Estee Lauder Set + Refresh Perfecting Makeup Mist vs Pore Filler Primer: which is safer?

NYX Professional Makeup Pore Filler Primer is the clear pick. Estee Lauder Set + Refresh Perfecting Makeup Mist carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Estee Lauder Set + Refresh Perfecting Makeup Mist

Estée Lauder

Estee Lauder Set + Refresh Perfecting Makeup Mist

PFAS grade

Poor 30/100

Overall grade

Bad 8/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

liquid aerosol spray with silicone/polymer water-resistant finish

Confidence

45%

PossibleFluorinated compounds (PFAS) in water-resistant polymer matrix

PossibleAerosol propellant safety and inhalation

ReportedSilicone polymer accumulation on skin and tools

Our pick

NYX Professional Makeup Pore Filler Primer

NYX Professional Makeup

Pore Filler Primer

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 67/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

silicone, talc, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), pigments

Confidence

72%

PossibleTalc contamination and inhalation risk

Possible1,4-dioxane and other solvent contaminants

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Fluorinated compounds (PFAS) in water-resistant polymer matrix, Aerosol propellant safety and inhalation, Silicone polymer accumulation on skin and tools and Fragrance allergens and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) 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 liquid aerosol spray with silicone/polymer water-resistant finish 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 Estée Lauder grade, at 45% 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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