Lipstick Iced Iris vs Matte Revolution Hydrating Lipstick: which is safer?

These two grade almost identically. Pick on price and preference; neither has a PFAS edge.

Burt's Bees Lipstick Iced Iris

Burt's Bees

Lipstick Iced Iris

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 63/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

wax, oils, pigments (standard lip color base)

Confidence

78%

PossibleFragrance allergens and essential oils

PossibleFormaldehyde releasers and preservatives

PossibleRancidity and microbial growth in wax-oil base

Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Hydrating Lipstick

Charlotte Tilbury

Matte Revolution Hydrating Lipstick

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 63/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Wax, oils, pigments, silicones

Confidence

72%

PossibleFragrance allergens (undisclosed ingredients)

Possible1,4-dioxane contamination (from surfactants or ethoxylated ingredients)

PossibleMica and talc contaminants (if present in pigment blend)

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Fragrance allergens and essential oils, Formaldehyde releasers and preservatives and Rancidity and microbial growth in wax-oil base on the Burt's Bees and not on the Charlotte Tilbury.
  • We flag Fragrance allergens (undisclosed ingredients), 1,4-dioxane contamination (from surfactants or ethoxylated ingredients) and Mica and talc contaminants (if present in pigment blend) on the Charlotte Tilbury and not on the Burt's Bees.
  • The Burt's Bees is wax, oils, pigments (standard lip color base) where the Charlotte Tilbury is Wax, oils, pigments, silicones, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.

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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