Sunday Riley
Good Genes Glycolic Acid Treatment
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Iunik Global
Lime Moisture Mild Peeling Gel+9 on ingredient safety
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Ingredient safety
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Also screened, nothing found: ECHA SVHC Candidate List · California Proposition 65 · ANSES Endocrine Disruptors · EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI) · US NTP Report on Carcinogens · IARC Monographs
Recognized on a safer-ingredients list: US EPA Safer Choice recognizes 50% of ingredients as safer choices — a marker, never a score.
Environmental
Also screened, nothing found: EU Microplastics Restriction
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Ingredients, decoded
Data availability
Robust28 of 30 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 28 of 30 listed ingredients; 2 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
Worth a look (4)
Health Canada Hotlist — restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
EU-regulated fragrance allergenflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists →
Mild sensitizer for someflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
No flags in our sources (24)
- WATER/EAU/AQUA
- DIMETHICONErich occlusive
- CAPRYLYL CAPRYLATE/CAPRATE
- SQUALANE
- PROPANEDIOL
- CETEARYL ALCOHOL
- POTASSIUM LACTATE
- BIS-STEARYL DIMETHICONE
- GLYCERINhumectant
- PPG-24-GLYCERETH-24
- SODIUM PHYTATE
- XANTHAN GUM
- HYDROXYETHYL ACRYLATE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE COPOLYMER
- GLYCERYL STEARATE
- PEG-100 STEARATE
- PALMITIC ACID
- STEARIC ACID
- OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA FRUIT EXTRACT
- CETEARETH-20
- CAPRYLYL GLYCOL
- SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE EXTRACT
- SORBITAN ISOSTEARATE
- POTASSIUM SORBATE
- SODIUM BENZOATE
No data in our sources (2)
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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.
exfoliating acidGLYCOLIC ACID
- GLYCOLIC ACID: An alpha hydroxy acid that loosens surface skin cells; it also makes skin more sun-sensitive while you use it. FDA, "Guidance for Industry: Labeling for Topically Applied Cosmetic Products Containing Alpha Hydroxy Acids as Ingredients" (announced at 70 FR 1721, 10 January 2005; FDA web pages title it "Labeling for Cosmetics Containing Alpha Hydroxy Acids"), which names this acid and recommends the statement "Sunburn Alert: This product contains an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) that may increase your skin's sensitivity to the sun and particularly the possibility of sunburn."
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".