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CLIO Essential Lipcheek Tap
CLIO

Essential Lipcheek Tap

Blush · 4.5 g

15%$13.04$15.35

Shade: 06 Apple Garden

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Key ingredients

Squalane

Found in the full ingredient list below.

Full ingredients (21)
  1. C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
  2. Diisostearyl Malate
  3. Octyldodecanol
  4. Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2
  5. Polybutene
  6. Tridecyl Trimellitate
  7. Microcrystalline Wax
  8. Synthetic Wax
  9. Squalane
  10. Silica Silylate
  11. Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax
  12. Tocopheryl Acetate
  13. Disteardimonium Hectorite
  14. Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate
  15. Dicalcium Phosphate
  16. Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891)
  17. Phloxine B (CI 45410)
  18. Tartrazine (CI 19140)
  19. Lithol Rubine Bca (CI 15850:1)
  20. Brilliant Blue FCF (CI 42090)
  21. Iron Oxide Red (CI 77491)

Listed from highest to lowest concentration. Formulas change, so check the packaging if you avoid an ingredient.

Product details

Four open Essential Lipcheek Tap compacts in apple red, cherry, berry and rose with silver lids, laid on a pale pink surface with glass spheres

Lip + cheek balm

A sliding balm compact for lips and cheeks that melts at a touch into a sheer, healthy glow, without the stickiness.

CLIO’s Essential Lipcheek Tap is a balm that melts with the warmth of your fingers and sits thin and light on the skin. Tap on one layer for a natural flush, or build it up for more colour. The same shade works on lips and cheeks for an easy, matching look.

For lips and cheeks
2-in-1
For lips and cheeks
Shades, from peach to apple red
6
Shades, from peach to apple red
Compact, also a 0.5 g mini
4.5 g
Compact, also a 0.5 g mini
A row of six dewy balm dabs from peach coral and baby pink to rose, berry, cherry and apple red

What’s inside

The ingredients doing the work

  • Melting emollients

    Light emollients that melt with the warmth of your fingers so the balm spreads thin and even.

    No. 1, 2, 3 of 21 on the list

  • Squalane

    A light, skin-friendly oil for a moist, healthy-looking glow.

    No. 9 of 21 on the list

  • Sunflower seed wax

    Waxes that hold the balm in its compact and keep it from feeling sticky.

    No. 7, 11 of 21 on the list

  • Vitamin E

    An antioxidant that helps keep lips and skin feeling soft.

    No. 12 of 21 on the list

An open Essential Lipcheek Tap in 03 Rosy Blow beside two dabs of rosy balm, one sheer and one built up

How to use

Slide, tap, layer

  1. 1

    Slide open

    Push the top of the compact to slide it open.

  2. 2

    Pick up

    Take a little balm with your fingertip or a brush.

  3. 3

    Tap

    Tap it onto the cheeks or lips where you want colour.

  4. 4

    Layer

    Add more taps until you reach the depth you like.

A dewy dab of rosy-pink balm melting at the edges on a pale pink surface beside a glass sphere

A healthy, everyday flush

One balm, two places: a sheer, glowy tint for lips and cheeks that builds as you like.

Good to know

  • 01 Peach Flush is a healthy peach coral, 02 Bunny Blush a baby pink, 03 Rosy Blow a calm rose, 04 From Berry an everyday berry, 05 Cherry Shower a cherry and 06 Apple Garden a clear apple red.
  • The balm is rich in oils for its sheer, non-sticky colour, so beads of oil or marks can appear on the surface. CLIO says this is normal, not a defect.
  • Comes as a 4.5 g compact; some shades are also sold as a 0.5 g mini on a keyring.

All 8 shades of CLIO Essential Lipcheek Tap