Autumn Eyeshadow Picks

There is nothing I love more than Autumn and Winter. Keep your summer! I love the cold weather! I get more giddy when October comes round every year, I've even dedicated a Pinterest board to this season and I am not ashamed. 

There are many things I love about autumn and winter but I do love all the autumn makeup! Of course you can wear any colours you want all year round - I certainly do! But when plum lipsticks and burnt orange eyeshadows come out to play, now that is my favourite. 

Recently I've fallen back in love with Makeup Geek eyeshadows. We all love them, they're trusty and affordable. I've picked out a few of my favourites which I'll definitely be using this season. 

Top row from left to right (Americano, Chickadee and Cocoa Bear).

Middle row from left to right (Bitten, Havoc and Brown Sugar).

Bottom row from left to right (Frappé, Confection and Peach Smoothie).

For swatches on these eyeshadows - click here.

My little collection of course is based on warm browns and I love bringing back the burgundy and dusty pinks too!

Let me know what your autumn eyeshadow picks are for this season in the comments! See you soon!

Rebecca x

Makeup Geek Eyeshadow Collection

My love for Makeup Geek Eyeshadows is definitely not a shock to anyone. I've talked about them on here before in a few posts but I've never actually talked about the different types of eyeshadows, their prices or shown you the different ones I have in my collection with swatches. When Beauty Bay started stocking Makeup Geek eyeshadows back in the late months of last year it was relief to all of us in the UK as we can now order them and not have to pay the shipping price from the US. 

The three types of shadows I own from Makeup Geek are the original eyeshadows which have a matte, shimmery or metallic finish (£4.95). Foiled eyeshadows which have an intense, opaque and metallic finish (£7.95). Duochrome eyeshadows which are two toned pigmented eyeshadows (£4.95).  

What started off as a little collection of 4 has spiralled out of control (in a good way I promise) into 33 little pans of heaven. I store mine in a large Z palette displayed above however I do have 6 extra eyeshadows that are not in the picture above as they are stored in a separate Z palette. What I love about Makeup Geek eyeshadows is that they are more affordable than higher end eyeshadows but there is certainly no compromise on quality. I am terrible at describing colours so the descriptions of the shades below are from Makeup Geek. 

FIRST ROW

White Lies - Pure white (matte finish)

Baby Face - Light brown with cool grey undertones (matte finish)

Vanilla Bean - Light beige (matte finish with very light shimmer)

Peach Smoothie - Light peachy beige (matte finish)

Chickadee - Warm yellow orange (matte finish)

Creme Brûlée - Medium sand (matte finish)

Grandstand (Foiled Eyeshadow) - Medium rose gold with slight taupe undertones

SECOND ROW

Americano - Dark brown with subtle purple undertones (matte finish)

Steampunk (Duochrome eyeshadow) - Blue/black base with copper reflects

Brown Sugar - Warm copper brown (shimmery finish)

Country Girl - pink brown (shimmery finish)

Flamethrower (Foiled eyeshadow) - Bright warm copper

Cocoa Bear - Reddish brown (matte finish)

Frappe - medium maple brown (matte)

THIRD ROW

Showtime (Foiled eyeshadow) - Rusty brown with warm undertones

Burlesque - Muted burgundy with warm undertones (metallic finish)

Bitten - Deep maroon red (matte finish)

Cherry Cola - Deep brown with strong red undertones (matte finish)

Vintage - Medium brown with mauve undertones (matte finish)

Cupcake - Medium pink (matte finish)

Confection - Blush pink with subtle grey undertones (matte finish)

FOURTH ROW

Motown - Deep eggplant purple (matte finish)

Drama Queen - Densely dark purple (shimmery finish)

Corrupt - Intense black (matte with a very subtle sparkle)

Bedrock - Medium grey with strong brown undertones (matte finish)

Prom Night - Pale purple with hints of grey (shimmery finish)

Sorbet - Pastel melon pink (matte finish)

OTHER SHADOWS

Havoc (Duochrome eyeshadow) - Warm red brown base with teal reflects

Masquerade (Foiled eyeshadow) - Bright medium plum with warm undertones

Wisteria - Pale purple (matte finish)

Daydreamer (Foiled eyeshadow) - Light lilac with cool undertones

Whimsical (Foiled eyeshadow) - Frosted silvery pale pink

Neptune - Bright blue (matte finish)

That concludes my collection, let me know what your favourite shades are from Makeup Geek or your favourite eyeshadows in general in the comments below! See you soon!

Rebecca x

Makeup Geek Eyeshadow Haul

Yes that's right I'm here again discussing Makeup Geek - big shock. But it's all for a good reason as I mentioned in a previous post how much I love them. So obviously I had to get more!

On the top row from left to right the shades are Baby Face, Chickadee, Frappe and Cocoa Bear and the other three on the bottom row are Cupcake, Prom Night and Sorbet. 

Baby Face - a cool toned cream matte eyeshadow. I purchased this as I love to set my eyeshadow primer all over my lid with cream shades like this. This eyeshadow is a similar colour to MAC Shroom.

Chickadee - very warm toned burnt deep yellow matte eyeshadow. I have seen this eyeshadow used a lot in youtube tutorials and thought it would be perfect as a transition colour or to warm up an eyeshadow look. 

Frappe - this is a neutral medium brown which looks matte but there are a few flecks of shimmer in the pan. It hit me the other day that I have a lot of light browns and a lot of deep brown eyeshadows so this is a perfect medium brown for my collection. 

Cocoa Bear - this is a very well known eyeshadow from Makeup Geek I've no idea why it took me so long to purchase this as this shade is so up my street! Its a warm toned medium brown which I think is a matte shade. 

Cupcake - a cool muted pink matte eyeshadow which I think would be a great transition colour when doing a purple smokey eye. I personally prefer to use muted pinks as a transition when using deep purple eyeshadow rather than a standard brown transition colour.

Prom Night - a silver shimmer eyeshadow with purple undertones. This is beautiful! I don't tend to purchase grey or silver eyeshadows ever but this is a stunning colour which I'm looking forward to using! 

Sorbet - last but not least is this light peach matte eyeshadow, I saw this shade in my friends Z Palette last week and it definitely caught my eye, I think this shade will be perfect in the spring time! 

So that concludes my mini Makeup Geek eyeshadow haul! Let me know if you have any eyeshadows belonging to this brand or what your favourite eyeshadows lately in the comments below! See you soon!

Rebecca x