Bare Minerals Review, Is Bare Minerals Non-Toxic?
Bare Minerals averages 93 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 15 Bare Minerals products graded as of October 2026, and all 15 reach its 70 point pass mark.
Bare Minerals grades Excellent on our four-band scale. On disclosure, the brand claims its products are PFAS-free (self-declared). See what every brand has published about PFAS for how that compares.
PFAS Authority is a scoring system, not a laboratory. We do not test products ourselves. Grades are model-based, built from published ingredients, materials, certifications, brand disclosures and third-party lab results where they exist. See the rubric.
What Bare Minerals says and does about PFAS
bareMinerals says on its UK help centre that it no longer produces any products containing intentionally added PFAS ingredients, including PTFE, citing US state law changes. Mamavation’s lab found 19 ppm organic fluorine, a screening marker for PFAS, in bareMinerals Lashtopia Mega Volume Mascara. A class action over PFAS in bareMinerals products, including its BarePro foundation, was voluntarily dismissed.
- Brand statementbareMinerals’ UK help centre says it no longer produces any products containing intentional PFAS ingredients, including PTFE, given recent US state law changes. bareMinerals UK help centre ↗
- Independent testMamavation’s lab found 19 ppm organic fluorine in bareMinerals Lashtopia Mega Volume Mascara. Mamavation ↗
- Legal caseTruth in Advertising lists a class action over PFAS in bareMinerals products, including BarePro Performance Wear Liquid Foundation SPF 20, as voluntarily dismissed. Truth in Advertising ↗
Sources checked September 14, 2026. A brand statement is the company’s own claim, which we report but have not verified. Our grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests.
Bare Minerals is one of the brands we researched by hand for our record of what every brand has published about PFAS, where the same question is answered for each of them in one line.
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Bare Minerals and PFAS, common questions
- Does Bare Minerals have PFAS?
- Bare Minerals averages 93 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 15 Bare Minerals products graded as of October 2026, and all 15 reach its 70 point pass mark. Grades are model-based estimates built from published materials, ingredients and disclosures, not lab tests. bareMinerals says it no longer makes products with intentionally added PFAS, including PTFE, and a class action over PFAS in its products was voluntarily dismissed.
- Is Bare Minerals non-toxic?
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