Etude House Fixing Tint Bar Review

 I get very into trying new lip formulas Keep reading to learn more about the shades, my and the Koreans’ thoughts, and where you can find one yourself.

Things to know about the Etude House Fixing Tint Bar:

There are 5 Shades Total:
  • #01 Lively Red
  • #02 Clear Berry
  • #03 Milk Caramel
  • #04 Ginger Milk Tea
  • #05 Midnight Mauve

What Complexions Do They Suit?

Cool tones:
  • #01 Lively Red
  • #02 Clear Berry
Warm Tones:
  • #03 Milk Caramel
  • #04 Ginger Milk Tea
All Skin Tones:
  • #05 Midnight Mauve

What are the Undertones?

Orange Toned:
  • #04 Ginger Milk Tea
Brown Toned:
  • #03 Milk Caramel
Pink Toned:
  • #01 Lively Red
  • #02 Clear Berry
  • #05 Midnight Mauve

K-Points: 8/10

So, for beauty reviews, unlike my album unboxings, I will be much harsher because this can directly impact your health, whereas buying K-Pop albums does not. It just impacts your wallet. As such, all of my beauty reviews will be out of 10 points. I will not be going over that number.

I really like the formula of all of ETUDE’s lip products. They are incredibly hydrating and last relatively long. One thing I really dislike about these is that you cannot tell which shade is which without opening the product. It is very annoying because it takes a bit longer to find the shade that I want, which is a shame because the packaging is so pretty. Besides that though, I really like the formula – it stays on, even if you need a mask, and it isn’t drying at all, which is key, especially now that we are in the middle of winter. I also love how they have a cooler toned red in here, as that is harder to find in K-Beauty.

What are the Koreans saying?

I was digging through reviews on 화해 (Hwahae)*, a Korean skincare app that lists out the ingredients of products from many brands for people to look through as well as post reviews. So, instead of going through and talking about what the Koreans thought since there are 5 shades, I will rank all 5 in order based on the number of reviews and stars. Also, I included the release date of the palettes so that you can that into account with the number of reviews.

All 5 in Order of Popularity:
  1. #05 Midnight Mauve (4.55/5 stars – 11 reviews, released Fall 2022)
  2. #01 Lively Red (4.29/5 stars – 7 reviews, released Fall 2022)
  3. #02 Clear Berry (5/5 stars – 6 reviews, released Fall 2022)
  4. #03 Milk Caramel (4.67/5 stars – 3 reviews, released Fall 2022)
  5. #04 Ginger Milk Tea (4.00/5 stars – 5 reviews, released Fall 2022)

Where Can I Buy It?

Whenever I buy K-Beauty, I do shop at a couple of different places. If you want to see all of the places that I shop at, you can check them all out here.  I picked these up at a number of different places, including Style Korean and Olive Young. With a number of the places I shop for cosmetics at, you can also use Rakuten for cash back off of your purchases on their site.

What is Rakuten?

Rakuten is a cashback site that gives you money for purchases you may have already made. They even have an extension for multiple browsers so when you go to a website that uses Rakuten, it will automatically pop up the cashback button to make sure you are saving money. I use this all the time, and I got over $80 back from them for purchases I was going to make anyway. That’s about 3 more albums I can buy!

If you’ve never used Rakuten before, you can use this link to get $10 when making a qualified purchase of $25 when using Rakuten. You will also get whatever percent cashback is being offered from the site you are purchasing from.  Sephora, typically has 4% cashback, through here. Ulta typically has 3%. These are just some of the companies on the website, but there are other major retailers on there as well!

Rakuten also has a Google Chrome extension that will tell you as soon as you log onto a site that has cashback with a little pop-up in the corner so that you can ensure you are saving money!

What is Rakuten?

Rakuten is a cashback site that gives you money for purchases you may have already made. They even have an extension for multiple browsers so when you go to a website that uses Rakuten, it will automatically pop up the cashback button to make sure you are saving money. I use this all the time, and I got over $80 back from them for purchases I was going to make anyway. That’s about 3 more albums I can buy!

If you’ve never used Rakuten before, you can use this link to get $10 when making a qualified purchase of $25 when using Rakuten. You will also get whatever percent cashback is being offered from the site you are purchasing from.  Sephora, typically has 4% cashback, through here. Ulta typically has 3%. These are just some of the companies on the website, but there are other major retailers on there as well!

Rakuten also has a Google Chrome extension that will tell you as soon as you log onto a site that has cashback with a little pop-up in the corner so that you can ensure you are saving money!

Which shade of the ETUDE Fixing Tint Bars, K-Nuggets? Let me know in the comments down below!

사랑합니다!

–Rachel

*Note: 화해 still only exists in Korean, but some of the products can be searched for in English.