Birthday Primer

Breakdown

7 ingredients to avoid

essence Birthday Primer scores 10/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

essence Birthday Primer lists 28 ingredients, starting with Ethylhexyl Stearate, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Castor, Silica and Polybutene. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 10/100 essence Birthday Primer scores worse than most foundation & concealer we have scored. A higher-scoring option in foundation & concealer is RMS Beauty UnPowder Untinted at 96/100.