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Ole Henriksen Banana Bright Vitamin C Serum

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Banana Bright Vitamin C Serum — 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.

55

Moderate concern

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

Concern score 55/100 · 51 ingredients analyzed

Driven by Titanium Dioxide — IARC Group 2B, EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)

Risk categories found

Allergy risk4 ingredients · max 7/10Irritation4 ingredients · max 5/10Environmental impact2 ingredients · max 3/10Cancer concern1 ingredient · max 2/10

Flagged ingredients (11)

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

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.
EU CLP Skin Sens. 1B ↗EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted) ↗

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.

Phenoxyethanol

preservative

Severity 3/10
Babies & kids: Use with caution
  • Irritation:Occasional stinging and irritation, mostly around eyes and on damaged skin.
EU CLP Eye Dam. 1 ↗

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.
EU CLP Eye Dam. 1 ↗

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.

Mica

pigment · pearlescent

Severity 2/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Skin-safe; the ingredient's controversy is ethical (mining labor), not toxicological.

The shimmer mineral in highlighters and glowy creams; safe on skin, with sourcing ethics being its real controversy.

Ascorbic Acid

antioxidant · brightener

Severity 2/10Editorial
  • Irritation:Low-pH formulas can sting reactive skin.

Pure vitamin C — a proven antioxidant and brightener whose acidic formulas may tingle on sensitive skin; derivatives are gentler.

CITRUS LIMON (LEMON) FRUIT EXTRACTRegulatory dataAllergy riskEU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)

Pore-clogging potential (1)

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 (29)

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

Recognized ingredients (10)

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.

  • COCONUT ALKANES· skin conditioning - emollient, solvent
  • 3-O-ETHYL ASCORBIC ACID· skin conditioning
  • XYLITYLGLUCOSIDE· humectant, skin conditioning
  • STEVIOSIDE· fragrance, oral care
  • HYDROXYETHYL ACRYLATE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE COPOLYMER· emulsion stabilising, viscosity controll…
  • ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER· emulsion stabilising, film forming, visc…
  • POTASSIUM AZELOYL DIGLYCINATE· skin conditioning
  • HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES EXTRACT· fragrance, skin conditioning
  • LYCIUM BARBARUM FRUIT EXTRACT· astringent, hair conditioning, skin cond…
  • LEUCONOSTOC/RADISH ROOT FERMENT FILTRATE· anti-seborrheic, antimicrobial

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.

  • CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (ORANGE) FRUIT EXTRACT

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 serums & treatments

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/EAU, SQUALANE, DIMETHICONE, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, GLYCERIN, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, ISODODECANE, POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE, MICA, COCONUT ALKANES, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), SCLEROCARYA BIRREA SEED OIL, DILINOLEIC ACID/PROPANEDIOL COPOLYMER, 3-O-ETHYL ASCORBIC ACID, CETEARYL METHICONE, SILICA, PHENOXYETHANOL, CETEARYL GLUCOSIDE, XYLITYLGLUCOSIDE, DIMETHICONE/VINYLTRIMETHYLSILOXYSILICATE CROSSPOLYMER, ANHYDROXYLITOL, MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE, POTASSIUM CETYL PHOSPHATE, STEVIOSIDE, POLYSILICONE-11, COCO-CAPRYLATE/CAPRATE, HYDROXYETHYL ACRYLATE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE COPOLYMER, ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER, XYLITOL, TOCOPHEROL, PARFUM/FRAGRANCE, POTASSIUM AZELOYL DIGLYCINATE, IRON OXIDES (CI 77491), DIPOTASSIUM GLYCYRRHIZATE, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, GLUCOSE, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM CITRATE, CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (ORANGE) FRUIT EXTRACT, CITRUS LIMON (LEMON) FRUIT EXTRACT, HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES EXTRACT, LYCIUM BARBARUM FRUIT EXTRACT, ROSA CANINA FRUIT EXTRACT, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, LEUCONOSTOC/RADISH ROOT FERMENT FILTRATE, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBITAN ISOSTEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID, AROMA/FLAVOR, SODIUM CHLORIDE, CITRAL, LIMONENE, LINALOOL

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