The latest addition to the Linda Hallberg Cosmetics crayon range is the limited edition Fusion Kit – a mix of matte, metallic and glittery makeup pencils that launched on the first of November. Previously, only crayons sharing the same finish have been released in sets – the Mood and the Core crayons (matte) and the Flash crayons (metallic or glittery). Those were permanent additions and they’re available for individual purchase, which the new set is not.
Subsequently in this post, I’m talking about the intended use, pricing, colours, swatches and share colour comparisons within the crayon range, my favourite crayon combos as well as my first impression of the new formula. So keep reading! 🥰
Multifunctional?
All crayons by Linda Hallberg cosmetics have been approved for use on the eye, lip, brow and body area so far, while the new set contains a crayon called Delighted that is specifically intended for use on the lips. Whereas I thought this meant that it’s the only one not approved for the eye area, this is the actual reasoning listed on their website:
»Due to the fact that we are way ahead the beauty industry with our multi-use concept, the regulatories have not been able to catch up on the fact that an eye pencil, carefully developed, can be used as a lip pencil. In this industry, a lip pencil is only intented to be used on lips and therefore is only approved and tested for this cause. Until we have been able to convince the regulatory that the future of cosmetics has a different approach, we must follow the rules and safety concerns. Therefore we can only claim Delighted Mood Crayon as a lip pencil. We love to break the rules, that’s what we have been doing since 2016. But we have the most outmost respect for the laws and we are not interested in breaking them, only changing them. And for that we need a little bit more time.«
So what does this mean for us? If I understood correctly, all crayons in the Fusion Kit can be used anywhere on face and body, however only Delighted is officially approved to be suitable for use on the lips. At your own risk, you can still use any of the other crayons there if you like.
Pricing and availability
The crayon set consists of five crayons (1.2 g / 0,04 0z each) and retails at 52 EUR/50 USD/ 47 GBP/ 499 SEK on the Linda Hallberg Cosmetics website here. On BeautyBay, it is currently sold for 56,50 EUR while the USD and GBP pricing is the same. If you’re from either Sweden, Finland or Norway, it can also be purchased from Kicks online and in stores.
Looking at the Linda Hallberg Cosmetics website, the set has the same value than the Flash crayon sets (five crayons each). The Core crayon set retails at the same price but contains six crayons. Only the Mood crayon set (five crayons) retails at a lower price – which is 47 EUR/ 45 USD/ 449 SEK. If a crayon is available for individual purchase, it retails at 17 EUR/ 18 USD/ 149 SEK. Check out the other retailers for their pricing as that probably could differ.
I purchased the Fusion Kit during their Black Friday week offer on Monday that granted a discount of 50% on all crayons. Yay! 🎉
Colour descriptions
There is no official colour description on the brand’s website, however there is one on the BeautyBay website that I added my own notes to:
Delighted Mood – a hot pink
My take: A matte raspberry pink that leans more red than magenta.
Altair Flash – a rich fiery orange
My take: A metallic copper with a strong red undertone.
Vega Flash – a deep khaki
My take: A matte dark khaki green with bronzy gold glitter.
Guilty Mood – a deep navy with green tint
My take: A matte muted navy with a warm undertone.
Caph Flash – a warm mauve
My take: A shimmery deep titanium beige with a lilac undertone.
Swatches
Now let’s get to the swatches I did on the back of my hand. I did not correct the white balance to a neutral colour but chose to add photos with different light colours to give you an idea how different the colours can appear, if at all.
In the first photo, I marked the new crayons with arrows:
Top row: Calm Mood, Cool Mood, Ascella Flash, Likeable Mood.
Vertical swatches from left to right: Ory Flash, Levy Flash, Vega Flash, Avoir Flash, Atria Flash, Guilty Mood, Zhao Flash, Spahr Flash, Caph Flash, Altair Flash, Delighted Mood and Anger Mood.
Layering crayons: My favourite combos
I achieved some cool combos with each colour from the Fusion Kit and some of the older crayons I own. I’m so excited about them as the results really inspire me! I love mixing colours and find some of the results to be just next level. Check out the video and the closeups below!
New formula
As announced on Linda Hallberg Cosmetics Instagram page, these new crayons are supposed to have a new formula. The brand highlighted that it’s without PFAS (PFC) which makes me think that the previously released crayons all included that. But what do these abbreviations mean? PFAS stands for perfluorinated alkylated substances and PFC stands for perfluorinated compound. Both are said to have a bad impact on the environment and health. Check out the Wikipedia article I found this information on here or instead look up whatever credible source you find. All in all, this sounds like it’s a great change and I love that the brand cared enough to take that step and mentioned it!
When swatching, I got the impression that the new crayons are a bit more thin in texture than most of the previous ones. That could make them more comfortable and weightless-feeling on the lids or lips. At this moment I can’t give you a proper review and breakdown on how much different the formulas actually seem to perform, but I can say that they seem to be just as nice if not nicer. The shade Delighted is the only shade that is noticeably more sheer, which has been mentioned by the brand themself on their social media. It can very easily and quickly be build up to a full coverage though. At this moment, I’d say that Altair and Guilty seem to have the most smooth and opaque formula – as I’m already used to (knowing their previous crayons) the performance isn’t 100% consistent within the range.
your swatches look beautiful! I have no interest in limited edition products, it would be cool if she released more permanent crayons. I also notice an inconsistency in formula, I bought the Mood Crayon kit last year on black friday, this year I got brown and greige. In my opinion the yellow and orange are the weakest, blue and green are nice, only the red, brown and greige feel high-end to me: smooth and pigmented.
I agree, I’m disappointed these are limited edition too. But I hope that means they might make a permanent set next – probably not mixed textures then. Yeah the yellow is by far the weekest sadly which certainly has to do with the pigments being harder to work with. I only have the cream and the greige from the core crayon kit. I also think that the greige and red are amazing! The blue is however my ultimate fave as it’s soo silky and pigmented and for me it even works as a comfortable smudge-proof lipstick. The blue I swatched here however is dried out and I already bought a new one. Don’t know why I swatched with the dry one 😀 An regarding the pricing – I only ever purchase their crayons on sale. Absolutely worth it to me since I don’t know of many alternatives and appreciate the multifunctionailty so so much! And supporting a vegan indie brand from Europe!