Mario Badescu Lip Balm Versus Burt's Bees Lip Balm - Watermelon

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Here's our complete breakdown comparing the ingredients, attributes, and more of Mario Badescu Lip Balm versus Burt's Bees Lip Balm Watermelon .

Last updated on December 13, 2023. Published on May 09, 2022

Overview

What they are

These products are both cruelty-free and reef safe lip moisturizers. They have a total of 6 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain Vitamin E

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for anti aging, dry skin, brightening skin and scar healing

Free From

They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, parabens or sulfates

What's Inside

They both contain fragrances and oils

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Mario Badescu Lip Balm

Burt's Bees Lip Balm

Lip Moisturizer American Brand United States

Lip Moisturizer

Lip moisturizers help add moisture to the lips. They may come in the form of balms, gloss, scrubs, or oils.

Lip Moisturizer

Lip moisturizers help add moisture to the lips. They may come in the form of balms, gloss, scrubs, or oils.

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Ingredient Info

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Mario Badescu Lip Balm 39 ingredients

Burt's Bees Lip Balm 14 ingredients

alcohol-free

silicon-free

fragrance-free

sulfate-free

paraben-free

oil-free

fungal-acne safe

reef-safe

eu-allergen-free

vegan

cruelty-free

alcohol-free

silicon-free

fragrance-free

sulfate-free

paraben-free

oil-free

fungal-acne safe

reef-safe

eu-allergen-free

vegan

cruelty-free

At a glance

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Mario Badescu Lip Balm 39 ingredients

Burt's Bees Lip Balm 14 ingredients

Notable Ingredients

Vitamin E

Exfoliators (2)

Benefits

Hydrating (4)

Redness Reducing

Reduces Irritation

Anti-Aging

Scar Healing

Brightening

Concerns

May Worsen Oily Skin (4)

Acne Trigger (4)

Irritating

Rosacea

Eczema

Notable Ingredients

Vitamin E

Benefits

Hydrating (3)

Anti-Aging

Scar Healing

Brightening

Concerns

May Worsen Oily Skin (4)

Acne Trigger (2)

Irritating

Eczema

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Ingredients Compared

Ingredients that are highlighted in purple are present in both products.

Mario Badescu Lip Balm 39 ingredients

Burt's Bees Lip Balm 14 ingredients

Hydrogenated Polydecene • Cocoglycerides • Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer • Dimethicone • Brassica Glycerides • Persea Gratissima Oil • Glyceryl Behenate • Microcrystalline Cellulose • Polyhydroxystearic Acid • Jojoba Esters • Helianthus Annuus Seed Wax • Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter • Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil • Butyrospermum Parkii Butter • Silica Silylate • Silica • Cera Alba • Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract • Raspberry Seed Oil/Tocopheryl Succinate Aminopropanediol Esters • Dimethicone Crosspolymer • Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer • Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract • Cocos Nucifera Oil • Glyceryl Rosinate • Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil • Olea Europaea Oil Unsaponifiables • Acacia Decurrens Flower Cera • Tocopherol • Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer • Euphorbia Cerifera Cera • Polysorbate 80 • Polyglycerin-3 • Linoleic Acid • Hydrolyzed Corn Starch • Sucralose • Aroma • Linolenic Acid • Hydrated Silica • Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate

Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil • Cocos Nucifera Oil • Cera Alba • Aroma • Ricinus Communis Seed Oil • Lanolin • Citrullus Lanatus Seed Extract • Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter • Butyrospermum Parkii Butter • Tocopherol • Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil • Glycine Soja Oil • Citric Acid • Rebaudioside A

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Ingredients Explained

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Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter

What it does: Emollient, Masking, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

Community Rating: Very Disliked

Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter comes from the Theobroma cacoa, or Cacao tree. Cacao trees are native to tropical landscapes.

Like other plant butters, Cacao seed butter is an emollient. Emollients help soothe and soften your skin. By creating a barrier to trap moisture in, emollients help keep your skin hydrated.

Cacao seed butter contains antioxidants known as polyphenols. Antioxidants help fight free-radical molecules by stabilizing them. Unstable free-radicals may cause damage to your skin cells. Antioxidants may help with anti-aging.

Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter can be bad for acne prone skin.

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Mario Badescu Lip Balm contains this as ingredient number 12.

Burt's Bees Lip Balm Watermelon contains this as ingredient number 8.

Butyrospermum Parkii Butter

What it does: Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Very Disliked

Butyrospermum Parkii Butter is a plant lipid from the fruit of the Shea Tree. It is an effective skin hydrator and emollient.

Emollients help soothe and soften your skin. It does this by creating a protective film on your skin. This barrier helps trap moisture and keeps your skin hydrated. Emollients may be effective at treating dry or itchy skin.

Shea butter is rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants help fight free-radicals, or molecules that may harm the body. It is also full of fatty acids including stearic acid and linoleic acid. These acids help replenish the skin and keep skin moisturized.

While Shea Butter has an SPF rating of about 3-4, it is not a sunscreen replacement.

Shea butter may not be fungal acne safe. We recommend speaking with a professional if you have any concerns.

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Mario Badescu Lip Balm contains this as ingredient number 14.

Burt's Bees Lip Balm Watermelon contains this as ingredient number 9.

Cera Alba

What it does: Emollient, Emulsifying

Community Rating: Disliked

Cera alba is beeswax, or the wax used by bees to make honeycombs. It is a texture-enhancer and emollient. A study from 2003 found beeswax to be a stronger emollient than ingredients such as petroleum jelly.

As an emollient, beeswax helps hydrate the skin by creating a barrier on top. This barrier traps moisture in.

Emulsifiers help prevent ingredients from separating. This helps create consistent texture.

The structure of beeswax is mainly long-chain alcohols and the esters of fatty acids.

There are three types of beeswax: yellow, white, and absolute. Yellow is pure beeswax taken from the honeycomb. White beeswax is created by filtering or bleaching yellow beeswax. Absolute beeswax is created by treating beeswax with alcohol. Beeswax used in cosmetics are purified.

Beeswax has been used throughout history and even in prehistoric times. Some common uses for beeswax still used today are making candles, as a waterproofing agent, and polish for leather.

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Mario Badescu Lip Balm contains this as ingredient number 17.

Burt's Bees Lip Balm Watermelon contains this as ingredient number 3.

Cocos Nucifera Oil

What it does: Masking, Perfuming, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Very Disliked

Cocos Nucifera Oil is obtained from the kernels of the coconut fruit. In other words, this is coconut oil.

Coconut Oil is rich in fatty acids with lauric acid making up the majority of these. It also contains linoleic acid. Due to this high fatty acid content, coconut oil helps trap moisture and soften skin.

Despite being antibacterial, coconut oil may not be great for acne-prone skin. It is comedogenic and may clog pores. This ingredient may not be safe for malassezia or fungal acne.

Coconut Oil should not replace your sunscreen for UV protection. Studies show it only blocks about 20% of UV.

This oil is non-volatile and has a light scent.

The term 'fragrance' is not regulated in many countries. In many cases, it is up to the brand to define this term. For instance, many brands choose to label themselves as "fragrance-free" because they are not using synthetic fragrances. However, their products may still contain ingredients such as essential oils that are considered a fragrance.

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Mario Badescu Lip Balm contains this as ingredient number 23.

Burt's Bees Lip Balm Watermelon contains this as ingredient number 2.

Tocopherol

What it does: Antioxidant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Liked

Tocopherol (also known as Vitamin E) is a common antioxidant used to help protect the skin from free-radicals and strengthen the skin barrier. It's also fat soluble - this means our skin is great at absorbing it.

Vitamin E also helps keep your natural skin lipids healthy. Your lipid skin barrier naturally consists of lipids, ceramides, and fatty acids. Vitamin E offers extra protection for your skin’s lipid barrier, keeping your skin healthy and nourished.

Another benefit is a bit of UV protection. Vitamin E helps reduce the damage caused by UVB rays. (It should not replace your sunscreen). Combining it with Vitamin C can decrease sunburned cells and hyperpigmentation after UV exposure.

You might have noticed Vitamin E + C often paired together. This is because it is great at stabilizing Vitamin C. Using the two together helps increase the effectiveness of both ingredients.

There are often claims that Vitamin E can reduce/prevent scarring, but these claims haven't been confirmed by scientific research.

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Mario Badescu Lip Balm contains this as ingredient number 28.

Burt's Bees Lip Balm Watermelon contains this as ingredient number 10.

Aroma

What it does:

Community Rating: Very Disliked

Aroma refers to an ingredient, or mixture of ingredients, that impact or mask a flavor.

This is the official definition from the The International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary and Handbook:

“Aroma is a term for ingredient labeling used to identify that a product contains a material or combination of materials normally added to a cosmetic to produce or to mask a particular flavor.”

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Mario Badescu Lip Balm contains this as ingredient number 36.

Burt's Bees Lip Balm Watermelon contains this as ingredient number 4.

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