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RETINOL SKIN CREAM

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SKIN CREAM — 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.

75

High concern

Contains one or more ingredients with significant published concerns. Read the details before use.

Concern score 75/100 · 60 ingredients analyzed

Driven by ParfumCaredermis curated dermatological review

Risk categories found

Allergy risk2 ingredients · max 7/10Irritation3 ingredients · max 5/10Pore-clogging2 ingredients · max 4/10Environmental impact2 ingredients · max 3/10

Flagged ingredients (10)

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.

Severity 4/10Editorial
Oily & acne-prone: High caution
  • Pore-clogging:High comedogenicity rating in classic testing.

A close relative of isopropyl myristate with a similar pore-clogging reputation for acne-prone skin.

Retinol

anti-aging active

Severity 5/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionDry skin: Use with cautionPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Irritation:Retinization: dryness, peeling and redness, especially early in use.

The gold-standard anti-aging active. Effective but irritating at first, and all retinoids are advised against during pregnancy because high-dose oral vitamin A derivatives cause birth defects.

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.

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.

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.

Rosa Damascena Flower Water

fragrance · soothing agent

Severity 2/10Editorial
  • Allergy risk:Contains trace natural citronellol/geraniol.

A traditional floral water that is gentle for most, with trace fragrance allergens for the highly sensitized.

SILVERRegulatory dataHormone disruptionAllergy riskEnvironmental impactEU CLP Repr. 2EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)EU CLP Aquatic Acute 1/Aquatic Chronic 1POTASSIUM HYDROXIDERegulatory dataIrritationEU CLP Skin Corr. 1A

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 (40)

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

Recognized ingredients (7)

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.

  • ROYAL JELLY EXTRACT· skin conditioning
  • PLATINUM POWDER· abrasive, skin conditioning
  • GOLD· colorant, skin conditioning - miscellane…
  • PHYTOSTERYL/OCTYLDODECYL LAUROYL GLUTAMATE· skin conditioning
  • PHYTOSPHINGOSINE· hair conditioning, skin conditioning
  • HYDROGENATED PALM GLYCERIDES· skin conditioning, skin conditioning - e…
  • MAGNESIUM ASCORBYL PHOSPHATE· antioxidant, skin conditioning

Not enough data (3)

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.

  • INGREDIENTS (INCI): WATER
  • GLYCINE SOJA (SOYBEAN) GERM EXTRACT
  • 2-HEXANEDIOL

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 moisturizers

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

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

INGREDIENTS (INCI): WATER, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, MINERAL OIL, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, GLYCERIN, ISOPROPYL PALMITATE, SACCHAROMYCES/RICE FERMENT FILTRATE, SODIUM PCA, ARGININE, ASPARTIC ACID, GLYCINE SOJA (SOYBEAN) GERM EXTRACT, PROPANEDIOL, PCA, GLYCINE, ALANINE, ROYAL JELLY EXTRACT, SERINE, VALINE, ISOLEUCINE, THREONINE, PROLINE, HISTIDINE, PHENYLALANINE, PLATINUM POWDER, ROSA DAMASCENA FLOWER WATER, HYDROLYZED ELASTIN, HYDROLYZED COLLAGEN, SODIUM HYALURONATE, RETINOL, GOLD, SILVER, PHYTOSTERYL/OCTYLDODECYL LAUROYL GLUTAMATE, CERAMIDE NP, CERAMIDE AP, PHYTOSPHINGOSINE, CERAMIDE EOP, SODIUM LACTATE, 2-HEXANEDIOL, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CHOLESTEROL, DIMETHICONE, CARBOMER, XANTHAN GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, GLYCERYL STEARATE SE, POLYSORBATE 60, HYDROGENATED PALM GLYCERIDES, SODIUM LAUROYL LACTYLATE, HYDROGENATED LECITHIN, POLYSORBATE 20, POLYGLYCERYL-10 LAURATE, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, TOCOPHEROL, MAGNESIUM ASCORBYL PHOSPHATE, UBIQUINONE, DISODIUM EDTA, CYCLODEXTRIN, PHENOXYETHANOL, METHYLPARABEN, FRAGRANCE

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