Makeup Geek Basics Palette

This post contains a mix of press samples and products purchased by me.

I wanted to put together a Makeup Geek Basics palette for you. This is a palette that is full of 9 useful staple neutral shades. This is my third installment in the DIY Makeup Geek palette series. Make sure you check out my DIY Peach Palette and DIY Duochrome Palette.

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Makeup Geek Basics Palette

Where to Buy
Makeup Geek

Price
$6 each for most shades (.064 oz)

By now you already know that this is my small holographic z-palette that I’ve fallen in love with. Yes, I’m distracted by the shiny. Makeup Geek offers small and large z-palettes in other colors too.

Row 1 – Vanilla Bean – Beaches & Cream – Purely Naked
Row 2 – Barcelona Beach – Prom Night – Americano
Row 3 – Cherry Cola – Stealth – Corrupt

All swatches are on Too Faced Shadow Insurance.

Vanilla Bean
pale creamy peachy beige satin-matte.
This works as a base shade or a subtle highlighter.

Beaches & Cream
peachy beige matte.
This can be used as a lid shade or a transitional shade or to blend out the edges of other shades.

Purely Naked
nude brown with pink undertone in a satin matte finish.
This can be used as a wash of color on the lid and crease, as a subtle crease color (if you’re pale like me), or a lid shade.

Barcelona Beach
sandy grey brown taupe matte.
This works well as a lid shade or a crease color.

Prom Night
taupe with hints of purple and brown shimmer.
This is a pretty universally flattering taupe for the lid or all over.

Americano
dark brown with purple undertone matte.
This is a great crease or liner color.

Cherry Cola
dark burgundy brown matte.
This is a great crease or liner color.

Stealth
grey with blue undertone matte.
I love this as a crease or liner color. Also works well for a smoky eye.

Corrupt
intense matte black, one of the best black shades ever.
This is such a fantastic black. It’s great for a smoky eye, for liner, to smudge at the roots of your lashes.

Row 1 – Corrupt – Cherry Cola – Prom Night – Purely Naked – Vanilla Bean
Row 2 – Stealth – Americano – Barcelona Beach – Beaches & Cream

I do have a couple of alternate shades to suggest, too. I don’t have White Lies (a true white matte), but if you want this to be a true staple basics palette, substitute White Lies for Beaches and Cream, so that you have a true white in this set. You can also opt to switch Prom Night for Confection (pale pink matte) or Galaxy (this is a stunning shimmery gunmetal). With this set of colors you can do a warm or cool smoky look.

Combinations to try

Prom Night, Stealth, Corrupt
Purely Naked, Americano, Corrupt
Barcelona Beach and Stealth
Prom Night, Americano
Beaches and Cream, Cherry Cola
Cherry Cola, Corrupt
Stealth, Corrupt

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18 Comments

Such a smart palette, I’m loving the warm tones!

You know this would be right up my alley! lol

Thanks soooooo much for putting this together, love-I agree, a great basics collection-if someone has never tried it like you said they may like the original but I actually prefer this one! Maybe it’s because they are those that I love, and they are also a great compliment to shades that a lot of people may have already in palettes-Corrupt is sooooo fantastic-(you know I love a smoky haha, and a matte like that with that much pigmentation is not easy to find, Cherry Cola is gorgeous I’m dying over that one! Beautylish has these small Z palettes for $5, so I’m planning on getting two or 3, perfect for my extra Sbox singles and these, Purely Naked is a lovely base shade, so is Beaches and Cream which has some slight sheen to it-and Prom Night def is a really sophisticated shimmer(those 4 together would even be awesome!) Stealth is also great, a great one for a smoky as well! XO

I have Vanilla Bean and Prom Night and love those!

Is weird how 9 shadows do fit perfectly in that palette but in the regular small zpalette you get a lot of useless extra space.

This is a beautiful assortment of shades!

I’m embarrassed to admit I haven’t tried a MUG shadow yet. This looks like a perfect starter palette to me! I love the holo z palette too, how could you not?! 🙂