Can't Stop Won't Stop Full Coverage Foundation 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.
NYX Professional Makeup
Can't Stop Won't Stop Full Coverage Foundation
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleHeavy metals in pigments (lead, cadmium, iron oxide purity)
PossibleFormaldehyde releasers in preservative systems
PossibleFragrance allergens and undisclosed components
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 Heavy metals in pigments (lead, cadmium, iron oxide purity), Formaldehyde releasers in preservative systems, Fragrance allergens and undisclosed components and 1,4-dioxane as preservative byproduct 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 liquid foundation with water, silicones, pigments, preservatives 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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