GENIUS Ultimate Anti-Aging Cream

Anti-Aging

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Tattoo Balm

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Also screened, nothing found: ECHA SVHC Candidate List · EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)

Environmental

Also screened, nothing found: EU Microplastics Restriction

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8 ratings · 1 of 4 axes

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Ingredient safety1.0×

Environmentalno rating

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Laborno rating

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Packagingno rating

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0 means ignored. Higher = more weight in your composite.

Ingredients, decoded

Data availability

Robust38 of 38 characterized

Our sources have reference data on all 38 listed ingredients.

Worth a look (6)

Retinyl Palmitateretinoidskin conditioningraters disagree
Carcinogen-linkedflagged by 5 of 9 lists
Quartzabrasiveraters disagree
NTP known carcinogenflagged by 2 of 9 lists
Fragranceundeclared fragrance blendperfumingraters disagree
Undisclosed fragrance blendflagged by 2 of 9 lists
Coumarinfragrance materialperfumingraters disagree
ANSES endocrine candidateflagged by 2 of 9 lists
Sodium Hydroxidebuffering · denaturantraters disagree
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists
Phenoxyethanolpreservative · antimicrobialraters disagree
Mild sensitizer for someflagged by 1 of 9 lists

What these ingredient tags mean (6)

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

fragrance materialCoumarin
- Coumarin: A sweet hay-scented fragrance component named separately on the label. EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009, Annex III entry 77: 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.
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.
retinoidRetinyl Palmitate
- Retinyl Palmitate: A gentler vitamin A ester that the skin converts to retinol. SCCS Opinion on Vitamin A (Retinol, Retinyl Acetate, Retinyl Palmitate), SCCS/1576/16, which assesses retinyl palmitate by name; EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 Annex III entry 376 covers it in the same group as retinol.
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
- 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".
barrier lipidCeramide NP
- Ceramide NP: One of the lipid families the skin barrier is actually built from. Feingold KR and Elias PM, "The role of ceramides in the disruption of the cutaneous permeability barrier, a common manifestation of skin disorders", J Lipid Res 2024;65(8):100593, DOI 10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100593, open access: the barrier lipid matrix "by weight is approximately 50% ceramides, 25% cholesterol, and 15% free fatty acids".

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GENIUS Ultimate Anti-Aging Cream

Anti-Aging

Cleaner pick · Safest treatments we have rated

badgerbalm

Tattoo Balm

+57 on ingredient safety

$13.99

Ingredient safetyRaters agree

Find on Amazon See all 1446 cleaner options

Ranked by safety only. Greenlens earns from qualifying purchases. Payout never affects a rating, a ranking, or the cleaner pick.

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 63-point gap between the two loudest voices.

25Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent

88Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependent

050100

See why, ingredient by ingredient

All 1446 cleaner options, safest first We show the best 12, including the strongest on each axis.

Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

63 pts apart

A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →
Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →

Also screened, nothing found: ECHA SVHC Candidate List · EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)

Environmental

Also screened, nothing found: EU Microplastics Restriction

Coverage & match quality

8 ratings · 1 of 4 axes

Some ratings rest on an automatic match that has not been human-reviewed.
Fewer raters reach smaller-brand products, so a missing rating is not a clean bill of health, only a gap.

Weighted by what you care about

Tune your weights

composite recomputes live

Ingredient safety1.0×

Environmentalno rating

No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.

Laborno rating

No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.

Packagingno rating

No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.

0 means ignored. Higher = more weight in your composite.

Ingredients, decoded

Data availability

Robust38 of 38 characterized

Our sources have reference data on all 38 listed ingredients.

Worth a look (6)

Retinyl Palmitateretinoidskin conditioningraters disagree
Carcinogen-linkedflagged by 5 of 9 lists
Quartzabrasiveraters disagree
NTP known carcinogenflagged by 2 of 9 lists
Fragranceundeclared fragrance blendperfumingraters disagree
Undisclosed fragrance blendflagged by 2 of 9 lists
Coumarinfragrance materialperfumingraters disagree
ANSES endocrine candidateflagged by 2 of 9 lists
Sodium Hydroxidebuffering · denaturantraters disagree
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists
Phenoxyethanolpreservative · antimicrobialraters disagree
Mild sensitizer for someflagged by 1 of 9 lists

What these ingredient tags mean (6)

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

fragrance materialCoumarin
- Coumarin: A sweet hay-scented fragrance component named separately on the label. EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009, Annex III entry 77: 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.
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.
retinoidRetinyl Palmitate
- Retinyl Palmitate: A gentler vitamin A ester that the skin converts to retinol. SCCS Opinion on Vitamin A (Retinol, Retinyl Acetate, Retinyl Palmitate), SCCS/1576/16, which assesses retinyl palmitate by name; EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 Annex III entry 376 covers it in the same group as retinol.
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
- 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".
barrier lipidCeramide NP
- Ceramide NP: One of the lipid families the skin barrier is actually built from. Feingold KR and Elias PM, "The role of ceramides in the disruption of the cutaneous permeability barrier, a common manifestation of skin disorders", J Lipid Res 2024;65(8):100593, DOI 10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100593, open access: the barrier lipid matrix "by weight is approximately 50% ceramides, 25% cholesterol, and 15% free fatty acids".