Makeup Geek Summer 2018 Eyeshadows Reviews & Swatches
Blue My Mind
Makeup Geek Blue My Mind Foiled Eyeshadow ($10.00 for 0.06 oz.) is a rich, medium blue with cool undertones and a metallic sheen. The consistency was incredibly dense, slightly thick, and cream-like–a denser texture than most of their Foiled shades. It had opaque color coverage, and surprisingly, it applied well with a brush as well as fingertips, and it wasn’t a challenge to blend. It wore well for eight hours on me before creasing faintly.
Top Dupes
- Estee Lauder Fired Sapphire (LE, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Colour Pop Two Piece (P, $5.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Make Up For Ever ME216 Electric Blue (P, $17.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- City Color It's a Boy (P, $6.99) is lighter (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Midnight Bolt (LE, ) is more muted (90% similar).
- Coloured Raine Blue Magic (P, $6.99) is darker (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Dive (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Juvia's Place Dalia (P, ) is brighter (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Tiger Lily (LE, $29.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- CoverGirl Sapphire Flare (315) (LE, $4.99) is less shimmery (90% similar).
Ingredients
Dimethicone, Triethylhexanoin, Magnesium Myristate, Boron Nitride, Silica, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Tin Oxide (CI 77861)
Leafing So Soon
Makeup Geek Leafing So Soon Eyeshadow ($6.00 for 0.06 oz.) is a light green with warm, golden shimmer and a frosted finish. It had sheer coverage with a drier, dustier texture that was hard to work with. I could only salvage this shade by applying it with a dampened brush and using four to five layers, and it always seemed to look a bit faded/less shimmery within a few minutes of application. After the initial application, it started to be more noticeably faded at the seven-hour mark.
Top Dupes
- Dior Emerald #4 (LE, ) is brighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Make Up For Ever ME338 Acidic Green (DC, $21.00) is brighter (90% similar).
- Viseart Sage (PiP, ) is warmer (90% similar).
- MAC In the Meadow #3 (LE, $21.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Too Faced Fireflies (LE, $16.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Viseart Absinthe #4 (PiP, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Tarina Tarantino Secret Pond (DC, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Dior Rose Garden #1 (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- NYX Bewitched (P, $6.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Acid Rain (LE, $19.00) is lighter, brighter (90% similar).
Ingredients
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Mica, Triethylhexanoin, Zinc Stearate, Boron Nitride, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Chromium Oxide Greens (CI 77288), Tin Oxide (CI 77861), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510)
Pink of Me
Makeup Geek Pink of Me Eyeshadow ($6.00 for 0.06 oz.) is a medium pink with subtle, warm undertones and a frosted finish. It had good color coverage that was buildable to opaque coverage with two layers. The texture was drier and dusty in the pan with slight fallout during application. The eyeshadow stayed on well for seven and a half hours on me.
Top Dupes
- BH Cosmetics Club Tropicana #21 (LE, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Anastasia Ballet (P, $12.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- YSL Paris #4 (LE, ) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Huda Beauty Angelic (PiP, ) is darker (90% similar).
- Givenchy Inattendue #3 (PiP, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Dior Capital of Light #3 (LE, ) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Coloured Raine Pinkleberry (LE, $6.99) is darker (90% similar).
- Wet 'n' Wild Sweet as Candy #4 (PiP, ) is warmer (90% similar).
- Make Up For Ever D862 Fairly Pink (DC, $21.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Meteor Crush (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
Ingredients
Mica, Triethylhexanoin, Zinc Stearate, Calcium Aluminium Borosilicate, Silica, Boron Nitride, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Carmine (CI 75470), FD&C Red No. 40 Lake (CI 16035), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891)
Summer Lovin
Makeup Geek Summer Lovin Eyeshadow ($6.00 for 0.06 oz.) is a medium orange with warm undertones and a matte finish. It had semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation with a soft consistency that just a touch dusty in the pan, but it blended out well and did not sheer out too readily. This shade wore well for seven and a half hours on me before I noticed signs of fading.
Top Dupes
- Colour Pop Grumpy (LE, $5.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Too Faced Honey Brittle (LE, $16.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Anastasia Roxy (DC, $12.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Too Faced Candied Peach (PiP, $16.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Huda Beauty Eden (PiP, ) is brighter (90% similar).
- Make Up For Ever M720 Apricot (P, $17.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- NYX Tantilizing (P, $4.50) is lighter (90% similar).
- Colour Pop Crossing Lines (PiP, $5.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Zoeva MT070 (PiP, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Anastasia Coastline (LE, $12.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
Ingredients
Mica, Zinc Stearate, Boron Nitride, Triethylhexanoin, Nylon 12, Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Lauroyl Lysine, Ethylhexylglycerin, FD&C Yellow No 5 (CI 19140), Carmine (CI 75470), Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), FD&C Red No. 40 Lake (CI 16035)
The shade that was the most interesting to me got an F. It’s sad to see a product fail so badly, but I’m happy that I don’t want it anymore.
I have no idea why it’s so bad 🙁
maybe the name jinxed it
How can MUG get the fairly ordinary shade of green so wrong, when the blue shade is so good?
I have no idea! When products are that poor, I always wonder why 🙁
Leafing So Soon reminds me of MAC’s Juxt, except…bad…
I wish it was better!
I love the color of Leafing So Soon and would have purchased in a heartbeat if even got a B rating but an F is just bad, really bad. Once again, you’ve saved me money, Christine. Sorry it was so horrible for you to use.