100% Natural Nourishing Mascara, Black Brown vs Sumptuous Extreme Lash Multiplying Volume Mascara: which is safer?
Burt's Bees 100% Natural Nourishing Mascara, Black Brown is the clear pick. Estée Lauder Sumptuous Extreme Lash Multiplying Volume 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
Estée Lauder
Sumptuous Extreme Lash Multiplying Volume Mascara
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleHeavy metals in pigments
ReportedBacterial or fungal contamination (water-based formulation)
PossibleFormaldehyde releasers (preservatives)
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 Estée Lauder.
- We flag Heavy metals in pigments, Bacterial or fungal contamination (water-based formulation) and Formaldehyde releasers (preservatives) on the Estée Lauder and not on the Burt's Bees.
- The Burt's Bees is Wax, pigments, natural oils (typical mascara base) where the Estée Lauder is pigments, film-forming polymers, water, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- We are less certain about the Estée Lauder 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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