Pore Filler Primer vs All Nighter Ghosting Paste Primer: which is safer?
NYX Professional Makeup Pore Filler Primer is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
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
Urban Decay
All Nighter Ghosting Paste Primer
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens and sensitizers
Possible1,4-dioxane (formulation impurity)
PossibleSkin barrier disruption from occlusive silicones
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Talc contamination and inhalation risk and 1,4-dioxane and other solvent contaminants on the NYX Professional Makeup and not on the Urban Decay.
- We flag Fragrance allergens and sensitizers, 1,4-dioxane (formulation impurity) and Skin barrier disruption from occlusive silicones on the Urban Decay and not on the NYX Professional Makeup.
- The NYX Professional Makeup is silicone, talc, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), pigments where the Urban Decay is silicones, polymers, pigments, water-based, 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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