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Healthy Hand & Nail Lotion — 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.

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Moderate concern

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

Concern score 55/100 · 32 ingredients analyzed

Driven by Diazolidinyl UreaEU CosIng Annex V: releases formaldehyde (IARC Group 1)

Risk categories found

Allergy risk3 ingredients · max 7/10Environmental impact3 ingredients · max 7/10Cancer concern2 ingredients · max 6/10Irritation5 ingredients · max 5/10Pore-clogging1 ingredient · max 2/10

Flagged ingredients (12)

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

Diazolidinyl Urea

preservative

Severity 6/10
Sensitive skin: High cautionPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Cancer concern:Formaldehyde releaser (IARC Group 1 substance).
  • Allergy risk:Contact allergen; stronger releaser than imidazolidinyl urea.

A formaldehyde-releasing preservative common in lotions and cleansers, and a recognized cause of preservative contact allergy.

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.

Propylene Glycol

humectant · solvent

Severity 3/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Allergy risk:American Contact Dermatitis Society Allergen of the Year 2018.
  • Irritation:Can irritate compromised skin at higher concentrations.

A workhorse humectant and penetration enhancer that is fine for most, but a recurring culprit in eczema patients' patch tests.

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.

Retinyl Palmitate

anti-aging active

Severity 3/10Editorial
Pregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with caution
  • Irritation:Gentler than retinol but still a retinoid.

A weak retinoid whose contested photocarcinogenicity data suggests keeping it to night products; avoided in pregnancy like all retinoids.

Lactic Acid

exfoliant · humectant

Severity 3/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: Use with caution
  • Irritation:Milder than glycolic; still increases photosensitivity.

A gentler AHA that exfoliates and hydrates simultaneously; the usual pick for drier or more reactive skin starting acids.

Paraffinum Liquidum

occlusive · emollient

Severity 2/10Editorial
Oily & acne-prone: Use with caution
  • Pore-clogging:Cosmetic grade is minimally comedogenic despite its reputation.

Highly refined mineral oil is an inert, non-sensitizing emollient. Its bad reputation comes from industrial-grade oils that are never permitted in cosmetics.

Propylparaben

preservative

Pregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with caution

A longer-chain paraben with measurable (though weak) estrogenic activity, prompting the EU to reduce its allowed concentration and Denmark to ban it in products for children under 3.

Urea

humectant · keratolytic

Severity 2/10Editorial
  • Irritation:Above ~10% it becomes keratolytic and can sting on broken skin.

A natural moisturizing factor: hydrating below 10%, callus-softening above. Valuable in eczema care despite stinging on open skin.

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.

Disodium EDTA

chelating agent

Severity 3/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Poorly biodegradable; can remobilize heavy metals in waterways.

A metal-binding stabilizer that is safe on skin at the tiny amounts used; its criticism is environmental persistence.

Petrolatum

occlusive · skin protectant

Severity 2/10Editorial
  • Cancer concern:Concern applies only to unrefined grades containing PAHs; cosmetic grade is highly refined (EU-mandated).

The most effective occlusive known and a staple of eczema care. The cancer concern belongs to unrefined industrial grades — pharmaceutical-grade petrolatum in cosmetics is rigorously purified.

Pore-clogging potential (2)

Ingredients rated likely to clog pores — relevant if your skin is acne-prone. This is a separate indicator and is not part of the safety score.

Indicative Fulton-scale ratings from published dermatology references — not a regulator classification; individual reactions vary.

No concerns found (17)

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.

  • SODIUM HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH PHOSPHATE· abrasive, bulking, viscosity controlling
  • STEARAMIDE AMP· surfactant - foam boosting, viscosity co…

Not enough data (1)

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.

  • SOY LECITHIN

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 body care

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

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

AQUA, GLYCERIN, DIETHYLHEXYL CARBONATE, STEARIC ACID, PARAFFINUM LIQUIDUM, SODIUM HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH PHOSPHATE, GLYCERYL STEARATE SE, DIMETHICONE, GLYCINE SOJA OIL, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS SEED OIL, POTASSIUM LACTATE, GLYCERYL STEARATE, CETYL ALCOHOL, LACTIC ACID, GLYCOL STEARATE, PEG-100 STEARATE, KERATIN AMINO ACIDS, SOY LECITHIN, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, STEARAMIDE AMP, PETROLATUM, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, MAGNESIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE, ETHYLHEXYL METHOXYCINNAMATE, UREA, TETRASODIUM EDTA, XANTHAN GUM, METHYLPARABEN, PROPYLPARABEN, RETINYL PALMITATE, DIAZOLIDINYL UREA, PARFUM

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