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Selfless by Hyram

Retinol & Rainbow Algae Repair Serum

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Aloe Ferox Serum

Cleaner pick · Safest serums & essences we have rated

Africology Skincare & Spa

Aloe Ferox Serum

+25 on ingredient safety

30ml · 569 ZAR · 1896.67 ZAR/100 ml

Ingredient safetyRaters agree
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Your composite

75OUT OF 100Good

Ingredient safety only

range 65–98

75▲▼ split
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Why this score

11-point split

87

Scan

98

Precautionary

94

Tolerance

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4 ingredients

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Ingredient safety

A 33-point gap between the two loudest voices.

65California Proposition 65Government
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98Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
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Ingredient safety

33 pts apart
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✓Also screened, nothing found: ANSES Endocrine Disruptors · ECHA SVHC Candidate List · 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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    • Fewer raters reach smaller-brand products, so a missing rating is not a clean bill of health, only a gap.

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    Environmentalno rating

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    Laborno rating

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    Packagingno rating

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    Ingredients, decoded

    Data availability

    Robust·19 of 19 characterized

    Our sources have reference data on all 19 listed ingredients.

    Worth a look (4)

    • Retinol8/10retinoidskin conditioningraters disagree

      Prop 65-listed · flagged by 4 of 9 lists →

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

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

    • Phenoxyethanol4/10preservative · antimicrobialraters disagree

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

    • Citric Acid4/10fragrance · chelating · bufferingraters disagree

      Health Canada Hotlist — restricted · flagged by 1 of 9 lists →

    ✓No flags in our sources (15)

    • Aqua
    • Squalane
    • Triolein
    • Glycerinhumectant
    • Glyceryl Oleate Citrate
    • Tranexamic Acid
    • Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
    • Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
    • Xanthan Gum
    • Phospholipids
    • Sodium Gluconate
    • Sodium Citrate
    • Ethylhexylglycerin
    • Cystoseira Tamariscifolia Extract
    • Tocopherol
    What these ingredient tags mean (3)

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

    • fragrance materialBenzyl Alcohol

      • 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.
    • 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."
    • 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".