Sun & makeup

This area is thin. It holds two published pages on colour cosmetics, and it has no sunscreen page yet, so it does not claim any sun-care coverage.

[Fragrance-free makeup](/fragrance-free-makeup/) reports nine products whose maker ingredient lists show no fragrance-type entry: four Almay eye products, two Clinique items, one Neutrogena loose powder and two Physicians Formula mascaras. The page names the shortest and longest lists.

[Fragrance-free lipstick](/fragrance-free-lipstick/) reports four lip products. It notes that one of them is a gloss and not a stick, that one maker does not make a fragrance-free claim, and that its list includes "Flavor". All four rest on browser-captured maker pages.

For lip care that is not colour, see [fragrance-free lip balm](/fragrance-free-lip-balm/) in the skin care area. For the list-reading basics behind every check, see [how to read an ingredient list for fragrance, parfum and aroma](/guide/how-to-read-an-ingredient-list-parfum-aroma/).

Three picks to start with

  1. Best fragrance-free makeup

    Nine products pass our list check: four Almay eye products, two Clinique items, one Neutrogena loose powder and two Physicians Formula mascaras. The shortest lists are Almay Eyeliner Pencil and Neutrogena Mineral Sheers; the longest are the Clinique High Impact, Physicians Formula Eye Booster and Almay Thickening & Tint mascaras.

  2. Best fragrance-free lipstick

    Four lip products pass our list check: Almay Color & Care Lip Oil in Stick and Clinique Almost Lipstick, where the maker itself says fragrance free, Clinique Pop Plush Creamy Lip Gloss (a gloss, not a stick), and Almay Lip Vibes Lipstick, whose maker does not make that claim and whose list includes "Flavor". All four rest on browser-captured maker pages.

  3. Best fragrance-free lip balm

    Eight lip balms pass our list check: no fragrance, parfum, aroma, perfume or essential oil appears in the maker's ingredient list. Five maker pages were read by our fetch; three (Avène, ChapStick, La Roche-Posay) were captured from the maker's page in a browser. Claim wording varies, as quoted below.

How we check products in this category

Products in this area are checked against this site's fragrance-free definition: the listed ingredients contain no fragrance, parfum, aroma, perfume, essential oils or fragrance chemicals, as of the date shown on each page. "Unscented" is not fragrance-free. Each page states its evidence level (maker list confirmed, browser-captured and dated, or maker states). We have not tested products by hand, and drug-labelled products are named only as examples. The full rules are in the review criteria.

Product guides

  • Best fragrance-free lipstick
    Four lip products pass our list check: Almay Color & Care Lip Oil in Stick and Clinique Almost Lipstick, where the maker itself says fragrance free, Clinique Pop Plush Creamy Lip Gloss (a gloss, not a stick), and Almay Lip Vibes Lipstick, whose maker does not make that claim and whose list includes "Flavor". All four rest on browser-captured maker pages.
  • Best fragrance-free makeup
    Nine products pass our list check: four Almay eye products, two Clinique items, one Neutrogena loose powder and two Physicians Formula mascaras. The shortest lists are Almay Eyeliner Pencil and Neutrogena Mineral Sheers; the longest are the Clinique High Impact, Physicians Formula Eye Booster and Almay Thickening & Tint mascaras.

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