Drunk Elephant
Cream Cleanser, Mello Marula
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Also screened, nothing found: US NTP Report on Carcinogens · Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist · California Proposition 65 · ANSES Endocrine Disruptors · ECHA SVHC Candidate List · EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI) · IARC Monographs
Recognized on a safer-ingredients list: US EPA Safer Choice recognizes 50% of ingredients as safer choices — a marker, never a score.
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Also screened, nothing found: EU Microplastics Restriction
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Robust50 of 50 characterized
Our sources have reference data on all 50 listed ingredients.
Worth a look (3)
Strong contact sensitizerflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
Mild sensitizer for someflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
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No flags in our sources (47)
- Water/Aqua/Eau
- Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
- Glycerinhumectant
- Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
- Cetearyl Alcohol
- Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate
- Lauryl Glucoside
- Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil
- Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate
- Coconut Acid
- Colloidal Oatmealsoothing
- Glyceryl Stearates
- Salvia Hispanica Seed Oil
- Oenothera Biennis Oil
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Rosa Canina Fruit Oil
- Shorea Stenoptera Seed Butter
- Sodium PCAhumectant
- Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract
- Althaea Officinalis Root Extract
- Sodium Lactate
- Coco-Glucoside
- Oleic Acid
- Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
- PCA
- Alanine
- Arginine
- Glycine
- Histidine
- Isoleucine
- Phenylalanine
- Proline
- Serine
- Threonine
- Valine
- Linoleic Acidbarrier lipid
- Linolenic Acid
- Sodium Isethionate
- Palmitic Acid
- Tocopherol
- Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
- Stearic Acid
- Sodium Benzoate
- Aspartic Acid
- Sodium Carbonate
- Sodium Chloride
- Chlorphenesin
What these ingredient tags mean (4)
These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.
common irritantCocamidopropyl Betaine
- Cocamidopropyl Betaine: A mild cleansing agent, but a recurring patch-test finding, usually traced to leftovers from how it is made. American Contact Dermatitis Society, Allergen of the Year 2004 (Fowler JF Jr, Dermatitis 2004;15(1):3-4).
humectantGlycerin, Sodium PCA
- 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 PCA: The salt of PCA, one of the water-holding substances the outer layer of skin makes for itself. Dörner C, Steinbinder J, Sachslehner AP, Sukseree S, Eckhart L, "Amino Acid Metabolism of the Skin: Control by Specific Enzymes and Contribution to Protective Functions", Metabolites 2025;15(9):601, DOI 10.3390/metabo15090601, open access, section "Glutamine Is Converted to Pyrrolidone Carboxylic Acid, a Component of the NMF": "pyrrolidone carboxylic acid (PCA), also known as pyroglutamic acid or 5-oxoproline, accumulates in the stratum corneum."
barrier lipidLinoleic Acid
- Linoleic Acid: An essential fatty acid the skin barrier uses and cannot make for itself. Khnykin D, Miner JH, Jahnsen F, "Role of fatty acid transporters in epidermis", Dermatoendocrinol 2011;3(2):53-61, DOI 10.4161/derm.3.2.14816, open access: "The human body can produce all but two of the fatty acids it needs: linoleic acid (C18:2, n6) and alpha-linolenic acid (C18:3, n3)", and replacing linoleic acid with a non-essential fatty acid "will lead to barrier defects". Feingold and Elias, J Lipid Res 2024: linoleate "is required for the synthesis of a subgroup of acylceramides".
soothingColloidal Oatmeal
- Colloidal Oatmeal: One of the ingredients the FDA recognises by name as an over-the-counter skin protectant for irritation and itching. FDA OTC skin protectant monograph, 21 CFR 347.10(f): "Colloidal oatmeal, 0.007 percent minimum; 0.003 percent minimum in combination with mineral oil in accordance with 347.20(a)(4)."; section 347.50(b)(4) gives it the indication "temporarily protects and helps relieve minor skin irritation and itching due to:" followed by at least one of rashes, eczema, poison ivy/oak/sumac, or insect bites. The indication is conditional on naming a cause; the same opening phrase also serves sodium bicarbonate at (b)(5), so the phrase alone does not identify oatmeal.