- Cover Girl Queen Collection, Ruby Remix, (4.92 ppm)
- Nars Semi-Matte, Funny Face (4.89 ppm)
- L’Oreal Colour Riche, Tickled Pink (4.45 ppm)
- L’Oreal Intensely Moisturizing Lipcolor, Heroic (4.41 ppm)
- Cover Girl Continuous Color, Warm Brick (4.28 ppm)
- Maybelline Color Sensational, Mauve Me (4.23 ppm)
- Stargazer Lipstick, #103 (4.12 ppm)
California, which has the nation’s most stringent laws about lead in consumer products, has imposed a safety limit of 5.0 ppm for lipstick. If you are concerned about contaminants in your lipstick or other cosmetics, the Environmental Working Group rates over 1000 cosmetic lip products on its searchable database. Because there are thousands of lipsticks on the market, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics says its impossible to test every one and the best thing you can do is support an outright ban on lead.
Fortunately, lipsticks from a few popular cosmetic lines have recently been tested and found to NOT contain lead. These include:
- Avon Ultra
- Body Shop
- Clinique Long Last Lipstick
- Estee Lauder
- Dior Replenishing Lip Color
- MAC Matte Lipstick
- Revlon ColorStay
- Revlon Superlustrous
- Tarte Vitamin Lipstick
- Wet N Wild Mega Colors