Melt Cosmetics Lynx Cream Blushlight Review & Swatches
Lynx
Melt Cosmetics Lynx Cream Blushlight ($22.00 for 0.14 oz.) is a light-medium brown base with warmer, darker gold pearl throughout. It had semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation with a smooth, lightly creamy texture that had moderate slip but dried down to a satin finish–slight sheen but not glossy. The product applied well over bare skin as well as over foundation as it did not lift up my base products or create patchiness. It stayed on nicely for eight and a half hours before fading noticeably.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
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- Melt Cosmetics Lynx (P, $22.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
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Formula Overview
$22.00/0.14 oz. - $157.14 Per Ounce
The product is primarily marketed as a cream blush, but the brand also stated that they can be applied to lips as well with some shades working as cream eyeshadow for a monochromatic look. There was nothing about coverage that I could find, though the brand's swatches--both live and in promotional images--were opaque.
The formula was lightweight, moderately emollient, and slightly gel-like, which helped it spread better over bare skin and over base products. Most shades were not prone to lifting up base products and worked well with both fingertips and brushes for application.
As the formula was more pigmented with most shades ranging from semi-opaque to fully opaque, I found brushes were particularly good at getting a sheerer, more diffused application, especially around the edges. If you want a sheerer effect, I'd recommend using less product and building up more as they were more pigmented than most cream-based blushes.
They dried down to a more transfer-resistant finish, so they did not remain emollient, which helped them last longer on my skin. They could still be blended out once dry, and if I rubbed with a fingertip, product would transfer, but the color didn't lift away if I had to brush a stray eyelash or hair from my face (as examples). They still had a natural sheen on my skin, less than dewy but definitely not matte either!
On average, they lasted eight hours on me with a couple of shades lasting a touch longer. I found the shimmer-less shades to last slightly longer in comparison to the shimmery shades, which were more emollient in the pan as well.
Browse all of our Melt Cosmetics Cream Blushlight swatches.
Ingredients
ISOAMYL LAURATE, ISONONYL ISONONANOATE, MICA, POLYGLYCERYL-2 TRIISOSTEARATE, POLYETHYLENE, OCTYLDODECANOL, SILICA, BEHENYL DIMETHICONE, TRIBEHENIN, DIMETHICONE/VINYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER, DISTEARDIMONIUM HECTORITE, TALC, PARFUM / FRAGRANCE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, TIN OXIDE, BHT, BENZYL BENZOATE. MAY CONTAIN: TITANIUM DIOXIDE CI 77891, IRON OXIDES CI 77491, IRON OXIDES CI 77492, IRON OXIDES CI 77499.
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Looks like a a really good lighter bronze option for light to lt.-med. skintones! Pretty!
This looks pretty but will probably be more of a blush topper for me. I saw a dark skinned model wearing this and it looked beautiful on her. This in my Sephora cart waiting for the sale but not sure if I’ll buy it.