hey guys so i don't know if you heard but makeup geek is closing its doors as a brand the end of
april this year they will just be gone and i'm personally very very sad about that i
just saw the email the other day i literally woke up saw the email and i was genuinely so
sad makeup geek was just such an amazing brand in my opinion and i know so many other people
will agree with me on this and it was one of the brands that really just got me into loving makeup
and loving eyeshadow because like that's kind of what they're known for as their single eye
shadows i wanted to do this video today and just kind of revisit their old eyeshadows i
pulled out all my z palettes and i created this really cute eye look using their eyeshadows so
i just kind of wanted to hang out today chat about the good old times of makeup geek and
just have a nice little time together so if you want to see how i got this really gorgeous kind
of everyday eyeshadow look and just chat about makeup geek go ahead and keep on watching all
right so into my makeup collection and i pulled out all of my makeup geek eyeshadows so first i
have these palettes that i think were launched in 2020 i can't remember the names of these but
i think they're sold out on their website i also rearranged all the colors on this one just to
kind of make it more fun but this is clearly the colorful one has mostly mattes a couple shimmers
in there then i have the neutral one and then i pulled out all of my like og makeup geek singles
clearly like the circle ones not the square these were actually sent to me i think it was probably
2016 ish maybe 2017 makeup geek sent me all these eyeshadows and it was like so amazing to receive
these from them like i i remember that day clearly just opening this package being like i'm in love
so yes these are super old but i might dig into some of these today you can see my favorites
that i've hit pan on this one down here so i think my plan today is just to go through these shadows
probably going to use my favorite ones and just kind of reminisce on makeup geek and just have
a nice time using these shadows that have such a special place in my heart well let's get started
so i already primed my eyes with my rare beauty eyeshadow primer i think i'm gonna go into like
my most used shadows what is this creme brulee i'm gonna take creme brulee on a sigma e35 i know
that this specific shadow i bought myself like before i got that giant package from makeup geek
so this shadow is at least six years old but honestly i'm willing to risk it i've used all
the eyeshadows before and i've never had any kind of issue but use these shadows at your own
risk if you're going to use some older shadows tell me this is not the most perfect transition
shade makeup geek just killed the single eyeshadow game i remember watching like jaclyn hill videos
about the makeup geek singles kind of before morphe came out because makeup geek has been
around longer than morphe i believe i remember seeing people's z palettes newer z palettes
people's z palettes just filled with these gorgeous single eyeshadows and
i wanted that so bad so like i said i ended up buying a couple from makeup geek and then
a couple years into my youtube career they kind of recognized me and sent me
some makeup and i feel like makeup geek was never really a problematic brand like marlena has just
crushed this brand like marlena just built this brand herself and like anyone who does makeup
on youtube knows who makeup geek no sue marlena is i'm just so sad this shade looks so freaking
beautiful for being old ugh it's the most perfect transition i don't think i ever bought makeup
geeks like collab palettes but i remember the manny mua palette being just freaking huge like
so many people bought that it was so so beautiful who else collabed with makeup geek i think
kathleenlights did one right now i'm gonna take beaches and cream up here and i'm just gonna kind
of use that around the edges just kind of like right below my brow i did see some comments on
twitter about you know mcgippy closing and people saying that like they're closing because makeup
geek couldn't get with the times and just the makeup trends but i feel like makeup geek was kind
of known for their own category like being one of the best inexpensive single eyeshadow brands
they have their pan bronzers they had blushes and highlighters they had some eyeliners they
even just came out that brush that i did a video with like not too long ago so i feel like makeup
geek was known for having just really good like individual products that you make your own palette
of like not many brands did that as well as makeup geek and i think it's good to have brands that
are in their own little niche like that you know makeup geek is kind of that brand that
like i would send beginners to i would say you know pick these four eyeshadows make your own
little quad and that's all you need so it's just sad that you can't like recommend their products
anymore because they're not going to be available i do know that they're having a closing sale on
their website i think it's 40 off and i did pick up just a couple things i picked up a highlighter
that looked really pretty i think the shade is luster then i also grabbed their face mask because
i had really good reviews and i like the black with just their white logo on it so i'm gonna take
a sigma e25 with cocoa bear um but cheetah bear is a new shade name for this i'm going to add that to
the outer kind of half of my lid i'm trying to use like all the og shades that i just needed to have
back when i was in high school i remember this shade was huge like everyone was so
into just like the really really warm smokey eyes so cocoa bear cheetah bear was amazing
now i'm going back to my e35 and just kind of blending around those edges i already know what
shade i'm using on my lid grandstand makeup geek's foiled eyeshadows are freaking amazing the formula
is just absolutely perfect and this like pinky champagne color is everything
now taking my e25 and just kind of blending around those edges
i'm really curious to know like what is marlena gonna do now you know like she started as an
influencer created makeup geek and now that makeup geek's gone like i wonder where her next venture's
gonna be in the spotlight oh i'm adding some of this this was like the other shade that i loved
in the spotlight and grandstand are where it's at oh my gosh that like little extra pop it gave
i'm gonna take my house labs liquid liner in whiskey this is a dark brown
oh my gosh i just dropped the eyeliner on my shirt
you're joking me [ __ ] balls oh no it like drew a whole freaking line
do you see this anyways now i'm mad at lady gaga
i'm just gonna bring that line about like halfway in usually bring it in further but
not today this brown is super pretty i should use this more all right those wings look pretty
good i'm gonna go do my face makeup and then we'll finish up the eyes together on camera
all right the sun has finally decided to join the party today so it gets a little bright that's why
let's finish up these eyeballs like i said i'm not trying to do anything like
revolutionary today i just wanted to use these old eyeshadows i'm going to
take more cheetah bear on a sigma e20 and just go along my lower lash line
okay then taking more beaches and cream and kind of softening that out
now i'm taking a sigma lo4 in the shade starry eyed alright and using that is my highlight
shade oh so freaking pretty and a little under my brow now i'm gonna go pop on some mascara and
lashes okay my mascara and lashes are on and for my lashes i'm wearing a half lash from my
brand the bright lashes and i'm wearing the style flair i am loving how these lashes look like with
this little half wing i did because i didn't go like all the way inwards like oh this is so cute
and here's what the rest of my makeup looks like i kept things a little on the warmer side so for my
blushes i mixed a little bit of the male cosmetics sandy cheeks blush light been loving this one
with the rare beauty nearly apricot i literally just bought these two so i mixed these two on my
cheeks i wanted a warm toned blush with my kind of warm toned eyes and then on my lips i popped
on the merit lip oil in all natural super pretty again kind of more on the warmer side i am just
loving how my makeup turned out today like i feel so pretty with this eye look and just all the face
makeup i love it it was really fun to go through my z palettes because i haven't really like
opened those up in years you know like i don't use these eyeshadows anymore but to use them today was
just so fun and just like remembering how much i love these shades and clearly for a good reason
like look at how freaking good my eyes look these shades are incredible so personally i'm very very
sad to see it makeup geek going away i understand why but it's sad because it was one of the first
brands that i fell in love with marlena is an amazing creator and owner of makeup geek like
this brand that she built is freaking amazing so it's it's sad you know but i would love to
chat with you guys in the comments about like your favorite makeup geek products your favorite
eyeshadows any good memories you have with the brand let's talk about it so i hope you
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