Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Blurring & Smoothing Foundation with Niacinamide

Editor's Take

Benefit nails the pore-blurring brief: Dimethicone and a soft-focus elastomer smooth convincingly, though the persistent silicone base leaves sustainability trailing badly.

Four-pillar formula scores

• Performance: 7.8 / 10
• Innovative Ingredients: 7.5 / 10
• Clean Standards: 7.8 / 10
• Formula Sustainability: 3.0 / 10

The Verdict

On performance, this is a credible pore-focused foundation: the silicone elastomer network diffuses texture, and Trimethylsiloxysilicate helps the finish stay put. Niacinamide is present at a meaningful level for barrier and texture support, not merely label decoration. The main trade-off is environmental, with persistent silicones and petroleum-derived isododecane doing much of the structural work. Worth it for reliable blur and wear, with sustainability as the clear compromise.

Is Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Blurring & Smoothing Foundation with Niacinamide clean?

DARE scores Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Blurring & Smoothing Foundation with Niacinamide by Benefit Cosmetics 7.8 / 10 on Clean Standards, the human-health pillar of the Formulation Architecture Model™. That reading comes from the published INCI list read as a system — preservative, fragrance and surfactant choices in context — not from flagging single ingredients in isolation.

What are the key ingredients in Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Blurring & Smoothing Foundation with Niacinamide?

The formula leads with Aqua, Dimethicone, Mica, Isododecane, Glycerin, Niacinamide. DARE reads the full INCI list below in order, so position and pairing shape how each ingredient contributes under Performance and Innovative Ingredients.

How does DARE score Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Blurring & Smoothing Foundation with Niacinamide?

Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Blurring & Smoothing Foundation with Niacinamide by Benefit Cosmetics scores Performance 7.8 / 10, Clean Standards 7.8 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 7.5 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 3.0 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.

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Full INCI list

Aqua (Water), Dimethicone, Mica, Isododecane, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Cetyl Peg/Ppg-10/1 Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Peg-10 Dimethicone, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Chloride, Silica, Distarch Phosphate, Magnesium Sulfate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Aluminum Hydroxide, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Benzoic Acid, Dehydroacetic Acid, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Propylene Carbonate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Rosa Canina Fruit Extract. [+/- Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499 (Iron Oxides)].