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Cleaner pick · Safest shave we have rated
Barrister and Mann
Unscented Shaving Soap (Vegan)+55 on ingredient safety
$22.99
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Ingredient safety
A 69-point gap between the two loudest voices.
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Also screened, nothing found: ECHA SVHC Candidate List · California Proposition 65 · US NTP Report on Carcinogens · IARC Monographs
Environmental
Also screened, nothing found: EU Microplastics Restriction
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6 ratings · 1 of 4 axes
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Ingredients, decoded
Data availability
Good17 of 21 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 17 of 21 listed ingredients; 4 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
Worth a look (6)
Carcinogen-linkedflagged by 2 of 9 lists →
ANSES endocrine candidateflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
EU harmonised CMR (cat. 2)flagged by 3 of 9 lists →
Undisclosed fragrance blendflagged by 2 of 9 lists →
EU-regulated fragrance allergenflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists →
No flags in our sources (11)
No data in our sources (4)
- POLACRYLAMIDE
- GELLIDIELA ACEROSA EXTRACT
- MENTHOL CRYSTALS
- ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS [ROSEMARY] LEAF EXTRACT
Not a verdict — our authorities simply have no reference for these.
What these ingredient tags mean (4)
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commonly dryingDENATURED ALCOHOL
- DENATURED ALCOHOL: Denatured ethanol: a fast-evaporating solvent that thins a formula and 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." WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care (2009) records depletion of the skin lipid barrier by lipid-dissolving alcohols, and also that "the lipid-dissolving effect of alcohols is inversely related to their concentration". Both describe stronger exposures than a cosmetic formula.
common irritantPROPYLENE GLYCOL
- PROPYLENE GLYCOL: A solvent that shows up in patch-test clinics, more often as irritation than as allergy. American Contact Dermatitis Society, Allergen of the Year 2018 (Jacob SE, Scheman A, McGowan MA, Dermatitis 2018;29(1):3-5).
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".