Suede Splash Lipstick vs Outlast All-Day Lip Color Custom Nudes: which is safer?
Burt's Bees Suede Splash Lipstick is the clear pick. CoverGirl Outlast All-Day Lip Color Custom Nudes 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 Custom Nudes
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyVolatile organic compounds (VOCs) from solvents and film-forming agents
PossibleFragrance allergens and sensitizers
ReportedSkin irritation from occlusive film-forming polymers
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 Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from solvents and film-forming agents, Fragrance allergens and sensitizers, Skin irritation from occlusive film-forming polymers and PFAS in fluorinated coating for water and transfer resistance on the CoverGirl and not on the Burt's Bees.
- The Burt's Bees is Wax, oils, pigments, beeswax base where the CoverGirl is proprietary long-wear film coating on lip pigments, 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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