Naturium
Retinol Complex Serum
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Cleaner pick · Safest serums & essences we have rated
Africology Skincare & Spa
Aloe Ferox Serum+27 on ingredient safety
30ml · 569 ZAR · 1896.67 ZAR/100 ml
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Ingredient safety
A 33-point gap between the two loudest voices.
65California Proposition 65Government
vs98Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
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Ingredient safety
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Also screened, nothing found: EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI) · IARC Monographs · US NTP Report on Carcinogens · ANSES Endocrine Disruptors · ECHA SVHC Candidate List
Recognized on a safer-ingredients list: US EPA Safer Choice recognizes 67% of ingredients as safer choices — a marker, never a score.
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Run by a nonprofit. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. This rates Naturium as a company and applies to everything they make, not this product alone. Checked this week. about this rater →
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Ingredients, decoded
Data availability
Robust26 of 27 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 26 of 27 listed ingredients; 1 is uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
Worth a look (5)
Prop 65-listedflagged by 4 of 9 lists
Mild sensitizer for someflagged by 1 of 9 lists
EU microplastics-restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists
Health Canada Hotlist — restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists
No flags in our sources (21)
- Water
- Propanediol
- Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter
- Gossypium Herbaceum Fruit Water
- Glycerinhumectant
- Bakuchiol
- Bidens Pilosa Extract
- Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil
- Sodium Hyaluronatehumectant
- Tocopherol
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
- Copernicia Cerifera Wax
- Potassium Sorbate
- Xanthan Gum
- Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
- Hexylene Glycol
- Polysorbate 20
- Glyceryl Polyacrylate
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Ethyl Ferulate
No data in our sources (1)
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What these ingredient tags mean (2)
These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.
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, Sodium Hyaluronate
- 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".
- Sodium Hyaluronate: A humectant that holds a large amount of water at the skin surface. Chylińska N, Maciejczyk M, "Hyaluronic Acid and Skin: Its Role in Aging and Wound-Healing Processes", Gels 2025;11(4):281, DOI 10.3390/gels11040281, PMID 40277717, open access: hyaluronic acid's "high osmotic activity and anionic structure enable it to bind large amounts of water", and "sodium and potassium hyaluronate are widely used in moisturizing products". The same review notes that high-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid does not penetrate the deeper layers.
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