Island

Bobbi Brown Island Glow Stick ($36.00 for 0.31 oz.) is medium, golden bronze with warm undertones and a pearly sheen. It had a dewy finish on the skin, as the formula never dried down. While the finish was always luminous, it had terrible wear–on its own, it had slid around noticeably on my skin after four hours of wear. When I tried it over my liquid foundation, it moved my base around a ton and created a lot of patchiness within two hours of wear. It had sheer coverage, and the pearl in this particular shade made it look spectacular but just required so much maintenance, care, and touch-ups.

It’s supposed to be a “creamy, lightweight highlighter” with “sheer” coverage that gives “an instant, sun-kissed glow that lasts all day.” The formula was very emollient with a lot of slip and wetness; it never dried down and always felt slick on the skin. All of the shades I tried were sheer, and they were not buildable, so several shades ended up looking very similar on my skin tone (but may look more or less different on other skin tones/undertones). The emollient feel of the formula did not play well with products (primers, cream/powder/liquid foundations or blushes).

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Nude Beach

Bobbi Brown Nude Beach Glow Stick ($36.00 for 0.31 oz.) is a soft, medium brown with warm, rosy undertones and a barely-there gold pearl. It yielded a subtle tint to the skin, as it was sheer (which was how it was described!) and did not build up (for those who were curious). The texture was very emollient and slippery on the skin, so it did not work well over base products, even more, watery liquid foundations, without moving them around significantly. It did not dry down, which led to it moving around the face within four hours of wear. This shade blended out better than I expected, but I had to take great care to not blend too much over the same area or else it became uneven.

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Sunkissed

Bobbi Brown Sunkissed Glow Stick ($36.00 for 0.31 oz.) is a medium brown with warm undertones and a pearly sheen. It had sheer coverage, but it was hard to blend out and get even coverage. There was a definite tint to my skin where I applied this, but it had the effect of looking patchy and emphasizing the unevenness in my actual skin as well. The formula was very slippery and emollient, which gave it a luminous finish on the skin, but it also never dried down and moved around on my skin. The product had migrated around my cheek area within three hours of wear.

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Bobbi Brown Island Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Island Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Island Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Island Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Nude Beach Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Nude Beach Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Nude Beach Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Nude Beach Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Sunkissed Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Sunkissed Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Sunkissed Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Sunkissed Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Island Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Island Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Island Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Island Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Nude Beach Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Nude Beach Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Nude Beach Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Nude Beach Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Sunkissed Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Sunkissed Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Sunkissed Glow Stick

Bobbi Brown Sunkissed Glow Stick