Bite Beauty Prismatic Pearl Multisticks (Review & Swatches)

Bite Beauty Prismatic Pearl Multisticks

A few months back, Bite Beauty launched their Prismatic Pearl Multisticks and I was super intrigued – I mean just look at the boxes! They’re rose-gold and holographic, who isn’t in to that??

Bite Beauty Prismatic Pearl Multisticks
Bite Beauty Prismatic Pearl Multisticks

While I was not pulled into the original release of Bite‘s Multisticks, I have to say that this range definitely appealed to me a great deal more. While the original lineup was all cream and matte formulas, this new launch is chockful of shimmering shades with definite duochrome edges to them. The Multisticks are intended for use basically everywhere – your lips, your cheeks, even your eyelids!

Bite Beauty Prismatic Pearl Multisticks
Bite Beauty Prismatic Pearl Multisticks

The shade range is fairly interesting too – while there are the usual pinks and roses, there’s a gorgeous blue-brown colour (Peacock Pearl) and a really neat white/clear base with pink shimmer (Blush Pearl) that really took my breath away.

Bite Beauty Prismatic Pearl Multisticks Swatches

Bite Beauty Prismatic Pearl Multisticks - swatched
Bite Beauty Prismatic Pearl Multisticks – swatched

Swatched out you can see there’s a lot of texture and reflection to the shades. They are definitely all super saturated with colour and have a lot of pearlized particles.

Wearing Pink Pearl on lips
Wearing Pink Pearl on lips

Pink Pearl is a soft pearlized shade that’s one of the most wearable on the lips in this collection.

Wearing Pink Pearl on cheeks
Wearing Pink Pearl on cheeks

Pink Pearl also makes an absolutely beautiful soft highlight.

Wearing Peacock Pearl on lips
Wearing Peacock Pearl on lips

Peacock Pearl is really neat looking on the lips, but a little bit patchy overall.

Wearing Peacock Pearl on cheeks
Wearing Peacock Pearl on cheeks

But uh… don’t wear this on your cheeks if you’re my skin tone.

Wearing Peacock Pearl on the left side.
Wearing Peacock Pearl on the left side.

Also… don’t wear this on your eyes. This is creasing within 2 minutes of application, and it’s on top of double-primed eyelids and powder shadow that, as you can see, is not creased on the other side of my lid!

Wearing Blush Pearl on lips
Wearing Blush Pearl on lips

Blush Pearl is ghastly on me. It’s chunky, patchy and just a mess.

Wearing Blush Pearl on cheeks
Wearing Blush Pearl on cheeks

Not bad as a cheek highlight though!

Wearing Oyster Pearl on lips
Wearing Oyster Pearl on lips

Oyster Pearl is easily my favourite. This is such a neat sheer gun-metal colour!

Wearing Oyster Pearl on cheeks
Wearing Oyster Pearl on cheeks

Bit less reflect on the cheeks, but still pretty.

Wearing Rose Pearl on lips
Wearing Rose Pearl on lips

Rose Pearl is a weird shade and I feel the colour doesn’t really come off very well on the lips because it moves around a lot.

Wearing Rose Pearl on cheeks
Wearing Rose Pearl on cheeks

I was expecting more of a blush out of this one, and there is some colour tint to it.

My Thoughts

Ugh.

I absolutely despise these. I tried to keep my commentary kind of succinct and neutral above to describe the product, but I have to tell you these are absolute garbage in my eyes.

On the lips they are a gritty, chunky, patchy mess. They never feel comfortable since they’re always moving around (you can literally feel the bits moving if you squish your lips together AND it leaves horrible clusters on the inner corners of your lips). They almost dry down… but not quite…. leaving you with dehydrated lips and a chunky mess. It just FEELS wretched.

On the cheeks… I’ll admit that the overall sheen in some of the photos I posted above is quite beautiful, but they just don’t dry down. I cannot handle having a sticky cheek for an entire day, so that makes it completely unwearable as a highlighter to me.

On the eyes… another no. VIOLENTLY NO! Since they’re chunky and don’t dry down, you’re going to end up with severe creasing in a matter of minutes. And to make matters even worse, it’s STICKY. So your eyelid ends up sticking to itself in the most unflattering way. Chunky, creased and sticky? I seriously cannot think of a worse eye look.

In short, the only way these Multisticks are wearable is by using them as a lip topper on top of another lipstick. On their own these things are completely unwearable on every facet of my face that these are claimed to be made for. They’re uncomfortable (seriously, that grittiness on the lips is just awful) and awkward to wear.

Overall, I find this launch to be so incredibly disappointing for Bite Beauty. I *love* the brand and wear their lipsticks all the time! But this useless product was so bad that I really couldn’t recommend these to anyone unless you’re doing something editorial and won’t be wearing it for the whole day. Blech.

The Bite Beauty Prismatic Pearl Multisticks can be purchased on sephora.ca for $28 CAD each or on sephora.com for $24 USD.

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15 thoughts on “Bite Beauty Prismatic Pearl Multisticks (Review & Swatches)

  1. I had read so many things about their Agave lip balm and picked up the little kit over the holidays and haven’t been impressed at all. With these, the peacock color makes you look like you intentionally bruised your face so why would anyone want to wear it?! It’s a hard pass on all of these and I haven’t really found anything “multi-use” that I like for that purpose as I end up liking it for lips or cheeks (or eyes, if intended) but not all of the above.

    1. I actually quite like the Agave lip balm (the maple one), but that’s a shame that it’s not working out for you!
      I don’t think the Peacock shade is necessarily meant for my skintone on the cheeks.. but I did want to show just how unwearable that is there.
      And I totally agree about “multi-use” items. Brands really need to just stop trying to make these. I don’t find it helpful, and the quality of the product ends up being sub-par everywhere you put it. It’s never going to be an excellent lipstick, an excellent blush and an excellent eyeshadow all rolled into one. Blech.

  2. Honestly, this has been my experience with most multiple-use stick products: too creasey and greasey on the eyes, too dry for the lips, never dry down on the cheeks… Honestly, I’ll take a designated lip/cheek/eye product over a multi any day!

    1. Exactly. I don’t need a product that’s going to cover all three bases – I’m more than happy to use separate products on all three areas of my face!

    1. I feel like the more “normal” multisticks are way more reasonable than these prismatic ones. 🙁

      Yeah, don’t feel the FOMO! You’re not missing out!

  3. I really wanted Peacock Pearl to be good…but it looks like a mess on the lids…and just everywhere. I think I’m going to be taking those off my *list*. Thanks for the review Chelle!

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