Suede Splash Lipstick vs Outlast All-Day Lip Color: which is safer?
Burt's Bees Suede Splash Lipstick is the clear pick. COVERGIRL Outlast All-Day Lip Color carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
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
CoverGirl
Outlast All-Day Lip Color
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens and sensitization
ReportedFilm-forming polymer ingestion
PossibleHeavy metals in colorants (if synthetic iron oxides or cadmium-based pigments used)
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 CoverGirl.
- We flag Fragrance allergens and sensitization, Film-forming polymer ingestion, Heavy metals in colorants (if synthetic iron oxides or cadmium-based pigments used) and 1,4-dioxane contamination (byproduct of surfactants) on the CoverGirl and not on the Burt's Bees.
- The Burt's Bees is Wax, oils, pigments, beeswax base where the CoverGirl is Long-wear lip color with waterproofing and film-forming 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 CoverGirl grade, at 45% 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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