Fenty Beauty Review, Is Fenty Beauty Non-Toxic?
Fenty Beauty averages 72 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 11 Fenty Beauty products graded as of October 2026, and 8 of them reach its 70 point pass mark.
Fenty Beauty grades Good on our four-band scale.
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 Fenty Beauty says and does about PFAS
We found no PFAS statement from Fenty Beauty on its FAQ pages we could read. A third party blog reports that the sister line Fenty Skin lists PTFE/PFAS among ingredients it does not use, and says the makeup line has a shorter list, but we could not confirm that on a Fenty page. We found no independent lab test or PFAS lawsuit naming Fenty Beauty.
- Medical referenceThe Filtery blog reports that Fenty Skin has a list of ingredients it does not use, including PTFE/PFAS. This is a third party report of the brand's claim, not a Fenty page, and we could not confirm it on Fenty's site. The Filtery ↗
- StudyThe 2021 Notre Dame and Green Science Policy Institute screening of 231 makeup products found high fluorine in over half, but the research team did not publish brand names, so it is not a test naming Fenty Beauty. Green Science Policy Institute ↗
Sources checked September 29, 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.
Fenty Beauty 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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Does Fenty Beauty have PFAS, by category
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- Water-based pigments, polymers, silicones in liquid foundation
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- Emollient oils, waxes, pigments (typical lip cream base)
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- Oil base (likely mineral or plant oils), wax, pigment, no known fluorinated coatings
- Fragrance allergens and undisclosed ingredients. Product lists 'fragrance' as an ingredient but does not…
3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
- Oil blend, silicones, pigments, waxes (typical lip gloss formulation)
- 1,4-dioxane (as impurity in preservatives or emulsifiers). Fenty's full ingredient list does not detail…
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- liquid foundation with silicones, pigments, water base
- Fragrance allergens or undisclosed fragrance components. Pro Filt'r lists 'fragrance' as an ingredient…
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- liquid foundation with pigments, silicone, and emollients
- Lead. Iron oxide and titanium dioxide pigments used in foundations can carry trace heavy metal contamination…
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- water-based primer, common cosmetic emollients and polymers
- Fragrance allergens and contact sensitizers. Water-based cosmetics like this primer typically contain…
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Which Fenty Beauty products contain PFAS? Poor and Bad, we’d swap these
- silicone, talc, fragrance blend
- Fragrance allergen potential. Fenty's Pro Filt'r Primer contains an unspecified fragrance blend. Fragrance is…
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- silicone, polymers, emollients
- Fragrance allergens and sensitivizers. Pro Filt'r lists fragrance as an ingredient; specific fragrance…
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- water-based pigments, polymers, glycerin in liquid formula
- 1,4-Dioxane (solvent contaminant). Water-based cosmetics can contain trace 1,4-dioxane as a manufacturing…
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- Talc inhalation
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Fenty Beauty and PFAS, common questions
- Does Fenty Beauty have PFAS?
- Fenty Beauty averages 72 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 11 Fenty Beauty products graded as of October 2026, and 8 of them reach its 70 point pass mark. Grades are model-based estimates built from published materials, ingredients and disclosures, not lab tests. We found no PFAS statement from Fenty Beauty; a third party blog reports Fenty Skin excludes PTFE/PFAS but says the makeup line has no matching list.
- Is Fenty Beauty non-toxic?
- Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation is the highest-graded Fenty Beauty product we have scored, at 75/100. It depends on the product line rather than the brand, so check the grade of the exact item you are buying.
- Which Fenty Beauty products are lower concern for PFAS?
- The highest-graded Fenty Beauty products we have scored are Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation, Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Cream Color Drip Lip Cream, Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Heat Universal Lip Luminizer Plumper. That is our model-based estimate from materials and public disclosure, not a lab test.
- Which Fenty Beauty products should I avoid?
- The lowest-graded Fenty Beauty products we have scored are Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Hydrating Primer, Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Pro Filt'r Mattifying Primer, Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Pro Filt'r Instant Retouch Primer. Each one links to the evidence behind its grade.
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