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bareMinerals Gen Nude Powder Blush - You Had Me At Merlot.

Blush & Bronzer

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About this product

A finely-milled powder blush in the shade You Had Me At Merlot, designed to add color and definition to the cheeks.

Full ingredients

Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Diisostearyl Malate, Dipentaerythrityl Hexahydroxystearate, Lauroyl Lysine, Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Triethylhexanoin, Sorbitan Sesquiisostearate, Hydrogen Dimethicone, Dimethicone, Tocopherol, Barium Sulfate, Silica, Alumina, Tin Oxide, Chlorphenesin, Mica, Carmine (Ci 75470), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850)

Guru Score

93%

Yay

Early verdict · Few reviews so far

2Gurus

2Yay

0Mixed

0Nay

What they liked

Fresh, flattering shade
Blends easily

What they flagged

Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

What the gurus are saying

This blush earns a devoted following for the fresh, flattering pop of color it brings to the face. The shade You Had Me At Merlot strikes gurus as a desert island favorite, the kind that genuinely changes how the face reads. Those who reach for it find it delivers exactly what they want from a blush without fuss.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take August 2026

Type

Blush & BronzerPowder

Key actives

Vitamin E

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Where to buy

Sephora → Ulta → Amazon → Google →

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What the gurus are saying.

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AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

✓Yay

"The Bare Minerals Gen Nude Blush is my favorite blush. I judged the pun at first, but here I am with it being my absolute favorite, specifically in the shade Call My Blush, which is what I'm wearing now."

Dr Sam Bunting

240k subs

✓Yay

"This is Bare Minerals, and I think it's more about the shade that I like, this one's called You Had Me At Merlot. I love this one cuz it gives maybe that pop that I like, it's really fresh. This is my desert island favorite, I think eyebrows and blush really change how my face looks."

Top Pick: blush

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is bareMinerals Gen Nude Powder Blush - You Had Me At Merlot?

A finely-milled powder blush in the shade You Had Me At Merlot, designed to add color and definition to the cheeks.

Is bareMinerals Gen Nude Powder Blush - You Had Me At Merlot worth it?

Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 93%.

What is bareMinerals Gen Nude Powder Blush - You Had Me At Merlot's Guru Score?

bareMinerals Gen Nude Powder Blush - You Had Me At Merlot holds a Guru Score of 93%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.