Pixi – Cafe con Dulce Palette – Review
January 2nd I walked into the big Marks and Spencer’s not too far away from my home. It might have just been the start of the January sales, but the shop was pretty bare of anything on sale. About to leave, I came across a tiny shelf of discounted beauty items, front and centre a nice little collection of Pixi items. Most were either in shades too dark for my skin tone or smashed to pieces, but then I found this little beauty.
In perfect condition and as you can see, half price! I have never spent £28 pounds on a palette and I don’t know if I ever will (I’m much more of a Revolution girl), but I had some Christmas money and £14 seemed like a bargain.
What I initially thought was an eyeshadow palette turns out to be an eyeshadow, blusher and highlighter palette all in one. Each colour has a lovely buttery formula and is well pigmented – especially good considering the top row is three pale gold highlighters.
Although the Pixi website itself doesn’t say if it’s is or not, the Marks and Spencer’s website lists it as vegan - although you can’t purchase it there anymore.
The picture above is under a daylight lamp without any filters or primer on my skin, and the colour payoff is pretty good.
As someone who likes a pretty intense, colour shifting highlighter, these top three are far too subtle for my taste – they do however make gorgeous buttery soft eyeshadows and they do that job brilliantly. The same can be said for the middle pink row that I will be using for my eyes (not a big fan of shimmery blushers).
The bottom row is probably the most beautiful, especially the shade Morenita.
The only real criticism I could give this palette, is the lack of a matte eyeshadow crease shade. This is an easy fix when using another palette, but just something that would have been nice to add in something that claims to be a full face palette.
In conclusion, would I buy this palette again? At £14 YES. For the texture alone it is one of the favourite makeup items I own, but I could never justify the £28 full price tag. Maybe I’m a cheapskate, but there are plenty of drug store brands really upping their game and I would rather try spend my money on that.
Have you ever tried anything from Pixi? Let me know in the comment box below.
Sophie x
This post has been re-uploaded and edited from its original posting on the 21st January 2019