Flower Kiss Stick High Shine Lip Color: LS10 Nude Narcissus

As well as the Flower BB Cream, I also purchased the Flower Kiss Stick High-Shine Lip Color in Nude Narcissus. I saw this brand new lipstick on the Walmart website and immediately fell in love with the name. I imagined a slick, shiny looking full coverage nude that would look high fashion and pretty.... In the tube and swatched on my arm, I had high hopes for this creamy, glossy lip color - it didn't quite translate that way on my lips however!

From Walmart.com:

Flower Kiss Stick High-Shine Lip Color - $6.98:

• Emollient oil to improve shine for a rich, creamy application
• Pure, intense color payoff
• Ultra-smooth finish
• Volumizing effect on lips
• Extreme shine

Flower Kiss Stick High Shine Lip Color Nude Narcissus

Flower Kiss Stick High Shine Lip Color Nude Narcissus

Flower Kiss Stick High Shine Lip Color Nude Narcissus swatch

Flower Kiss Stick High Shine Lip Color Nude Narcissus on my lips

Nude Narcissus looks like a beautiful, glossy nude pink swatched on my arm, but somehow it turned into a way too light corpse-like flesh colour on my lips O_O WAY too light for my skintone, settled into my liplines and didn't apply evenly. I think on someone with much fairer skin and less pigmented lips, it might be a nice colour... on me? Not so much.

Let's talk about the formula, though. I am LOVING the formula on the Kiss Stick High Shine Lip Color. It feels very creamy and hydrating and gives a good amount of shine. It lasted a long time and felt hydrating the whole time, no dryness at all. And the packaging, ohhh the packaging. Definitely does NOT look like a Walmart exclusive line. This beautiful tube feels and looks a lot more expensive than it is and I am loving the gold accents. The only thing I don't like is that it doesn't have the name of the shade on the tube, only a sticker with the shade number LS10.

As disappointing as the shade is on me, I am definitely going to be picking up a few of these in different shades, especially at $6.98 a pop.

Flower BB Cream Shade BB3 - Swatches and First Impressions

Recently I purchased the Flower Cosmetics by Drew Barrymore BB Cream from Walmart.com. As I was buying it from a website and it's pretty brand new, I didn't have any swatches to go off, so I just bought the shade I thought would be closest to my skintone. Most BB Creams are on the light side, so I thought Shade 3 would be ok, unfortunately I was wrong! Keep scrolling for product pictures and swatches.

From Walmart.com:

Flower Beauty Balm BB Cream can be used daily to eliminate skin dullness. It covers imperfections, pores and discolorations.

Flower Beauty Balm BB Cream - $12.98:

• Smoothes and softens skin
• Helps eliminate unwanted shine
• Primer, foundation, and concealer in 1
• Fragrance free
• Paraben free
• Talc free

Flower BB Cream Shade BB3

Flower BB Cream Shade BB3

L: BB Cream not blended, R: BB Cream partially blended

 As you can see, it's way too dark for me. Maybe I would use this shade in Summer if I had a tan, but right now I'd look like an extra from Jersey Shore if I tried to rock it on my face. As a result, I can't really review it properly, but I will give you my first impressions:

• Dries soft and matte, like a velvety powder.
• Very slight shimmer, but not overwhelming or glittery looking.
• Feels creamy, but not super moisturising. Very dry skin might need moisturiser underneath.
• Quite long lasting and transfer resistant. This BB Cream wont rub off easily.
• No greyish cast or oxidization - this is probably because it lacks SPF protection :(
• No strong scent. Very light powder smell, totally non-irritating.
• Very pigmented, this is not just a tinted moisturiser like most Western 'BB Creams', it's a foundation.

One great thing about my mistake on the shade is that I now know they do have shades for darker skinned ladies! I am close to NC35 usually, and this one is definitely too dark for me. There is also a shade darker than this one, BB4, so they've done a better job of providing some options for darker skin than a lot of the other Western companies. I will be purchasing BB2 and trying that one out to see if it is closer to my skintone :)

UPDATE: Flower BB Cream is on Walmart.com!

EDIT: Check out my swatches here

Yesterday I posted about the new Flower cosmetics line by Drew Barrymore and the exciting news that they have a BB Cream that is supposed to be a true BB Cream, more like the Asian counterparts. Well today I discovered that Walmart.com has the BB Cream up right now!

From Walmart.com:

Flower Beauty Balm BB Cream can be used daily to eliminate skin dullness. It covers imperfections, pores and discolorations.

Flower Beauty Balm BB Cream:

• Smoothes and softens skin
• Helps eliminate unwanted shine
• Primer, foundation, and concealer in 1
• Fragrance free
• Paraben free
• Talc free

The BB Cream comes in 4 shades and is $12.98 online. I still haven't seen it in store, but apparently some of the Flower cosmetics products have been popping up in small displays at a few stores.

I'm going to check again tomorrow at a couple of different Walmarts, and if that fails I'll just order it from the website. I'm really excited to see if this BB Cream performs as an actual BB Cream.

Have you seen any Flower Cosmetics displays in your local Walmart?