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.
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Raw Honey
PPermanent. $39.00.
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
- Coloured Raine Bourgeois (P, $25.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Rare Beauty Captivate (P, $22.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Smashbox Rosemantic (LE, $39.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- bareMinerals Kiss of Rose (LE, $26.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Phoenix (LE, $39.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% 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, $31.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
Formula Overview
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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.
Browse all of our Melt Cosmetics Digital Dust Blush swatches.
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.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Raw
PiPPermanent in Palette.
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
- Sol Body Bronze Hour (LE, $12.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Morning After (PiP, $12.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Tower 28 Sun Coast (P, $20.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Chanel Or Rose (LE, $120.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Milani Sunset Glow (P, $10.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Chanel Perles de Lumiere (LE, $70.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Padded Down (LE, $12.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Just Whitney (LE, $42.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Makeup Revolution Liquid Bronze Gold (P, $9.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Pat McGrath Venus Nectar (P, $48.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
Formula Overview
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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.
Browse all of our Melt Cosmetics Digital Dust Blush swatches.
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.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
This duo speaks to me. My kinds of colors, too. Only hitch is that I do have Smashbox Rosemantic. Close, but I’d say it’s *perhaps* enough of a difference in depth to have both? ?
Ah, so hard to call it!
Melt Cosmetics has sales every couple of months on their site, and these should drop down to about $25, if you hold out for a bit. My guess is the next one will be Black Friday, but there’s a chance of one sooner, especially if they drop a new product.
I’m so glad this one did well because I love the colours! The copper might be a bit too deep for me, but I think I could make it work with a light hand. 🙂
I’m a MAC NC12, and it works for me; I use a really soft, fluffy brush, and even have to build it up a bit. Also, mixing both shades together helps!
I still love the look of Honey, but seeing Becca’s Rose Gold listed as a dupe, I realized I have a mini of it that I got at work a while ago and already planned to use as a highlighting blush/blush topper. Yay!! I do prefer Melt’s packaging, though…
Simply stunning – both shades work so well alone and together.
This is the one that made me pass even thinking about purchasing the whole set. First, that’s too damn much money for blush – a cosmetic that lasts basically forever – and second, I’m fair but with rosacea and I spend most of my time trying to neutralize the red, not amplify it with red/pink/purple products.
Having said it’s not for me….this is damn pretty. This whole release is pretty as shit.
This duo is the most deceptive because it looks so much mauvier/cooler in pictures, but in person it’s really pretty and not gray at all. Gorgeous.