Lipstick Iced Iris vs Power Bullet Cream Glow Hydrating Lipstick: which is safer?

Huda Beauty Power Bullet Cream Glow Hydrating Lipstick 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

Huda Beauty Power Bullet Cream Glow Hydrating Lipstick

Huda Beauty

Power Bullet Cream Glow Hydrating Lipstick

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 67/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

wax, oil, pigment blend typical of cream lipsticks

Confidence

72%

PossibleHeavy metals in pigments (lead, cadmium, arsenic)

PossibleFragrance allergens and sensitizers

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 Huda Beauty.
  • We flag Heavy metals in pigments (lead, cadmium, arsenic) and Fragrance allergens and sensitizers on the Huda Beauty and not on the Burt's Bees.
  • The Burt's Bees is wax, oils, pigments (standard lip color base) where the Huda Beauty is wax, oil, pigment blend typical of cream lipsticks, 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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