Smoke and Mirrors
I don’t like to be told what to do, what about you? The two things that are forced upon us, inescapable death and taxes, is enough to deal with. The beauty of the internet is that you can choose to seek out discount merchandise on Ebay before getting fooled by another merchant. I feel the same about makeup. I wanted to forget about pre-determined compacts that come with colors the companies choose for you. We all have different faces why do they think its okay to sell us the same formula of colors? But another thing I don’t want is a whole stash of different makeup colors all in separate cases, I want to customize but I don’t want a hassle of makeup either. I hate opening a bag of makeup only to find different cases of broken eye shadows, leaking lip glosses and other disastrous mishaps-a major problem I had growing up..I had collected too much makeup for no reason, only to stash it into a makeup bag would always explode/leak/spill. I want to consolidate.
I started searching around for 100% customizable makeup compacts. It was hard. Everywhere I went, Chanel, Dior, Nars… the colors were being chosen for me, why are these people telling me what colors to wear? No, they don’t better. Yes, death and taxes may be forced upon me but I will exert my freedom to choose when it comes to makeup..
A clean slate, a completely blank compact case with a magnetic base to stick your colors. Start over.
A good eye shade, close to the eyelid.
Natural Highlights and base colors for the eyes.
Earthy tones of shadows. I like a bit of shimmer but mostly matte.
Handpicked blush tones. In fact all of the colors here were handpicked by me. I enjoyed being able to do this after searching for compacts where I choose, not the company. I hate predetermined color sets.
A natural shade of eye liner. Mix with a touch of liquid. Its more “grey” than black so it doesn’t look too severe on my skin.
I use this tone of blue to mix with the more orange/yellowish tones in the compact in order to create a greyish color.
All the colors together.
Nars Red lip crayon, super matte. Color name = “Cruella”. I like this because it is extremely matte, almost like a stain.
I create my palette of colors.
Some must have brushes…
Tweezer, Nars lip crayon “Cruella” shade, Sharpener, brushes, all consolidated into one case.
Now with the addition of completely customized compact.
This quilted case that comes with the case is perfect, because its tight enough so that no makeup will explode and turn my bag into a haven of loose eyeshadow colors. I take this everywhere if I need to suddenly put my “Face” on. Its very convenient and organized.
The compact and some of the colors I featured are available in Amazon, but I’m thinking if you do order this case, you should check out the McEvoy stand in the makeup section of the dep’t store to customize colors for yourself.
The makeup case is also available at their makeup stand.
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GORGEOUS colours! Love the idea of a customizable compact, as I usually only use 1-2 colours in each section of the pre-decided versions
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agree re: wanting to create your own palettes. these seem a bit more space efficient than the mac palettes i use, but i suspect i’d end up somehow mixing all the shadows together. i’m a slob.
love your presentation!
Lovely palette!
Ooh wow when i requested for your daily makeup products i had no idea this is what you have, I mean it’s mind blowing how you never let anyone predict what you do or have next. and I am very much in love with your palette.
such an informative post! i had no idea about where one would find such a case in which to customize colors this way. brilliant! and i gotta say, your color palette looks very much like what i’d choose. geez…now i must add this, too, to my growing shopping list! so glad you shared.
wow this is really cool, i’ve ve never wanted a makeup compact more. Where is the first purple eyeshadow from it doesnt have a triangle?
Its actually brown, I think you should check out the Trish McEvoy makeup stand at the dept store to see more colors, they don’t have that many on amazon. Also check out my Amazon store to the right “luxirare favorites” and look at my “cosmetics” section to see more eye shade options.
i think MAC cosmetics also offers make-your-own eyeshadow/blush/whatever palette thingy.
Awesome, I’d have to check it out!
I love your colors you chose for your palette.
Stila does a magnetic case as well. I like that their eyeshadows all have magnetic bottoms, and that you have to purchase various sized palettes to hold them, versus throwing palette after palette.
I also bought a cheapie kit at Ulta that came with a magnetic palette and virtually every color of the rainbow eyeshadow (great for fickle people like me).
Now if Nars, Make Up Forever, or Shu Uemura came out with something similar, I’d probably die of sheer happiness.
Unbelievable. I can’t believe I haven’t thought of doing this before. Now what will I do with my 6 eyeshadow sets, 4 blushers, multiple liners, etc etc etc. Amazing!
Oh I love customized palettes. Thanks for the tip on Trish McEvoy – I want to build one now! Bobbi Brown also offers customizable palettes but they’re smaller than the one you have.
Perfect solution for a pesky old problem
hi luxirare! i’ve been a huge fan of your site for some time now and all i can say is.. THANK YOU!!! you are truly a genius
i enjoy both your fashion and food posts and look forward to them each week! anyway, you should try the empty cases from make up forever. they have a variety of cases you can choose from depending on how many colors you want to store on each case. they have really great eye shadows (which you can use as a blush as well.. i know a make up artist you does this) and the size is also the same for mac eye shadows and other make up brands so you can mix and match as well. hope this helps! 
oh i forgot to paste the link. here it is: http://www.makeupforever.com/int/en/products/#/int/en/products/tools/empty-case-palette/
Love the make-up post! Keep them coming!
hi Lux!!!!
ther is also another makeup brand name MaryKay that have “make your own set” thing, is not expensive at all and is good and they have the best makeup remover for the eyes ever and is not expensive too…..
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