Lipstick Iced Iris vs Smooth 'n Sweet Lip Butter Bundle: which is safer?

eos Smooth 'n Sweet Lip Butter Bundle is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

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

Our pick

eos Smooth 'n Sweet Lip Butter Bundle

EOS

Smooth 'n Sweet Lip Butter Bundle

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 67/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Wax and oil emulsion lip balm

Confidence

72%

PossibleFragrance allergens and sensitizers

PossibleRancidity of lipid components over time

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 EOS.
  • We flag Fragrance allergens and sensitizers and Rancidity of lipid components over time on the EOS and not on the Burt's Bees.
  • The Burt's Bees is wax, oils, pigments (standard lip color base) where the EOS is Wax and oil emulsion lip balm, 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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