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Erborian BB crème au ginseng korean formula

Erborian · Makeup

BB crème au ginseng korean formula — ingredient safety report

Every ingredient on the label, checked against published safety data. Profile tags on each card show who should take extra care. Label data from Open Beauty Facts, a community database — formulations change, so verify against your packaging.

59

Moderate concern

Contains ingredients worth knowing about. Review the flags below against your skin's needs.

Concern score 59/100 · 44 ingredients analyzed

Driven by TalcIARC Group 2A, EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)

Risk categories found

Allergy risk8 ingredients · max 7/10Environmental impact3 ingredients · max 7/10Cancer concern2 ingredients · max 5/10Irritation3 ingredients · max 5/10

Flagged ingredients (15)

Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.

Talc

absorbent · texturizer

Severity 5/10
Babies & kids: Best avoided
  • Cancer concern:IARC reclassified talc as probably carcinogenic (2A) in 2024; historic asbestos contamination drives concern.

A mineral powder at the center of major litigation and a 2024 IARC upgrade to 'probably carcinogenic'. Regulators specifically warn against powder use on babies (inhalation risk); cornstarch is the standard substitute.

Parfum

fragrance

Severity 7/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Best avoidedPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Allergy risk:Fragrance is the single most common cause of cosmetic contact allergy.
  • Irritation:Frequent trigger of stinging and redness on reactive skin.
Caredermis curated dermatological review

An umbrella term that can hide dozens of undisclosed scent chemicals. Fragrance is the leading cause of allergic contact dermatitis from cosmetics, and dermatologists routinely advise fragrance-free products for eczema, babies and sensitive skin.

Linalool

fragrance

Severity 5/10
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Allergy risk:EU-declarable allergen; oxidized linalool is a common patch-test positive.

A floral scent molecule found in lavender and many essential oils. It oxidizes on air exposure into strongly sensitizing compounds, which is why it must be declared on EU labels.

Eugenol

fragrance

Severity 5/10
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Allergy risk:EU-declarable allergen; clove-scented sensitizer.

The clove scent molecule, a long-established contact allergen on the EU declaration list.

Cyclomethicone

emollient · solvent

Severity 6/10Editorial
Pregnancy: Use with caution
  • Environmental impact:CosIng identifies Cyclomethicone with octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), which is prohibited in EU cosmetics (Annex II) as persistent/bioaccumulative and a suspected reproductive toxicant.

A blanket INCI name for cyclic silicone blends. The EU CosIng database maps Cyclomethicone to D4, which is now prohibited in EU cosmetics; modern formulas replace it with D5/D6.

Severity 7/10Editorial
Pregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with caution
  • Environmental impact:Toxic to coral; banned in Hawaii alongside oxybenzone.
Caredermis curated dermatological review

A UVB filter under regulatory re-review for hormonal effects and banned in some reef regions; steadily being replaced by newer filters in modern sunscreens.

Phenoxyethanol

preservative

Severity 3/10
Babies & kids: Use with caution
  • Irritation:Occasional stinging and irritation, mostly around eyes and on damaged skin.

Today's most common preservative, considered safe by the SCCS up to 1%. French authorities advise avoiding it in wipes and diaper-area products for children under 3 as a precaution.

Ethylhexylglycerin

preservative booster · skin conditioning

Severity 2/10
  • Irritation:Documented occasional contact allergy and eye irritation.

A preservative booster often paired with phenoxyethanol; low-risk overall with rare reports of contact allergy.

Dimethicone

emollient · occlusive

Severity 3/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Not biodegradable; accumulates in the environment via wash-off.

The workhorse silicone — inert and non-sensitizing on skin (even FDA-approved as a skin protectant), with persistence in the environment as its main criticism.

No concerns found (18)

Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.

Recognized ingredients (5)

Catalogued in official cosmetic-ingredient inventories (EU CosIng and others) with no safety flag on record. Being recognized isn't a safety guarantee — it means the ingredient is on record but no authority has published a concern.

  • equisetum giganteum extract· skin conditioning
  • kigelia africana fruit extract· skin conditioning
  • hydrogenated starch hydrolysate· humectant
  • glycosyl trehalose· emulsion stabilising, film forming
  • acrylates/dimethicone copolymer· anticaking, binding, film forming, skin …

Not enough data (6)

Not found in any dataset we hold (often trade-name blends or very niche ingredients), so we can't assess them — this is not a safety judgment either way.

  • distearomonium hectorite
  • glycyrrhiza glabara (licorice) root extract
  • dioscorea villosa (wild yam) root extraxt
  • aluminium hydroxide
  • crosspolymer
  • silsesquioxane crosspolymer

This report is informational, not medical advice. Assessments summarize published findings (EU CosIng, IARC, ECHA, CIR, SCCS and others) about ingredients — not clinical testing of this specific product. Exposure, concentration and individual sensitivity all matter. Consult a dermatologist for medical concerns.

Lower-concern makeup

Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

aqua/water, cyclomethicone, glycerin, titanium dioxide, PEG-10 dimethicone, dipropylene glycol, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, dimethicone, talc, isoeicosane, zinc oxide (nano), titanium dioxide (nano), hexyl laurate, distearomonium hectorite, betaine, panax ginseng root extract, glycyrrhiza glabara (licorice) root extract, portulaca oleracea extract, dioscorea villosa (wild yam) root extraxt, equisetum giganteum extract, kigelia africana fruit extract, hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, ethylhexylglycerin, tocopheryl acetate, magnesium sulfate, silica, glycosyl trehalose, aluminium hydroxide, palmitic acid, stearic acid, phenoxyethanol, butylene glycol, acrylates/dimethicone copolymer, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone, crosspolymer, methicone, silsesquioxane crosspolymer, parfum/fragrance, alpha-isomethyl ionone, hexyl cinnamal, linalool, citronellol, geraniol, eugenol, limonene, CI 77492/iron oxides, CI 77499/iron oxides, CI 77491/iron oxides

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