Clinique Even Better Clinical Serum Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 25

Editor's Take

Clinique earns the serum badge here: salicylic acid and triple vitamin C make this unusually treatment-minded, though the silicone-heavy base leaves a sizable environmental tab.

Four-pillar formula scores

• Performance: 8.5 / 10
• Innovative Ingredients: 8.8 / 10
• Clean Standards: 5.3 / 10
• Formula Sustainability: 2.1 / 10

The Verdict

This is one of the more credible serum-foundation hybrids, with salicylic acid, three vitamin C derivatives, UP302, and SPF 25 supporting the treatment brief. The water-break texture and durable film formers should give polished, long-wearing coverage rather than serum-like fragility. Its weaker side is the persistent silicone and synthetic-polymer base, which lands far outside greener formulation territory without making the product inherently unsafe. Worth it for active-packed coverage when performance matters more than biodegradability.

Is Clinique Even Better Clinical Serum Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 25 clean?

DARE scores Clinique Even Better Clinical Serum Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 25 by Clinique 5.3 / 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 Clinique Even Better Clinical Serum Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 25?

The formula leads with Dimethicone, Water\Aqua\Eau, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Phenyl Trimethicone. 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 Clinique Even Better Clinical Serum Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 25?

Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, Clinique Even Better Clinical Serum Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 25 by Clinique scores Performance 8.5 / 10, Clean Standards 5.3 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 8.8 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 2.1 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.

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Full INCI list

Dimethicone, Water\Aqua\Eau, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Phenyl Trimethicone, Isododecane, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Isodecyl Isononanoate, Lauryl PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Alcohol Denat. Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Hydrated Silica, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Laminaria Saccharina Extract, Polygala Senega Root Extract, Berberis Vulgaris Extract, Nymphaea Alba Root Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Salvia Hispanica Seed Extract, Molasses Extract\Saccharum Officinarum\Extrait De Mélasse, Dimethoxytolyl Propylresorcinol, Caffeine, Niacinamide, Salicylic Acid, Linoleic Acid, Tocopherol, Lactoperoxidase, Glucose Oxidase, Lactobacillus Ferment, Glycyrrhetinic Acid, Cholesterol, Jojoba Esters, Glucose, Polysilicone-11, Laureth-7, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, Silica, Caprylyl Glycol, Dimethicone/PEG-10/15 Crosspolymer, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Alumina, Propylene Carbonate, Dipropylene Glycol, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Hydroxide, Citric Acid, Potassium Phosphate, Tetrasodium EDTA, Sodium Citrate, Potassium Sorbate, Phenoxyethanol, Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Iron Oxides (CI 77499).