Makeup Geek Duochrome Palette

Makeup Geek Duochrome Palette
I’m back with my second installment of my DIY custom palette Makeup Geek Series. Today I’ve got a Makeup Geek Duochrome Palette to share. I’ve had many people ask me how to build custom palettes, so these are my choices. Make sure you check out my first DIY, the Peach Palette.

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Makeup Geek Duochrome Palette

PR + purchased by me.

Where to Buy
Makeup Geek

Price
$6 each

Makeup Geek Duochrome Palette

I love my small holographic z-palette. Makeup Geek also has small and large z-palettes in other colors too.

Makeup Geek Duochrome Palette
Row 1 – Phantom – Mai Tai – Hot Pants
Row 2 – Mermaid – Typhoon – Secret Garden
Row 3 – I’m Peachless – Havoc – Steampunk

All swatches on the left are on Too Faced Shadow Insurance. The swatches on the right are on black eyeliner.

Makeup Geek Phantom Swatch

Phantom
a white base with violet purple reflects.
I personally like this one as a highlighter. It also works well as a lid shade on top of a black base.
Makeup Geek Mai Tai swatch
Mai Tai
an apricot base with orchid reflects.
I love this one as a lid shade. It’s a good dupe for Urban Decay Fireball. On a black base it becomes a rich brown with pink-violet flecks, making it a good liner or accent shade.
Makeup Geek Hot Pants swatch

Hot Pants
a bright orchid with a purple shift and a shimmery finish.
This is a pretty lid color on its own, layered on a black base, or layered on top of another pink or purple eyeshadow.

Makeup Geek Mermaid swatch

Mermaid
Metallic teal with reflects gold.
This is a beautiful light turquoise with gold shift, great for a tropic lid look. On a dark primer, the gold and green and more prominent, making it darker. It looks great as a liner.

Makeup Geek Typhoon swatch

Typhoon
a deep teal base with green and gold reflects.
It’s a medium-deep green teal with green and gold reflects. It’s an ultra rich and dark green and gold, makes me think of a python, when on a dark base.
Makeup Geek Secret Garden swatch
Secret Garden
a deep espresso base with bright teal reflects.
I love this as an all over smoky eye. On a black base the teal turns more green and it’s pretty as a liner.

Makeup Geek I'm Peachless swatch
I’m Peachless
a buff base with peachy-pink reflects.
This one is gorgeous as a lid shade. It makes a rich brown liner, too.

Makeup Geek Havoc swatch

Havoc
a warm red-brown base with teal reflects.
This is one of those colors that so many companies put out, but I really like Makeup Geek’s formula for it. It’s a medium red-toned brown with turquoise green shift on its own. On a black base the brown turns very dark and loses some of the red tone and then green is brighter. It looks great as an all over smoky eye or liner.

Makeup Geek Steampunk swatch
Steampunk
a black base with rich copper reflects.
This is a super rich coppery brown on its own. When it blends out, it almost takes on a teal undertone to the black base. On black eyeliner, it appears to be a richer brown.

Makeup Geek Duochrome Palette Swatches
L to R – Steampunk – Havoc – I’m Peachless – Secret Garden
Makeup Geek Duochrome Palette Swatches
L to R – Secret Garden – Typhoon – Mermaid – Hot Pants
Makeup Geek Duochrome Palette Swatches
L to R – Typhoon – Mermaid – Hot Pants – Mai Tai – Phantom
Makeup Geek Duochrome Palette Swatches
L to R – Steampunk – Havoc – I’m Peachless – Secret Garden – Typhoon – Mermaid – Hot Pants – Mai Tai – Phantom

Now, I kept these to only pressed shades, but some of my favorite Makeup Geek Duochromes are the loose pigments – Wildfire (coral red with gold shift), Sugar Rush (iridescent white with blue and purple shift), and Kaleidoscope (slate blue-grey base with pink, purple and teal shift). It looks like right now the Makeup Geek Duochrome Pigments are out of stock until July, since Makeup Geek is updating their packaging. Once they’re back I’ll be sure to let you know.

I also wish that the pressed version of Insomnia from the MannyMua palette was available as a single. The pigmentation and shift is stunning, better than any other eyeshadow that I’ve tried with that particular color combo.

If you have a DIY Makeup Geek Palette that you’d like me to come up with, let me know below. So far I have 4 others created to share with you.

DIY Makeup Geek Series

What do you think of my DIY Makeup Geek Duochrome Palette? What are your favorite pressed duochromes?

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41 Comments

    1. Not stupid at all Rachel, if you don’t know to try it, or haven’t stumbled on it, it’s not something you’d expect 🙂

  1. I love your customized palette! Also, your idea of layering the duochromes over a black base is sheer awesomeness!! I have the Phantom, Typhoon, Secret Garden and Steampunk duochromes… Love them all!

    As for another MG palette, I’d really be interested in seeing your cool tones faves (regardless of the finish).

      1. I was going to say this too! Including cool toned mattes. Naked2 Basics is supposed to be cool-toned, but it seems to lean warm.

  2. Such pretty colors! I love this palette! It seems subtle enough for everyday wear, yet there’s a lot of color to play with!

    1. There’s definitely a lot of variety! You could use some shades like Steampunk or Mai Tai or I’m Peachless for subtle, or go bold with brighter shades.

    1. I use an essence black gel eyeliner pencil. But any black eyeliner should do.

  3. The full 12 piece set is in my mail box right now and I can’t wait to go outside and get them and play!

  4. Having had Typhoon, Steampunk and I’m Peachless on my “wishlist” ever since I first saw them swatched, seeing them again is making them “wanted” again!

  5. Those are all gorgeous, but I’m Peachless, Mermaid and Hot Pants are amazing!!! That’s a great palette 🙂

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