The Line Up Project: Pixi

Review by MUA's Cavewoman

Pixi was a brand that used to be sold in Sephora stores, and now, along with Jemma Kid and Nepoleon Perdis, is a new group of products that are available at Target stores. Don't expect drugstore pricing from any of these lines at Target. The prices are more like mid-range department store lines such as Clinique and MAC. I spotted these little gel liners on the display rack, and I have to commend Target for having a tester of every single product in the Pixi line, so I caved. I bought the black (of course) and this pretty green called Jade. It's a warm olive-drab like my Dad's old Army fatigues, an unusual color, and it's the one I tested for this review.The Pixi gel liner comes with the teeny brush you see in the photos. The tip of it is a bit too long and flexible to suit me, so I didn't test with it, I used my trusty Sonia Kashuk bent-angle brush. The product is so dense and thick that it would not load smoothly on the Kashuk. I had to work it by pressing and twirling the brush against the inside of the jar, to smooth it out and load it evenly on the brush. Application was a drag, literally. I could not get this liner to apply evenly. It grabbed too much in some places and skimmed over other places, leaving nothing. I had to go back to the pot to re-load the brush several times, and applying from start to finish took way longer than with most of the other gel and cream pot liners I have tested. But the color was pretty, and it dried quickly.


About an hour later, I checked the Pixi to see what was happening. It had cracked on my lid, and was so matte in appearance that I was pretty shocked to see my wrinkly old lash line in the mirror. A few hours later, chunks of it had disappeared, they weren't on my face or in my lash line, they were just gone. I removed the remainder of the liner with a L'Oreal Skin Genesis wipe, and noticed that my lash line was a bit red and irritated.

Pixi rates a dismal 3 on the Line Up Rating Scale. I give it a point or two for having this good, unusual green shade, and for enclosing a brush in the box. But that's stretching it. This really is not a fine product at all, for any money.

Does anyone know what Target's return policy is?