NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation

Editor's Take

Long-wear shoppers, this is the polished silicone workhorse: Dimethicone glide, Boron Nitride blur, serious staying power, but nowhere near clean standards territory.

Four-pillar formula scores

• Efficacy: 8.8 / 10
• Modern Tech: 8.5 / 10
• Clean Beauty: 1.8 / 10
• Sustainability: 5.6 / 10

The Verdict

On performance, it earns strong efficacy alignment: Boron Nitride gives soft-focus radiance, Trimethylsiloxysilicate helps the film last, and Glycerin keeps the wear from feeling flat. The tech is Highly Advanced, especially for a foundation, with treated pigments and silicone crosspolymers doing the smooth, high-coverage finish. The trade-off is blunt: Dimethicone, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone, and Polymethylsilsesquioxane put it at the far synthetic end, with Limited COSMOS alignment and a Lower Sustainability Fit. Worth it for a polished event face that has to hold up, not for anyone shopping clean.

Full INCI list

Dimethicone, Water/Aqua/Eau, Phenyl Trimethicone, Glycerin, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Boron Nitride, Peg-10 Dimethicone, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Ppg-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate, Bis-Butyldimethicone Polyglyceryl-3, Butylene Glycol, Sorbitan Sesquiisostearate, Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon) Fruit Extract, Lens Esculenta (Lentil) Fruit Extract, Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract, Aluminum Dimyristate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Disodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Tocopherol, Stearyl Alcohol, Behenyl Alcohol, Stearic Acid, Behenic Acid, Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate, Peg/Ppg-14/7 Dimethyl Ether, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Potassium Hydroxide, Sodium Lactate, Sodium Pca, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Mica, Barium Sulfate, Alumina, Tin Oxide, Polysilicone-2, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, +/(May Contain): Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891)