Day Glow Highlighting Balm

Breakdown

1 ingredient to avoid

Merit Beauty Day Glow Highlighting Balm scores 40/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Merit Beauty Day Glow Highlighting Balm lists 17 ingredients, starting with Squalane, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Octyldodecanol, Mica and Polyglyceryl-10 Pentaisostearate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 40/100 Merit Beauty Day Glow Highlighting Balm scores worse than most blush & bronzer we have scored. A higher-scoring option in blush & bronzer is Fat and the Moon Lip & Cheek Stain at 100/100.