Versed Cashmere Color Smoothing Lip Blush
by Versed · makeup
Editor's Take
For once, the blurred-lip stick earns its cashmere name, though the greener story gets nicked by Synthetic Wax.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Efficacy: 8.2 / 10
- Modern Tech: 7.5 / 10
- Clean Beauty: 8.8 / 10
- Sustainability: 4.8 / 10
The Verdict
Strong efficacy is earned here: Titanium Dioxide brings opacity and mineral UV support, while Silica gives the soft-focus blur the shade name is selling. Strong clean is fair too, with jojoba, camellia, shea, and lecithin doing the comfort work without silicone or fragrance drama. The catch is sustainability, where Synthetic Wax, Propylene Carbonate, and D&C lakes pull an otherwise plant-leaning base back toward mixed territory. A polished lip color with better texture work than most, not a green-certification darling.
Full INCI list
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Silica, Octyldodecanol, Synthetic Wax, Isostearyl Isostearate, Sorbitan Olivate, Calcium Carbonate, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Diisostearyl Malate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, Sorbitan Isostearate, Propylene Carbonate, Isostearic Acid, Lecithin, Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate, Camellia Japonica Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Iron Oxides (CI 77491, 77499), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850). May contain (+/-): Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Red 28 Lake (CI 45410), Red 6 (CI 15850), Yellow 6 Lake (CI 15985), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090)