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Mac Cosmetics Studio Radiance Serum-Powered Foundation - NC12 Versus Bobbi Brown Skin Weightless Powder Foundation - Warm Sand

Foundation
Foundation
American Brand United States
American Brand United States

Updated on April 28, 2025

Overview

What they are

These products are both foundations. They have a total of 0 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain exfoliants and Vitamin E

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for dry skin and scar healing

Free From

They both do not contain any common allergens, parabens or sulfates

What's Inside

They both contain silicones

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Ingredient Info

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What's inside (and what isn't)

What's inside (and what isn't)

At a glance

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products
Studio Radiance Serum-Powered Foundation

Water

Skin Conditioning

Phenyl Trimethicone

Skin Conditioning
Silicon Icon

Tricaprylin

Masking
Fragrance Icon

Glycerin

Humectant
0 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin IconGood for Scar Healing IconHelps brighten skin Icon

Butylene Glycol

Humectant
1 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

C9-12 Alkane

Solvent

Lauryl PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone

Skin Conditioning
Silicon Icon

Octyldodecanol

Emollient

Trimethylsiloxysilicate

Emollient
Silicon Icon

Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate

Emulsifying
Not safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Olea Europaea Fruit Oil

Masking
0-2 / 0 Fragrance IconOil IconHelps hydrate Dry Skin IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil

Emollient
0-2 / 0 Oil IconHelps hydrate Dry Skin IconGood for Scar Healing IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon

PPG-12/Smdi Copolymer

Emollient

C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate

Antimicrobial

PEG/PPG/Polybutylene Glycol-8/5/3 Glycerin

Humectant

Polymethylsilsesquioxane

Silicon Icon

Sodium Hyaluronate

Humectant
0 / 0 Hyaluronic Acid IconHelps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate

Skin Conditioning
Helps hydrate Dry Skin IconHelps reduce irritation IconGood for Scar Healing Icon

Helianthus Annuus Seed Extract

Skin Conditioning
Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract

Emollient
Helps hydrate Dry Skin IconHelps reduce Skin Redness IconHelps reduce irritation Icon

Tremella Fuciformis Sporocarp Extract

Antioxidant
Antioxidant IconHelps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Hordeum Vulgare Extract

Emollient

Tocopheryl Acetate

Antioxidant
0 / 0 Vitamin E IconAntioxidant Icon

Sorbitol

Humectant
0 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Trehalose

Humectant
Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Lecithin

Emollient
Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Disteardimonium Hectorite

Stabilising

Octyldodecyl Xyloside

Emulsifying

Propylene Glycol Dicaprate

Emollient

Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate

Emulsifying
4 / 0 May worsen Oily Skin IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Triethyl Citrate

Masking
Fragrance Icon

Disodium Stearoyl Glutamate

Cleansing

Pvp

Emulsion Stabilising
0 / 0

Silica

Abrasive
Exfoliant IconMay worsen Eczema IconMay worsen Rosacea Icon

Polysorbate 60

Emulsifying
Not safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Sorbitan Isostearate

Emulsifying
1-2 / 0 Not safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Betaine

Humectant
Helps hydrate Dry Skin IconHelps reduce irritation IconGood for Dark Spots Icon

Dimethicone

Emollient
1 / 0 Silicon Icon

Hdi/PPG/Polycaprolactone Crosspolymer

Synthetic Fluorphlogopite

Tin Oxide

Abrasive
Exfoliant Icon

PEG-30 Dipolyhydroxystearate

Emulsifying
Not safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer

Emulsion Stabilising

Aluminum Dimyristate

Emulsion Stabilising

Citric Acid

Buffering
AHA IconGood for Oily Skin IconGood for Skin Texture IconGood for Minimizing Pores IconGood for Scar Healing IconHelps brighten skin IconMay worsen Rosacea Icon

Silica Dimethicone Silylate

Absorbent

Triethoxycaprylylsilane

Silicon Icon

Hydroxyacetophenone

Antioxidant
Antioxidant IconHelps reduce irritation Icon

BHT

Antioxidant
Antioxidant Icon

Disodium EDTA

Caprylyl Glycol

Emollient

Sodium Dehydroacetate

Preservative
Preservative Icon

Potassium Sorbate

Preservative
Preservative Icon

Phenoxyethanol

Preservative
Preservative Icon

CI 77891

Cosmetic Colorant

CI 77492

Cosmetic Colorant

CI 77491

Cosmetic Colorant

CI 77499

Cosmetic Colorant
Skin Weightless Powder Foundation

When to use

4 Routines
75% use in am
25% use in pm
75% use every day
6 Routines
50% use in am
50% use in pm
100% use every day