100% Natural Nourishing Mascara, Black Brown vs Le Volume de Chanel Mascara: which is safer?
Burt's Bees 100% Natural Nourishing Mascara, Black Brown is the clear pick. Chanel Le Volume de Chanel Mascara carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Burt's Bees
100% Natural Nourishing Mascara, Black Brown
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens and undisclosed sensitizers
PossibleBacterial growth and contamination in wax formula
Chanel
Le Volume de Chanel Mascara
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleHeavy metals in pigments (lead, cadmium, chromium)
PossibleFormaldehyde-releasing preservatives
Possible1,4-dioxane (manufacturing contaminant)
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Fragrance allergens and undisclosed sensitizers and Bacterial growth and contamination in wax formula on the Burt's Bees and not on the Chanel.
- We flag Heavy metals in pigments (lead, cadmium, chromium), Formaldehyde-releasing preservatives, 1,4-dioxane (manufacturing contaminant) and Fragrance allergens on the Chanel and not on the Burt's Bees.
- The Burt's Bees is Wax, pigments, natural oils (typical mascara base) where the Chanel is pigments, waxes, polymers (unspecified), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- We are less certain about the Chanel grade, at 45% confidence against 78%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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