Merit Flush Balm Cream Blush

Breakdown

9 ingredients to avoid

Merit Beauty Merit Flush Balm Cream Blush scores 15/100 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 Merit Flush Balm Cream Blush lists 20 ingredients, starting with Octyldodecanol, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin), Polyethylene and Silica. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Merit Beauty Merit Flush Balm Cream Blush 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.