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Here's our complete breakdown comparing the ingredients, attributes, and more of Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan versus Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 .

Last updated on December 30, 2023. Published on January 04, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both cruelty-free and reef safe foundations. They have a total of 17 ingredients in common

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for anti aging, dry skin and brightening skin

Free From

They both do not contain any parabens or sulfates

What's Inside

They both contain harsh alcohols, common allergens, fragrances and silicones

We independently verify ingredients, and our claims are backed by peer-reviewed research. Spot a product that need an update? Let us know.

Foundation Brand
Foundation American Brand United States

Foundation

A liquid, cream, or powder to help create an even complexion or cover blemishes.

Foundation

A liquid, cream, or powder to help create an even complexion or cover blemishes.

Price

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Buy Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation

Starts at $21.49
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Buy Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation

Starts at $49.00

Ingredient Info

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alcohol-free
silicon-free
fragrance-free
sulfate-free
paraben-free
oil-free
fungal-acne safe
reef-safe
eu-allergen-free
vegan
cruelty-free
alcohol-free
silicon-free
fragrance-free
sulfate-free
paraben-free
oil-free
fungal-acne safe
reef-safe
eu-allergen-free
vegan
cruelty-free

At a glance

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Benefits

Hydrating
Anti-Aging
Dark Spots
Brightening (2)

Concerns

Drying
May Worsen Oily Skin
Irritating
Rosacea
Eczema

Notable Ingredients

Vitamin E
Hyaluronic Acid
Peptides

Benefits

Hydrating (4)
Anti-Aging
Scar Healing
Brightening (2)

Concerns

Drying
May Worsen Oily Skin (2)
Irritating (2)
Rosacea
Eczema
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Ingredients Compared

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Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

1
What it does: Skin Conditioning, Solvent
Community Rating: Loved

Water. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.

So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.

You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. Talk about multi-purpose! If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 1.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 1.

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What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Solvent
Community Rating: Loved

Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.

As a humectant, it helps the skin stay hydrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.

Hydrated skin improves your skin barrier; Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.

Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.

In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.

This ingredient is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

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Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 2.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 3.

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What it does: Emollient, Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Very Disliked

Hexyl Laurate isn't fungal acne safe.

Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 3.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 2.

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What it does: Emollient, Masking
Community Rating: Disliked

Octyldodecanol is a fatty alcohol. It is primarily used to enhance the texture of products.

As an emulsifier, Octyldodecanol helps prevent the oils and waters from separating. It also prevents ingredients from creating foam when shaken.

Octyldodecanol is created by reducing fatty acid to an alcohol.

Due to its high molecular weight, it does not get absorbed into the skin.

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Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 5.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 5.

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What it does: Skin Conditioning, Solvent
Community Rating: Mixed

Pentylene glycol is typically used within a product to thicken it. It also adds a smooth, soft, and moisturizing feel to the product. It is naturally found in plants such as sugar beets.

The hydrophilic trait of Pentylene Glycol makes it a humectant. As a humectant, Pentylene Glycol helps draw moisture from the air to your skin. This can help keep your skin hydrated.

This property also makes Pentylene Glycol a great texture enhancer. It can help thicken or emulsify a product. Emulsifiers help stabilize a product. It does this by preventing certain ingredients from separating.

Pentylene Glycol also acts as a mild preservative and helps to keep a product microbe-free.

Some people may experience mild eye and skin irritation from Pentylene Glycol. We always recommend speaking with a professional about using this ingredient in your routine.

Pentylene Glycol has a low molecular weight and is part of the 1,2-glycol family.

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Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 6.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 4.

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What it does: Perfuming, Preservative, Solvent
Community Rating: Very Disliked

Benzyl Alcohol is most commonly used as a preservative. It also has a subtle, sweet smell. Small amounts of Benzyl Alcohol is not irritating and safe to use in skincare products. Most Benzyl Alcohol is derived from fruits such as apricots.

Benzyl Alcohol has both antibacterial and antioxidant properties. These properties help lengthen the shelf life of products. Benzyl Alcohol is a solvent and helps dissolve other ingredients. It can also improve the texture and spreadability.

Alcohol comes in many different forms. Different types of alcohol will have different effects on skin. This ingredient is an astringent alcohol.

Using high concentrations of these alcohols are drying on the skin. They may strip away your skin's natural oils and even damage your skin barrier. Astringent alcohols may also irritate skin.

Other types of astringent alcohols include:

According to the National Rosacea Society based in the US, you should be mindful of products with these alcohols in the top half of ingredients.

Any type of sanitizing product will have high amounts of alcohol to help kill bacteria and viruses.

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Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 7.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 26.

7
What it does: Stabilising
Community Rating: Disliked

Disteardimonium Hectorite comes from the clay mineral named hectorite. It is used to add thickness to a product.

It can also help stabilize a product by helping to disperse other ingredients.

Hectorite is a rare, white clay mineral.

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Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 9.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 14.

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What it does: Emollient, Humectant, Skin Protecting
Community Rating: Disliked

Aluminum Hydroxide is a form of aluminum. It can be naturally found in nature as the mineral gibbsite. In cosmetics, Aluminum Hydroxide is used as a colorant, pH adjuster, and absorbent.

As a colorant, Aluminum Hydroxide may add opacity, or reduce the transparency. Aluminum hydroxide is contains both basic and acidic properties.

According to manufacturers, this ingredient is an emollient and humectant. This means it helps hydrate the skin.

In medicine, this ingredient is used to help relieve heartburn and help heal ulcers.

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Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 10.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 22.

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What it does: Emulsion Stabilising, Gel Forming
Community Rating: Disliked

Carbomer is a polymer of acrylic acid. Its main role is to create gel consistency within products.

Carbomer is commonly found in many types of cosmetics products. It is found to be safe in concentrations up to 15%. However, a high amount of carbomer can cause pilling or balling up of products. Most products contain 1% of less of carbomer.

Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 11.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 16.

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What it does:
Community Rating: Disliked

Amodimethicone is a type of silicone.

Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 12.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 15.

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What it does: Solvent

This ingredient is a solvent. It helps dissolve active ingredients and alter the texture of products.

Propylene Carbonate is commonly used in makeup and with clay, such as montmorillonite or bentonite.

Studies show this ingredient to be safe for cosmetics. When it is undiluted, it can cause skin irritation. (It is always diluted in skincare and makeup). This ingredient is water-soluble.

Propylene Carbonate is created from propylene glycol and carbonic acid.

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Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 13.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 21.

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What it does:
Community Rating: Liked

Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate is used to help stabilize a product.

It is a chelating agent, meaning it helps prevent metal ions from binding to other ingredients. This prevents unwanted reactions in products. Metal ions can come into a product via the water ingredient. They are found in trace amounts and are not known to be harmful.

Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 14.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 18.

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What it does:
Community Rating: Very Disliked

Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate is the sodium salt from the lauric acid of glutamic acid.

It is a surfactant and helps cleanse the skin. Surfactants gather oil, dirt, and other pollutants from your skin so they may be washed away easily.

Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 16.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 19.

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What it does: Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Loved

Lysine is an essential amino acid. Your body is unable to produce it naturally and we mainly get lysine from food sources.

Our bodies use lysine for growth and tissue repair. The skin uses amino acids as a precursor for building protein, and therefore keratins, collagen and elastin.

Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 17.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 24.

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What it does: Buffering
Community Rating: Mixed

Sodium Hydroxide is also known as lye or caustic soda. It is used to adjust the pH of products; many ingredients require a specific pH to be effective.

In small amounts, sodium hydroxide is considered safe to use. However, large amounts may cause chemical burns due to its high alkaline.

Your skin has a natural pH and acid mantle. This acid mantle helps prevent harmful bacteria from breaking through. The acid mantle also helps keep your skin hydrated.

"Alkaline" refers to a high pH level. A low pH level would be considered acidic.

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Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 18.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 27.

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What it does: Emollient, Emulsion Stabilising, Humectant, Skin Conditioning

We don't have a description for Alcaligenes Polysaccharides.

Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 19.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 13.

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What it does:
Community Rating: Mixed

We don't have a description for Magnesium Chloride.

Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation Medium Tan contains this as ingredient number 20.

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint Serum Foundation 70 contains this as ingredient number 17.

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33% are loved or liked
14% have mixed ratings
43% are disliked or very disliked
10% have no rating yet
37% are loved or liked
13% have mixed ratings
37% are disliked or very disliked
13% have no rating yet

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