What are some clean beauty brands that are worth spending more on?

I've been buying cheaper clean beauty products for a while and they're fine and nothing more. I keep hearing the premium clean beauty brands use better quality ingredients and that you can feel the difference in the texture and how products sit on skin. I can't tell how much of that is true vs marketing. What are some clean beauty brands that justify the price when it comes to ingredient quality, texture, or how long products last? I'm curious about makeup and base products specifically since that' where I feel like quality shows the most.