Acne-Safe & Acne-Scary Makeup Spotlight: Sephora Collection Makeup

This week we take a look at Sephora's in-house brand, Sephora Collection, to see if their products – often positioned as affordable alternatives to high-end luxury brands (i.e., “dupes”) – hold up when it comes to acne-safe ingredients. A lower price tag doesn't tell you anything about what's inside, which is exactly why we check.

Primer:

Smooth + Blur Primer – Acne-safe!

Hydrate + Glow Primer Hydrate + Glow Primer with Polyglutamic Acid – No way! 

Foundation: 

Reveal The Real 12HR Soft Radiant Skin Tint – Acne-safe! 

Best Skin Ever 16 Hour Natural Finish Liquid Foundation – No way! 

Watch That Glow Complexion Filter – No way! 

Concealer:

Best Skin Ever Multi-Use Concealer  – No way! 

Best Skin Ever Multi-Use Hydrating Glow Concealer – Proceed with caution!

Best Skin Ever 8HR Color Corrector – Acne-safe!  

Powder:

Microsmooth Multi-Tasking Baked Face Powder Foundation – No way! 

Best Skin Ever Matte Powder Foundation – No way! 

12HR Setting & Mattifying Pressed Powder – No way! 

12HR Translucent Setting Powder – No way! 

Blur It Loose Setting Powder – No way! 

Blush: 

Sephora Colorful Blush – No way! 

Blush Blush Blush. Cream & Powder Palette – No way! 

Colorful Blush and Highlighter Glaze – No way! 

Bronzer: 

Bronze Bronze Glow Face Palette – No way! 

Matte Bronzer Powder – No way! 

Highlighter: 

Cream Contour Stick – No way! 

Sephora Colorful Powder Luminizer – No way! 

Colorful Face Bronzer, Blush & Highlighter Palette – No way! 

Gleam & Go Liquid Luminizer – Acne-safe!

Setting Spray:

All Day Makeup Setting Spray – Acne-safe! 

Mini Glow 12HR Wear Transferproof Makeup Setting Spray with Vitamin C – Acne-safe!