Even Better Makeup vs by Rihanna Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation: which is safer?
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Clinique
Even Better Makeup
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFormaldehyde-releaser preservatives
ReportedFragrance allergens (undisclosed components)
LikelyApplicator sponge bacterial growth
Our pick
Fenty Beauty
by Rihanna Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFormaldehyde or formaldehyde-releasing preservatives
Possible1,4-dioxane contamination (manufacturing byproduct)
PossibleFragrance allergens
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 Fenty Beauty.
- We flag Formaldehyde or formaldehyde-releasing preservatives, 1,4-dioxane contamination (manufacturing byproduct), Fragrance allergens and Polymer or silicone irritation on sensitive skin on the Fenty Beauty and not on the Clinique.
- The Clinique is Pigments, oils, waxes, polymers (typical liquid foundation/makeup base) where the Fenty Beauty is Water-based pigments, polymers, silicones in liquid foundation, 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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