NYX Professional Makeup Butter Gloss Non-Sticky Lip Gloss
by NYX Professional Makeup · makeup
Editor's Take
Great drugstore shine, but the Butter Gloss trick is old-school petroleum glossing, not clean-lip innovation, and that trade-off is the whole counter note.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Efficacy: 7.8 / 10
- Modern Tech: 4.5 / 10
- Clean Beauty: 1.0 / 10
- Sustainability: 3.0 / 10
The Verdict
The bottle says formula. The INCI says something more ordinary. The less pretty part is what's doing that work, with Mineral Oil, Paraffin, Microcrystalline Wax, Polyethylene, fragrance, and synthetic colorants dragging the clean score down hard. Sustainability lands in the Lower Sustainability Fit band, mostly because the base leans on persistent petroleum-derived ingredients rather than biodegradable gloss materials. As a cheap, shiny, comfortable lip gloss, it does what it claims; as a cleaner or more future-facing lip product, it is pure throwback drugstore chemistry.
Full INCI list
Mineral Oil / Paraffinum Liquidum / Huile Minérale, Polybutene, Diisostearyl Malate, Beeswax / Cera Alba / Cire d'Abeille, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Microcrystalline Wax / Cera Microcristallina / Cire Microcristalline, Polyethylene, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Paraffin, Barium Sulfate (CI 77120), Rosin / Colophonium / Colophane, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance / Parfum. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Manganese Violet (CI 77742), Red 6 (CI 15850), Red 7 (CI 15850), Red 28 Lake (CI 45410), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140).