Lipstick Iced Iris vs Megalast Lock 'N' Shine Lip Color + Gloss: which is safer?
Burt's Bees Lipstick Iced Iris is the clear pick. Wet N Wild Megalast Lock 'N' Shine Lip Color + Gloss 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
Wet n Wild
Megalast Lock 'N' Shine Lip Color + Gloss
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
ReportedUndisclosed fluorinated waterproofing polymers (PFAS family)
PossibleFragrance allergens and sensitizers
PossibleSilicone bioaccumulation from glossy layer
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 Wet n Wild.
- We flag Undisclosed fluorinated waterproofing polymers (PFAS family), Fragrance allergens and sensitizers, Silicone bioaccumulation from glossy layer and Microplastic or polymer shedding into oral cavity on the Wet n Wild and not on the Burt's Bees.
- The Burt's Bees is wax, oils, pigments (standard lip color base) where the Wet n Wild is waterproof/glossy lip color coating, unspecified polymers, 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 Wet n Wild 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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