Pixi Glow-y Gossamer Duo Subtle Sunrise and Pixi Glow-y Gossamer Duo Delicate Dew
WHAT'S INSIDE?
- Pixi Glow-y Gossamer Duo in Subtle Sunrise 8.3g
- Pixi Glow-y Gossamer Dup in Delicate Dew 8.3g
Paraben-Free, Fragrance-Free and Dermatologically tested. Not tested on animals. (Sold separately).
WHAT DOES IT DO AND WHO IS IT FOR?
The Glowy Gossamer Duo's are buttery soft powder highlighters that brighten, lighten and give you the most beautiful natural looking glow. Infused with diamond powder these highlighters are long-wearing and suitable for anyone and everyone.
PRICE
Pixi Glow-y Gossamer Duo in Subtle Sunrise £20
Pixi Glow-y Gossamer Dup in Delicate Dew £20
PACKAGING
The duos come in an informative box and are packaged in a simple plastic lightweight palette that's also compact and great for travel.
HOW TO USE
The highlighters can be used anywhere you want a luminous glow including the tops of the cheeks and brow bone. I personally love using them with a fan brush over the cheeks, cupids bow and decollaté.
I've tried a fair few highlighters over the past couple of years but these really are on another level! The unique creamy texture makes them glide on effortlessly giving you the most beautifully lit from within glow to the skin. I adore the shades in both duos as their so versatile, wearable and long-lasting.
This year saw the launch of the 2nd Pixi Pretties collabs with three well know Influencers, Chloe Morello, Dulce Candy and Weylie. Pixi is well known for creating and collaborating with some of Youtube's Top Beauty creator's and this year is no exception. So here's everything you need to know about each of the Pixi Pretties kits for 2018. Also be sure to check out my Instagram Video where I demo all of the products here.
Pixi Chloe Morello
Pixi Lip Icing Review
PIXI + CHLOE MORELLO - Chloe created a multi-use palette and Lip Icing that is inspired by romance and love.
PRICE - Palette Chloette retails for £28 and the Lip Icing is £16 for 3.5g of product. WHAT'S INSIDE - The palette includes six eyeshadows, three brow/liner shadows and three blushes. The Lip Icing comes in the one shade called Cake.
APPLICATION - PALETTE CHLOETTE*
All of the eyeshadows are beautifully pigmented shimmery shades. I'm obsessed with Passion as it's a stunning rose gold shade that looks gorgeous teamed with a brown liner. You can also use the two lighter shades (Veil and Honeymoon) as highlighters too.
I love using the two light brown matte shades (Knot & Unity in the trio pan) mixed together to fill in my brows and the black (Tux) as a liner along the lash line.
The three blushers have a delicate shimmer to them and all are pigmented, soft to the touch and blendable. I love these as you still get a full-sized pan within the palette and both Promise and Bouquet can be worn as shadows aswell.
LIP ICING IN CAKE*
The Pixi Lip Icing is the first of its kind within Pixi's Lip Collection. This beautiful iridescent gloss looks lovely worn alone or on top of a lipstick, this also smells so much like Chocolate Orange!
LONGEVITY - Both the shadows, blush shades and brow colours stay put throughout the whole day. The Lip Icing does wear well but I would advise popping this in your bag for on the go touch-ups.
Pixi Dulce Candy
Cafe con Dulce
Dulce's Lip Candy
PIXI + DULCE CANDY - Dulce has created two versatile eye and lip palettes. Café con Dulce can be worn as either eyeshadow, highlighter or blush. And Dulce's Lip Palette can be used for both the lips and cheeks. PRICE - Café con Dulce retails for £28 and Dulce's Lip Palette is £28. WHAT'S INSIDE - Both products come boxed and contain nine generous pans of colours in each palette.
APPLICATION - CAFÉ CON DULCE*
As I mentioned above this is a wonderfully versatile palette with a wide selection of nine highly pigmented shimmer shades. I personally love using the top row as highlighters, the middle row as blushers and the bottom row as eyeshadows, but anything goes where this palette is concerned. All of the shadows are buttery soft to the touch, blendable and easy to work with.
DULCE'S LIP CANDY*
This lip palette is not only amazingly pigmented but each colour glides on so easily and effortlessly. There really is something for everyone in here whether your a nude, pink or peach kind of girl. I actually love applying these directly onto my lips with my fingers if I need a quick swipe of the colour and of course you can use any of these to add a pretty pop of colour to the cheeks. All of the shades are matte bar Sirena (Top, Middle) which has a subtle sparkle to it.
LONGEVITY
The shadows last really well and the lip pans last up until you eat, so you may want to re-apply as and when is needed.
Pixi Weylie
PIXIE + WEYLIE HOANG* - Exclusively created for the eyes, both the palette and liner are designed to add dimension and definition.
PRICE - The Dimensional Eye Creator Kit Retails for £22 and includes both the eyeshadow palette and double ended black eyeliner.
WHAT'S INSIDE - As I mentioned above inside the box you get one eyeshadow palette that contains three mattes and three shimmer shadows. The Black Liner Duo is dual ended and includes a fine black felt tip liner on one end and a retractable kohl liner on the other.
APPLICATION - LET'S TALK EYES EYESHADOW PALETTE
First of all, I love how compact this palette is and the fact you get a nice mix of both matte and shimmers. On the back of the Eye Creator Kit box, you'll find some tips and tricks on how to use each of the shades if you're unsure on where to start, either way, any of the colours can be worn alone or all together to add definition to any eye shape. It's worth noting Gurl! has a slightly chunkier texture to it.
Overall you get a decent amount of product and all of the shades are buildable, blendable and pigmented.
BLACK LINER DUO
The felt tip liner is lovely and pigmented and has a small but precise tip to create the perfect winged liner. On the other end, you have a soft black kohl liner that works well both for the waterline or to line the lash line.
LONGEVITY -
The shadows last really well throughout the day and the liner duo is especially budge-proof if worn along the lash line.
Overall whatever palette you decide then you can be sure there is something for everyone!
*These products where sent to me but as always all opinions are my own.
Over the past few years, supermarket make-up brands have stepped up their game with on-trend and affordable make-up products. Today I'm testing out George at Asda Makeup which is something I have been intrigued to test out for a while now, so here are my thoughts...
Price
I picked up three products to try out from the George at Asda Makeup Collection including, the Tamer Brow Cream which retails for a super affordable £3 for 1.5g of product. This comes in Medium and Dark as far as I can see.
The Highlight Palette which contains four stunning colours including, Lustre - A white/silver shimmer Sunset - A golden shimmer Glow - A light rose/pink Goddess - A bronzy/gold
This retails for £6 for 4.5g of product and it's also the most expensive of the bunch.
And lastly the Matte Lip in A List which retails for £4.50 for 6ml of product. This comes in four shades including A List, Hot Gossip, Red Carpet and Angel Face.
Packaging ASDA Tamer Brow Cream - The brow cream comes in a convenient and compact pot complete with mini brush. I love the rose gold packaging too. This also looks very similar to the MUA Power Brow which I've also reviewed here.
ASDA Highlight Palette - As I mentioned above you get four decent sized highlighters and the palette also comes with an informative how-to guide on where to put each shade. This also reminds me very much of the Anastasia Beverly Hills Glow Kit in Sugar Glow*.
ASDA Matte Lip - Again this comes beautifully packaged and inside you'll find a medium-sized doe foot applicator. This also has a distinct vanilla scent.
Application ASDA Tamer Brow Cream - I used the brush included to apply the brow tamer and I have to say I loved how easily this glided on, it was also super pigmented and the Medium was a great colour match for me personally.
ASDA Highlight Palette - These apply beautifully and they are all super pigmented. Upon application, I used Glow on the tops of the cheeks and this certainly packed a punch!
ASDA Matte Lip - Upon application, this glided on well, although I did think initially that the colour looked prettier on camera compared to in the flesh. I just thought the colour looked very pale and chalky, however, this did dry down well.
Longevity
All three products lasted pretty well, a good 9 hours to be precise. However, I did get a bit of wear at the tops of my brows towards the end of the night and my highlight had faded ever so slightly also. The matte lip lasted pretty well, but by the end of the day the colour had faded in the middle of my lips and it did start to feel a little dry and uncomfortable.
Overall Thoughts ASDA Tamer Brow Cream - This was a great value for money, pigmented and long-wearing brow pomade, however comparing this to the MUA Power Brow I have to be honest and say that the MUA one is slightly better value for money, with a better colour selection and this has, even more, staying power overall. Both are great drugstore options but the MUA one just has that edge.
I award the ASDA Tamer Brow a 4 out of 5
ASDA Highlight Palette - The highlighting palette was definitely my favourite out of the three and the colour selection, pigmentation and handy how-to guide made this palette far more superior considering this is only £6 and the fact it's from a supermarket makeup brand. The only thing I would say is that having tried various drugstore highlighters over the years I have to say the Makeup Revolution highlighting palettes are that extra bit value for money considering how many shades you get within one palette. But if you are looking for a great Anastasia Beverley Hills Glow Kit dupe for Sugar Glow, then this Asda version is a wonderful option.
I award the ASDA Highlighting Palette a 4.5 out of 5
ASDA Matte Lip - Again the Matte Lips are fantastic value for money for how much product you get and although there are only four shades available all the colours are very wearable in their own right. A List, the shade I picked up did grow on me and this is actually a really pretty everyday shade is you love a matte lip. Overall I think by now we know what to expect from a matte lip that these can be drying, but honestly, this is a very good option if you're after something a little more affordable.
