Beauty Care: Melt Cosmetics Raw Honey Digital Dust Duo Blush Review & Swatches

Raw Honey

Melt Cosmetics Raw Honey Digital Dust Duo Blush ($39.00 for 0.24 oz.) is a new, shimmering blush duo that featured a deeper, reddish-copper hue paired with a medium, peach shade. Both shades performed well as they were pigmented, blendable, and long-wearing without emphasizing my skin’s natural texture.

Raw Honey

PPermanent. $39.00.

9.5

Product

9.5

Pigmentation

Texture

9.5

Longevity

Application

97%

Total

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Raw

Raw is a deep, rosy copper with moderate, warm undertones and a luminous finish. It had nearly opaque color coverage paired with a smooth, denser, firmer texture, which didn’t have any excess product kicked up and sat particularly well on bare skin as it looked almost “melted.”

This type of gel-powder formula works best with a moderately-dense brush to pick up product, as it did have a firmer texture, but the powder applied beautifully and blended out with little effort. This shade stayed on well for nine hours before fading a bit.

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).

Top Dupes

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Melt Cosmetics Phoenix (LE, $39.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
Coloured Raine Bourgeois (P, $25.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
Smashbox Rosemantic (LE, $39.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
Chanel Alezane (260) (P, $45.00) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar).
Tom Ford Beauty Incandescent (Bottom) (PiP, $75.00) is more shimmery, lighter, brighter (85% similar).
Lancome Rose Twinkle #2 (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
Makeup Geek Firework (P, $20.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
NARS Cheek Studio III (LE, $30.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
MAC Faux Sure (P, $27.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
MAC Hushed Tone (P, $27.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).

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Formula Overview

The formula is described as having a buildable glow--from "natural and dewy" to "intensified [and] luminous," while brand swatches were opaque. There's not much else said about the formula aside from that they will "never appear powdery." The formula felt like a gel-powder hybrid, which is a type of powder formula that exists across brands and is more consistent in performance, in my experience.

The gel-powder is denser, firmer in the pan but smooth to the touch. It works best with a moderate hand or a moderately-dense brush for picking up product, and as the brand mentioned, it wasn't powdery at all. Because there's no excess powder kicked up, a moderately-dense brush tapped/patted onto the surface helps to pick up product most evenly.

The powder went on beautifully as it blended out nicely and had a luminous glow that could be intensified to more metallic with a second layer or if used with a dampened brush. The coverage was mostly opaqe to opaque in a single layer, while the wear ranged from eight to nine hours on me.

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Ingredients

Mica, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Squalane, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Glycerin, Polysorbate 20, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Chondrus Crispus (Carrageenan), Xanthan Gum, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Silica, Dicalcium Phosphate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Titanium Dioxide Ci 77891, Iron Oxides Ci 77491, Iron Oxides Ci 77492, Iron Oxides Ci 77499.

Raw

PiPPermanent in Palette.

9.5

Product

9.5

Pigmentation

Texture

9.5

Longevity

Application

97%

Total

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Honey

Honey is a medium, golden peach with moderate, warm undertones and fine, pink and gold pearl that gave it a luminous sheen. It had opaque pigmentation in a single layer, though you’ll want to reach for a moderately-dense brush to pick up product evenly (typical for this type of formula).

The smooth, firmer consistency was dense without being stiff to work with, and there was no powderiness as promised. The powder applied evenly to bare skin, blended out easily, and never emphasized my skin’s natural texture. It wore nicely for nine hours before showing signs of fading.

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).

Top Dupes

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Colour Pop Morning After (PiP, $8.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
Milani Sunset Glow (P, $10.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
Colour Pop Padded Down (LE, $8.00) is warmer (90% similar).
Makeup Revolution Liquid Bronze Gold (P, $9.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
LORAC Sunlight (LE, $23.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
Becca Rose Gold (P, $19.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
Sephora High Noon (P, $16.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
Tarte Candlelight (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
Huda Beauty Tahiti (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
Chanel Metal Peach (LE, $70.00) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar).

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Formula Overview

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Ingredients

Mica, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Silica, Squalane, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Glycerin, Polysorbate 20, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T- Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Chondrus Crispus (Carrageenan), Xanthan Gum, Dicalcium Phosphate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Titanium Dioxide Ci 77891, Iron Oxides Ci 77491, Iron Oxides Ci 77499, Manganese Violet Ci 77742.