Double Wear Smooth & Blur 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.
Estée Lauder
Double Wear Smooth & Blur Primer
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens (undisclosed composition)
PossibleSkin sensitization from silicone or polymeric film-formers
Possible1,4-dioxane (contaminant in ethoxylated surfactants or emulsifiers)
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 (undisclosed composition), Skin sensitization from silicone or polymeric film-formers and 1,4-dioxane (contaminant in ethoxylated surfactants or emulsifiers) on the Estée Lauder 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 Estée Lauder.
- The Estée Lauder is silicone and mineral-based cosmetic primer 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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