CoverGirl Clean Fresh Skin Milk Foundation
by CoverGirl · makeup
Editor's Take
Great skin-milk slip, but the clean part has to share the shelf with Cyclopentasiloxane and Phenyl Trimethicone up front.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Efficacy: 7.4 / 10
- Modern Tech: 6.8 / 10
- Clean Beauty: 1.0 / 10
- Sustainability: 6.4 / 10
The Verdict
For a drugstore skin-milk foundation, efficacy is Strong at 7.4: Niacinamide, Acetyl Glucosamine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Urea, and Sodium PCA give it more skincare substance than most sheer bases. The texture makes sense too, with Cyclopentasiloxane and Phenyl Trimethicone doing the lightweight glide and film work. The catch is the clean score, which lands at 1 because the formula leans hard on cyclic silicone, additional silicones, PEG chemistry, Phenoxyethanol, and a synthetic polymer. Nice wear, real humectant support, limited clean-beauty credibility.
Full INCI list
Aqua/Water/Eau, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Phenyl Trimethicone, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Acetyl Glucosamine, Niacinamide, Sodium Chloride, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone, Mica, Ammonium Acrylates Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Panthenol, Caprylyl Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sodium Benzoate, Alcohol Denat., Dimethicone, Methicone, Disodium Deceth-6 Sulfosuccinate, Tocopherol, Laureth-30, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Pentylene Glycol, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Citric Acid, Fructose, Sodium Hydroxide, Urea, Allantoin, Maltose, Sodium Lactate, Sodium PCA, Trehalose, Phenethyl Alcohol, Potassium Sorbate, Glucose, Silybum Marianum Seed Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Limonene, Linalool. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499).