Sneak Peek: Makeup Geek Duochrome Pigments Photos & Swatches

Several reasons…..

Because I would’ve expected shades with far more pigmentation from this brand, rather than the sheerness that the bulk of these seem to have. Duochrome doesn’t have to be so sheer. It would’ve been nice to see several more of these shades with significantly more pigmentation/color depth to them. I personally don’t want to have to dick around with applying these over a black base or whatever base to see what shade I’m going to get. I normally don’t have time to start over if I don’t like the way a shade looks. And there are very few days I get to just play around with the boatload of products I already have, applying layer after layer of stuff on my eyes to just see how they’re going to appear. I usually reach for products that I know what the results will be in the end, more or less. Don’t want to waste time, effort & product unnecessarily guessing & reapplying.

Several of them also seem to be fairly similar to each other, unfortunately. Why buy (or even release) so many shades that are so similar? Sure, they may look very different over various shades of base – black, white or whatever – but see above ^^ 🙂 One in particular looks pretty much identical to MAC Blue Brown pigment, or whatever the name is (had it ages ago & sold it bc I didn’t like it), as well as similar to one of Marlena’s other pressed shadows which I believe came out in the last collection (the foiled collection? or one of her other pigments?) – could be wrong but I’m pretty sure about that. This color has been done to death as far as I’m concerned *bleh* and it’s not a great one at that.

I would’ve liked to see a unique, limited edition or permanent fall shade collection as well, instead of this mishmash. Aromaleigh is doing a killer job of that this year, gotta say. I’m just not feeling these MUG pigments at all.

I’ve also got a ridiculous amount of pigments & eyeshadows – loose/pressed/creams/gels/palettes/singles & otherwise (including many from MUG) – so I couldn’t see myself shelling out for these when I feel like I’d be very underwhelmed by them. Especially when just seeing swatches of them underwhelms me. Swatches of great products normally get me excited to start buying. These leave me feeling flat.

I think marketing these as duochrome ‘pigments’ was also a mistake bc they’re not going to be so-called ‘stand alone’ products. Meaning, the majority will require a lot more than just eye primer to pan out. They’re more like ‘adjusters’ or whatever you want to call them. Something that gets applied over top of an already done eye look to slightly pump it up. Not my thing. Most will require other products to make them workable/effective, as I mentioned above – unless I suppose someone would get into painting shimmery, farting unicorns & princesses on their face, which I suppose could be enjoyable in the right circumstances. Can’t say I’d ever find myself doing that, however….

But hey, if other people are into them & want to spend their cash, be my guest….I’ll be spending my money elsewhere 🙂