Obagi
Retinol 0.5 Retexturizing Cream
uncategorized$62 MSRP
Cleaner pick · Safest treatments we have rated
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Ingredient safety
A 63-point gap between the two loudest voices.
25ANSES Endocrine DisruptorsGovernment
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Ingredient safety
63 pts apartIndependent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
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Also screened, nothing found: EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI) · US NTP Report on Carcinogens · IARC Monographs
Environmental
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Labor
Run by a nonprofit. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. This rates Obagi as a company and applies to everything they make, not this product alone. Checked this week. about this rater →
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What we know about the packaging
Unidentified0 of 1 identified
Nobody recorded what this pack is actually made of beyond “plastic”, so the packaging score is a stand-in for the middle of that range — not a reading of this container.
- Recorded only as “plastic” — no resin code. It could be PET (#1) (widely recyclable) or PVC (#3) (hard to recycle); nothing on record says which, so it counts as 46 out of 100, the middle of that range.
This says how precisely the packaging is described, not how good it is — a fully identified material can still be a bad one.
How we know the packaging
Read from the product photo, not declared by the maker — treat this score as weaker.
The container looks like this, rather than the maker saying so. A photo also cannot show the resin code moulded into the base, so every plastic container reads as “plastic, unspecified” — the cautious end of the plastics range, not a finding about this particular pack.
Ingredients, decoded
Data availability
Robust35 of 35 characterized
Our sources have reference data on all 35 listed ingredients.
Worth a look (8)
Prop 65-listedflagged by 4 of 9 lists →
ANSES CMR-listedflagged by 3 of 9 lists →
Endocrine-activeflagged by 3 of 9 lists →
ANSES endocrine candidateflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
Persistent / bioaccumulativeflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
Persistent / bioaccumulativeflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
EU microplastics-restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
Mild sensitizer for someflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
No flags in our sources (27)
- water
- caprylic/capric triglyceride
- glyceryl stearate
- butylene glycol
- stearic acid
- polysorbate 60
- butyrospermum parkii butter
- glycerinhumectant
- stearyl alcohol
- dimethiconerich occlusive
- calendula officinalis flower extract
- camellia sinensis leaf extract
- chamomilla recutita flower extract
- dipotassium glycyrrhizate
- sodium hyaluronatehumectant
- tocopheryl acetate
- bisabololsoothing
- carthamus tinctorius seed oilfragrance material
- sorbitol
- glyceryl acrylate/acrylic acid copolymer
- dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer
- allyl methacrylates crosspolymer
- caprylyl glycol
- ethylhexylglycerin
- hexylene glycol
- polysorbate 20
- disodium EDTA
What these ingredient tags mean (4)
These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.
retinoidretinol
- retinol: A vitamin A derivative that speeds skin turnover; dryness and flaking while skin adjusts are its usual accompaniment. SCCS Opinion on Vitamin A (Retinol, Retinyl Acetate, Retinyl Palmitate), SCCS/1576/16, final version of 6 October 2016; Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/996 added the group to EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 Annex III entry 376, capping it at 0,05% retinol equivalent in body lotion and 0,3% in other leave-on and rinse-off products, with the label statement "Contains Vitamin A. Consider your daily intake before use."
rich occlusivedimethicone
- dimethicone: A silicone that forms a film on the surface of the skin without an oily feel. FDA OTC skin protectant monograph, 21 CFR 347.10(g), lists dimethicone as a skin protectant at 1 to 30%.
humectantglycerin, sodium hyaluronate
- glycerin: A humectant, and one of the two ingredients a comparison of moisturiser components found made a significant difference to skin hydration. FDA OTC skin protectant monograph, 21 CFR 347.10(h), lists glycerin as a skin protectant at 20 to 45%. On the humectant half: Jeong CB, Han JY, Cho JC, Suh KD, Nam GW, "Analysis of electrical property changes of skin by oil-in-water emulsion components", Int J Cosmet Sci 2013;35(4):402-410, DOI 10.1111/ics.12059, PMID 23621673, found that "glycerine and urea showed significant skin hydration effects compared with other humectants".
- sodium hyaluronate: A humectant that holds a large amount of water at the skin surface. Chylińska N, Maciejczyk M, "Hyaluronic Acid and Skin: Its Role in Aging and Wound-Healing Processes", Gels 2025;11(4):281, DOI 10.3390/gels11040281, PMID 40277717, open access: hyaluronic acid's "high osmotic activity and anionic structure enable it to bind large amounts of water", and "sodium and potassium hyaluronate are widely used in moisturizing products". The same review notes that high-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid does not penetrate the deeper layers.
soothingbisabolol
- bisabolol: The main soothing component isolated from chamomile. Eddin LB et al., "Health Benefits, Pharmacological Effects, Molecular Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Potential of alpha-Bisabolol", Nutrients 2022;14(7):1370, DOI 10.3390/nu14071370, PMID 35405982, open access: it "is integrated in many cosmetic formulations due to its skin soothing effects, well documented dermal absorption and the absence of dermal irritations or photosensitivity following its application". The EMA HMPC assessment report on Matricaria recutita (EMA/HMPC/55837/2011) discusses its anti-inflammatory data.
Where this came from
Cruelty-free status recorded from obagi.com ↗
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