Makeup Geek Blushes Review and Swatches
Good Morning! Today I’m happy to show you the new Makeup Geek Blushes! I was very excited when I found out Marlena would be releasing blushes to round out her makeup line. I’ve been very impressed with her eyeshadows and brushes, and I thought I would love her blushes too.
PR sample.
Makeup Geek Blushes Review and Swatches
Update: All Makeup Geek blushes are vegan except for the ones that contain carmine (Romance and First Love). The Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate and Stearoyl Stearate are all synthetic and not animal-based in these blushes.
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Makeup Geek is proudly cruelty free and made in the USA.
Price
$12.99 – compact
$9.99 refill for .15 oz product
If you choose the refills over compacts, make sure you get a Z-Palette for storage.
Availability
MakeupGeek.com
I love my purple blush compact organizers for storing my blushes. I purchased these from Amazon. I have 4, 3 that I use for blushes and 1 that I use for bareMinerals eyeshadow quads.
Spellbound
light tan with salmon undertones, matte, warm toned
ideal for fair to medium skintone
Rendezvous
Rosy to medium pink with purple undertones, matte, cool toned
ideal for medium to dark
Honeymoon
Light pink with mauve undertones and silver flecks.
ideal for fair to light skin tones or used as a highlight for medium to dark skin tones.
Hanky Panky
Medium Rosy Pink/ Bubblegum pink, matte, cool
ideal for medium to dark skin tones or worn sheer for lighter skin tones.
Romance
soft rose with gold shimmer, warm
ideal on light to medium skin or as a highlight for darker skin tones
*contains carmine
This color really gives a lovely glow / luminescence to the skin.
Smitten
Matte pale creamy apricot, warm
ideal for all skintones
First Love
Soft pale matte ballerina pink, cool
ideal for those with fair to light skin, or for a highlight on darker skin tones
*contains carmine
Bliss
Light matte peach with hints of coral undertones, warm
ideal for light to medium skin
Head Over Heels
Light bubblegum pink with slight shimmer, cool
ideal for all skintones
Secret Admirer
Matte light orchid purple, cool
ideal for every skintone
Summer Fling
Matte soft burnt orange with hints of coral. matte, warm
ideal for medium to dark skin tones
Love Affair
Matte intense pink/ coral, warm
ideal for medium to dark skin tone
Infatuation
Medium matte terra-cotta. to contour, warm
ideal for medium to dark skin
Shades I Like Best
The packaging is pretty sleek and lightweight for the compacts. They’re smaller than most of my other blush compacts.
I think that the Makeup Geek Blushes are a great value for the price, since you can get the refills for $9.99 / $12.99 for .15 oz of product. Compare that to a MAC blush which is $21 for .21 oz.
The blushes are quite pigmented, so you will use less product to get your glow on. The formula is easy to work with and the colors are very true to pan. I love how the shimmery shades give you a sophisticated luminescence as opposed to a chunky glittery mess.
Overall, I’m very impressed with the blushes that Marlena created. Much like her eyeshadows and brushes, I feel these are great products that she put a lot of time and effort into getting just right. There’s a great shade range available so you’re sure to find 2 or 3 shades to suit your taste.
If you’re unsure of how to apply pigmented brushes, I highly recommend trying the Real Techniques Duo Fiber brushes.
What do you think of the new Makeup Geek Blushes? Which shades would you wear?
Pros
- Cruelty free
- Talc free
- Paraben free
- Great value for the price
- Very pigmented
- Good formula
- Good shade range
- Made in the USA
Cons
- 2 of the shades have carmine
How do these compare to the La Femme Blushes?
Hi! I’m not familiar with the brand La Femme
They aren’t vegan. Darn it. http://www.makeupmania.com/la-femme-blush-on-rouge-pan-only/ Anyway, there’s the link if you ever feel the urge to check them out, I found them through my master makeup artistry training program and I have as of yet to pull the trigger.
Great review! Thank you! I already have my eyes on a few shades, but I’ll wait for them to stock up on “Romance” again 😀
I just got some of the shadows, I can’t wait to try the blushes too!
Wonderful review and swatches 🙂
romance is calling to me, what a fab selection!
Ahhhh!!!! So many shades to choose from!
Oh, I so need a few of these!
This post is blush heaven!
Summer Fling looks really nice, it’s the perfect coral blush for Summer!
WANT WANT WANT!!! Head over Heels, Secret Admirer, Hanky Panky!!! MUG continues to be AWESOME!
Great selection of shades!
Sorry I know this post is about blush but those organisers are the bomb! I have to get some. Any chance you know how many you can fit in an Alex drawer?
I’m glad to read they’re pigmented. Now I’m interested!!
I love the variety of these MUG blushes. Btw, I like your storage too!!!
Wow, there are colors for everyone. I love that there are subtle shimmers and mattes, too.
Me too 🙂
I love them all. Is that allowed? I think I need them, right now.
Yes, yes it is 🙂
Bless and secret admirer are my fab
Yay happy you like them!
Head Over Heels is so gorgeous!
I think it’s really pretty too!
These are nice but I don’t think they’d be pigmented enough for me.
I think Hanky Panky, Summer Fling, and Love Affair might be?
These are gorgeous. Romance is my favorite. I need to pick up some Makeup Geek brushes and blushes and shadows… I don’t own any – I had one brush but it broke :/
I love that shade too! Oh no, that’s terrible that the brush broke
Yes – it was my angled eye liner brush. My littles can get into my makeup stash and do finger paints, apparently that was their painting brush of choice. lol
These look great! I like how there’s such a range of light shades for fair skin like mine. It can be hard to find blushes light enough to look natural. I’m in love with so many of the colors. Thanks for the swatches!
There really is a great range of shades
I really like these shades!
Glad you like them Justina!
By the way I love the organizers!!
Yeah they are so useful!
I am so glad that I found this I was just getting ready to place an order but its so hard to tell colors just by a picture.
So glad you find it helpful, Teresa!
Romance and Summer Fling catch my eye !! They look gorgeous !. I also like that there seems to be a great a variety for the fair skinned. I have a lot of fair skinned friends who have a hard time finding blush that don’t make them feel like they’re clowns.
A fiber optic blush brush, like the one I show in the video, is essential for fair skin. I’ve got a ton of blushes – from vivid to soft – and using a brush like that makes it easy to apply the vivid ones.
Those blush organizers look really nice!
I love them! And they work for more than just blushes. They’re good for my bareMinerals Ready quads 🙂
Great great post. Romance, Spring Fling, smitten and Love Affair on my wishlist. Love the names of them too. Beautiful!
Marlena did a great job with the names and colors 🙂
Great post! I’m trying to decide between Romance and Bliss coz I can only do one. It’s a lovely collection
I would go for Romance, if only because it gives a beautiful luminescence to the cheeks
Great review! I grabbed Spellbound, Hanky Panky and Secret Admirer!
Great choices 🙂
Thanks for noting which ones have carmine! How would you compare Bliss and Smitten? On my monitor it looks like Smitten is slightly more orangey???
To me, they’re both very similar, though Bliss is matte. I think Smitten is probably more orange, while Bliss is sort of more peach/apricot.
I ordered all 13 yesterday! can’t wait to get them!!
Yay! Which shade do you think you’re looking forward to the most?