MERIT · Flush Balm Cream BlushArchival
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Official description
cool mauve
Standardised colour
Mauve · Medium · Cool undertone Details
Natural finish · Sheer pigmentation · Stick
Description and swatch disagree; check the retailer photos. Similar shades found from this one carry lower confidence.
SephoraWhere to buy Archival (1 store)
Sephora$30View at SephoraSimilar to MERIT Flush Balm Cream Blush Archival
The closest shade matches and closest overall alternatives in other blushes. Price is never part of the score.
Lip colours to wear with Archival
Open Complete My LookFive ways to coordinate with MERIT Flush Balm Cream Blush Archival, chosen on measured swatch colour, colour family, depth and undertone. “Colour match” means a close colour; “Combination” means a deliberate pairing.
Neighbouring colours with a compatible undertone.
Lipstick
06 NAUGHTY PINK
Yves Saint Laurent Lovenude Lip Blusher Soft Blurring Lip Color, shade 06 NAUGHTY PINK
- Neighbouring colour: pink with mauve
- Combination · Pink · Medium · Cool
$43
Crème Cup
MAC Cosmetics M·A·Cximal Sleek Satin Lipstick, shade Crème Cup
- Neighbouring colour: pink with mauve
- Combination · Pink · Light · Cool
$25
Lip gloss
03 Casablanca
Tom Ford Gloss Luxe Lip Gloss with Hydrating Jojoba Oil & High-Shine, shade 03 Casablanca
- Neighbouring colour: rose with mauve
- Combination · Rose · Deep / dark · Neutral
$64
Need Her
Patrick Ta Major Volume Plumping Lip Gloss, shade Need Her
- Neighbouring colour: rose with mauve
- Combination · Rose · Deep / dark · Neutral
$26
Lip liner
Nude Pink
NYX Professional Makeup Slim Lip Pencil Lip Liner, shade Nude Pink
- Neighbouring colour: pink with mauve
- Combination · Pink · Medium · Neutral
$6
Morning Dew
RMS Beauty Go Nude Lip Pencil, shade Morning Dew
- Neighbouring colour: rose with mauve
- Combination · Rose · Medium · Cool
$26
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The same colour family across lips and cheeks.
Lipstick
Magnolia
Jane Iredale ColorLuxe Hydrating Cream Lipstick, shade Magnolia
- Close match
- Colour match · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$35
08 MAUVE-HAZE
Yves Saint Laurent Lovenude Lip Blusher Soft Blurring Lip Color, shade 08 MAUVE-HAZE
- Close match
- Colour match · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$43
Lip gloss
Wander
Milk Makeup Odyssey Hydrating Lip Oil Gloss, shade Wander
- Close match
- Colour match · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$26
120 Rose Harmony
L'Oréal Paris Glow Paradise Lip Balm-in-Gloss, shade 120 Rose Harmony
- Close match
- Colour match · Mauve · Light · Cool
$12.99
Lip liner
Magnetic Mauve
Maybelline Color Sensational Shaping Lip Liner, shade Magnetic Mauve
- Close match
- Colour match · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$8.49
Sweet Temptation
L.A. Girl Perfect Precision Lip Liner Pencil, shade Sweet Temptation
- Close match
- Colour match · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$4
A clear difference in colour or depth, on purpose.
Lipstick
M.i. Kiss
Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Hydrating Lipstick, shade M.i. Kiss
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Red · Deep / dark · Cool
$37
Blackberry
Anastasia Beverly Hills Full-Pigment Matte & Satin Velvet Lipstick, shade Blackberry
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Berry · Deep / dark · Cool
$26
Lip gloss
Kimberly
Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Polish, shade Kimberly
- Contrast: lighter
- Combination · Pink · Light · Cool
$26
fembot
R.E.M. Beauty On Your Collar Plumping Lipgloss, shade fembot
- Contrast: lighter
- Combination · Pink · Light · Neutral
$22
Lip liner
Cool Taupe
Smashbox Studio Extreme Longwear Lip Liner, shade Cool Taupe
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Brown · Deep / dark · Cool
$25
Rush
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Waterproof Lip Liner, shade Rush
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Mauve · Deep / dark · Cool
$25
Soft colours close to a natural flush.
Lipstick
Magnolia
Jane Iredale ColorLuxe Hydrating Cream Lipstick, shade Magnolia
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$35
08 MAUVE-HAZE
Yves Saint Laurent Lovenude Lip Blusher Soft Blurring Lip Color, shade 08 MAUVE-HAZE
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$43
Lip gloss
Wander
Milk Makeup Odyssey Hydrating Lip Oil Gloss, shade Wander
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$26
120 Rose Harmony
L'Oréal Paris Glow Paradise Lip Balm-in-Gloss, shade 120 Rose Harmony
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Mauve · Light · Cool
$12.99
Lip liner
Magnetic Mauve
Maybelline Color Sensational Shaping Lip Liner, shade Magnetic Mauve
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$8.49
Sweet Temptation
L.A. Girl Perfect Precision Lip Liner Pencil, shade Sweet Temptation
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$4
Saturated or deep colours that stand out.
Lipstick
Power Mauves
e.l.f. Cosmetics Glossy Lip Stain, shade Power Mauves
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$7
Rhyme
ILIA Lip Sketch Hydrating Crayon, shade Rhyme
- Deep colour that stands out
- Combination · Mauve · Deep / dark · Cool
$27
Lip gloss
Figure
ILIA Overglaze Hydrating Lip Gloss for 24-Hour Moisture, shade Figure
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$26
Rosewood
Milani Keep It Full Nourishing Lip Plumper, shade Rosewood
- Deep colour that stands out
- Combination · Mauve · Deep / dark · Cool
$11.99
Lip liner
Satin Plum
L.A. Girl Perfect Precision Lip Liner Pencil, shade Satin Plum
- Deep colour that stands out
- Combination · Mauve · Deep / dark · Cool
$4
Enduring Mauve
L.A. Girl Ultimate Lip Intense Stay Auto Lipliner, shade Enduring Mauve
- Deep colour that stands out
- Combination · Mauve · Deep / dark · Cool
$6
Each pairing compares two shades’ colours as sampled from retailer swatch images, which are not calibrated and are not how a shade looks worn. It does not predict how the colours look together on you. Price never changes the order.
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Shade details
- Swatch colour
- #bb6864
- L* 53.4 a* 32.7 b* 17.0
- Colour family
- Mauve
- from the description (“mauve”)
- Colour depth
- Medium
- from the swatch colour
- Primary undertone
- Cool
- from the description (“cool”)
- Secondary undertone
- Not listed
- not stated
- Colour description
- Not listed
- not stated
- Finish
- Natural
- the product's attributes
- Pigmentation
- Sheer
- the product's attributes
- Shimmer
- Not listed
- not stated
- Format
- Stick
- the product's attributes
- Wear claims
- Long-wearing, claimed
- the product's attributes or description
- Skin suitability claims
- Hydrating, Comfortable, For normal, dry, combination skin, Fragrance-free
- the product's attributes or description
- Data confidence
- Low
- The description and the swatch disagree
- Source
- Sephora
- checked 4 Nov 2026
Description from Sephora, kept word for word; the standardised values are stored separately and never replace it. Swatch colours are read from retailer images, which are not colour-calibrated; images from the retailers named under each one.