Suede Splash Lipstick vs ColorStay Ultimate Liquid Lipstick: which is safer?
Burt's Bees Suede Splash Lipstick is the clear pick. Revlon ColorStay Ultimate Liquid Lipstick 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
Revlon
ColorStay Ultimate Liquid Lipstick
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in waterproof topcoat
PossibleHeavy metals in pigments (lead, cadmium, chromium in colorants)
PossibleFragrance allergens and sensitizers
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 Revlon.
- We flag PFAS in waterproof topcoat, Heavy metals in pigments (lead, cadmium, chromium in colorants), Fragrance allergens and sensitizers and Formaldehyde releasers in preservative systems on the Revlon and not on the Burt's Bees.
- The Burt's Bees is Wax, oils, pigments, beeswax base where the Revlon is liquid acrylate polymer film with waterproof topcoat, 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 Revlon grade, at 42% 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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