Mustard Eye Look & New Brand Discovery

While browsing through Instagram I discovered Looxi Beauty. Looxi is known for making intense and unique duochrome eye shadows.  At $5 they are a great price, and the colors are absolutely beautiful. While initially attracted to a few of the duochromes, I stumbled upon their matte eye shadows. Wheatness is the mustard yellow shade I have been missing in my collection. The formula of this matte shadow reminds me SO much of Anastasia Beverly Hills. It has a quite a bit of kickback when you pick up the powder on a brush, but the pigmentation is intense and easy to blend out.  I love Wheatness so much that I added it into my Life Palette. 

I have been on the hunt for a matte bright honey yellow shadow for way too long now. I want something the color of a school bus or road warning sign. While I haven’t found that vibrant one yet, I love this more muted one from Looxi too.  I truly feel like this is a unique shade. Why don’t more brands have dandelion yellow shadows?! Occasionally I see them in a palette, but gimme a shadow single PLEASE.

Looxi also has highlighters for $7.50 that are in single pro pans- perfect for slipping into a Zpalette!  They had some amazing colorful duochrome highlights too- pink, green, blue, etc.  If you are wanting to play around with colorful highlighters but don’t want to commit to something like the Anastasia Moonchild Glow Kit or Kat Von D Alchemy Palette, check this affordable option instead.  I picked up three in Celestial, Creme De La Creme, and Stiletto.  They are just as great if not better than any other highlighter I have tried. Creme De La Creme worked beautifully as an inner corner highlight and on my cheekbone for this look. Instead of a honey gold shimmer on the lid, I used a pink and gold duochrome to play around. I could be happy as a clam never hearing about the Too Faced Peach collection again (so over they hype) but I was inspired to add a bit of pinkish peach to this golden look.  Below are all the products I used and some more photos of how this turned out.

EYES

Looxi Wheatness,

MUG Desert Sands, I’m Peachless, Corrupt

Urban Decay Fireball

Sephora Colorful Shadow + Liner pencil in waterline

Looxi Creme De La Creme inner corner

NYC liquid liner

Koko Queen B lashes

 

COMPLEXION

It Cosmetics CC Cream

Maybelline Age Rewind Concealer

RCMA No Color Powder

Ben Nye Pink Powder under eyes

MUFE Bronzer

Benefit Rockateur blush

Looxi Creme De La Creme highlight

LIP

Sephora Cream Matte Lip Stain in 24 Burnt Sienna

 

I love discovering under the radar brands like this that deliver awesome products with affordable prices. Let me know of any mustard eye shadow recommendations if you happen to have some!

-Kim