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Flush Balm.

Merit Flush Balm
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About this product

A cream-balm blush from Merit that melts into skin for a natural, dewy flush of color, designed to be applied with fingers for an easy everyday look.

Moisturizers

The Guru Index verdict

84%

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What the gurus are saying

Gurus consistently praise the formula for its natural finish, blendability, and versatility. The balm is buildable, easy to work with, and works well on lips too. Reviewers love that it delivers a genuine flush without heaviness and requires minimal skill. The main consideration is that the hydrating, slightly glossy texture may feel too dewy for very oily skin types, particularly if blush placement is centered on cheeks rather than higher on the face.
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Key actives & flags

Vitamin ESPFFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Octyldodecanol, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Hydrogenated Poly (C6-14 Olefin), Polyethylene, Silica, Diisostearyl Malate, Synthetic Wax, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Sorbitan Isostearate, Ethylene/​Propylene Copolymer, Cera Microcristallina (Microcrystalline Wax, Cire Microcristalline), Tocopherol, Methicone, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, BHT, Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), Ci 77492, Ci 77499/​Iron Oxides, Ci 15850 (Red 7 Lake), Ci 19140 (Yellow 5 Lake)

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What the gurus are saying.

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"Since I started using this product, I've been getting so many questions about what blush am I wearing, what are you wearing on your cheeks. This one is in the shade Cheeky. Gorgeous. It's what I'm wearing on my cheeks right now. I'm obsessed with it. You can shear it out nicely. It is a balm, so it's a bit hydrating. If you are someone who tends to be a little bit more on the oily side and you like your blush to be very much on the apples of the cheeks, you might want to skip it because it might just be a little bit too much for you. But since I wear my blush out here, it's totally fine. It works so beautifully and it really creates a beautiful hydration to the face, and it really does create a flush, like a beautiful flush. The color is this really beautiful saturated color, but it shears out really beautifully on pale skin. You can also use it on your lips -- I've used it in the center of my lips. It blends so beautifully. It has this really soft, kind of satiny feel to it for a balm. It's not like too wet."
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"This is the Merit Flush Balm. And I love that one. It's so good. It just looks so natural, which I love and never looks too heavy."
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"I love every Merit blush that I've tried. All great colors. I use them all. I have never had such a large blush collection ever. I even use them occasionally on my lips as well. And I use the bespoke as a bronzer/contour."
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"The Merit flush balms have a variety of shades. I'm currently using the shade Fox, and I also really like Pimon, and there's one called Cheeky. They really offer a very beautiful light color, but you can build upon it, add a couple of layers of it, do a couple of coats of it to get a stronger color payout. Love it. Easy to blend in with your fingers. You don't need a brush. They do sell a brush, but you don't necessarily need one. You can just use your fingers. The cream formulas are free of fragrance, easy to use, and don't require a high level of skill to work with. Highly recommend."
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"I also use the Merit blushes I have a couple, this is shade Fox and cheeky love these they're easy to blend no effort required."
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"The Merit flush balms have a variety of shades. I'm currently using the shade Fox, and I also really like Pimon, and there's one called Cheeky. They really offer a very beautiful light color, but you can build upon it, add a couple of layers of it, do a couple of coats of it to get a stronger color payout. Love it. Easy to blend in with your fingers. You don't need a brush. They do sell a brush, but you don't necessarily need one. You can just use your fingers. The cream formulas are free of fragrance, easy to use, and don't require a high level of skill to work with. Highly recommend."
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"The flush balm is this beautiful cream blush, very gentle on the skin, blushing from within kind of finish."
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"The flush balm is this beautiful cream blush, very gentle on the skin, blushing from within kind of finish."
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"This is Merit Flush Balm. This is such a versatile shade, it's red but it does have a slight deepness to it so it's not going to be in your face pure bright red. And it's buildable, so that's a good thing about red, or with this one at least we can start small and then build up. So if we are a little bit scared we can take our time, it doesn't have to be that intense or that scary. The texture of this is really, really natural. It looks super glossy on the skin as well. It has vitamin E so it's nourishing and conditioning. It really does give that definition where it just catches the light, and it has instantly warmed up the face."
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