Pixi Beauty Retinol Collection And Everything You Need To Know About Retinol

At the beginning of the year 2020 Pixi gifted me their entire Retinol skin care line and I have been using these products for almost 8 months now. 

With Retinol products I really need to take time to see how they work, because Retinol is not something I wanna rush with. I am going to explain why you should always take your time when using any form of Retinoids.

Before I start talking about all these Pixi Retinol products, I have been gifted, I want to say a few important things about Retinol in general as an anti-age ingredient, because I know how confusing skin care and active ingredients can be sometimes.

What exactly is Retinol

Well, a lot of people are confused about Retinol- some think Retinol is an acid, some think Retinol is a type of oil and some already know that Retinol is actually a synthetic vitamin A derivative.

Retinol is one of the many different types of Retinoids (the umbrella term for all vitamin A derivatives).

Usually a drugstore formula would have retinyl palmitate (the weakest form of retinoids ), retinol (the next strongest form of retinoids), retinaldehyde (stronger than retinol ) or adapalene ( the strongest over the counter option and used for acne formulations). 

When Retinol is applied topically, it converts to retinoic acid by two specialized enzymes that can be found in our skin, and retinoic acid plays an important roll in cell growth, differentiation and organogenesis.

The Ultimate List Of Summer Must Have Beauty Essentials

For me summer is all about light and calming moisturizers, hydrating serums and sun protection, fresh and soothing face/body mists for an instant beauty boost and just a touch of glowy makeup.

SUN SCREEN should definitely be at the top of everyone's must have beauty essential list, and not just during summer but all year around. 

My favorite SPF: Lancaster Sun Beauty Sublime Tan 30+ and La-Roche Posay Anthelios Fluid 50+

Pixi Beauty Summer Makeup Look & Products

Last week I received from Pixi Beauty some new makeup products, perfect to help me get that effortless summer beautiful glow and radiance on. 

They have the most amazing, pretty, affordable and multi-functional makeup products. I absolutely love them. Their eye shadows are always really creamy and pigmented and their lip products (mate lipstick and lips glosses) come in lots of  vibrant colors from nudes to pinks to striking sensual red shades. For summer I adore their new Liplift Max Glosses, so much shine and never that sticky feeling.

Summer Glow Palette in Sheer Sunshine, a very beautiful multi-functional palette of silky natural mineral powders from matte to glowing. The perfect natural tones to bring out your sun kissed glow all year around. 

Paraben free, not tested on animals, rich in skin conditioning emollients to smooth and hydrate and vitamin E to protect and nourish. 

The bronze shades can be used on cheeks, bridge of the nose, forehead, chin and anywhere you would normally tan. 

The sparkly shades can be used to highlight your cheekbones, browbone, corner of your eyes and anywhere you want to add a sheer glow.

Pixi Endless Shade Stick, a liner and eye shadow, 2 in 1.Smudge proof, very fun and easy to use.

New Pixi Luxurious Oils For Face And Body

Have you tried the new PIXI oils for face and body?  Don't you love how pretty they look?

Recently released, these beautiful Pixi oils are my new obsession and I got to try all of them. I've been told that these oils are formulated to suit all skin types. Some of them are meant to cleanse and some are meant to moisturize and prep your complexion perfectly.

Pixi Gold Luminosity Enhancing Oil is a fortifying oil with luminous effect. This oil is infused with coloidal gold, smells citrus like- probably because it has sweet orange peel oil as one of the ingredients.
This is a nourishing oil that will help revive and give skin a glow boost. Rich in vitamins and antioxidants, this oil can leave a beaming glow on your skin and make your complexion look insanely radiant.
It can be used solo or mix 1-2 drops of oil into your moisturizer or foundation.
Top ingredients : soybean oil, meadowfoam seed oil, rice bran oil, macademia seed oil, olive oil, sunflower seed oil, rosehip oil, sweet orange peal oil, aloe vera leaf extract and vit. E.