Set + Refresh Perfecting Makeup Mist Setting Spray 116ml vs Instant Retouch Primer: which is safer?

Instant Retouch Primer is the clear pick. Estée Lauder Set + Refresh Perfecting Makeup Mist Setting Spray 116ml carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Estée Lauder Set + Refresh Perfecting Makeup Mist Setting Spray 116ml

Estée Lauder

Set + Refresh Perfecting Makeup Mist Setting Spray 116ml

PFAS grade

Poor 30/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

Water-based spray formula with silicones and polymers

Confidence

45%

PossibleSilicone and synthetic polymer inhalation

PossibleFragrance allergens (if present)

PossiblePreservative irritation and contamination risk

Our pick

Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r

Instant Retouch Primer

PFAS grade

Excellent 85/100

Overall grade

Excellent 77/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Silicone, polymers, pigments

Confidence

72%

PossibleFragrance allergens and 1,4-dioxane

PossibleSkin irritation or barrier disruption from silicone occlusion

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Silicone and synthetic polymer inhalation, Fragrance allergens (if present), Preservative irritation and contamination risk and Water-resistant polymer durability and leaching on the Estée Lauder and not on the Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r.
  • We flag Fragrance allergens and 1,4-dioxane and Skin irritation or barrier disruption from silicone occlusion on the Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r and not on the Estée Lauder.
  • The Estée Lauder is Water-based spray formula with silicones and polymers where the Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r is Silicone, polymers, pigments, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 55 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Estée Lauder grade, at 45% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers 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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