Lipstick Iced Iris vs Lustre Lipstick: which is safer?
MAC Lustre Lipstick is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
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
MAC
Lustre Lipstick
PFAS grade
Excellent 75/100
Overall grade
Good 67/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
wax, oils, pigments, emollients
Confidence
72%
PossibleFragrance allergens
PossibleRancidity and oxidative breakdown of oils
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 MAC.
- We flag Fragrance allergens and Rancidity and oxidative breakdown of oils on the MAC and not on the Burt's Bees.
- The Burt's Bees is wax, oils, pigments (standard lip color base) where the MAC is wax, oils, pigments, emollients, 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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