Covergirl Flashy Blastflipstick Blendable Lip Duo Review, Photos and Swatches!

Covergirl Flashy Blastflipstick Blendable Lip Duo

Have you spotted the Covergirl Blast Flipsticks on the racks yet at your local drugstore? Covergirl launched these lip duos at the start of the year, and to be honest, I dismissed them after spotting them at Walmart back in January because A) I didn't spot any barbie pink, and B) I wasn't too fond of the packaging. How shallow I must have been!

Well, I recently got the chance to try one of them, so I can share my thoughts with you all!

If these tubes look familiar to you, it's because the packagaing has a striking resemblance to the Covergirl Smokey Shadow Blasts I reviewed a couple years ago (Which I thought were pretty cool but gave my eyes an allergic reaction. My eyes were waterworks every time I wore them!). It's basically a double ended lipstick wand, with a darker cream shade on one end, and a lighter, shimmery shade on the other. Both colors can be worn separately, or you can layer the lighter shade over the darker one.

There are thirteen (13) shades in total: Whisper, Pucker, Glimmer, Flashy, Vixen, Perky, Tease, Cheeky, Stunner, Snap, Smooch, Minx and Intense.

I own the shade Flashy, a deep purple with a blue duo-chrome, and a light, shimmery magenta. This wouldn't have been my shade of choice, but it's a fab combination for deep to dark skintones!

Covergirl Flashy Blastflipstick Blendable Lip Duo

I was actually surprised with the texture and pigmentation of these. The dark purple is very creamy, smooth and opaque. The lighter color is sheer, but very smooth despite the shimmer. You can feel slight grit during application, but I don't feel the shimmer on my lips.

(light, shimmery magenta)

(deep purple with blue duo-chrome)

Here are both shades swatched on my arm. The swatches are true to color, but the purple is definitely much deeper once applied to the lips.

In this photo, I applied the dark purple and added the lighter magenta on top. It's actually very pretty, but it's not really a shade I can see myself personally wearing. I haven't really stepped into the world of purples yet (in lipstick), but I like I said, I can imagine this shade looking gorgeous on deeper skintones.

The only real downside with this shade in particular is that it stains my lips like no other product I've ever used. And it doesn't stain them purple, but a very neon, reddish pink. In fact, it stains them better than any other stain I've used. That can be a good or bad thing for some.

It felt comfortable on my lips while I was wearing the product, but after I removed it, my lips felt very dry and tingly - slight burning sensation? I'm not sure if anyone else had that problem with these, but I'm assuming it was an irritation from the dyes. I've only had that happen one other time in my life with a Styli-Style lip stain. I'm hoping it won't get worse by tomorrow! Kinda funny that the Covergirl Smokey Shadow Blasts caused my eyes irritation as well.

*EDIT 4/14 - My lips only felt irritated for the amount of time the stain was left on my lips. After scrubbing it off and applying lip balm, my lips were perfectly fine.

I most likely won't be purchasing any additional shades as I really didn't see any that interested me.

Price: Around $8 at your local drugstore. The price may vary from location to location.

What do you think of these? Have you tried them?