Lipstick Iced Iris vs Recode Lip Smacker Liquid Lipstick - 18 Say My Name - 3 ml: which is safer?
Burt's Bees Lipstick Iced Iris is the clear pick. Recode Lip Smacker Liquid Lipstick - 18 Say My Name - 3 ml carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Burt's Bees
Lipstick Iced Iris
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens and essential oils
PossibleFormaldehyde releasers and preservatives
PossibleRancidity and microbial growth in wax-oil base
Lip Smacker
Recode Lip Smacker Liquid Lipstick - 18 Say My Name - 3 ml
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
Possible1,4-dioxane (solvent contaminant)
PossibleFragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components
LikelyPolymer film-forming agent irritation and accumulation
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 Lip Smacker.
- We flag 1,4-dioxane (solvent contaminant), Fragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components and Polymer film-forming agent irritation and accumulation on the Lip Smacker and not on the Burt's Bees.
- The Burt's Bees is wax, oils, pigments (standard lip color base) where the Lip Smacker is liquid lipstick, waterproof formula, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Burt's Bees is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Lip Smacker grade, at 35% 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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