MERIT makes well-edited beauty essentials that are meant to be safe for body, skin, and planet.

Katherine Power

Makeup

MERIT earns strong reviews as a minimalist brand that delivers natural, blendable color and a polished “no‑makeup makeup” finish—especially via the Minimalist Complexion Stick, Flush Balm blush, Shade Slick lip oils, and Clean Lash mascara—yet several reviews flag weak longevity, patchy or sheer payoff on some items, and packaging quirks like product breaking or hard‑to‑access components. Reviews of MERIT also cite creamy, skin-friendly formulas that don’t clog pores and flatter sensitive skin, while noting issues such as dryness on textured or very dry skin, limited shade nuances for some tones, and brow or mascara performance that’s too subtle for bolder looks.

MERIT

Eyebrow pencil

Eyebrow gel

Lip Oil

Retrospect perfume

Great Skin Serum

Shade Slick

Day Glow

Bronze Balm

Brush No. 1

Lipstick

Highlighter

complexion stick 

gelee

lipgloss

eye shadow

lipoil

Instant Glow Serum

Good Skin Serum

blush

bronzer

lipliner

brow pomade

Brush

mascara

Minimalist perfecting stick

Beauty

Signature Makeup Bag

Brow 1980 Volumizing Pomade 4.5ml

Flush Balm Cream Blush

The Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Stick

Clean Lash Lengthening Mascara

Shade Slick Tinted Lip Oil

Day Glow Highlighting Balm

The Box Shade Slick Lip Oil Set

Five Minute Morning The Core Collection

The Cheek Set

Signature Lipstick

The Holiday Essentials Face Set

The Signature Set

The Color Set

Sunday Morning Set

Katherine Power Set

The Lip Duo

Bronze Balm Sheer Bronzer

The Full Collection Limited Edition

Great Skin Instant Glow Serum

As part of Thingtestibg, I ordered 4 products from Merit- the signature lip liner in coupe, lipstick in millenial, mascara, and the uniform tinted sunscreen. Based on what I know, I’m a huge fan of this brand. It’s considered a “clean” brand, which is nice but honestly doesn’t matter to me as much as if it works - which this brand does. Both the lip liner and the lipstick are a pretty, natural pink that are very easy to apply. The mascara is excellent - it lasted during an entire summer day without smudging/flaking, but wasn’t impossible to take off. And the sunscreen was easily applied with my fingers, with a nice light tint - if you prefer light coverage, this + some concealer is all you need. Highly recommend! It also came in a unique corduroy bag that I will definitely reuse!