Even Better Makeup vs Studio Radiance Serum-Powered Foundation: which is safer?
Clinique Even Better Makeup edges it on pure PFAS risk, but MAC Studio Radiance Serum-Powered Foundation wins overall once other hazards are counted.
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
MAC
Studio Radiance Serum-Powered Foundation
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFormaldehyde releasers in preservative system
PossibleFragrance allergens undisclosed in 'fragrance' catch-all
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 MAC.
- We flag Formaldehyde releasers in preservative system and Fragrance allergens undisclosed in 'fragrance' catch-all on the MAC and not on the Clinique.
- The Clinique is Pigments, oils, waxes, polymers (typical liquid foundation/makeup base) where the MAC is liquid serum foundation with glycerin & emollients, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- We are less certain about the MAC grade, at 42% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.
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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