Even Better Makeup vs Dior Complexion Perfected Forever Face Makeup Set-Dior Forever Skin Glow: which is safer?

Dior Complexion Perfected Forever Face Makeup Set-Dior Forever Skin Glow is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Clinique Even Better Makeup

Clinique

Even Better Makeup

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Poor 43/100

Verdict

Buy with care

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Pigments, oils, waxes, polymers (typical liquid foundation/makeup base)

Confidence

72%

PossibleFormaldehyde-releaser preservatives

ReportedFragrance allergens (undisclosed components)

LikelyApplicator sponge bacterial growth

Our pick

Dior Complexion Perfected Forever Face Makeup Set-Dior Forever Skin Glow

Dior Beauty

Dior Complexion Perfected Forever Face Makeup Set-Dior Forever Skin Glow

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 57/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

liquid foundation, pigments, emollients, silicones

Confidence

72%

Possible1,4-dioxane (contaminant from ethoxylated surfactants)

ReportedFragrance allergens and sensitizers

PossibleFormaldehyde releasers in preservative systems

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Formaldehyde-releaser preservatives, Fragrance allergens (undisclosed components) and Applicator sponge bacterial growth on the Clinique and not on the Dior Beauty.
  • We flag 1,4-dioxane (contaminant from ethoxylated surfactants), Fragrance allergens and sensitizers and Formaldehyde releasers in preservative systems on the Dior Beauty and not on the Clinique.
  • The Clinique is Pigments, oils, waxes, polymers (typical liquid foundation/makeup base) where the Dior Beauty is liquid foundation, pigments, emollients, silicones, 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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