communality and always raved about if you have never heard of this brand then your seriously missing out they are definitely worth every little bit. I was very fascinated on how pigmented and bendable they were considering they range from £4.95-£7.95 (www.beautybay.com) which is so reasonable and a great way to build up your own palette, they are a great dupe for The Mac cosmetics shadows as well! I personally think they are even better then all the high end ones you can get that cost 10 times more then what makeup geek does.
Makeup Geek Swatches
There’s a great selection of shades and finishes to chose from you have mattes, sparkles, duo chromes, shimmas & foiled effects as well. All together I have a total of 43 shades in 2 Large ZPalettes if you haven’t heard of ZPalette it’s a customisable palette created to store your makeup it has a magnet base that you can clip your pans onto for safe keeping. I also this from beauty bay as well at the price of £15.95, you can fit 27 makeup geek shadows in the large one. Thing thing I love most about this brand is how great quality it is and the price too! I can’t say enough good things about this company and I highly recommend you get start one up if you already haven’t. My favourite makeup that I literally couldn’t go without now!
Down below is some photo swatches, enjoy 🙂 please comment for anymore question Part two will be up in the next couple of days as I’m away in London x
23 out of 43 shades that I own.
First Row
- Confection – Matte blush pink with very subtle grey undertones
- Petal Pusher – Matte medium rose brown
- Unexpected – Matte pale pink brown
- Blacklight – (duochrome) Electric purple base with icy blue reflects
- Daydreamer – Light lilic with cool undertones & a foiled finish
- Phantom – White base with violet purple reflects
- Whimsical – Light silvery pink with a foiled finish frosted silvery pale pink (L to R) Confection, Petal pusher, Unexpected, Blacklight, Daydreamer, Phantom & Whimsical.
Second Row
- Sorbet – Matte pastel melon pink
- I’m Peachless – (DuoChrome) buff base peachy pink reflects
- Cinderella – Pale shimmery pink
- Mai Tai – (DuoChrome) Apricot base with orchid reflects
- Cupcake – Matte medium brown
- pillow Talk – Soft lilac with a sliver shift & a shimmery finish
- Highwire – Medium sliver with subtle blue undertones with a hint of blue
(L to R) Sorbet, I’m Peachless, Cinderella, Mai Tai, Cupcake, Pillow Talk & Highwire.
Third Row
- Cosmoplitan – Rose gold with gold flecks & a shimmery finish
- Mango Tango – Peachy pink with flecks of gold
- Tuscan Sun – Matte medium salmon pink
- Roulette – Rosy Burnt sienna with silky shimmery finish
- Morocco – Matte rich burnt orange
- In The Spotlight – Soft pink with coral undertones & a foiled finish
(L to R) Cosmopolitan, Mango Tango, Tuscan Sun, Roulette, Morocco & In The Spotlight.
Fourth Row
- Simply Marlena – Rosey pink with purple undertones & gold flecks
- Hot pants – Bright orchid with a purple shift & a shimmery finish
- Fashion Addict – Medium orchid purple with a matte finish (L to R) Simply Marlena, Hot pants & Fashion addict.