Hot or Not: Pixi Beauty Feat. ItsJudyTime Eyeshadow and Lip Palettes

If you read beauty blogs, chances are, you also watch Youtube beauty videos. Pixi recently collaborated with select bloggers and vloggers, each creating their own must-haves. I have been watching Judy Travis from ItsJudyTime for years now so I am particularly excited for her palettes. Judy is known for her down-to-earth personality and simple makeup looks. She's a stay-at-home mom of three who made Youtube her career (1.4 million subs). She is very relatable and keeps things basic, which  in my opinion makes her endearing to her audience, myself included. She has two palettes currently sold at Target (and other beauty shops online), the ItsEyeTime and ItsLiptime. Scroll down for complete details, swatches, including my daytime office look using both palettes.

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ItsJudytime ItsEyetime and ItsLiptime are both housed in Pixi's signature clear-top plastic cover and mint green case. Each shade is named (printed at the back side) which all sound familiar if you watch Judy on a regular basis (i.e Honey bear, Julianna bear, Miya bear, Keira bear). They also come with sticky mirror which you can attach to the cover if you prefer a palette with mirror. 

Pixi eyeshadow palettes are generally hit and miss for me but this time around, I think all the shades turned out pretty decent in terms of pigmentation, ease of use, color selection, and wear time. ItsEyetime eyeshadow palette features predominantly warm neutral shades which are great for quick and easy daytime looks. The mattes are soft and non-powdery and although they swatched light on my arm, they are quite easy to blend using fluffy crease brush. The metallic shades (especially Getaway, brown/maroon) are pigmented and best applied either wet (with flat eyeshadow brush for foiled effect) or dry (with finger for a concentrated yet blendable look). There are 5 mattes, 4 metallics, 2 satins, and 1 matte with glitter specks. 

Left to right:

snowflake is metallic champagne

Bubbly is metallic golf

itsmommyslife is satin warm brown

Good Morning is matte orange brown

Brick is satin brick

Honey Bear is matte warm brown

Tu Tu is matte mauve brown

Getaway is metallic brown-maroon

Ping is metallic chocolate brown

Dark Chocolate is matte dark brown

Aww Snap is matte maroon brown

Night Night is jet black matte with glitter specks

Generally I'm not a fan of lip palettes because while I get to try different shades, I just find them unhygienic (double or triple dipping either with lip brush or finger) and not travel-friendly. Unless you are a makeup artist who appreciates lip palettes due to variety of shades, I'd rather prefer the typical bullet-type lipsticks. Quality-wise and I have the cold weather partly to blame, the shades are difficult to pick up and apply either with finger or lip brush, especially the nudes (top 2 rows). The darker ones (bottom 2 rows) are okay but nothing mind-blowing. They all feel quite waxy on the lips and unless you mix and match, I find the colors uninspiring. But here's a hack ladies, you can use them as cheek/blush colors especially the top 2 rows. Lightly applied with finger, properly blended with brush and sealed with blush powder (or setting powder), they render a nice pop of color akin to pinched cheeks. 

Left to right:

Ta-da is peachy nude

Peaches is peach

Julianna Bear is pinky brown

Milk Chocolate is light brown

Keira Bear is rosy nude

Miya Bear is dark rosy nude

B Did It is dark pink

Falling Leaves is brown plum

Chewy is plum

Fierce is maroon

Sweet Cherry is red

Fierce is dark red

For my makeup look, I used Bubbly on my lids, Good Morning on crease and Dark Chocolate on outer corner. I mixed Peaches, Juliana Brown and Milk Chocolate on my lips. I added faux lashes for little bit of flair. Pose here and there and I'm out the door, haha!

what do you think of these palettes?