Chocolate Dripped Duo

I genuinely love the look this pen creates — it’s natural, buildable, and one of the better freckle products I’ve tried.

However, I’ve repurchased this multiple times and experienced the same issue: the cap does not close securely. Because of that, the tip dries out quickly and the product becomes unusable.

After reading other reviews, it seems this may be an ongoing packaging issue. It’s disappointing because the formula itself is great — but the packaging makes it hard to justify repurchasing again.

I would absolutely buy this again if the cap design were improved.

From the other reviews it seems that this has been going on a while. My cap broke about a month after I received the product in November ish and I emailed the team in January and never heard back. Such a shame because this is otherwise a perfect product. This product is what finally made me get the freckle makeup trend. There’s a reason you don’t see Hailey Bieber using this pen anymore and instead using the tarte one…. Just saying.

When I first started using it my freckles looked super unnatural and weird - it took me a minute to get a feel for the product and really just get out of my head so to speak dabbing it the way Rudi does and now I really love it. It makes a full face of makeup feel less “done up” because if you can see freckles then there can’t be that much makeup under there 😂 The color is the product is flattering on my skin tone and I like the application / new packaging. I haven’t experienced any leaking and would def recommend!

Fantastic product is squandered when the lid breaks (and it will). No matter how gentle you are, the plastic lid flexes every time you pop the lid on and off and will eventually develop a tiny crack at the edge, preventing the product from sealing off properly WHICH makes the brown oxidize and turn green.

Hailey Bieber even moved on (she’s been using the Tarte pen).

Now, the product itself is amazing. It’s the most natural, blendable faux-freckle product I’ve found.

HOWEVER! THE BIGGEST CON IS THE PEN— it will break no matter what you do. I even emailed the company after seeing so many reviews about the pen breaking. They told me it was happening because people were putting the cap on too tightly. So I followed their advice exactly: I was extremely gentle when recapping it and kept the pen elevated, just as recommended.

Despite all that, the pen still broke — and within about a month, the product itself turned green. I didn’t even notice until after I had already put it on my face while on my way somewhere. For the price, this should absolutely not be happening.

The company really needs to listen to the overwhelming customer feedback and fix this issue once and for all instead of continuing to sell a flawed product. You should not purchase this until the pen malfunction is resolved.

What makes it even more disappointing is the buildup: the product is always out of stock, you wait forever to finally order it, you’re excited when it arrives, and then just as you start using it… the pen breaks. Such a letdown for something that could otherwise be perfect.