Fenty Skin by Rihanna: Everything you need to know

Rihanna’s new unisex skin care line is 100-percent cruelty-free, infused with gentle-yet-effective ingredients and its products cost $35 or less. “Fenty Skin is my vision of the new culture of skincare – I wanted to create amazing products that really work, that are easy to use, and everyone can apply it,” says Rihanna in a statement. The “We Found Love” singer says her experiences traveling across the globe inspired her to select “the best-of-the-best” skin care ingredients for her products. “I wanted safe, clean, effective formulas that celebrated and respected what our planet has to offer.” Fenty Skin products and ingredients The hero products from her line are dubbed Fenty Skin Start’rs and include three 2-in-1 products. They're infused with good-for-you ingredients, including hyaluronic acid for moisture and niacinamide (aka Vitamin B3), which is gentle enough for those with rosacea. There’s also Barbados cherry — Rihanna was born and raised in the Caribbean island — which is rich in Vitamin C and antioxidants and can help brighten dull complexions. According to Fenty Skin, all of the products from the line smell tropical, clean and warm thanks to other ingredients like coconut, sun-kissed fig and desert melon. Fenty Skin Start’rs 1. Total Cleans'r Remove-It-All Cleanser 2. Fat Water Pore-Refining Toner Serum 3. Hydra Vizor Invisible Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen

One of the first and most-shared reviews on Twitter came from licensed esthetician Tiara Willis, who runs the account @MakeupForWomenOfColor. The skin-care professional says that while she loved the ingredients, packaging, and texture of the products, she claims that her skin reacted to the fruity-floral fragrance included in all the formulations. "Fragrance can cause you to have a reaction now (which happened to me) or it can happen overtime with continued use. I have always been sensitive to fragrance on my face, so the Fenty Skin products broke me out in small red bumps and my face stung," she tweeted. Willis emphasized that her experience is personal as she has dry, sensitive, and acne-prone skin, and despite long supporting Rihanna and Black-owned businesses, she felt a responsibility to share her honest experience with the products. In a video on YouTube, Rihanna directly addressed the fragrance component. "We never use more than one percent of a synthetic fragrance, and if we do, we don't hide it. You will always know about it," said the founder. "We're a clean brand; we're a very honest brand." According to the video, the fragrance is specific to each product, and is intended to create a sensorial effect." She also shared on Twitter that she has super sensitive skin and kept that top of mind when creating her line. Rihanna certainly isn't the first or the last to use fragrance in cosmetics, which is often added to products to mask unpleasant smells, to serve as aromatherapy, or to make a formula more appealing to the consumer — and many people can tolerate it with no problem. The skincare collection will be officially available on July 31.