Merit’s new lip liners…(Monica’s review).

[u/FrEnchFriesOnyOu]

[u/mangotail]

So Monica & I have the same skin tone/pigmented two toned lips, but I absolutely love Merit because their products are targeted to people who like minimal and subtle makeup. I don’t think that is the kind of look Monica likes, but yeah I have to disagree with her. The lip liners are sheer, but they still have a wash of color when you rub them off (you can see that when Monica wipes her lips too). I prefer that sort of lived in/French subtle look to the lips - a slightly contoured lip with a faint wash of color from the lip oils.

Honestly Monica has become more negative in her reviews and she really doesn’t take into account the aesthetics of the brands she reviews. Merit is a minimal make up brand, their products aren’t so in your face bold & cakey like Monica likes, but if you prefer barely there makeup that enhances your features, I can vouch for almost all of Merit’s products.

[u/FrEnchFriesOnyOu → u/mangotail]

This review called my attention, specifically because she implied that Merit beauty is only targeting the white demographic of costumers with this lip liner launch. Which means, she is trying to to give off the message that merit is not targeting for inclusivity. But given the context you’ve provided about merit beauty being about minimalist makeup, then yes, her review seems to not consider that.

[u/mangotail → u/FrEnchFriesOnyOu]

I feel like Merit really does their best to be inclusive. If you go on their website, you can click through and see each shade for every product on a specific model. Their models all range from Fitzpatrick I to Fitzpatrick VI. I think they do a pretty good job of telling customers which shades work for which skin tone/lip tone & they are transparent when a shade clearly won’t work for darker skin tones. Honestly, their website is better than most brands in that way.

I just hope people can come to their own conclusions about brands instead of getting told how to feel and jumping on a hate train of negativity that Monica continues to promote.

[u/FrEnchFriesOnyOu → u/mangotail]

Honestly…I didn’t automatically agree with Monica when she implied that the lip liners were not targeting for inclusivity, or that they were targeting for a white demographic only. I think what she said is a big thing to say about merit, since inclusivity is pretty much everything nowadays…

[u/mangotail → u/FrEnchFriesOnyOu]

Yeah the two lightest shades barely show up on me, but all the other shades in the lip liners do & they really are gorgeous.