Clinique Even Better Clinical Vitamin Makeup Broad Spectrum SPF 45 Foundation

Editor's Take

Clinique earns the clinical billing here: Niacinamide, stabilized vitamin C and SPF 45 make this unusually capable makeup, though its silicone-heavy staying power carries a steep environmental tab.

Four-pillar formula scores

• Performance: 8.5 / 10
• Innovative Ingredients: 8.0 / 10
• Clean Standards: 7.0 / 10
• Formula Sustainability: 1.2 / 10

The Verdict

Niacinamide leads a credible brightening mix, with Ascorbyl Glucoside and mineral SPF 45 giving the coverage genuine skincare value. The water-in-silicone base and film formers keep the mineral pigments stable and the wear durable. Persistent silicones and synthetic polymers are the clear drawback, making sustainability its weakest showing by far. Worth it for treatment-minded longwear makeup, with environmental performance as the cost.

Is Clinique Even Better Clinical Vitamin Makeup Broad Spectrum SPF 45 Foundation clean?

DARE scores Clinique Even Better Clinical Vitamin Makeup Broad Spectrum SPF 45 Foundation by Clinique 7.0 / 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 Vitamin Makeup Broad Spectrum SPF 45 Foundation?

The formula leads with Water\Aqua\Eau, Methyl Trimethicone, Dimethicone, Niacinamide, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate, 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 Vitamin Makeup Broad Spectrum SPF 45 Foundation?

Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, Clinique Even Better Clinical Vitamin Makeup Broad Spectrum SPF 45 Foundation by Clinique scores Performance 8.5 / 10, Clean Standards 7.0 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 8.0 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 1.2 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.

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Full INCI list

Water\Aqua\Eau, Methyl Trimethicone, Dimethicone, Niacinamide, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Glycerin, Tromethamine, Lauryl Peg-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Hdi/Ppg/Polycaprolactone Crosspolymer, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polysilicone-11, Hexyl Laurate, Cetyl Peg/Ppg-10/1 Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Sodium Hyaluronate, Caffeine, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/Pvp Crosspolymer, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Trehalose, Acetyl Glucosamine, Triethyl Citrate, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate, Dimethicone/Divinyldimethicone/Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Polyethylene, Silica, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ammonium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Polysorbate 80, Stearic Acid, Polysorbate 20, Lecithin, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Palmitic Acid, Laureth-7, Sodium Phosphate, Disodium Phosphate, Potassium Hydroxide, Stearyl Alcohol, Behenyl Alcohol, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Bht, Disodium Edta, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Dehydroacetate, +/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Iron Oxides (CI 77499)