Lipstick Iced Iris vs (2 pack) NYX Professional Makeup Lip Lingerie XXL Smooth Matte Liquid Lipstick, 16hr Longwear, Undressed, 0.13 fl oz: which is safer?
Burt's Bees Lipstick Iced Iris is the clear pick. (2 pack) NYX Professional Makeup Lip Lingerie XXL Smooth Matte Liquid Lipstick, 16hr Longwear, Undressed, 0.13 fl oz 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
NYX
(2 pack) NYX Professional Makeup Lip Lingerie XXL Smooth Matte Liquid Lipstick, 16hr Longwear, Undressed, 0.13 fl oz
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFormaldehyde releasers (resins/preservatives)
PossiblePhthalates in plasticizers
PossibleFragrance allergens (undisclosed components)
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 NYX.
- We flag Formaldehyde releasers (resins/preservatives), Phthalates in plasticizers, Fragrance allergens (undisclosed components) and 1,4-dioxane (trace solvent in surfactants) on the NYX and not on the Burt's Bees.
- The Burt's Bees is wax, oils, pigments (standard lip color base) where the NYX is proprietary liquid matte pigment blend, waterproof polymer coating, 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 NYX 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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