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Benefit on the ingredient apps

Two of Benefit's best sellers, read on five public ingredient databases: every one got different verdicts from different databases.

SlipperSkin finding

Read on 21 and 23 October 2026, 2 of 2 Benefit products got different clean-or-flagged verdicts from EWG Skin Deep, INCIdecoder, SkinSAFE and Skincarisma; their mean EWG hazard score was 5 and mean Skincarisma score 86.5.

Part of our study of how ingredient apps disagree, now 88 products from 48 brands. Every figure below links to the page it was read from.

How do the ingredient apps rate Benefit?

They do not agree on any of them. EWG Skin Deep scores hazard from 1 to 10 (1 to 2 is its low band); INCIdecoder names the ingredients it rates "icky"; SkinSAFE rates freedom from common allergens (100 is its top); Skincarisma scores from EWG's ingredient ratings out of 100. 0 of 2 get SkinSAFE's top rating.

Benefit: the verdict grid2 products, four databases, read 21 and 23 October 2026

Values in the cells are each database's own figure. Blush is flagged, glass is clean, dashed is not listed.

What does each database say, product by product?

Benefit Hoola Matte Bronzer

Split verdict: 2 of 4 databases flag it. Fragrance-free on 5 of 5 databases. Read 23 October 2026.

EWG Skin Deep	6 of 10 (its listings range 5 to 6)Fair data, updated May 2022	source
INCIdecoder	rates no ingredient "icky"	source
SkinSAFE	91ingredients updated Mar 07, 2023	source
Skincarisma	80 of 100, "Excellent"data updated Jun 2026	source
SkinSort	tags it fragrance-free	source

Benefit The POREfessional Face Primer

Split verdict: 3 of 4 databases flag it. Fragrance-free on 0 of 5 databases. Read 23 October 2026.

EWG Skin Deep	4 of 10Fair data, updated May 2024	source
INCIdecoder	rates Fragrance (Parfum), Limonene "icky"	source
SkinSAFE	91ingredients updated Nov 21, 2016	source
Skincarisma	93 of 100, "Excellent"data updated Jun 2026	source
SkinSort	does not tag it fragrance-free	source

Which listings may be out of date?

Formulas change and databases keep the list they were given. Where one database's ingredient list differs from the others on a clear marker (parabens or fragrance), or EWG labels its listing with a formulation year, we show it here as a question, not a finding: a majority of published lists is evidence, not proof of the current formula.

Benefit Hoola Matte Bronzer: SkinSort omits paraben (4 lists with / 1 without; SkinSort date n/a)
Benefit The POREfessional Face Primer: SkinSAFE omits fragrance (4 lists with / 1 without; SkinSAFE date Nov 21, 2016)

Where to buy

Find the Benefit products we checked on Amazon

Benefit Hoola Matte BronzerOne of the products this page checked on the ingredient databases; read the full rows above before you buy.2 of 4 databases flag itView on Amazon → Benefit The POREfessional Face PrimerOne of the products this page checked on the ingredient databases; read the full rows above before you buy.3 of 4 databases flag itView on Amazon →

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Where the law stands: FDA says cosmetic ingredients, other than colour additives, need no approval before sale (FDA's ingredient page); California bans a named list of intentionally added chemicals (Health and Safety Code section 108980); and the EU keeps its own prohibited and restricted annexes (Regulation 1223/2009 on EUR-Lex). Check any ingredient in our ingredient files.

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