Jojoba Eye Pencil vs Hyper Easy Liquid Eyeliner: which is safer?
Jojoba Eye Pencil is the clear pick. Maybelline Hyper Easy Liquid Eyeliner 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
Maybelline
Hyper Easy Liquid Eyeliner
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFormaldehyde releasers or residual formaldehyde
Possible1,4-dioxane
LikelyEye irritation and contact sensitization from synthetic polymers and solvents
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 Maybelline.
- We flag Formaldehyde releasers or residual formaldehyde, 1,4-dioxane, Eye irritation and contact sensitization from synthetic polymers and solvents and Fragrance allergens on the Maybelline and not on the Ere Perez.
- The Ere Perez is Jojoba oil, wax, pigments where the Maybelline is liquid formula with polymeric film-forming resins; waterproof liner, 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 Maybelline grade, at 42% 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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