Palmer's
Cocoa Butter Formula Daily Skin therapy, Fragrance Free (2019 formulation)
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Ingredient safety
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Also screened, nothing found: Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist · ECHA SVHC Candidate List · IARC Monographs · EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI) · ANSES Endocrine Disruptors · California Proposition 65 · US NTP Report on Carcinogens
Recognized on a safer-ingredients list: US EPA Safer Choice recognizes 57% 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
Robust30 of 30 characterized
Our sources have reference data on all 30 listed ingredients.
Worth a look (3)
Mild sensitizer for someflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists →
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists →
No flags in our sources (27)
- WATER
- THEOBROMA CACAO EXTRACT
- ELAEIS GUINEENSIS OIL
- PETROLATUMrich occlusive
- GLYCERINhumectant
- GLYCERYL STEARATE
- PROPYLENE GLYCOLcommon irritant
- COCOS NUCIFERA OIL
- MINERAL OILrich occlusive
- CETYL ALCOHOL
- DIMETHICONErich occlusive
- THEOBROMA CACAO SEED BUTTERrich occlusive
- TOCOPHERYL ACETATE
- CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS PEEL EXTRACT
- CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS OILfragrance material
- ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS LEAF OILfragrance material
- ANTHEMIS NOBILIS FLOWER OIL
- ORMENIS MULTICAULIS OIL
- HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE
- PEG-8 STEARATE
- BEHENTRIMONIUM METHOSULFATE
- BUTYLENE GLYCOL
- CELLULOSE
- SODIUM ACETATEfragrance material
- ETHYLHEXYGLYCERIN
- STEARYL ALCOHOL
- MYRISTYL ALCOHOL
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.
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).
rich occlusivePETROLATUM, MINERAL OIL, DIMETHICONE, THEOBROMA CACAO SEED BUTTER
- PETROLATUM: A barrier that sits on the surface of the skin, which is also why it feels heavy. FDA OTC skin protectant monograph, 21 CFR 347.10(m) and (r), lists petrolatum and white petrolatum as skin protectants at 30 to 100%.
- MINERAL OIL: A refined oil that sits on the surface of the skin; it has a heavy finish. FDA OTC skin protectant monograph, 21 CFR 347.10(l): "Mineral oil, 50 to 100 percent; 30 to 35 percent in combination with colloidal oatmeal in accordance with 347.20(a)(4)."
- 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%.
- THEOBROMA CACAO SEED BUTTER: A rich butter the FDA recognises by name as a skin protectant. FDA OTC skin protectant monograph, 21 CFR 347.10(d): "Cocoa butter, 50 to 100 percent."
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".