I have no idea how you kept the footage of each lipstick separate in editing. I'm sure this video was a TON of work, so I thank you, your lips & any additional support systems for this entertaining & informative video.
Exactly what I thought! How do you keep the order straight of what lipstick you swatched so that it's a tiny bit easier to put name to colour in the editing? We see the work! We see the effort! We appreciate you and Joe very much ❤
I love that your videos help us infuse decisions that could feel humdrum (choosing a lipstick) with artfulness, intentionality and self reflection. It turns makeup into a window into the soul. Thank you, Hannah! 🙂
As far as I'm concerned, this is the gold standard for product review! The side-by-side comparisons are so helpful, but it's even more than that... It's the obvious consideration you have put in to the nuances which you then communicate with such clarity. I just went into Sephora the other day to swatch the new mattes, and seeing this video now has convinced me I don't need to buy any, but I'm over here just appreciating beautiful makeup for beautiful makeup's sake.
I’m longing for brands to release plummy browns in their lip ranges. I would love this formula (or one from Lisa Eldridge, Tom Ford, etc.) in a brown that leans plum rather than brick.
I find it a little sinic to choose French names for lipsticks that you cannot buy in France... Merit, when will we be able to buy your brand in France???
Keep Classic and Court in your kit. I don't usually go for bright lips, either. When I do, the color has to be exact. Those two colors are that on you. They light up your face but don't overshadow it -- your whole face is in focus, not just your lips. Thanks for trying all these on!
@@cathb4682 ah bon! I lived in Nice for a year during college and loved my experience. I have been back to France many times and have a special place in my heart for French people and language. Hannah normally does so well with pronunciation but this one just stuck out to me.
Ok Ms Hannah! You don’t give your lovely complexion enough credit! You looked good in almost all of the mattes!! My fav on you were: Antibes, Equestrian, Vermilion and Power ( Sunday was the only one, where I went ehh ) loved the mattes on you the most actually! I will say, it did feel as if all their mattes are sooo close in color, it didn’t feel like there was any true pinks for example ? Which was odd…overall loved them though!
All hail our pale queen! I'm not quite as pale but I might be even more olive and desaturated than you Hannah, because the Merit lipsticks are all SO much and orange on me. I think all of these look amazing on you! So I know they won't be for me and my preferences, but knowing how hard it is to find lippies that work for us ghosties, I'm so happy that you've found a brand that works for you! (And can't wait for the next installment of the balm series!)
I was musing to myself about why we sometimes prefer colors that maybe aren’t on trend or why some color might feel dated on one person but fresh on another. I think it has to do with individual coloring. I get why you prefer the warmer toned versions. It is in keeping with your personal coloring, skin, hair and eyes. Your hair and skin are both muted and while a mix of color, both lean to the yellow side of the spectrum more than the blue. Right now, modern feeling is being in keeping with your coloring rather than trending, I think. I am a medium skin tone and both my hair and skin lean cool (very dark with red highlights not yellow and cool olive leaning more blue). It being winter and me being paler, I almost give off walking dead vibes with the silvery gray green undertone I have going on😂. I love me a deep berry, which somehow looks modern and like me, rather than vampy. Anything with even the slightest bit of orange goes neon on me while pink, mauve and berry look normal as long as there is gray mixed in.
I love how "Equestrian" looks on you,because it gives you the same contrast that you have ( fair skin with deep auburn hair). Yet, you have this soft/muted quality to your coloring,as this deep brown lip color has. It also has a neutrality that goes well with your olive skin. Just like in color analysis, I feel you are a Deep Autumn (aka: Soft/Deep/Warm).
definitely deep autumn! after so much trial and error (and everything turning too pink/too orange) I now only buy a lipstick that’s been swatched/worn by hannah and haven’t been subject to clown mouth for a while now 🌟
This is so interesting! I always thought of Hannah as a cool season, most likely Muted Summer (soft/medium/cool). So interesting to see differences of opinion, given the fact that neither of us have draped her :) I'm a True Summer with olive skin and I tend to only buy Hannah-tested colors too.
Yes with Baby!! It looks so fab on you. This makes me think that classic might work on me bc I’m not olive and actually have some peachy pink undertones. This is - as my students would say - ****amazeballs*** analysis. Only HLP can deliver!!!
So helpful! I’m a red head with the pale skin problem of color looking garish on me but I have pink skin and blue eyes so I gravitate to the opposite Merit colors like the blue pinks and reds. Thank you for helping me figure that out!
It's the story, of a lovely lady! Who was trying oh so many lipsticks on. Each of them had pros and cons and claims a plenty, And that's the way we got the Poston/Merit bunch! It's not great, but there you go 😂
Taking advantage of being early with a video requesf: makeup to nap in. I want this to be a trend. Hannah, would you be into that? People of TH-cam, what makeup do you wear when you anticipate a nap later?
Lmao as a pregnant person who naps a lot, I think about this so much. Basically I skip base products, swap for dewy skincare. Then I do bolder lips and single shadow eyes!
i am a pale, desaturated olive. having 3 of the satins myself (because of you) makes this video *even more* helpful. based on how you wear tiger though, i know i'm not as pale as you but definitely more olive or desaturated. tiger almost presents itself as a proper red on me. heavily considering equestrian...
Also! Thank you for noting that Vermillion is actually more down the middle than warm because I was leaning towards Vermillion initially for my red but I thought the photos made it look like that too. Now I’m going with Court because have Antibes and it’s my favorite lipstick formula ever.
French, whyyyy??? Ahn-teeb? Why with the e and s? Did you just over-buy those letters when you bought your first printing presses??? OK done now. Sorry French, I know English is dumb too.
Nice to come home to this video. As a fellow pale person (but very pink), I’m always amused by your search for the perfect brown. I’m always inspired to try them, only to recognize once again that I look like a dead body in brown. 😉
Forgot to say, try "Catwalk" by Charlotte Tibury. It's a nude/peach but it's very neutral, soft in color and it's flattering against olive skin. And lip liner from Hourglass in color "Expose 1".
Thanks for such a thorough video-- I thought I wanted Equestrian, but watching this as a fellow pale olive, I think it is too warm and bold for what I'm actually aesthetically in the market for. My dream is that Merit eventually does a color approaching the likes of Maybelline Gone Griege! I wish Baby looked more putty-ish on me, but it goes quite pink instead, and 1990 goes quite red-- I might be even more olive than I thought
My favorite red lip (not that I have many, because red is pretty overpowering on me) is Kitty Belly in the Nyx Smooth Whip formula. It's a matte cream but it's the only matte I can wear for hours and it never dries me out. Also, it has this dimensional matte look without layering really dark on the lips like the Merit mattes do. I'm really curious what you would say about it, to me it's such an interesting formula.
Hanna I think they all look beautiful on you and makes me want to purchase all of them, the satin and matte colors and if my pocket book would allow me to i would be online purchasing all of them! However I can't afford them and was wondering if you could help find some comparable/dupes at the drugstore? Mostly interested in your favorite colors from the satin line and of the matte. Thank you for sharing these, they all look beautiful on you!!!
Love your videos. They are so in depth and thorough. I would love an in depth video about finding your skin tone and undertone. Your base makeup is always so flawless and everything you put on your face just looks so good. I wish to be able to understand my own skin colouring to be able to be able to assess things like you do.
Yay! I was worried you were going to swatch these elsewhere on the socials and I am limiting myself to TH-cam. I have to wait for your reviews for make up because i too am a ghost. Also, no one cares, but Antibes is pronounced Anne teebs.
I love your videos, Hannah. I have a little problem though - most of these colours are reading as variations of brown on my monitor and I don't know why. I've checked the monitor's light temperature settings and it doesn't make much difference. Other viewers seem to be seeing the colours better than I do. I wonder if the lipsticks all have a grey element which for me, makes them all look brownish. That's including Sunday that you're saying is definitely pink. It looks like a brownish rose to me on both my laptop and ipad.
is there an amber night-shift on your screens? On a lot of devices it's automatic and starts as soon as the sun goes down, which can be pretty early depending on where you are. Maybe a different issue, but this definitely happens on my computer and phone (colors don't look true after sundown)
I bought Merit Tiger and it has never been quite what I’ve wanted because with my undertone it pulls almost too brown for my comfort. But I love a brick red typically. Seeing you compare it and Court, I think that may be ✨the one✨ for me.
I'm using "a curl can dream" gel and a diffuser head on my blow dryer when I wash my hair once a week. But I think a lot of the volume is coming from the cut! It's a razor cut and she carved lots out of the middle so that it isn't weighed down. I also have really thick hair.
Thank you so much for doing this, you have no idea how much money you saved me. Since merit doesn’t ship to the EU, I have to get a British friend of mine to forward me products (I got two signature lips, the bronzer and the blush that way) which is always a lot of trouble. I own L’avenue and aperitif and I don’t think any of the new colours would be for me or are better in undertone than the ones I own.
You and your lips absolutely CRUSHED this video. Marvelous work. As for the Merit Mattes themselves...they're beautiful, but a pass for me. My lips are old crusty-dusty and just can't handle "matte" anymore. I'm very happy with Tiger and L'Avenue.
Thank you so much for this review. I wish Merit did 20% off along side Sephora’s VIB sale because I want 4 of the new shades but I’m waiting for April 5th and because of that won’t use your link. :/ I’m sorry. I wish there was a way to give you credit because this video is THOROUGH! And really helped me make my decisions. Anyway, I love your videos. Thank you for making them. ❤❤ you’re the best!
You look amazing...I love your lashes and have adopted your application (or adapted my application to your method...lol) and I really like it. Thank you for another video! BTW, Antibes looks great on you!
I got the four-pack with Maison, Antibes, Classic, and Power. I am also super pale, but with pink undertone, so I turn everything pink. So Power turned into a cherries in the snow type deal, which is fine--it's a richer, more luxe version of Colour Pop Solo, which is welcome. I will try Vermilion, because I love Apertif, and yes, Cabo still wins!
I’m really interested in these matte lipsticks because the color look so beautiful and grungy but, I hate matte textures as they can be overly drying. I also want to try the lipsticks by Kulfi. They have a lot more brown-y tones. Have you tried those?
I am so impressed with Merit. They stand behind their products and customer service was incredibly responsive. I am surprised by how much I love their stick foundation. And I can’t stop, won’t stop purchasing the Great Skin!
So I’ve been on the hunt for a red-brown for donkey’s years and I cannot tell you the amount of times i’ve fallen for the misleading “warm brown” and “brick red” marketing terms. Like hey, there’s varying shades of bricks! But I guess the one I was looking for this whole time is more of an old-red-barn red. Anyways, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk, I’m off to buy Equestrian.
I absolutely loved this video and your previous Merit lipstick video. Now that I am actually in the market for a red lipstick, they have both been so helpful. Thank you for creating both and for sharing your commission link!
Love 1990 on you So how do you know how long to pose so that it fits your dialogue? I don’t see how you could do the dialogue first without really knowing what it looks like unless you’ve done it twice.
Hi Hannah! I dunno if there's still time to make the next balm show-down, but I just ran across the Rabanne Lovebalm Hydrating Lip Balm and feel like it could possibly satisfy your brief! I think 011 soul kiss would be the shade to try, and I am so curious to see what you think of it! (So much so that I commented on this video too so it doesn't get lost on an older video!) I'm loving this quest, and am looking for a similar beast - my personal closest is Clinique black honey, which is just an outstanding nuanced red/brown shade on my very pale, desaturated skintone.
I think you are warm toned, which is why berries don't work well. Cool toned olives look great in berries though! And honestly, you get away with berries just fine:)
I need to know which skin products you are wearing for this video! Is it good ole' Auric Glow Lust, or is something else making magic here? Whatever it is, I'm buying it!
Thank you for this video! I’ve been trying to figure out if that equestrian shade would work for Cool toned folks? it helps to know it’s not warm by being orange leaning. although it’s a beautiful color, I think I might skip it because it still sounds like it’s quite warm.
So helpful!! I wanted to try this formula and Baby is my absolute favorite in the Satin formula but Classic just won’t do. Decision made. Thank you so much for such a thorough review and comparisons.
Congratulations on your book Hannah. I can’t wait to receive my copy. Thanks so much for this video. Loved it! Fabulous resource. I know you’re a super fan of Merit Beauty - Have you heard/seen what happened between Merit and Wayne Goss? He’s posted a detailed video. So sad. Surprising. Disappointing even. Apparently he’s not the only one to have had a negative experience with Merit as a paying consumer, Trustpilot is full of reviews from people who’ve had similar experiences. It does make me question whether to shop from Merit in the future. I just don’t know if I can support a company that treats people in that way. Thanks again for yours and Joe’s beautiful creativity. Love all the work you both do. 🫶🏼
This is random, but I’m listening to the audiobook of One in a Millenial and it is really awesome and nostalgic, but mostly the poetic cadence of Kate Kennedy is just magnificent 👏 musical 👏 I think you might enjoy it!
Your personal coloring is so special, that on my screen You look like a black and white photo with slight brown filter and colored lips (when You have lipstick on). So artistic!
Towards the end, discussing formula and the effect it had when overlining the lips, it got me thinking.. what if one from each merit line was used and ombréd together. The original satin as the "liner" and the new shiny matte towards the center (more as a topper). Can anybody else picture my vision with success or is it too out there??
I too love the original Lipstick range. The colors are so much more my thing too, much more nuanced. While I am not as pale as you I have a similar neutral olive undertone. I have already seen several reviews of this new lipstick and I was actually really underwhelmed and disappointed by the colors immediately. Every single one of these is going to go too pink or too orange on me, neither of which I like. I am sad that there wasn’t a neutral or grungy color to be found and I won’t be buying any of them. So I guess at least I’ll be saving some money.
Oh my goodness, your lipie reals are adorable! I swear I could listen to you talking about literally anything. Have you looked into audible book reads as a side project?
Some of the colors do look very different on your lips in a good way. I only bought Antibes and it washes me out. I would have to invest in a lip pencil to use with Antibes. Very nice and thorough video of the swatches.
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"I'm pretty pale- it may be hard to tell." -Hannah, who is literally the color of the chair behind her
there is a chair behind her????
Oh no LMAO 😂
😂😂😂
A haiku by HLP:
I am just a ghost.
I am simply transparent
Floating through the world.
I have no idea how you kept the footage of each lipstick separate in editing. I'm sure this video was a TON of work, so I thank you, your lips & any additional support systems for this entertaining & informative video.
Joe did some heavy lifting on this one!
Here here
Exactly what I thought! How do you keep the order straight of what lipstick you swatched so that it's a tiny bit easier to put name to colour in the editing?
We see the work! We see the effort! We appreciate you and Joe very much ❤
I love that your videos help us infuse decisions that could feel humdrum (choosing a lipstick) with artfulness, intentionality and self reflection. It turns makeup into a window into the soul. Thank you, Hannah! 🙂
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I love your comment. You worded it so beautifully, and I couldn’t agree more. ❤
Absolutely this
As far as I'm concerned, this is the gold standard for product review! The side-by-side comparisons are so helpful, but it's even more than that... It's the obvious consideration you have put in to the nuances which you then communicate with such clarity. I just went into Sephora the other day to swatch the new mattes, and seeing this video now has convinced me I don't need to buy any, but I'm over here just appreciating beautiful makeup for beautiful makeup's sake.
Agree! I need someone with Hannah's level of discernment and precision (aka Hannah) to describe all lipstick colors
The comparisons are WONDERFUL. Thank you for that detail! Also showing how each shade blots out. Your lips put in some serious work on this one 💋
I’m longing for brands to release plummy browns in their lip ranges. I would love this formula (or one from Lisa Eldridge, Tom Ford, etc.) in a brown that leans plum rather than brick.
I'm still not into makeup at all - but to see you here, after a pretty bad day, is just nice. So I guess I'll learn something about lip stuff now... 😂
I hope tomorrow is better!!
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Fyi Merit said that aperitif and vermillion is the same color, they just changed the formula to fit in line with the matte ! :)
I'm so tickled watching you pose with the different lips on, I feel like I'm playing an HLP video game haha
I find it a little sinic to choose French names for lipsticks that you cannot buy in France... Merit, when will we be able to buy your brand in France???
Keep Classic and Court in your kit.
I don't usually go for bright lips, either. When I do, the color has to be exact.
Those two colors are that on you. They light up your face but don't overshadow it -- your whole face is in focus, not just your lips.
Thanks for trying all these on!
Antibes, forget the "iz" at the end and just say Antib. Town on the French Riviera between Cannes and Nice 😊❤
I’ve always heard it as on-TEEB
Thank you!! I was thinking the same way and thought there must be a French speaker out here to confirm. ❤
@@HeyLauraVan- Yes, it’s definitely on-TEEB 👍🏼😊
French not just French speaker 🙂@@jmdagger10
@@cathb4682 ah bon! I lived in Nice for a year during college and loved my experience. I have been back to France many times and have a special place in my heart for French people and language. Hannah normally does so well with pronunciation but this one just stuck out to me.
Love these thorough videos. They are perfect for those who spend time researching before buying.
I actually thought that Baby washed you out and Classic made you glow!
Ok Ms Hannah! You don’t give your lovely complexion enough credit! You looked good in almost all of the mattes!! My fav on you were: Antibes, Equestrian, Vermilion and Power ( Sunday was the only one, where I went ehh ) loved the mattes on you the most actually! I will say, it did feel as if all their mattes are sooo close in color, it didn’t feel like there was any true pinks for example ? Which was odd…overall loved them though!
Classic is endlessly flattering on you. Please consider keeping it!
Agreed. From looking at them on the site, I didn't expect Classic to look so good. But it looks so naturally flattering on her.
All hail our pale queen! I'm not quite as pale but I might be even more olive and desaturated than you Hannah, because the Merit lipsticks are all SO much and orange on me. I think all of these look amazing on you! So I know they won't be for me and my preferences, but knowing how hard it is to find lippies that work for us ghosties, I'm so happy that you've found a brand that works for you! (And can't wait for the next installment of the balm series!)
I just have to say that I love the way you sign off all of your videos - very uplifting!
Oooo... I've been wondering about Equestrian, especially!
I was musing to myself about why we sometimes prefer colors that maybe aren’t on trend or why some color might feel dated on one person but fresh on another. I think it has to do with individual coloring. I get why you prefer the warmer toned versions. It is in keeping with your personal coloring, skin, hair and eyes. Your hair and skin are both muted and while a mix of color, both lean to the yellow side of the spectrum more than the blue. Right now, modern feeling is being in keeping with your coloring rather than trending, I think. I am a medium skin tone and both my hair and skin lean cool (very dark with red highlights not yellow and cool olive leaning more blue). It being winter and me being paler, I almost give off walking dead vibes with the silvery gray green undertone I have going on😂. I love me a deep berry, which somehow looks modern and like me, rather than vampy. Anything with even the slightest bit of orange goes neon on me while pink, mauve and berry look normal as long as there is gray mixed in.
I love how "Equestrian" looks on you,because it gives you the same contrast that you have ( fair skin with deep auburn hair). Yet, you have this soft/muted quality to your coloring,as this deep brown lip color has. It also has a neutrality that goes well with your olive skin. Just like in color analysis, I feel you are a Deep Autumn (aka: Soft/Deep/Warm).
definitely deep autumn! after so much trial and error (and everything turning too pink/too orange) I now only buy a lipstick that’s been swatched/worn by hannah and haven’t been subject to clown mouth for a while now 🌟
This is so interesting! I always thought of Hannah as a cool season, most likely Muted Summer (soft/medium/cool). So interesting to see differences of opinion, given the fact that neither of us have draped her :) I'm a True Summer with olive skin and I tend to only buy Hannah-tested colors too.
Yes with Baby!! It looks so fab on you. This makes me think that classic might work on me bc I’m not olive and actually have some peachy pink undertones. This is - as my students would say - ****amazeballs*** analysis. Only HLP can deliver!!!
Actually, I think a cool red is stunning and unexpected on you
You titles are getting better and better 🤣
So helpful! I’m a red head with the pale skin problem of color looking garish on me but I have pink skin and blue eyes so I gravitate to the opposite Merit colors like the blue pinks and reds. Thank you for helping me figure that out!
It's the story, of a lovely lady!
Who was trying oh so many lipsticks on.
Each of them had pros and cons and claims a plenty,
And that's the way we got the Poston/Merit bunch!
It's not great, but there you go 😂
I love it
Taking advantage of being early with a video requesf: makeup to nap in. I want this to be a trend. Hannah, would you be into that? People of TH-cam, what makeup do you wear when you anticipate a nap later?
Lmao as a pregnant person who naps a lot, I think about this so much. Basically I skip base products, swap for dewy skincare. Then I do bolder lips and single shadow eyes!
i am a pale, desaturated olive.
having 3 of the satins myself (because of you) makes this video *even more* helpful.
based on how you wear tiger though, i know i'm not as pale as you but definitely more olive or desaturated. tiger almost presents itself as a proper red on me.
heavily considering equestrian...
Baby looks so much more neutral on you. On me it looks Barbie pink.
I’m obsessed with equestrian on you
Really liked the side-by-side comparison views, sure helps distinguish these colors from one another!
I got to go get my eyes checked. They look so similar, depends on lite or heavy wear.
Also! Thank you for noting that Vermillion is actually more down the middle than warm because I was leaning towards Vermillion initially for my red but I thought the photos made it look like that too. Now I’m going with Court because have Antibes and it’s my favorite lipstick formula ever.
French, whyyyy??? Ahn-teeb? Why with the e and s? Did you just over-buy those letters when you bought your first printing presses??? OK done now. Sorry French, I know English is dumb too.
Nice to come home to this video. As a fellow pale person (but very pink), I’m always amused by your search for the perfect brown. I’m always inspired to try them, only to recognize once again that I look like a dead body in brown. 😉
Court & Classic look so stunning on you!! 10/10!
Thanks to you & Joe for all the hard work you put into this video. 🩷
i thought Classic would be more up my alley than Sunday, but now that i saw swatches it's the other way round actually. Sunday is gonna get got 😄
Did anyone see Wayne Goss’ video on Merit? I love Hannah, I’m a Patron, I stand by her, but I am surprised to see a video on this brand…
Forgot to say, try "Catwalk" by Charlotte Tibury. It's a nude/peach but it's very neutral, soft in color and it's flattering against olive skin. And lip liner from Hourglass in color "Expose 1".
All the Hannahs at the end smiling and looking this way and that were giving me Brady Bunch vibes!😂
Love the phrasing of "this is a grubby-enough peach" when reviewing the first swatch lolol. I love your word choice! Spot on.
How can I buy Merit products from Europe? Help! 🧐🤓☺️
Your incredibly thorough overview and swatch party is much appreciated💜 Thank you.
I’m French and hearing you pronounce Antibes like titties for half an hour is really entertaining 😚
Thanks for such a thorough video-- I thought I wanted Equestrian, but watching this as a fellow pale olive, I think it is too warm and bold for what I'm actually aesthetically in the market for. My dream is that Merit eventually does a color approaching the likes of Maybelline Gone Griege! I wish Baby looked more putty-ish on me, but it goes quite pink instead, and 1990 goes quite red-- I might be even more olive than I thought
Equestrian looks amazing on you! Though I may be bias, as those brick browns are my go-to lips.
You suit them ALL! I love Equestrian, Maison and Classic on you. I understand Court isn't your vibe but I think you could rock it in the summer
My favorite red lip (not that I have many, because red is pretty overpowering on me) is Kitty Belly in the Nyx Smooth Whip formula. It's a matte cream but it's the only matte I can wear for hours and it never dries me out. Also, it has this dimensional matte look without layering really dark on the lips like the Merit mattes do. I'm really curious what you would say about it, to me it's such an interesting formula.
Maybe I should add that I'm also a pale olive - so while this color doesn't look red in swatches, it does read like a lighter red on me
Hannah did you watch Anne With an E?
I did. And I'm picking up what you're putting down!
Hanna I think they all look beautiful on you and makes me want to purchase all of them, the satin and matte colors and if my pocket book would allow me to i would be online purchasing all of them! However I can't afford them and was wondering if you could help find some comparable/dupes at the drugstore? Mostly interested in your favorite colors from the satin line and of the matte.
Thank you for sharing these, they all look beautiful on you!!!
Oh! I love Court! I’ve been wanting a soft watermelon brick red that’s not too fuchsia/cool!
Love your videos. They are so in depth and thorough. I would love an in depth video about finding your skin tone and undertone. Your base makeup is always so flawless and everything you put on your face just looks so good. I wish to be able to understand my own skin colouring to be able to be able to assess things like you do.
Yay! I was worried you were going to swatch these elsewhere on the socials and I am limiting myself to TH-cam. I have to wait for your reviews for make up because i too am a ghost. Also, no one cares, but Antibes is pronounced Anne teebs.
LOVE all of your descriptions HLP!
I love your videos, Hannah. I have a little problem though - most of these colours are reading as variations of brown on my monitor and I don't know why. I've checked the monitor's light temperature settings and it doesn't make much difference. Other viewers seem to be seeing the colours better than I do. I wonder if the lipsticks all have a grey element which for me, makes them all look brownish. That's including Sunday that you're saying is definitely pink. It looks like a brownish rose to me on both my laptop and ipad.
is there an amber night-shift on your screens? On a lot of devices it's automatic and starts as soon as the sun goes down, which can be pretty early depending on where you are. Maybe a different issue, but this definitely happens on my computer and phone (colors don't look true after sundown)
I have Lisa Eldridge Velvet Dragon and loooove it. I prefer a more matte formula. I’m so tempted by vermillion but are they too similar? 🤔
I have Equestrian, Antibes, and Classic on my loves list- hoping one of friends takes pity on me and picks one up for my birthday, lol 🥳
Very thorough! All of these colors being so warm will definitely make them a miss for me. Not very fun but it saves me money!
I wish all of these were more GREY 🩶 and BROWN 🤎 I think im just going to keep tiger on my wish list.
I bought Merit Tiger and it has never been quite what I’ve wanted because with my undertone it pulls almost too brown for my comfort. But I love a brick red typically. Seeing you compare it and Court, I think that may be ✨the one✨ for me.
This video (actually all your videos) was SO helpful - thank you! I purchased 'Baby' (via your link) after watching.
I need to know the hair products you’re using to get that volume!! It is perfection ❤😍
I'm using "a curl can dream" gel and a diffuser head on my blow dryer when I wash my hair once a week. But I think a lot of the volume is coming from the cut! It's a razor cut and she carved lots out of the middle so that it isn't weighed down. I also have really thick hair.
Thank you!! I’m taking notes for my next salon visit ☺️☺️
Love that you did the most!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you so much for doing this, you have no idea how much money you saved me. Since merit doesn’t ship to the EU, I have to get a British friend of mine to forward me products (I got two signature lips, the bronzer and the blush that way) which is always a lot of trouble. I own L’avenue and aperitif and I don’t think any of the new colours would be for me or are better in undertone than the ones I own.
me 45 seconds ago: damn I could use a new HLP video
you 5 minutes ago: uploaded
You love to see it!
Thank you for the review! Already purchased two, but will definitely use your code in the future...BTW, love the mattes and I'm not a matte lover.
You and your lips absolutely CRUSHED this video. Marvelous work. As for the Merit Mattes themselves...they're beautiful, but a pass for me. My lips are old crusty-dusty and just can't handle "matte" anymore. I'm very happy with Tiger and L'Avenue.
Thank you so much for this review. I wish Merit did 20% off along side Sephora’s VIB sale because I want 4 of the new shades but I’m waiting for April 5th and because of that won’t use your link. :/ I’m sorry. I wish there was a way to give you credit because this video is THOROUGH! And really helped me make my decisions.
Anyway, I love your videos. Thank you for making them. ❤❤ you’re the best!
You look amazing...I love your lashes and have adopted your application (or adapted my application to your method...lol) and I really like it. Thank you for another video! BTW, Antibes looks great on you!
Absolutely fantastic. This is exactly what I needed today! Well done, and many thanks.
I got the four-pack with Maison, Antibes, Classic, and Power. I am also super pale, but with pink undertone, so I turn everything pink. So Power turned into a cherries in the snow type deal, which is fine--it's a richer, more luxe version of Colour Pop Solo, which is welcome. I will try Vermilion, because I love Apertif, and yes, Cabo still wins!
I’m still a l’avenue lover for daily. And crimson Guccis Janie for a statement. I’m olive
I’m really interested in these matte lipsticks because the color look so beautiful and grungy but, I hate matte textures as they can be overly drying. I also want to try the lipsticks by Kulfi. They have a lot more brown-y tones. Have you tried those?
I haven't tried them!
I am so impressed with Merit. They stand behind their products and customer service was incredibly responsive. I am surprised by how much I love their stick foundation. And I can’t stop, won’t stop purchasing the Great Skin!
So I’ve been on the hunt for a red-brown for donkey’s years and I cannot tell you the amount of times i’ve fallen for the misleading “warm brown” and “brick red” marketing terms. Like hey, there’s varying shades of bricks! But I guess the one I was looking for this whole time is more of an old-red-barn red. Anyways, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk, I’m off to buy Equestrian.
I absolutely loved this video and your previous Merit lipstick video. Now that I am actually in the market for a red lipstick, they have both been so helpful. Thank you for creating both and for sharing your commission link!
Love 1990 on you
So how do you know how long to pose so that it fits your dialogue? I don’t see how you could do the dialogue first without really knowing what it looks like unless you’ve done it twice.
If you pay very close attention, I think you can see that the footage loops 😊
Hi Hannah! I dunno if there's still time to make the next balm show-down, but I just ran across the Rabanne Lovebalm Hydrating Lip Balm and feel like it could possibly satisfy your brief! I think 011 soul kiss would be the shade to try, and I am so curious to see what you think of it! (So much so that I commented on this video too so it doesn't get lost on an older video!) I'm loving this quest, and am looking for a similar beast - my personal closest is Clinique black honey, which is just an outstanding nuanced red/brown shade on my very pale, desaturated skintone.
Curious to know what you think of the Merit lip shade, Slip. It’s similar to Baby, but less pink, more of a brown neutral.
Love this, so helpful for those who can’t swatch in person! I would love to see this for the merit lip oils too x
Thank you Hannah for such a beautiful video. It really did help me with differences in color. That must get painful😮
You’re THE BEST, What lip product do you have on when the video starts, please?
Man, I so wish Merit shipped to Europe... them and phytosurgence whould have my money
This is one of the best lip swatch videos I’ve ever seen! Thank you Hannah 💄
I think you are warm toned, which is why berries don't work well. Cool toned olives look great in berries though! And honestly, you get away with berries just fine:)
I need to know which skin products you are wearing for this video! Is it good ole' Auric Glow Lust, or is something else making magic here? Whatever it is, I'm buying it!
Thank you for this video! I’ve been trying to figure out if that equestrian shade would work for Cool toned folks? it helps to know it’s not warm by being orange leaning. although it’s a beautiful color, I think I might skip it because it still sounds like it’s quite warm.
So helpful!! I wanted to try this formula and Baby is my absolute favorite in the Satin formula but Classic just won’t do. Decision made. Thank you so much for such a thorough review and comparisons.
Congratulations on your book Hannah. I can’t wait to receive my copy.
Thanks so much for this video. Loved it! Fabulous resource.
I know you’re a super fan of Merit Beauty - Have you heard/seen what happened between Merit and Wayne Goss? He’s posted a detailed video.
So sad. Surprising. Disappointing even. Apparently he’s not the only one to have had a negative experience with Merit as a paying consumer, Trustpilot is full of reviews from people who’ve had similar experiences. It does make me question whether to shop from Merit in the future. I just don’t know if I can support a company that treats people in that way.
Thanks again for yours and Joe’s beautiful creativity. Love all the work you both do. 🫶🏼
On the monitor all the lipsticks look great, but I understand You, I can see on my self the slightest difference from the undertone I wanted.
I wonder if Piqué from Westman Atelier would be mucky enough for you …
This is random, but I’m listening to the audiobook of One in a Millenial and it is really awesome and nostalgic, but mostly the poetic cadence of Kate Kennedy is just magnificent 👏 musical 👏 I think you might enjoy it!
love your videos BUUUUT Antibes is a city in France and is pronounced french
Your personal coloring is so special, that on my screen You look like a black and white photo with slight brown filter and colored lips (when You have lipstick on). So artistic!
Towards the end, discussing formula and the effect it had when overlining the lips, it got me thinking.. what if one from each merit line was used and ombréd together. The original satin as the "liner" and the new shiny matte towards the center (more as a topper). Can anybody else picture my vision with success or is it too out there??
Day 2 of asking for a loungewear/bodysuit favorites video please :-)
I too love the original Lipstick range. The colors are so much more my thing too, much more nuanced. While I am not as pale as you I have a similar neutral olive undertone. I have already seen several reviews of this new lipstick and I was actually really underwhelmed and disappointed by the colors immediately. Every single one of these is going to go too pink or too orange on me, neither of which I like. I am sad that there wasn’t a neutral or grungy color to be found and I won’t be buying any of them. So I guess at least I’ll be saving some money.
Oh my goodness, your lipie reals are adorable! I swear I could listen to you talking about literally anything. Have you looked into audible book reads as a side project?
Some of the colors do look very different on your lips in a good way. I only bought Antibes and it washes me out. I would have to invest in a lip pencil to use with Antibes. Very nice and thorough video of the swatches.