Outlast All Day Primer vs Pore Filler Primer: which is safer?
NYX Professional Makeup Pore Filler Primer is the clear pick. CoverGirl Outlast All Day Primer carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
CoverGirl
Outlast All Day Primer
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens and sensitizers
Possible1,4-dioxane contamination
PossiblePolymer accumulation on skin
Our pick
NYX Professional Makeup
Pore Filler Primer
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTalc contamination and inhalation risk
Possible1,4-dioxane and other solvent contaminants
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Fragrance allergens and sensitizers, 1,4-dioxane contamination and Polymer accumulation on skin on the CoverGirl 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 CoverGirl.
- The CoverGirl is silicone, glycerin, polymers, waterproofing agents (unspecified) where the NYX Professional Makeup is silicone, talc, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), pigments, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the NYX Professional Makeup is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the CoverGirl grade, at 35% 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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