bareMinerals Prime Time Hydrate & Glow Primer vs Pore Filler Primer: which is safer?
NYX Professional Makeup Pore Filler Primer is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Bare Minerals
bareMinerals Prime Time Hydrate & Glow Primer
PFAS grade
Excellent 75/100
Overall grade
Good 61/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
mineral pigments, glycerin, plant extracts, silicones
Confidence
72%
PossibleFragrance allergens
ReportedSilicone accumulation and pore occlusion
Our pick
NYX Professional Makeup
Pore Filler Primer
PFAS grade
Excellent 75/100
Overall grade
Good 67/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
silicone, talc, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), pigments
Confidence
72%
PossibleTalc contamination and inhalation risk
Possible1,4-dioxane and other solvent contaminants
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Fragrance allergens and Silicone accumulation and pore occlusion on the Bare Minerals and not on the NYX Professional Makeup.
- We flag Talc contamination and inhalation risk and 1,4-dioxane and other solvent contaminants on the NYX Professional Makeup and not on the Bare Minerals.
- The Bare Minerals is mineral pigments, glycerin, plant extracts, silicones where the NYX Professional Makeup is silicone, talc, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), pigments, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.
Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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