MERIT reviews and discussion

4.6

95% of reviewers would recommend to a friend

Reviews mention

  • Creamy, blendable complexion stick
  • Lightweight, skin-like formulas
  • Elegant, minimalist packaging
  • Sensitive-skin friendly formulations
  • Fragile, finicky component packaging
  • Sheer, quickly fading pigments
  • Dryness and creasing on texture
  • Inconsistent shade matching accuracy

MERIT earns strong reviews as a minimalist, “your-skin-but-better” line that blends easily, flatters a natural look, and suits sensitive skin, with standouts like the Minimalist Complexion Stick, Flush Balm blushes, Day Glow highlighter, Bronze Balm, Clean Lash mascara, and Shade Slick lip oils. Reviews also flag weaknesses: color products that fade quickly, sheer coverage that won’t satisfy full-coverage users, packaging issues (sticks breaking, messy pumps, mascara cap stickiness), occasional dryness/creasing on textured or dry skin, and inconsistent shade matches for some complexions.

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299 reviews and posts

  • I tried their perfecting stick and it’s everything I was looking for, coming from someone who loves a natural makeup look. It’s buildable, easy to blend, has good coverage, and a staple in my quick makeup days!

  • I have been using the minimalist perfecting stick for 4 months now, so far I'm liking it. Its a little pricy but worth the money. I like the shade match and the shade options they have, the formula is good for dry to normal skin. I would definitely like to try other products from the brand.

    Consumer
  • Merit is the best! I have very sensitive, eczema prone skin, and Merit is one of the only makeup brands that works for me. I have the bronzer, highlighter, blush, brush, concealer, and lip oil and love them all. The packaging is beautiful as well.

  • I own a few products from merit and I love how they are travel-friendly and a clean brand. The minimalist perfecting stick truly melts into your skin and provides buildable coverage that looks natural. I gave this a rating of 4 because I do find that it separates on my skin throughout the day, especially on my nose.

  • I love the tinted lip oil! I recently bought it and cannot stop reapplying it. I just got the shade sheer natural and next i’m getting sheer red! highly recommend

    Verified purchase

  • I recently got the bronzing stick and it’s been a game changer for my makeup. For someone who’s not the best at doing makeup, the stick made it so easy for me to get into contouring. It blends so easily, looks beautiful, and is buildable so you can’t go too dark too quickly.

  • really love their branding and aesthetic but their mascara and lip oil is mediocre at best. the lip oil has a nice feel but have to reapply so often as the color fades away so quickly

  • The lipsticks make you want to own them all, as the sheer tints are perfectly balmy and come in the chicest packaging. Indulge in the skin glow primer to get a burst of juicy illumination on your face.

  • There is nothing like the complexion stick! As someone with incredibly sensitive and breakout prone skin, it is so important to me that the product I am using has safe ingredients and can still get the job done. Since switching to this stick my skin has improved so much. There are so many shades, and often I mix and match a few depending on the season. Their first drop was a much smaller amount of product, but they addressed that and now its better than ever. I never want to stop using their complexion stick.

  • I have the concealer and the blush. Such good products. Melts into the skin. Love them.

  • I have the brow brush and clear lip gloss, and I absolutely love them both. I like how streamlined and natural-looking their products are and can't wait to buy more.

  • I love merit beauty for being such a minimal makeup brand with amazing high-quality everyday products. I've tried several products from them being their foundation, foundation brush, blush, highlighter, eyebrow gel, gloss, and mascara and I absolutely love them all. I've used the foundation not only for my foundation but also a deeper shade for my bronzer and I love it! The blush selections are amazing as well that can be worn sheer or built up for fuller coverage and the eyebrow gel IS MY GO TO!

    Influencer for MERIT
  • I've been using Merit's concealer stick and I'm pretty pleased with it. The packaging has a great feel and makes it super easy to slap on. Coverage is buildable and blendable, and it never looks dry or cakey.

  • I have tried the stick contouring and it worked amazing.Loved the minimalistic packaging.

  • Merit makes my favourite gloss/lip oil, it's lasted for months and is the perfect colour, and much cheaper than similar products.

  • Great line of makeup to achieve that perfect skin like makeup . Glory and fresh , and there lipsticks are some of the best I ever used , long lasting , not drying , and great shades ranges .

  • I really LOVE the greak skin instant glow, the lip oil & the bronzer stick. I find that the blush & highlighter stick are good too but not something I would repruchase. Overall super dewy & love the packaging.

  • I received the blending brush no.1 as well as the perfecting complexion stick. The brush is very soft and worked well at blending my concealer in. The complexion stick was very easy to use and matched my shade perfectly. Both products were overall good quality, however I do think it's a little overpriced.

    Received a free product from MERIT
  • I like that this brand makes easy-to-use beauty products that give that flattering no-makeup makeup look. I really like the brow gel, blush, and lip stain. I purchased the holiday 'fete' set around Black Friday, which was a perfect gift size.

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    I didn't think the highlighter stick or mascara was anything special- not bad, but they weren't standouts.