Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Deep Retreat Pore-Clearing Clay Mask

Editor's Take

PEG-40 Sorbitan Peroleate keeps the base from feeling especially clean, but this is a well-judged clay mask that clears oil without courting a full-face drought.

Four-pillar formula scores

• Performance: 7.4 / 10
• Innovative Ingredients: 6.8 / 10
• Clean Standards: 7.2 / 10
• Formula Sustainability: 6.9 / 10

The Verdict

Kaolin and silica supply the absorbency expected from a serious clay mask for oily or congested skin. The self-emulsifying base rinses cleanly, while bisabolol and sphingolipids help temper the usual post-clay dryness. PEG-40 Sorbitan Peroleate and Sodium Acrylates Copolymer weaken its clean and environmental credentials, with fragrance a secondary caveat for reactive skin. A credible oily-skin treatment with smarter aftercare than the category norm.

Is Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Deep Retreat Pore-Clearing Clay Mask clean?

DARE scores Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Deep Retreat Pore-Clearing Clay Mask by Benefit Cosmetics 7.2 / 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 Deep Retreat Pore-Clearing Clay Mask?

The formula leads with Aqua, Kaolin, Silica, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Pentylene Glycol. 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 Deep Retreat Pore-Clearing Clay Mask?

Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Deep Retreat Pore-Clearing Clay Mask by Benefit Cosmetics scores Performance 7.4 / 10, Clean Standards 7.2 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 6.8 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 6.9 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.

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Full INCI list

Aqua (Water), Kaolin, Silica, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Pentylene Glycol, CI 77007 (Ultramarines), PEG-40 Sorbitan Peroleate, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, CI 77499 (Iron Oxides), Hydroxyacetophenone, Lecithin, Mica, Chlorphenesin, Bisabolol, CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Opuntia Coccinellifera Flower Extract, CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Prunus Domestica Seed Oil, Parfum (Fragrance), Disodium Phosphate, Potassium Hydroxide, Xanthan Gum, Crithmum Maritimum Extract, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Tocopherol, CI 77510 (Ferric Ferrocyanide), Sodium Phosphate, Sphingolipids, Sphingomonas Ferment Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Citric Acid, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Sodium Citrate.