Suede Splash Lipstick vs (2 pack) Coty Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Lipstick, 0.14 oz: which is safer?
Burt's Bees Suede Splash Lipstick is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
Burt's Bees
Suede Splash Lipstick
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens (essential oils, fragrance compounds)
PossibleOil rancidity and skin irritation over time
Coty
(2 pack) Coty Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Lipstick, 0.14 oz
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFormaldehyde releasers in preservative systems
PossibleFragrance allergens and sensitizers
PossiblePigment migration or staining into lip tissue over time
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Fragrance allergens (essential oils, fragrance compounds) and Oil rancidity and skin irritation over time on the Burt's Bees and not on the Coty.
- We flag Formaldehyde releasers in preservative systems, Fragrance allergens and sensitizers and Pigment migration or staining into lip tissue over time on the Coty and not on the Burt's Bees.
- The Burt's Bees is Wax, oils, pigments, beeswax base where the Coty is pigments, waxes, oils in lipstick base, 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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