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Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Stick

Guru Score

67%

Mixed

3 experts · Moderate agreement
3Gurus
1Yay
1Mixed
1Nay

What the gurus are saying

HotandFlashy rates it highly; Beyond50Skin is mixed; Mixed Makeup passed. Mixed Makeup: "I look at it as like a foundation stick primarily... if you're using a stick or a cream like a heavy cream concealer in the eyes it's just gonna look really heavy on your eyes"
Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take August 2025

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What the gurus are saying.

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Beyond50Skin
Beyond50Skin
32k subs
~Mixed
"Honestly, I don't reach for it that often. I use it more as a concealer stick. just dot it on little pigments or little red spots that I have and go on about my day."
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"I've been trying their minimalist stick as a makeup coverage and it's great for just touching up blemishes and touching up imperfections, but I don't actually consider this a complexion product despite the fact that the name says it is a complexion product."
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"Honestly, I don't reach for it that often. I use it more as a concealer stick. just dot it on little pigments or little red spots that I have and go on about my day."
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"I opened it up this morning and it's completely dried out so I'm definitely going to be trying out the complexion stick from Merit"
HotandFlashy
HotandFlashy
1.23M subs
~Yay
"The stick foundation of the year for this year is the Merit Foundation stick this is fantastic I love this"
All 4 takes from HotandFlashy
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"The stick foundation of the year for this year is the Merit Foundation stick this is fantastic I love this"
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"I'm going to go ahead and take my Merit stick which I like much much better"
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"That definitely Blends out really nicely it definitely went into my pores instead of skipping over them like it did initially so so far so good"
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"This is such a great stick I went on a trip to the Cape to visit a friend of mine it was a very casual trip so I was just like popping in casual makeup"
Mixed Makeup
Mixed Makeup
1.46M subs
~Nay
"I look at it as like a foundation stick primarily... if you're using a stick or a cream like a heavy cream concealer in the eyes it's just gonna look really heavy on your eyes"

Frequently asked.

Is Merit Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Stick worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 67%.

What is Merit Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Stick's Guru Score?

Merit Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Stick holds a Guru Score of 67%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.

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