Make Up Geek (MUG) make-up line was launched back in 2012 by Marlena Stell, a former music teacher, who started a you-tube channel back in 2008 to share her passion for cosmetics and to help teach women about make-up.  The MUG brand has since grown into a blog and now a multi-million dollar cosmetics company.

Now MUG is a very social media orientated brand - I see it everywhere! Most of my fave bloggers/you-tubers have at least one Z Palette full of MUG eyeshadows and a blush or two! I had been putting it off for ages - convincing myself I don't need any new eyeshadows (I totally didn't!) but I succumbed to peer/social pressure and picked up a small Z Palette and 9 eyeshadows!

Top: Corrupt, Curfew, Roulette Middle: Bitten, Blacklight, Beaches & Cream Bottom: Secret Garden, Peach Smoothie, Petal Pusher

To be perfectly honest, I haven't even used them yet (except for Bitten - which I used under my eyes for Halloween). That is how many eyeshadows/palettes of eyeshadows I have lying around (see my eyeshadow palette collection here). But I am planing on doing my first ever Make-Up Look post for you guys very shortly using my MUG shadows.

MUG products are very affordable compare to say, MAC (from the US MAC website)

Eyeshadow Pans
MUG - $6 USD ($8.90 AUD) compared to MAC - $10 USD ($14.85 AUD)
Blush Pans
MUG - $9.99 USD ($14.85 AUD) compared to MAC - $17 USD ($25.25 AUD)

My Favourite Colours - Blacklight, Secret Garden and Roulette

The colours that I chose were:

Beaches & Cream, Bitten, Corrupt, Curfew, Peach Smoothie, Petal Pusher, Roulette and two Duochrome shadows in Blacklight and Secret Garden. I also grabbed a small rose gold chevron Z Palette (which is exclusive to MUG) to put them all in.

The total of my order came to $68.99 plus $11.99 shipping to Australia, so all up in total $80.98 (roughly $121 AUD).


I can't wait to finally have a play around with these beautiful shadows and show you what I come up with!


Have you tried Make Up Geek cosmetics yet? What are your favourite colours?