Tower 28 Office Hours BeachPlease Balm Reviews & Swtaches
Office Hours
Tower 28 Office Hours BeachPlease Lip + Cheek Tinted Balm ($20.00 for 0.158 oz.) is a slightly muted, medium-dark rosy pink with warmer undertones and a natural finish–not totally matte but it did dry down.
- Medium, buildable coverage
- Lightweight, moderately emollient consistency
- Best as a blush, so-so as lip color (prone to emphasizing texture)
- Long-wearing as blush (8 hours)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Essence Befitting (P, $2.99) is more shimmery, warmer, less glossy (95% similar).
- LYS Beauty Grateful (LE, $16.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Anastasia Soft Rose (P, $32.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Mali'booze (LE, $20.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Tumble 4 Ya (P, $7.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- NARS Just Lust (LE, $30.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- LYS Beauty Self Love (P, $16.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Coloured Raine Stiletto Rose (LE, $12.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Rare Beauty Encourage (P, $23.00) is darker, warmer (80% similar).
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
Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax, Diisostearyl Malate, Triisostearyl Citrate, Microcrystalline Wax (Cera Microcristallina), Jojoba Esters, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Acacia Decurrens Flower Wax, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Tocopherol, Polyglycerin-3, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin. MAY CONTAIN: Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850), Red 22 Lake (CI 45380), Red 30 Lake (CI 73360), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891).
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Even though I really love it, I looked at the possible dupes and saw a ton of more affordable and close enough shades there that, dare I say, makes this blush shade very common across the drugstore and lower end ranges.
This color is really pretty, I’ve been seeing others loving this formula, but I never felt there was a color I could really use, but I can see myself wearing this one!
Oh, that is nice!
I’m sad that this doesn’t appear nearly as mauve as it has in social media posts I’ve seen. The good news is that I no longer feel I ‘have to have it’! (I will absolutely purchase the new gloss though when it’s stocked in Canada.)
This. Wanted it despite having mauves from Ta, MAC, and 2 Lottie London hot boys collection. Yeah, I had to look them up. Zayn and Zac. Those shades are far more real mauve. I think T28 also called it mauve. Not to my eye.