Suede Splash Lipstick vs Vtg Coty Sheer To Stay 6 Hour Lip Color Lipstick - Freshest Cherry: 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

Burt's Bees

Suede Splash Lipstick

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 67/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Wax, oils, pigments, beeswax base

Confidence

78%

PossibleFragrance allergens (essential oils, fragrance compounds)

PossibleOil rancidity and skin irritation over time

Vtg Coty Sheer To Stay 6 Hour Lip Color Lipstick - Freshest Cherry

Coty

Vtg Coty Sheer To Stay 6 Hour Lip Color Lipstick - Freshest Cherry

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 63/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

wax, oils, pigments, standard lipstick base

Confidence

72%

PossibleFragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components

PossibleFormaldehyde or formaldehyde-releasing preservatives

PossibleBacterial or fungal colonization in long-stored or shared product

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 Fragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components, Formaldehyde or formaldehyde-releasing preservatives and Bacterial or fungal colonization in long-stored or shared product on the Coty and not on the Burt's Bees.
  • The Burt's Bees is Wax, oils, pigments, beeswax base where the Coty is wax, oils, pigments, standard 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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