100% Natural Nourishing Mascara, Black Brown vs Extended Play Gigablack Lash Mascara: which is safer?
Burt's Bees 100% Natural Nourishing Mascara, Black Brown is the clear pick. MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash 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
MAC
Extended Play Gigablack Lash Mascara
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens and sensitizers
PossibleBacterial and fungal growth from product age or contamination
ReportedPFAS in water-resistant or long-wear coating
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 MAC.
- We flag Fragrance allergens and sensitizers, Bacterial and fungal growth from product age or contamination and PFAS in water-resistant or long-wear coating on the MAC and not on the Burt's Bees.
- The Burt's Bees is Wax, pigments, natural oils (typical mascara base) where the MAC is pigments, waxes, film-formers in mascara base, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- We are less certain about the MAC 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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