Flower Beauty Kiss Stick Lipsticks

Flower Beauty is the new cosmetics line from Drew Barrymore and the Maesa manufacturing group.  It is sold exclusively through Wal-Mart stores and Walmart.com.  The line launched in January 2013 and currently has 181 offerings ranging in price from $4.98 to $13.98.  The category breakdowns are:

• Face - 70 items
• Lips - 51 items
• Eyes - 44 items
• Nails - 16 items

For this post, I'm concentrating on the lips.  The lip line includes:

• Kiss Stick - Velvet Lip Color (matte lipstick)
• Kiss Stick - High Shine Lip Color
• Lip Service - Lip Butter
• Shine On - Lip Gloss Wand
• Sheer Up - Lip Tint (gloss stick)
• Line & Shine - Lip Liner
• Petite Fleurs - Lip Pocket Trios (3 lipsticks)

(L-R; Petunia Petals, Tender Tuberose, Sweet Peony, So Gladiola)

I picked up 4 of the Kiss Sticks (5 actually, but one will be a later post) which retails for $6.98 each.  They each contain 3.5 grams of product.

• Velvet Lip Color in So Gladiola
• Velvet Lip Color in Tender Tuberose
• High Shine Lip Color in Petunia Petals
• High Shine Lip Color in Sweet Peony

(Petunia Petals, Tender Tuberose)

(Sweet Peony, So Gladiola)

(Sunlight, Daylight Bulbs)

• LS 16 - Petunia Petals is a High Shine lipstick.  It is a bright blue-based berry pink.  The color is very similar to MAC Moxie, but the finish is very different.  It applied evenly and smoothly, but it took a couple of passes for it to be opaque.  The formula is lightweight and moisturizing.  It didn't stay shiny for me for very long, maybe an hour.  I needed to re-apply after 3 hours.
• LS 12 - Sweet Peony is a High Shine lipstick.  It is a neutral peachy pink.  Like the other high shine lipstick, it applied evenly and smoothly, but took a couple of passes to be opaque.  It and was moisturizing and comfortable on the lips with a similar wear time to Petunia Petals.
• LS 7 - So Gladiola is a Velvet Lip Color.  It is a bright coral that leans very orange.  It is opaque in one swipe, though it did skip a bit during application.  It has a matte finish.  This was not my favorite matte finish by far.  I find both MAC and Rimmel's matte finishes to be easier to wear and less drying on my lips.  Being matte, it did have a good wear time, but it was not comfortable and I ended up putting something else on my lips far before this color had worn off.
• LS 3 - Tender Tuberose is a Velvet Lip Color.  It is a darkened pinky brown with a matte finish.  I found this formula to be even drier than So Gladiola.

(MAC Moxie vs. Flower Petunia Petals)

Overall, I really want to love this line.  I think the colors are fantastic.  I was thrilled to see they had matte lipsticks and so disappointed that they weren't easier for me to wear.  I think the price point is good.  I'm bummed that you can only get them through Wal-Mart.

Flower Beauty says they never test on animals, but I wouldn't vouch for them or their parent company being completely cruelty free.