Bare With Me Hydrating Jelly Primer vs Pore Filler Primer: which is safer?

NYX Professional Makeup Bare With Me Hydrating Jelly Primer is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

NYX Professional Makeup Bare With Me Hydrating Jelly Primer

NYX Professional Makeup

Bare With Me Hydrating Jelly Primer

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 71/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

hydrating gel primer, water-based cosmetic

Confidence

72%

PossibleFragrance allergens

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 Fragrance allergens on the NYX Professional Makeup 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 NYX Professional Makeup.
  • The NYX Professional Makeup is hydrating gel primer, water-based cosmetic 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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