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Catalog/Lancôme/L'Absolu Lacquer, 204 Beige Aura (2019 formulation)
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Lancôme

L'Absolu Lacquer, 204 Beige Aura (2019 formulation)

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Cleaner pick · Safest lips we have rated

VMV Hypoallergenics

Velvet Matte Lipstick

+73 on ingredient safety

$14

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Your composite

29OUT OF 100Horrible

range 17–56

27▲▼ split
Safety
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Eco
30
Labor
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Pkg

Why this score

60-point split

4

Scan

42

Precautionary

64

Tolerance

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Ingredient safety

A 78-point gap between the two loudest voices.

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Ingredient safety

78 pts apart
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✓Also screened, nothing found: Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist · ECHA SVHC Candidate List · US NTP Report on Carcinogens · California Proposition 65

Environmental

    ✓Also screened, nothing found: EU Microplastics Restriction

    Labor

    • Run by a nonprofit. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. This rates Lancôme as a company and applies to everything they make, not this product alone. Checked this week. about this rater →

    Coverage & match quality

    7 ratings · 2 of 4 axes

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    • Fewer raters reach smaller-brand products, so a missing rating is not a clean bill of health, only a gap.

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    Ingredients, decoded

    Data availability

    Robust·36 of 36 characterized

    Our sources have reference data on all 36 listed ingredients.

    Worth a look (14)

    • Titanium Dioxide8/10uv filter · uv absorber · colorantraters disagree

      ANSES CMR-listed · flagged by 5 of 9 lists →

    • Alcohol6/10commonly dryingfragrance · antimicrobial · antifoamingraters disagree

      ANSES endocrine candidate · flagged by 1 of 9 lists →

    • Geraniol6/10fragrance materialperfuming · tonicraters disagree

      EU harmonised skin sensitizer · flagged by 2 of 9 lists →

    • Hexyl Cinnamal6/10fragrance materialperfumingraters disagree

      ANSES endocrine candidate · flagged by 2 of 9 lists →

    • Benzyl Alcohol6/10fragrance materialpreservative · perfuming · solventraters disagree

      EU harmonised skin sensitizer · flagged by 2 of 9 lists →

    • Fragrance6/10undeclared fragrance blendperfumingraters disagree

      Undisclosed fragrance blend · flagged by 2 of 9 lists →

    • Sodium Lauryl Sulfate4/10common irritantcleansing · denaturant · foamingraters disagree

      Transparency concern · flagged by 1 of 9 lists →

    • Phenoxyethanol4/10preservative · antimicrobialraters disagree

      Mild sensitizer for some · flagged by 1 of 9 lists →

    • Hydroxycitronellal4/10fragrance materialperfumingraters disagree

      EU-regulated fragrance allergen · flagged by 1 of 9 lists →

    • May Contain: Red 74/10raters disagree

      EU-restricted (with limits) · flagged by 2 of 9 lists →

    • Red 334/10cosmetic colorantraters disagree

      EU-restricted (with limits) · flagged by 2 of 9 lists →

    • Yellow 54/10cosmetic colorantraters disagree

      EU-restricted (with limits) · flagged by 2 of 9 lists →

    • Blue 14/10cosmetic colorantraters disagree

      EU-restricted (with limits) · flagged by 2 of 9 lists →

    • Red 284/10cosmetic colorant · pigmentraters disagree

      EU-restricted (with limits) · flagged by 2 of 9 lists →

    ✓No flags in our sources (22)

    • Octyldodecanol
    • Water
    • Trimethylsiloxyphenyl Dimethicone
    • Ethylcellulose
    • Sorbitan Stearate
    • Glycerinhumectant
    • Tin Oxide
    • Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate
    • Calcium Sodium Borosilicate
    • Silica
    • Alumina
    • Aluminum Hydroxide
    • Magnesium Silicate
    • Sucrose Cocoate
    • Hydroxypropyl Guar
    • Synthetic Fluorphlogopite
    • Cetyl Alcohol
    • Yellow 6
    • Carmine
    • Barium Sulfate
    • Iron Oxides
    • Mica
    What these ingredient tags mean (5)

    These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.

    • commonly dryingAlcohol

      • Alcohol: A fast-evaporating solvent that leaves a dry finish. International Chemical Safety Card ICSC 0044, Ethanol (anhydrous), prepared by an international group of experts for the ILO and WHO: "The substance defats the skin, which may cause dryness or cracking." Bommannan et al., as reported by Lachenmeier DW, "Safety evaluation of topical applications of ethanol on the skin and inside the oral cavity", J Occup Med Toxicol 2008;3:26, DOI 10.1186/1745-6673-3-26, open access, reference 82: "Bommannan et al. found in vivo in humans that ethanol enters the skin and removes measurable quantities of the lipid barrier material from the stratum corneum." Both describe stronger exposures than a cosmetic formula.
    • common irritantSodium Lauryl Sulfate

      • Sodium Lauryl Sulfate: A strong cleansing agent used as the reference irritant in skin-irritation testing. OECD Test Guideline 439 (in vitro skin irritation, reconstructed human epidermis), paragraph 24: "The suggested PC is 5% aqueous SDS", sodium dodecyl sulphate, the same substance as sodium lauryl sulfate, CAS 151-21-3.
    • fragrance materialGeraniol, Hydroxycitronellal, Hexyl Cinnamal, Benzyl Alcohol

      • Geraniol: A rose-scented fragrance component named separately on the label. EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009, Annex III entry 78: a fragrance substance whose presence must be indicated in the list of ingredients above 0,001% in leave-on and 0,01% in rinse-off products, because of established contact-allergy risk.
      • Hydroxycitronellal: A lily-like fragrance component named separately on the label. EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009, Annex III entry 72: a fragrance substance whose presence must be indicated in the list of ingredients above 0,001% in leave-on and 0,01% in rinse-off products, because of established contact-allergy risk.
      • Hexyl Cinnamal: A jasmine-like fragrance component named separately on the label. EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009, Annex III entry 87: a fragrance substance whose presence must be indicated in the list of ingredients above 0,001% in leave-on and 0,01% in rinse-off products, because of established contact-allergy risk.
      • Benzyl Alcohol: Used both as a fragrance component and as a preservative; the EU names it either way. EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009, Annex III entry 45: a fragrance substance whose presence must be indicated in the list of ingredients above 0,001% in leave-on and 0,01% in rinse-off products, because of established contact-allergy risk. That entry carries transition footnote (38), which is footnote (37) plus a condition: stock that does not comply may still be made available until 31 July 2028 only "provided that they comply with the restrictions applicable on 15 August 2023", and only if it was lawfully placed on the Union market before the 31 July 2026 cut-off. Entry 45 covers its non-preservative use; it is separately an allowed preservative at Annex V entry 34.
    • undeclared fragrance blendFragrance

      • Fragrance: A blend the label does not itemize, so what is in it cannot be read from the ingredient list. EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 permits the collective term "parfum"; the SCCS Opinion on Fragrance Allergens (SCCS/1459/11) reviews the contact-allergy evidence for the substances it can contain.
    • humectantGlycerin

      • 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".