Hello, beautiful people! Today I want to share some Purple Goth Makeup Ideas with you. High-quality purple makeup can often be difficult to locate, but no one should have to suffer through terrible formulas and pigmentation anymore. I’m sharing my picks for beautiful purple makeup that will inspire you to step outside your comfort zone and try new things.
Purple Lipstick Options for Goth Looks
My list of brands offering purple lipsticks for purple goth makeup ideas has shrank considerably over the past few years. There used to be so many more pretty purple lipstick options in 2019!
Sheer and Iridescent Formulas
- Bramble is a sheer creamy medium purple slick stick.
- Chione is a sheer blue to violet iridescent shifting gloss. It looks stunning layered on top of black and purple lipsticks.
Deep and Vampy Shades
- Berry Bed Sheets is a deep vivid rich vampy purple.
- Lydia is the darkest plum purple matte.
- Fangria is a deep, vivid cool blue-toned purple.
Unique and Grungy Tones
- Mercury Wave is a grungy greige purple that is perfectly balanced between blue, grey, and mauve. I love this shade as a sort of neutral lip look.
Liquid Lipstick Recommendations
See Vampyre Cosmetics liquid lipsticks lip swatches on me! (From left to right):
- Half-Magic Self Help (true red, leans warm on me)
- Excuse Me, Sir (cobalt blue)
- Angel Rave is a lilac violet soft muted purple. I love this blurring formula! It’s so great on my lips.
- Invoice Attached (neon hot pink)
I plan to mix the red and blue together, as well as the neon hot pink and blue together, to see what sort of purple shades they’ll create. When I first tried the lip products I wasn’t happy with them because of the shades I chose. I am much happier now that I have the neon hot pink and cobalt blue, as bold colors look amazing on me.
Excuse Me, Sir, is a cobalt blue and it can be mixed with other colors.
Intense and Smudge-Proof Formulas
- Wolfsbane is an intense blue-purple. I love this color and I really enjoy the Hyperlight formula. It’s not kiss proof but it is smudge proof on me. It doesn’t dry out my lips or cause them to peel off like the older KVD formula did.
Nostalgic and Limited Edition Shades
- OG Backtalk is a mauve nude pink. The original version of this was my favorite MLBB (My lips but better) lip color. This version appears to be slightly darker and more mauve-nude than pink-mauve.
- Milani Make Believe lipstick was from a Halloween release and it may or may not show up again this year. I love the 3 colors I have from this Halloween collection. It’s such a stunning purple! Milani Make Believe and Moira Extra match each other, both being vibrant purples with red and blue sparks mixed in with the purple shimmer.
- Lime Crime Plum Pudding Plushie Glow is my all-time favorite liquid lipstick formula by Lime Crime. I desperately wish that they would release a full plushie glow line! I’ve barely got any left of my LE Plum Pudding.
Indie Brand Liquid Lipsticks
I included Copacetic Curiouser & Curiouser liquid lipstick in my swatches. I haven’t had good luck with this liquid lipstick yet but I’ve got a few more tricks up my sleeve before I give up on it.
Purple Mascara for an Alternative Look
The best purple mascara that I’ve found to date is the Eyeko Lash Alert Mascara in Purple. The original Black color is my go-to daily wear tubing mascara that never flakes and is easy to remove. I wish that the Eyeko Lash Alert Mascara came in a deep burgundy wine, because that’s the other mascara color I love to wear as much as black. Black or Burgundy mascaras are what I want to wear the most, followed by Purple, Blue, & Green.
Purple Accents for Cheeks and Face
I love purple cheeks, whether it’s in the form of a highlighter, blush or contour.
Purple Blushes and Highlighters
- Phaedra is a light red-toned purple blush with a strong blue duochrome highlight.
- Cryostasis is a shimmery amethyst with lavender pearl.
- Aster is a shimmery lilac blush with lavender pearl. Aster is my favorite purple from Lethal!
- Butterfly is a purple with neutral pink undertone.
- Score is a pinky lilac purple cream blush.
- Spiritually Complex is a beautiful violet with blue pearls that I use as a highlighting blush but it works as a gorgeous highlighter on deeper skin tones.
- Only Drama is a magenta plum that is beautiful with purple and pink makeup looks.
- Intuition is a mauve grey taupe.
Hybrid Primers with a Purple Hue
I loved the Rituel de Fille Air Glow Hybrid Balm in Atmosphere (iridescent violet opal)! It’s an awesome primer. I swipe it on my face and then rub it in with my fingers or use a foundation brush. It performs beautifully under the light to light-medium coverage foundations that I prefer. I purchased the Airglow Luminous Hybrid Primer + Balm lab release sample for $28 in August 2021. Hopefully we will see this product made available for everyone to purchase, as I’m a sucker for stick makeup.
Captivating Purple Eyeshadows
There are countless purple eyeshadows that exist, so I’m going to share some of my absolute favorites with you. I’m gutted about Terra Moons, and will not mention my favorite purples from them for any purple goth makeup ideas.
Intense Multichromes and Shimmers
- Baby Bat Beauty makes my favorite intense purple multichrome that shifts to royal blue, magenta pink, and coppery orange, but it’s been out of stock forever from them.
- Lethal Cosmetics: I love all my Lethal eyeshadows, so here are my favorite purples. See swatches of my Lethal pink and purple eyeshadows, reds/peaches/neutral eyeshadows, yellows and greens and blue eyeshadows, and ghost iridescent eyeshadows.
- Ostara is a soft sheer peach with a strong purple highlight.
- Extra is a vibrant shimmery purple with blue and red sparks.
- Noble is a stunning multichrome warm violet base with pink-peach-lime-aqua shifts.
- Whatever is a lavender purple matte. It’s insanely easy to blend out!
- Alexandrite is a purple multichrome that shifts to blue, teal, pink and purple. This shadow formula is excellent and it’s a great one and done color.
- P. P. Louise Eye Paints are great to work with. There are several purples in this line!
- Parade is a mauve purple with seafoam teal glitter and a foil finish. I have this beautiful color on the way to me.
- Lilac Flame is a silvery lavender metallic.
- Wicked is a stunning deep purple base with strong golden turquoise green shift. It’s the closest color I’ve been able to find to my long discontinued Darling Girl Mistress. Mistress has more of a berry base and stronger green shift. Both of these colors are beautiful.
- Half-Magic Chromaddiction Shimmer Eye Paints: I own every single shade of these because they’re awesome for adding extra sparkle to your makeup looks.
- Crown Plz is a beautiful deep lilac.
- Karla Cosmetics Shadow Potions are a unique multichrome formula that applies easily to the eyes and lasts all day.
- Slumber Party is a purple multichrome that shifts to indigo, blue, bronze, and hints of magenta.
- Midnight is a vivid purple that shifts to midnight blue and pink.
- Flora is described as a dimensional lavender. To my eyes Flora has a light taupe base with multidimensional icy iridescent lavender twinkles.
Eyeshadows to Consider
- Dead Ringer is a deep blue violet with slighty shimmery blue highlight.
Formulas to Be Aware Of
I love Rituel de Fille’s Eye Soots and Gelee Eye gloss, but the colors never set fully on my oily, hooded eyelids. If you have hooded eyes like me, you need to be aware that these always end up creasing on me.
Formulation Challenges and Indie Brands
Purple makeup can be very difficult to formulate properly. Purple lipsticks, blushes, and eyeshadows are often the weakest formulas in a makeup brand’s lineup. Indie makeup brands have the best purple eyeshadows in my experience.
I love purple makeup and I hope you love these purple goth makeup ideas! I need more unique purple lid shades, as I have plenty of beautiful purple mattes to work with. With all the purples I’ve showcased, which did you like best?