Potassium Sorbate
preservative
- Irritation:Occasional transient stinging or redness on sensitive skin.
A mild food-grade preservative usually paired with sodium benzoate; well tolerated by most skin types.
Essence · Makeup
Lash Princess False Lash Effect Black Mascara — 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.
Low concern
No strongly flagged ingredients in our database. As always, individual sensitivities vary.
Concern score 25/100 · 21 ingredients analyzed
Driven by Potassium Sorbate — EU CLP Eye Irrit. 2
Risk categories found
Environmental impact1 ingredient · max 3/10Irritation2 ingredients · max 2/10
Flagged ingredients (4)
Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.
Severity 2/10
Ethylhexylglycerin
preservative booster · skin conditioning
- 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
- 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 (12)
Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.
Recognized ingredients (2)
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.
- POLYESTER-4· film forming, skin conditioning
- SODIUM NITRATE· oral care, soothing
Colorants (1)
Color Index (CI) pigments and dyes, regulated as EU permitted colorants (Annex IV).
- CI 77499 (IRON OXIDES). (COPERNICIA CERIFERA (CARNAUBA) WAX)
Not enough data (2)
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.
- ORYZA SATIVA (RICE) BRAN WAX
- COPERNICIA CERIFERA CERA PHENOXYETHANOL
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.
Full ingredient list (as analyzed)
AQUA (WATER), CERA ALBA (BEESWAX), PARAFFIN, GLYCERYL STEARATE, ORYZA SATIVA (RICE) BRAN WAX, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, PALMITIC ACID, ACACIA SENEGAL GUM, POLYBUTENE, COPERNICIA CERIFERA CERA PHENOXYETHANOL, POTASSIUM SORBATE, CI 77499 (IRON OXIDES). (COPERNICIA CERIFERA (CARNAUBA) WAX), AMINOMETHYL PROPANOL, STEARIC ACID, VP/EICOSENE COPOLYMER, TOCOPHEROL, HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE, DIMETHICONE, POLYESTER-4, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, SODIUM NITRATE
