Jojoba Eye Pencil vs Colour Excess Gel Pencil Eye Liner: which is safer?
Jojoba Eye Pencil is the clear pick. MAC Colour Excess Gel Pencil Eye Liner carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Ere Perez
Jojoba Eye Pencil
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components
ReportedOil rancidity and oxidation over time
MAC
Colour Excess Gel Pencil Eye Liner
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens or undisclosed fragrance components
PossibleBacterial or mold growth in pencil packaging
LikelyPFAS in waterproofing agents
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Fragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components and Oil rancidity and oxidation over time on the Ere Perez and not on the MAC.
- We flag Fragrance allergens or undisclosed fragrance components, Bacterial or mold growth in pencil packaging and PFAS in waterproofing agents on the MAC and not on the Ere Perez.
- The Ere Perez is Jojoba oil, wax, pigments where the MAC is gel pencil with waterproof formula, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 55 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Ere Perez is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the MAC grade, at 45% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers 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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