Physicians Formula
The Healthy Foundation Brightening Complex Foundation, DN4, SPF 20 (2020 formulation)
Foundation
Cleaner pick · Safest face we have rated
Tarte
maracuja juicy blush & bronzer multi-stick+70 on ingredient safety
$38
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Ingredient safety
A 88-point gap between the two loudest voices.
0Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
vs88Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependent
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See why, ingredient by ingredientAll 17827 cleaner options, safest first We show the best 12, including the strongest on each axis.
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Ingredient safety
88 pts apartA government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
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Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
Also screened, nothing found: US NTP Report on Carcinogens · EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
Environmental
Also screened, nothing found: EU Microplastics Restriction
Labor
raters agreeRun by a nonprofit. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. This rates Physicians Formula as a company and applies to everything they make, not this product alone. Checked this week. about this rater →
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Coverage & match quality
10 ratings · 2 of 4 axes
- Some ratings rest on an automatic match that has not been human-reviewed.
- Fewer raters reach smaller-brand products, so a missing rating is not a clean bill of health, only a gap.
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Ingredients, decoded
Data availability
Robust25 of 27 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 25 of 27 listed ingredients; 2 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
Worth a look (6)
Carcinogen-linkedflagged by 5 of 9 lists →
ANSES CMR-listedflagged by 5 of 9 lists →
Endocrine-activeflagged by 2 of 9 lists →
Endocrine-activeflagged by 3 of 9 lists →
Persistent / bioaccumulativeflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
Persistent / bioaccumulativeflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
No flags in our sources (19)
- WATER
- PEG-10 DIMETHICONE
- ISODODECANE
- BUTYLENE GLYCOL
- ACRYLATES/ POLYTRIMETHYLSILOXYMETHACRYLATE COPOLYMER
- PROPANEDIOL
- CETYL PEG/PPG-10/1 DIMETHICONE
- ISODECYL NEOPENTANOATE
- POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE
- ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN
- HEXYLENE GLYCOL
- CELLULOSE GUM
- TETRAHEXYLDECYL ASCORBATE
- TOCOPHERYL ACETATE
- ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE
- RHODIOLA ROSEA ROOT EXTRACT
- SODIUM HYALURONATEhumectant
- TOCOPHEROL
- IRON OXIDES
No data in our sources (2)
Not a verdict — our authorities simply have no reference for these.
What these ingredient tags mean (2)
These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.
retinoidRETINYL PALMITATE
- RETINYL PALMITATE: A gentler vitamin A ester that the skin converts to retinol. SCCS Opinion on Vitamin A (Retinol, Retinyl Acetate, Retinyl Palmitate), SCCS/1576/16, which assesses retinyl palmitate by name; EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 Annex III entry 376 covers it in the same group as retinol.
humectantSODIUM HYALURONATE
- SODIUM HYALURONATE: A humectant that holds a large amount of water at the skin surface. Chylińska N, Maciejczyk M, "Hyaluronic Acid and Skin: Its Role in Aging and Wound-Healing Processes", Gels 2025;11(4):281, DOI 10.3390/gels11040281, PMID 40277717, open access: hyaluronic acid's "high osmotic activity and anionic structure enable it to bind large amounts of water", and "sodium and potassium hyaluronate are widely used in moisturizing products". The same review notes that high-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid does not penetrate the deeper layers.
Where this came from
Cruelty-free status recorded from crueltyfree.peta.org ↗
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