Estee Lauder Pure Color Matte Lipstick vs Fenty Beauty Set Lipstick & Liner Pencil Cosmetics Choose Your Shade: which is safer?

Estee Lauder Pure Color Matte Lipstick is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Estee Lauder Pure Color Matte Lipstick

Estée Lauder Double Wear

Estee Lauder Pure Color Matte Lipstick

PFAS grade

C 75/100

Overall grade

D 67/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Wax, oils, pigments, talc, mica (standard matte lipstick composition)

Confidence

72%

PossibleTalc (contamination risk)

PossibleFragrance allergens

Fenty Beauty Set Lipstick & Liner Pencil Cosmetics Choose Your Shade

Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r

Fenty Beauty Set Lipstick & Liner Pencil Cosmetics Choose Your Shade

PFAS grade

C 75/100

Overall grade

F 53/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

pigments, waxes, oils in standard lipstick and pencil formulation

Confidence

72%

PossibleHeavy metals in pigments (lead, cadmium, iron oxides)

PossibleFragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components

PossibleFormaldehyde releasers in preservatives

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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