Tower 28 Dream Hour BeachPlease Review & Swatches
Dream Hour
Tower 28 Dream Hour BeachPlease Lip + Cheek Tinted Balm ($20.00 for 0.158 oz.) is a vivid–nearly neon–cotton candy pink with strong, cool blue undertones and a natural finish that looked dewy but wasn’t overly tacky.
- Medium, buildable pigmentation (naturally sheered out, as marketed, despite appearing more pigmented in one layer)
- Lightly creamy, moderately emollient, smooth
- Applied well over bare skin + on top of foundation with fingertips or brushes
- Long-wearing (8 hours before fading visibly)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
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Formula Overview
$20.00/0.158 oz. - $126.58 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "buildable color" with a "luminous, second-skin finish" that can be used on lips and cheeks. They seem quite pigmented initially, but they are more buildable coverage than they are intense coverage as the moderately emollient consistency readily sheers out in practice. This is likely how most people want their cream blushes to work, as it makes the formula easy to work with as it's quite blendable but can easily be built up for higher coverage where needed.
As a cream blush, the finish was dewy, but it had dried down and no longer felt emollient to the touch, which yielded better longevity on my skin. The formula sings as a cream blush, which would be the purpose I'd recommend these for. They applied evenly and blended out nicely on bare skin as well as over foundation as it did not lift up base products. They lasted around eight hours for most shades before fading--not sliding--on me.
As a lip product, the finish was less dewy and looked more satin. They're weaker as a lip product than a cream blush as the product was more prone to separating along my lip lines or catching on imperfections with so-so wear. They were comfortable enough to wear, as they were thin but not clingy, with color that lasted two to three hours. I did not find it hydrating as a lip product.
Browse all of our Tower 28 BeachPlease Lip + Cheek Tinted Balm swatches.
Ingredients
Dewy but not overly tacky sounds like a wonderful finish. The rating for this is missing – was that deliberate or a glitch?
“I’m a Barbie girl living in a Barbie world” -sure seems to be this summer’s theme! Yes, this definitely has a nearly radioactive neon look to it, yet I think that it’s quite pretty. I’ll stick with my huge pan of Haus Labs Dragon Fruit Daze for my Barbie leaning vivid pink, though.
My embarrassingly large blush collection and current no-buy can both be attributed to this shade of bubblegum pink. I’ve loved it for years and when it became trendy, I began mindlessly buying almost every brand’s iteration, ending up with a hoard of blushes (many never opened) that were identical on the skin. I even bought Persona’s Bubble in powder and cream – who does that?!? I snapped out of my stupor 2 weeks ago when I did a declutter and put myself on a strict blush no-buy.
Love me a cool tones anything! I think I might like this one better than the previous blushes reviewed. It is so bright and happy. Maybe not great for the upcoming fall and winter months but there is always spring and summer next year!
I’ve never seen you give a – instead of a grade before. Just wanted you to know I appreciate you so much, I’ve been processing the idea of not reading your posts everyday since your recent announcement. I’m sad but so grateful for years of content you’ve given us.
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